HONOURING THEIR 1914 -1918 (WW1) DESCENDANTS
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ANDREW GOODWIN and LYDIA MUNRO
HONOURING THEIR
1914 -1918 (WW1)
DESCENDANTS
The Repat Remembers: The eerie silence of 11 am, November 11
is broken by the sound of Mr Alex Stonehouse’s lone bugle as he
sounds The Last Post (Thursday 11 November 1982)
Compiled by Cheryl Timbury
©2018 Cheryl Timbury
PREFACE
Having spent many years as a family history enthusiast, in the days before the email,
digitalized records, indexes, and on-line sites, I have always loved the thrill of discovering
new and exciting snippets of information within my extended family trees. Finding two First
Fleet convicts Andrew Goodwin and Lydia (Letitia) Munro during research into my parental
line, was very special.
In 2014 as the WW1 centenary celebrations commenced, and knowing two great uncles
served, one killed in action, I began to wonder about the other WW1 descendants from
Andrew and Lydia, who were they, and where in this large extended family did they fit? Yes,
I thought, what a great project to embark on.
Family lines were the best place to start, and I also ‘sent the word out’ to descendant
members; some lines had none while others had one or more. I followed up by clarifying all
names and information using the official war records on-line. The WW1 enlistees were
young and keen; they came from a variety of occupational backgrounds, including two
eminent doctors and one female nurse. Single or married, brothers and cousins, they
enlisted in most States of Australia and New Zealand.
Most fought in various theatres of conflict, were mentioned in dispatches and awarded
medals for bravery. They were hospitalized for an assortment of diseases, wounded in
action and sent home following treatment on hospital ships. The deceased were named in
Red Cross files and later their personal effects and medals were sent back home to grieving
parents and siblings. Names appear on Memorial Gates and Commonwealth War Grave
headstones scattered throughout France and Belgium. Newspapers of the day recorded
the happenings of these men, when wounded, hospitalized, returning home or deceased.
Following the war, memorials started to appear in cities and country towns throughout
Australia and New Zealand. They were placed in prominent positions, some within a garden
setting and were visual to all residents and visitors. The capital cites of Australia and New
Zealand erected outstanding War Memorials, but all had one purpose, to acknowledge
those men and women who enlisted and those that never returned. Country Churches and
Halls placed Honour Boards with enlistees and deceased names who had resided in their
areas, some are still there today while others have disappeared with time.
Twenty-one years after the end of WW1 another war was declared. Some of the veterans
enlisted once again, whilst another generation of Andrew Goodwin and Lydia Munro
descendants became WW11 veterans.
The word ANZAC was used to refer to
the Australians and New Zealanders who
landed on Gallipoli in 1915. An Anzac
would eventually mean any Australian or
New Zealand soldier of the First World War,
and now applies to all wars and conflicts
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To my
Great Uncle John Stonehouse and Uncle Jack Stonehouse
(1891 – 1917) (1924 – 1946)
(Photos Cheryl Timbury Collection)
(Front cover) Father Alexander George Stonehouse
at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria
(from The Heidelberger newspaper, page 2)
First Fleet 1788 Convicts
ANDREW GOODWIN and William Butler were tried in the Old Bailey for feloniously stealing,
on the 22 June 1784, two hundred pounds weight of lead, value 20s, the property of Thomas
Wells. Both found guilty. Each received transportation for seven years and arrived Sydney
Cove aboard Scarborough.
LYDIA (LETITIA) MUNRO and Ann Forbes were tried on 5 April 1787 for stealing in the shop
of James Rollinson ten years of printed cotton of the value of 20s of the goods and chattels of
James Rollinson. Sentenced: Guilty no chattels to be Hanged. Reprieved; Ann seven years,
Lydia fourteen years. Arrived Sydney Cove aboard Prince of Wales.
Their 1914-1918 (WW1) Descendants
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5141 BELLINGER, Vincent Henry
Sapper Mining and Tunnelling Company – July to September Reinforcements (July-
September 1916) – 4 Tunnelling Company
No 4 Tunnelling Company and 1 Reinforcements (May 1916) No 5 Tunnelling Company and
1 Reinforcements (June 1916). Tunnelling Companies – 2 Reinforcements (July 1916)
Born February 1893 Tasmania to Henry Charles and Mary Ann Dillon (Murray) Bellinger
Occupation Miner
Enlisted 18 January 1916 aged 23
Next-of-kin Sister, Mrs Winnie Horton, Forest, North-West Coast, Tasmania
Embarked 19 July 1916 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Armadale A26
Service in France
Married 6 February 1919 to Charlotte Tysol (Hospital Nurse) at St Peter & the Guardian
Angels, Rotherhithe, England
Returned to Australia 25 March 1919 aboard HT Ascanius
Discharged 31 July 1919 – Medically unfit
Died 11 June 1972 – Buried Forest, Tasmania
(Headstone reads Sapper 5141 of the Tunnelling Company)
3822 BIRKETT-VIPONT, Charles Herbert (brother to Thomas and William Birkett-Vipont)
Private 4th Light Horse Regiment – 26 to 32 Reinforcements (May 1917 – February 1918)
Born 10 August 1896 (as Vipont) Yan Yean Victoria to William Henry Ewing Birkett and Annie
(Cockerell) Vipont (In the early 1900s the family changed their surname to Birkett-Vipont)
Occupation Farmer
Enlisted 21 August 1917 Melbourne Victoria aged 21 (after news of his brother’s death)
Next of kin mother Mrs Annie Birkett-Vipont Apollo Bay Victoria
Embarked 2 November 1917 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Commonwealth A73
Service in Egypt
Returned to Australia aboard HT Euripides disembarking 25 April 1919
Married 1941 to Bridget May Materson
Died 25 May 1971 – Buried Altona Cemetery Victoria
(Inscription: 3822 Trooper C.H. Birkett-Vipont 4 Light Horse Regiment 25-5-1951 age 74)
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3124 BICKETT-VIPONT, Thomas Leslie (brother to Charles and William Birkett-Vipont)
Stoker, Royal Australian Navy
Enlisted 10 June 1913 for 7 years
Born 14 September 1893 (as Vipont) Yan Yean Victoria to William Henry Ewing Birkett and
Annie (Cockerell) Vipont
Next-of-kin mother Mrs Annie Birkett-Vipont Rosebank Apollo Bay Victoria
Served on the HMAS Cerberus, HMAS Encounter and HMAS Australia
S/9868 BICKETT-VIPONT, Thomas Leslie (aka GRIESON, Leslie)
Private Seaforth Highlanders
Enlisted Glasgow Scotland 1915 as Leslie Grierson (in his maternal great-grandfather’s Sgt
John Grierson’s old regiment)
Killed in Action 10 July 1916
Buried at the Vermelles British Cemetery France Grave IV.F.47, in Pas de Calais, France, as L
Grierson
Melbourne Argus 7 October 1916
KILLED IN ACTION
BIRKETT-VIPONT - Killed in action, France, on the 11th July, Private T. (Leslie), dearly loved
second son
of Annie and the late Wm. R. Vipont, of Apollo Bay. Loved brother of Will (on active service),
Charlie, Archie, Lizzie, Evelyn, and George, and great-grandson of the late Sgt. John Grierson,
of 73rd Highlanders, aged 36 years, late H.M.A.S. Australia and of the 8th Seaforth
Highlanders.
Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
(Inserted by his sorrowing mother, sisters, and brothers, Rosebank, Apollo Bay.)
Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record, Friday 3 November 1916
KILLED WHILE DOING HIS DUTY
Following we publish several letters handed on by Mr Walter Thomas, Mernda, (cousin of
Mrs Vipont), which explain themselves. Leslie A. Vipont, who was killed under the name of
Grierson, was a native of the Mernda district, and an old scholar of State School 468. His
mother is a sister of Mr George Cockerell, Mrs Hicks, and Mrs Smith, all of Mernda. Mrs.
Vipont has two other sons in the army.
Rosebank, Apollo Bay.
Sept. 21st, 1916
My Dear Cousin, - Thank you for your sympathy in my sad hour. I am trying to brave and to
remember I am a mother of soldier sons, and that the Seaforth's badge reads "Guidich'n
Rich," which means God and the Right. Still you understand how my heart is grieving for
Leslie, who was a dearly loved son and always good to his mother. Leslie left us three years
ago last June to join the Navy, and was for some time in the Naval Depot, Williamstown.
Then he was placed on the "Encounter," and when H.M.A.S. "Australia" arrived he was
transferred to her, and took a keen interest in everything in his new life and received many
kindnesses, which were greatly appreciated by a lad new to the life. Then, while the
"Australia" was away on a trip round Thursday Island and the Queensland coast, they
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received a wireless that war had broken out, and in almost incredible time they were back in
Sydney and fitted out for active service. I received a letter from Leslie before the "Australia"
sailed telling me not to worry, that he had joined the Navy, to do for his King and Country
whatever he was asked to do, and saying he wanted to be in it. Busy days were in store for
all hands, and my boy, being a stoker, felt he was playing his part in helping to get things
moving. How the lads felt it when their rounding up sent the German squadron into Admiral
Sturdee's squadron and the honour of capture was denied them. After eight months he was
given four days' leave, and spent it in London and attended service at Westminster Abbey
and saw all the historical sights and enjoyed it so much. Then came the weary time of
waiting in North Sea, and how it tried the men and officials, and alike our newspapers. In
one letter he said," I cannot tell where our Flagship is, Mother, but when I say it's near where
your mother was born you'll understand"; and I did. While waiting day by day expecting to
take his share in some great naval victory, my boy had the misfortune to break his leg, he
was sent to Chatham Naval Hospital, on recovering, came back to his ship, but the Staff
Surgeon, noticing his leg was still healing, got him a month's leave, and he was sent to
Hopetoun House as a convalescent. I must add that Lord and Lady Hopetoun in
remembrance of happy days spent in Vic., had placed portion of the castle for the use of sick
soldiers and sailors off the flagship. Leslie spent such happy days there, visited Edinburgh
often, especially the Castle, and there saw the Seaforth Highlanders, the regiment which his
great grandfather, Sgt. Grierson, engaged to, they being quartered there at that time. In a
letter written to me about that time he said, "I wish I could get on land, dear; the waiting is
awful, and I feel it's not half over yet." Well, cousin, ten days after writing my letter, my boy,
instead of rejoining his ship, joined the Seaforths and took the name of Leslie Grierson. I
enclose the copy of the letters received from his officers. They will say more to you than I
can. Will you kindly allow any of my people who wish to see these letters, as my heart will
not let me write to everyone: and tell Mr Glass I would be proud to have my boys' names on
the Roll of Honour where they first attended school. With regards to my new cousin and
yourself
I am your affectionate cousin, Annie Birkett Vipont
"D" Coy. 8th Seaforth Highlanders
British Expedient Forces
France 12 July 1916
Dear Mrs Grierson, - I very much regret to have to write and inform you of the death of your
son in action yesterday. We all feel his loss very keenly, as your son was a most efficient
soldier; his loss is also very keenly felt by his comrades. You have the consolation of knowing
that your son was held in high esteem by all of us, and his loss is one which cannot be
replaced. Hoping that you will accept the sympathy of his comrades and myself in your sad
loss,
I remain,
Dear Madam,
Yours very sincerely,
D. GUNN, 2nd Lt. for "?.C. "D." Coy
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12 July 1916 France
Dear Mrs Grierson, - It is my sad duty to inform you of your son Leslie, who was killed
through a piece of shrapnel striking him on the head on the night of the 11/7/16. I assure
you he suffered no pain, as death was instantaneous. I was his commanding Sgt., and he
was one of my best hands when I had anything special on, and he was on special duty that
night, and he had just completed it when the unlucky thing happened. He was well liked by
all his chums and we will sadly miss him, and we all unite in sending you our sympathy. He
was buried in the British cemetery behind our lines and his grave has been marked by a nice
little cross. I will close now, hoping you will excuse the writing, as I am still in the trenches;
and if there is anything I can do for you in regards to information concerning him, just write
and I will be too pleased to oblige. I will close now again tendering you my earnest sympathy
in your sad bereavement.
From your friend,
SGT. P. RUSSEL, 8th Sea. H'rs, B.E.F., France.
8th Seaforths,
British Expedient Forces
20 July 1916
Dear Mrs Grierson, - I deeply regret to tell you that your son, Pte. L. Grierson, 8th Seaforths,
has been killed in action. The Seaforths organised a raid on the German trenches in the
Hohenzollern redoubt on the 11th last, and the operation, while carried through with the
utmost bravery, was attendant with many casualties. Your son was killed instantly near the
German trenches, and on their way back, his comrades carried his body, which was later
buried in the British cemetery of Vermelles, behind the lines. It is so little that one can write
at such a time beside the bare fact. Your son behaved with the utmost gallantry, and in his
living and dying has left another example of a fine British soldier. His Battalion deplore his
loss, but your personal loss will be the greater. We feel deeply with you in your sorrow and
desire to express our sympathy with you in the loss of such a gallant son. I am led to
understand that his effects have been forwarded through the Base.
With kindest regards,
Yours sincerely,
(Chaplain) William Crawford
Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record 25 April 1919
MERNDA
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT)
At the Mayfield Presbyterian Church, on Sunday, April 13th, the ceremony of unveiling the
very handsome honour board, presented to the church by the Hon. Secretary (Mr. C. G.
Johnson, his brother, Mr. Herbert Johnson, and his sister, Miss Ellen Johnson) took place. The
board is made of Australian timber beautifully polished and made by Mr. Herbert Johnson,
the lettering and ornamentation being the work of Miss Ellen Johnson, and all the work is of
a very high order of excellence. On the board is inscribed 36 names, 10 of whom lost their
lives for their King and Country. The names on the board are as follows: (k) signifying those
killed – Chaplain Captain Bruce, Gordon Creighton, Donald M'Kay, John M'Intosh (k), Albert
Owens, George Jolley (k), John Stanborough, Phillip Curwin, William Vipont, Charles. E.
Johnson, William Slessar (k), Albert Bate, Donald M'Phee, Donald M'Donald, Alexander
M'Kay, John M'Donald, Richard Owens, Thomas Chettle (k), Cyril Scarborough, Geoffrey
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Ogilvie (k), Hugh Clyne, Walter Young, Allan M'Phee (k), John H. Jolley, Duncan M'Donald,
Rhoderick M'Kay, Leslie Masters (k), Evan Owens, Malcolm Bruce, Samuel Hooppell (k), Leslie
Vipont (k), John Cockerell, Colin Hicks (k), Walter Thomas, Angus M'Phee, James Owen. The
unveiling ceremony was performed by Mr. Thomas Hicks, the father of Pvt. Colin Hicks, the
first soldier to be killed of those who left Mernda, he being killed at Gallipoli. The following
was the order of service, the service being an impressive one:-
National Anthem, prayer, hymn, Bible reading, hymn, intimations, collection, anthem by the
choir, the Lord's Prayer, honour board unveiled by Mr.Hicks, list of names read out by Cr.
Walter Thomas, "God Bless Our Splendid Men," hymn, Benediction, a fine sermon by Captain
Chaplain D. Bruce, a splendid choir led by Mr. F. Sharp, a feeling few words by Mr. Hicks, a
large congregation, in which the Whittlesea Shire Council was well represented, there being
present the respected President (Cr. L. W. Clarke), Messrs Sutherland, Morgan, Brock, and
Thomas, and all helped to make the ceremony an imposing and impressive one. Ten is a
large percentage to be killed out of 36 names on the honour board, but those who loved
them have the consolation of knowing that they died for King and Country and in the cause
of right and justice, and it is a pleasure to know that they did not die in vain. Mr. Bruce
leaves Australia on the 26th inst. for duty overseas in connection with the demobilisation
work, and will probably give in his resignation to the Presbytery before he sails of the
Whittlesea, Mernda and Janefield Presbyterian Churches, when, if he does, the matter in due
course will be dealt with by the Presbytery, and by them be remitted to the congregations
concerned.
Headstone for
L Grierson (Birkett-Vipont)
Vermelles British Cemetery France
And
Apollo Bay Victoria
War Memorial Roll of Honour
Vipont L
Vermelles British Cemetery
(Wikipedia)
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199 BIRKETT-VIPONT, William John (brother to Charles and Thomas Birkett-Vipont)
Acting Lance Sergeant 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment A Squadron
Lance Corporal 23 November 1915
Corporal 25 June 1916
Lieutenant 11 June 1918
Born 9 February 1892 (as Vipont) Newport Victoria to William Henry Ewing Birkett and
Annie (Cockerell) Vipont
Occupation Horse Breaker
Enlisted 3 September 1914 Broadmeadows Victoria age 22
Next of kin mother Mrs Ann Birkett-Vipont Apollo Bay Victoria
Embarked 19 October 1914 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Wiltshire A18
Landed at Gallipoli 24 May 1915
At the Battle of Beersheba October 1917
Awarded Military Medal
London Gazette 4 February 1918: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 27 June 1918
For exceptional gallantry in attacking redoubt S.E. of Beersheba on 31 October 1917 after
mounted charge. He led a party of men after his troop leader was killed taking over 60
prisoners in redoubt.
Served during the Palestine and Syria campaigns
Returned to Australia 26 December 1918 per HT Wiltshire
Discharged 27 March 1919 – Appointment terminated
Died 22 July 1959 at 3 Moore Street Footscray Victoria
Buried Footscray Cemetery Victoria
3192 BLACKMAN, Alfred Lewis Montagu (brother to Ernest, George and Herbert Blackman)
Private 8th Regiment 54th Battalion
Born 13 September 1880 Horton Tasmania to Charles Edward and Casiah Elizabeth (Hill)
Blackman
Married Dorah Eve Hiles in 1907 in Adamstown, New South Wales Australia
Enlisted Rutherford New South Wales 18 October 1916 aged 31
Occupation Miner
Next of kin wife, Mrs Dora Eve Blackman, Burwood Road Dudley near Newcastle NSW
Embarked 11 November 1916 Sydney New South Wales aboard HMAT Suevic A29
At Hurdcott England Sick in hospital
Returned to Australia 31 October 1917 aboard HMAT Berrima A35
Discharged 31 January 1918 medically unfit
Died 3 February 1951
Buried Rookwood Cemetery, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
Rosemary is worn as a symbol of remembrance on Anzac Day.
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N76169 BLACKMAN Ernest Robert James (brother to Alfred, George and Herbert Blackman)
Born 11 January 1885, Mudgee, Wellington County, NSW to Charles Edward and Casiah
Elizabeth (Hill) Blackman
Married Muriel Pellow in 1910 in Merewether, Northumberland County, New South Wales,
Australia
Enlisted 4 March 1917 Newcastle, New South Wales, aged 31
Occupation Labourer
30 March 1917 Private Recruit R.A.S.G. Sydney
4 April 1917 Bomber Light Trench Mortar Battery
18 May 1917 Private Light Trench Mortar Battery Seymour Victoria
August 1917 Medically Discharged - Conduct Good
Died 5 August 1975
BLACKMAN, George Charles Albert (Boer War) – (WW1)
(brother to Alfred, Ernest and Herbert Blackman)
Born: 8 Nov 1878, Black Range, Goulburn County, New South Wales to Charles Edward and
Casiah Elizabeth (Hill) Blackman. On attestation papers he stated the place of birth as
Montagu Tasmania
Trooper 209, “B” Company, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse (NSW) South
Africa, 1899-1902) (Boer War). George enlisted as a single man in Sydney on 17 January
1902, aged 23, and embarked on the S.S. Custodian a month later. George returned to
Sydney Australia on 11 August 1902 aboard the last transport ship the S.S. Drayton Grange,
in consequence of the termination of the South African conflict. The war ended for him and
other soldiers before they served their full time. He was discharged in Sydney
Married Elizabeth Peppiatt on 28 Nov 1906 in Launceston, Tasmania
371 Private to Corporal “C” Squadron, 1st Light Horse 3rd Regiment (Farrier)
Enlisted 19 August 1914 Pontville Tasmania aged 32
Next-of-kin wife Elizabeth Blackman, Cricket Ground Launceston Tasmania
Occupation Horticulturist
Embarked 20 October 1914 Hobart Tasmania aboard HMAT Geelong A2
Served in Egypt, endorsement Good
Became dangerously will with Rheumatism at Heliopolis Egypt
Returned to Australia 5 July 1915 aboard SS HS Ballarat (HMAT A70)
Discharged AIF 1 May 1916 Hobart Tasmania medically unfit
Died: 12 May 1957, Naremburn, Cumberland County, New South Wales
Buried: Northern Suburbs Cemetery, Cumberland County, New South Wales
The Ode: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
Lest We Forget.
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 976170 BLACKMAN, Herbert Harold John (brother to Alfred, Ernest and George Blackman)
Born: 13 Apr 1891, Mudgee, Wellington County, New South Wales
Married Margaret Ada Hughes on 16 August 1911 in Newtown, Cumberland County, New
South Wales
Enlisted 21 March 1917 Newcastle New South Wales aged 27
Occupation Hairdresser
Next of kin wife Margaret Ada Blackman, Branxton Mt Newcastle New South Wales
4 April 1917 to Liverpool Camp, Light Trench Mortar Battery
18 May 1917 to Seymour, Light Trench Mortar Battery
29 June 1917 to No.5 A.G.H. (Australian General Hospital)
10 August 1917 to Macleod
19 October 1917 discharged from the A.I.F. – Medically Unfit
Died 20 September 1967
16 BOUCHER, Alfred George (brother to Charles and Joseph Boucher)
Driver 1st and 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance
Corporal 20 March 1917
Born 12 December 1878 Hobart Tasmania to Charles and Caroline Rachel (Curtis) Boucher
Occupation Drover and Slaughterman
Enlisted 8 September 1914 Sydney New South Wales, aged 36
Next of kin wife Esther Boucher, 3 Dunn Street Hobart Tasmania
Embarked 23 September 1914 Sydney New South Wales aboard HMAT Southern A27
Service in Middle East
Returned to Australia 26 December 1918 aboard HS Port Darwin
Discharged 22 February 1919, Demobilisation
Married Hester (Esther) Taylor
Died 13 October 1943
1618 BOUCHER, Charles Herbert (brother to Alfred and Joseph Boucher)
Private 40th and 49th Infantry Battalion AIF
Born 1 June 1883 Hobart Tasmania to Charles and Caroline Rachel (Curtis) Boucher
Occupation Slaughterman
Enlisted 3 May 1916 Claremont Tasmania aged 33
Next of kin wife Mrs C Boucher, 135 Argyle Street Hobart
Embarked 1 July 1916 Hobart Tasmania aboard HMAT Berrima A35
with brother 1106 Joseph Henry Boucher
Service in France
Returned to Australia 1 February 1919 aboard HS Nestor
Discharged 24 April 1919
Died 25 September 1940 Hobart Tasmania
Buried Cornelian Bay Cemetery Hobart Tasmania
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 101106 BOUCHER, Joseph Henry (brother to Alfred and Charles Boucher)
Private 40th and 49th Infantry Battalion AIF
Born 26 March 1881 Hobart Tasmania to Charles and Caroline Rachel (Curtis) Boucher
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 7 June 1916 Claremont Tasmania
Next of kin wife Venasca (Cissy) Boucher, 30 Central Street Hobart Tasmania
Embarked 1 July 1916 Hobart Tasmania aboard HMAT Berrima A35
with brother 1618 Charles Herbert Boucher
Service in France - Wounded in action 24 November 1916
Returned to Australia 2 July 1917 aboard HS Themistocles
Discharged 2 October 1917
Died 5 December 1971 Hobart Tasmania
Buried Hobart War Cemetery Cornelian Bay Wall 8, Row C
4357 BRIGGS, George Charles (brother to Henry Thomas Briggs)
13/15th Infantry Battalion
Born 29 August 1892 Colebrook Tasmania to Mark Richard and Mary Ann (Freeman) Briggs
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 2 September 1915 Claremont Tasmania aged 29
was at 1 Depot Battalion Claremont Tasmania and Broadmeadows Camps from 2 September
1915 to 20 October 1915
Discharged 4 October 1916
Died 16 August 1985 Queensland
5041 BRIGGS, Henry Thomas (brother to George Charles Briggs)
Private 12th Infantry Battalion – 13th to 23rd Reinforcements (January – December 1916)
Transferred to 52nd Battalion 20 May 1916
Born 16 July 1886 Colebrook Tasmania to Mark Richard and Mary Ann (Freeman) Briggs
Occupation Farmer
Enlisted 5 January 1916 aged 29
Next-of-kin father Mr Mark Richard Briggs, Colebrook Tasmania
Embarked 29 March 1916 Melbourne Victoria aboard RMS Orontes
Service in France
Departed England 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides
Discharged Anglesea Barracks, Hobart Tasmania 14 December 1919 : reason Demobilization
11 January 1975 Tasmania
Died 11 January 1975 Tasmania
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 11Soldiers training at the Claremont Army Camp, Tasmania 1915
(Tasmanian Library SLT)
Many of the Tasmanian descendants enlisted and trained
at Claremont Army Camp
3344 BUNKER, William Thomas
Private and Lance Corporal 5th Pioneer Battalion, 8th Reinforcement – 6th to 8th
Reinforcements
Born 1888 Clifton Hill Victoria to James and Mary Ann (Minnie) (Noble) Bunker
Occupation Coachman
Enlisted Kalgoorlie Western Australia 24 October 1916, aged 28
Next-of-kin Mother Mrs Minnie Bunker South Kalgoorlie Western Australia
Embarked 23 December 1916 Fremantle Western Australia aboard HMAT Berrima A35
Service in France
Married 11 July 1918 in England to Elsie Mary Webb
Returned to Australia 26 January 1919 aboard SS Luisi
Settled back in Kalgoorlie Western Australia
1697 CARROLL, Henry Malache (Denny)
2031A BURNS, Stanley Henry (alias) CARROLL, Henry Malache
Born 31 October 1889 Waratah, Tasmania to Thomas and Charlotte Mary (Pullen) Carroll
Occupation Farmer
Enlisted 3rd Light Horse as 1697 Henry Malache Carroll on 4 August 1915, next-of-kin wife
Mrs Maud Mary Carroll, Forest via Stanley, Tasmania. In Claremont Camp Tasmania with 3 rd
Light Horse from 4 August to 16 October 1915, then Broadmeadows Victoria from 17
October 1915. Failed to embark 23 November 1915 with the 3rd Light Horse contingent
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 12Enlisted Ballarat, Victoria in 39th Battalion as 2031A Stanley Henry Burns on 16 May 1916,
noting his place of birth as Christchurch New Zealand with next-of-kin, friend Miss Millie
Carroll, Clarendon Street East Melbourne. Embarked 25 September 1916 aboard HMAT
Shropshire A9
Service in the Field, France – wounded
Resumed true identity 12 August 1918 of Lance Corporal 2031A Henry Malache Carroll,
39th Battalion
Returned to Australia aboard HT Lancashire disembarking 31 March 1919
Discharged 8 May 1919
Died 5 October 1967
Service Certificate for
Henry Carroll (Denise Quintal)
15521 COCKERELL, Albert Edward (Mick)
Driver 2nd Divisional Signal Company, 16th Reinforcements
Born 29 September 1897 Campbellfield (Somerton) Victoria to Robert and Mary Priscilla
(Jolley) Cockerell
Occupation Blacksmith Striker
Enlisted 10 November 1914 Melbourne Victoria aged 18
Next of kin father Robert Cockerell, McCallurn Street Swan Hill Victoria
Embarked 20 October 1916 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Borda A30
Service in France
Returned to Australia 13 October 1919 aboard HT Devon
Discharged 11 January 1920
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 13Albert (Mick) returned to work as a blacksmith
and farrier in his father's business. He joined the
AIF in May 1940 and sailed for England in that
month. After a short period he was transferred
to the Middle East and spent about 7 months in
Tobruk while it was besieged. He then was
returned to Australia and discharged from the
AIF with the rank of Staff Sergeant in 1943. He
worked for Pool Petroleum, and then the Shell
Oil Co until his death in 1955
(ref Bob Cockerell 2000) Issue 3 children
WW11
VX 13284 Enlisted in the AIF May 1940
Service in Tobruk, the Middle East
Returned to Australia. Discharged as a Staff
Sergeant 1943
Died 1955 Swan Hill Victoria
A.E. Cockerell, 11 August 1916
(AWM – DAOF 149)
(Portrait of A.E. Cockerell. This is one of a series of photographs taken by the Darge
Photographic Company which had the concession to take photographs at the
Broadmeadows and Seymour army camps during the First World War).
8/744 COCKERELL Allan Richmond Cockerell (brother to David Blair and James Cockerell)
Private: Corporal: 2nd Lieutenant: Temporary Captain: 2nd Lieutenant: Lieutenant
New Zealand Otago Infantry Battalion
Born 21 November 1891 Hyde Otago New Zealand to Allan Campbell and Alison (Richmond)
Cockerell
Occupation Railway Porter New Zealand Government Railways
Enlisted 25 August 1914
Next of kin father Allan Campbell Cockerell, Sutton, Otago, New Zealand
Embarked 16 October 1914 Port Chalmers, Dunedin Otago New Zealand
aboard HMNZT Ruapehu 5
Service Egypt, Gallipoli and France
Awarded Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
London Gazette, 26 November 1917.
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While he was endeavouring to fill a
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 14gap on his left flank during an attack (Passchendaele, Oct 1917), his platoon came under
heavy fire from some pillboxes and an enemy trench. He at once led his men to the attack,
capturing the garrison of the trench, and eventually by a skilful manoeuvre, put the pillbox
out of action. He was cut off from his company and all of his platoon had become casualties,
but he took command of a few men (Australians) near him and held his position when the
rest of the advance was held up. Later he rejoined his company, took command and
consolidated the new position. He showed the greatest gallantry, coolness and leadership
throughout.
2nd Lieutenant AR Cockerell DSO (D)
DSO Medal
(University of Wellington, New Zealand)
Otago Daily Times, New Zealand, Issue 17169, 23 November 1917
WINNER OF D.S.O.
Second Lieutenant A. R. Cockerell, who has just won the D.S.0., is the second son of Mr
Allan Cockerell, Middlemarch. He was educated at the Sutton School, and after leaving
school he learned farming on the Gladbrook Estate. Afterwards he joined the staff of the
New Zealand Railways, and at the outbreak of war he volunteered for active service. He was
accepted, and left with the Main Body. During this time he has been in Egypt, Gallipoli, and
France. The chairman of the Middlemarch Patriotic Committee has received a letter from
Lieutenant A. R. Cockerell, D.5.0., conveying the sincere thanks of the boys to the Red Cross
and patriotic workers of Middlemarch, who have done so much in sending parcels and other
comforts. The writer states that he feels sure all ranks appreciate the good work being done.
Returned to Port Chalmers New Zealand, disembarking 21 December 1918
Discharged 18 January 1919
Served with the Territorial Forces and then the Regular Army in the years between WWI and
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 15WW11 Enlisted with 2nd NZEF as Brigade Major in command of 4th NZ Infantry Brigade, 1940
General Staff Officer grade 2 (GSO2) of 5 NZ Division, 1941-1942
Commandant of Norfolk Island Garrison, 1943-1944
His son, Allan Richmond Cockerell (288394) served with the Medical Corps in WW11
Died 7 February 1975 Gore Southland, South Island New Zealand
23/385 COCKERELL, David Blair (Cockerill) (brother to Allan Richmond and James Cockerell)
Sergeant Rifleman B Company New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion
Born 8 June 1896 Sutton New Zealand to Allan Campbell and Alison (Richmond) Cockerell
Occupation New Zealand Railways Cadet
Enlisted 28 May 1915 Canterbury New Zealand aged 20
Next of kin mother Mrs A Cockerell Sutton Otago Central New Zealand
Embarked 18 December 1918 aboard HMNZT Tahiti for New Zealand
New Zealand Star, Issue 11625, 17 February 1916
The Rifle Brigade
Life in the Earl of Liverpool’s Own – The Voyage to Egypt
Mr J.E. Carter, stationmaster at Leeston, has received some interesting letters from
Rifleman D.B. Cockerell, who went to Egypt with the first battalion of the New Zealand Rifle
Brigade (Earl of Liverpool’s Own). At the time of enlisting Rifleman Cockerell, who
distinguished himself at some of the sports meetings in the Ellesmere district as a runner,
was cadet at the Leeston railway station. The following extracts have been take from one of
the soldier’s letters:-
I thoroughly enjoyed the trip over here in the transport. We called at an Australian port and
went for a route march through the town, but could not get any leave owing to a case of
scarlet fever on board. During our stay there the Willochra came in and all our patients were
transferred to her and sent back to New Zealand.
In due course we sighted the coast of Africa and were soon running up the Gulf of Aden. We
did not call at Aden, but could see the harbour lights in the distance. Two days later we
sighted the island of Perim and shortly afterward passed through Hell’s Gate into the Red
Sea. Later on in the same day we saw an old Arabic town named Makhas loom up against
the skyline. The buildings appeared to have been made up of white stone, which looked very
beautiful with the sun shining upon it. For the next few days we passed plenty of islands and
lighthouses, and arrived in Suez on Sunday morning, but had to anchor in the harbour until
Monday because there was no berth available. We disembarked at 12.30 and got into a line
of dirty carriages and were soon being whirled along to our camping ground. Whenever the
train stopped natives by the dozen came along trying to sell fruit, cigarettes, and lollies, but
we were not allowed to buy any owing to the possibility of the fruit being drugged. We are
not in New Zealand now, and it is known that spies are everywhere about here, so one
cannot be too careful. The dirty appearance of the natives is enough to put us off the fruit.
After spending about seven hours in the train, we arrived at Zeitoun and marched to where
we are now camped, beside the town of Heliopolis. We are camped in tents, eight men in
each, and have our food in a big wooden building. The barbers in camp are Greeks, and of
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 16all the barbers I have seen they are the limit, for they absolutely pull the face off one. One
visit was quite sufficient for me.
The Second Battalion left for the front on November 23. We would have been away in their
stead, but unfortunately the First Battalion were vaccinated a few hours before we got word
to go into the firing line: but I suppose we shall be away in another week’s time.
Departed for overseas service in France
Discharged 9 February 1919 through injuries sustained in active service
Married 4 August 1919 to May Craighead
Died 2/4 May 1980 Christchurch New Zealand
New Zealand History on-line
47518 COCKERELL, Edward James (Ted) (Cockerill)
Corporal 1st Battalion Otago Regiment D Company 26th Reinforcements NZEF
Born 4 September 1895 Middlemarch New Zealand to Benjamin and Alice (Clark) Cockerell
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 23 December 1916 aged 21
Next of kin mother Mrs Alice Cockerill Torridge Street, Oamaru
Embarked 9 June 1917 Wellington New Zealand aboard HMNZT Willochra 85 to Devonport
Devon England
Service in France where he received an accidental bullet wound while on duty in the field
Died 10 October 1918 in No.3 Casualty Clearing Station France
Buried Beaulencourt British Cemetery Ligny-Thilloy Pas-de-Calais France
Grave I.B.19
New Zealand Oamaru Mail, Volume VLV111, Issue 136592, 23 and 24 October 1918
Roll of Honour - Cockerell – On October 10th, 1918. Died of wounds received in action on
September 6th in France, Lance Corporal Edward James, the dearly beloved and only son of
Benjamin and Alice Cockerell, Thames Street, Oamaru and brother of Mrs A.E. Johnson,
Redmond Street, Gore, aged 23. He did his duty.
Name is honoured on the Pukeuri, Richmond & Hilderthorpe War Memorial the
Oomaru War Memorial in the Oamaru Cemetery and the Auckland War Memorial
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 17.
Beaulencourt British Cemetery Ligny-Thilloy Pas-de-Calais
France (web site)
Headstone has the New Zealand Fern Leaf
37660 COCKERELL, Francis James
Sapper / Corporal 6th Reinforcements New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company
Born 6 December 1895 Macraes North Otago New Zealand to George Francis and Sophia
Ann (Mardling) Cockerell
Occupation Miner
Enlisted 9 March 1917 Dunedin New Zealand aged 22
Next of kin mother Mrs Sophia Ann Cockerell, Macraes Flat, Otago New Zealand
Embarked 26 July 1917 Wellington New Zealand aboard HMNZT Ulimaroa 90
Service in France
Embarked for New Zealand 13 March 1919 aboard S.S. Ionic
Discharged 25 May 1919 Wellington New Zealand – Termination of period of engagement
Died Whakatane 26 September 1969
New Zealand Flag
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 188/2876 COCKERELL James (Cockerill) (brother to Allan Richmond and David Blair Cockerell)
Corporal Otago New Zealand Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion 7th Reinforcements
Born 21 August 1894 Macraes North Otago New Zealand to Allan Campbell and Alison
(Richmond) Cockerell
Occupation Shephard
Enlisted 10 June 1915 New Zealand aged 21
Next of kin father A Cockerell Middlemarch, Otago New Zealand
Embarked 9 October 1915 Wellington New Zealand aboard HMNZT Warrimoo
Service in France
Killed in Action 12 October 1917 in the field Ypres Belgium
Buried Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grace
XI.B.6
Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Auckland Weekly News 1918
New Zealand Otago Witness, Issue 3370, 16 October 1918
For the Empires’ Cause
Cockerell, In loving memory of Sergeant James Cockerell, who was killed in action at
Passchendaele, France on October 12, 1917
Duty called him; he was there
To do his bit, and take his share
Inserted by his loving brothers Lieutenant, AR Cockerell DSO and Sergeant DB Cockerell, still
on active service. Another entry inserted by his loving parents, sisters, and brother,
Middlemarch (Otago New Zealand).
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 191678 COCKELL John Harold (Jack)
Corporal 60th Infantry Battalion
Born 1897 Yan Yean Victoria, to Jane McGregor Cockerell
Occupation Drapers Shop Assistant
Enlisted 21 January 1916 Brunswick Victoria aged 19
Next of kin step father Lewis Bosanko, 45 Breeze Street West Brunswick
Embarked 4 April 1916 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Euripides A14
Service in France
Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
London Gazette 3 September 1918: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 4 February 1919
Citation: for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, during the advance at Villers
Bretonneux East of Amiens on the night of 26/27th April 1918. Single-handed, he rounded a
machine-gun post single-handed, killing the three occupants and capturing the gun, which
he immediately used to best advantage in dispersing the enemy and allowing our advance to
be continued. He then advanced firing his own gun from his hip and thereby causing heavy
casualties to the enemy. He took command of his Platoon after his Officer and Platoon
Sergeant had become casualties, and from this on he displayed the qualities of leadership,
command and initiative to a marked degree.
(Signed) J.T. Hobbs. Major-General, Commanding 5th Australian Division
Returned to Australia 27 November 1919 aboard HT Devon
Discharged Melbourne 19 January 1920 – Termination of Period of Enlistment
Following the war John Cockerell ran into trouble and in 1922 was involved in a highly
publicised case where he was charged with wounding with Intent to murder. He shot
another man in the head whilst drunk after getting into an argument with him at his uncles
house in Somerton. In his mercy plea at court he relied heavily on his war record including
the award of the DCM. Cockerell was sentenced for 6 months imprisonment.
WW11
During WW2 he attempted to enlist under his own name but was rejected probably on the
account of his criminal record. He went interstate, where he enlisted as S50499 John Harold
Le Vipont at Torrens Hall South Australia becoming a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion. Nothing
further is known of him.
The Distinguished Conduct Medal, post-nominal letters DCM, was established in 1854 by
Queen Victoria as a decoration for gallantry in the field by other ranks of the British Army. It
is the oldest British award for gallantry and was a second level military decoration, until it
was discontinued in 1993.
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 203134 DAVIS, Clarence William
Private 51st and 52nd Battalion
Born 29 August 1886 Black Marsh Tasmania to William Henry and Marianne (Holmes) Davis
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 1 August 1915 Claremont Tasmania aged 30
Next-of-kin mother Mrs Mary Ann Davis Colebrook Tasmania
Embarked 16 October 1915 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Port Lincoln A17
Wounded in action France 4 September 1916
Active service in France
Proceeding of a Court Martial held on 24 April 1917; when on active service deserted in the
field. Period of absence 4.30pm 27 March 1917 until 12.15pm 11 April 1917 – 16 days.
Period in arrest awaiting trial – 12 days. Pleaded Not Guilty. Found Guilty. Awarded 15
years. Sentence of Penal Servitude 9 June 1917, commuted to 2 years. Transferred to 51st
Battalion from 52nd Battalion ex prison 25 April 1918 France. Discharged to duty on
Suspension of Sentence 19 May 1918.
Returned to Australia 15 July 1919 aboard HT Somali
Demobilised 22 August 1919
Medals were forfeited under Royal Warrant in consequence of desertion, but were restored
prior to 1922 under the Amended Royal Warranty
Received his 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
3137 DEAN, Marcus Arthur
Private 8th/60th Infantry Battalion
Born 24 January 1887 Echuca Victoria to Marcus Wakeford and Elizabeth (Sugden) Dean
Occupation Foreman
Enlisted 19 September 1916 Melbourne Victoria aged 29
Next of kin father Mr Marcus W Dean Echuca
Victoria
Embarked 16 December 1916 aboard
HMAT Medic A7
Returned to Australia 22 July 1917 for Home
Service
(illness – enlarged Thyroid)
Discharged 30 October 1917
Died 7 October 1965 East Malvern Victoria
Marcus Arthur Dean
(www.geni.com)
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 216801A EDWARDS, David William (brother to George, John and Orlando Edwards)
Private 22nd Infantry Battalion, 20 Reinforcements
Born 28 May 1898 Meeniyan Victoria to David William Passmore and Catherine (Cockerell)
Edwards
Occupation Farm Hand/Farmer
Enlisted on 14 September 1916 aged 17 - was discharged after his parents withdrew their
permission until he reached the age of 19
Re-enlisted 11 July 1917 Meeniyan Victoria, aged 19
Next-of-kin father Mr DWP Edwards, Meeniyan, Victoria
Embarked 21 November 1917 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Nestor A71
Service France, Egypt, Italy
Returned to Australia 7 April 1919 aboard SS Orca from England
Married Mary Hughes
WW11
VX56779 Lance Sergeant
2/3rd Australian Railway Construction Company
was posted to Western Australia, Queensland and
many parts of Australia to help defend the country
against the Japanese invasion. Discharged 16 March
1945, after serving 4 years
Died 1961
David William Edwards Broadmeadows Camp
29 September 1916
(AWM DA16499)
1288 EDWARDS, George Henry (brother to David, John and Orlando Edwards)
Private 14th Infantry Battalion E Company
Born 3 October 1891 to David William Passmore and Catherine (Cockerell) Edwards
Occupation Builder/Carpenter
Served in the 20 Light Horse Reserve
Enlisted 14 October 1914 Melbourne Victoria aged 23
Next-of-kin Mrs Nellie Edwards care of Mrs Macline, Balwyn Victoria
Attached to the Broadmeadows Camp 17 October 1914
Embarked 22 December 1914 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Ulysses A38
Service at Gallipoli – Gained his Corporal stripes in September 1915
Returned to Australia 14 January 1916 aboard HMAT Wondilla A62
Discharged 25 July 1916 Melbourne Victoria
Died Anzac Day 25 April 1951 Heidelberg Military Hospital
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 22577 EDWARDS, John Thomas Passmore (brother to David, George and Orlando Edwards)
Private 14th Infantry Battalion
Born 24 September 1883 to David William Passmore and Catherine (Cockerell) Edwards
Occupation Carpenter
Enlisted 23 September 1914 Melbourne Victoria aged 31
Next-of-kin wife Mrs Edwards, 79 Walker Street Ascot Vale, Victoria
Attached to the Broadmeadows Camp 14 October 1914
Embarked 22 December 1914 Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses A38
Service in Egypt and France
Promoted Lance Corporal 13 April 1916
Returned to Australia 1 November 1917 aboard HMAT Anchises A68
Discharged 30 April 1918 at Melbourne
Died 5 March 1950
Left: George Henry Edwards 1914 (Nancy Symons)
Above: John Thomas Passmore Edwards
(Nancy Symons)
5681 EDWARDS, Orlando (adopted brother to David, George and John Edwards)
Private 5th Infantry Battalion 17th Reinforcements
Born 29 July 1896 as Walter Frederick Martin to Antemas and Amelia (Edwards) Martin.
Parents died. Was adopted by David and Catherine Edwards and renamed Orlando Edwards
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 14 February 1916 Melbourne Victoria aged 21
Next-of-kin mother Mrs Catherine Edwards Meeniyan Victoria
Embarked 4 April 1916 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Euripides A14
Killed in Action in the Field France 18 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Villers Brettoneux Memorial MR26 Part 11C-F, Villers-
Bretonneux, Picardie, France
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 232022 EVANS, Alfred George (brother to Henry Evans)
Private 12th Infantry Battalion – 1 to 8 Reinforcements (December-September 1915)
5th Reinforcements
Born 29 November 1894 Montagu Tasmania to George Alfred and Catherine (Kate)
(Finnerty) Evans
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 11 February 1915 aged 24
Next-of-kin mother Mrs Kate Evans, Mengha Tasmania
Embarked 17 April 1915 Melbourne Victoria, aboard HMAT Hororata A20
Taken on Strength 20 June 1915 Gallipoli – Wounded in Action – Hospitalised
Taken on Strength 11 August 1916 France
Killed in Action 19 August 1916 (Previously reported missing 2 – 19 August 1916)
Informant states that on or about August 20th at the battle of the Somme, Pte. A.G. Evans
was killed by a shell during an advance. Informant saw it happen and knew Evans
personally.
Reference – Pte. A.J. Pritchard, 5512, 12th A.I.F. London General Hospital, Wandsworth
Common, S.W. (Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files)
Honoured Villers-Bretonneux and Australian National War Memorial
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Alfred George Evans
(Tasmanian War Casulties.com)
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 242454 EVANS, Henry (brother to Alfred George Evans)
Private 12th Infantry Battalion - 1 to 8 Reinforcements (December 1914-September 1915)
7 Reinforcements
Born as Albert Edward William Evans, Alias AKA Henry/Harry, 29 November 1894
Montague Tasmania to George Alfred and Catherine (Kate) (Finnerty) Evans
Occupation Farmer Labourer
Enlisted 9 July 1915 Claremont Tasmania aged 20
Next-of-kin mother Mrs Kate Evans, Mengha Tasmania
Embarked 24 June 1915 Adelaide South Australia, aboard HMAT Kanowna A61
Taken on strength at Mudros 4 December 1915
Hospitalised with Typhoid, Influenza and Chronic Rheumatism
Returned from Suez to Australia 11 April 1916 aboard HMAT Runic A54
Discharged from the AIF at Hobart Tasmania : reason Rheumatism
Married Lavinia Irisene Smith
Died 3 July 1942
Murdos comprised a small Greek port on the Mediterranean Island of Lemnos. It gained
wartime significance with the determination of the Allies – chiefly the British and largely
through the enthusiasm of Winston Churchill – in the early part of 1915 to attempt to seize
control of the Dardanelles Strait, some 50km away.
AWM H18510. Heliopolis, Egypt. c. 1915. The interior of the Auxiliary Hospital
which formed part of 1st Australian General Hospital (1AGH), located
in the former Heliopolis Palace Hotel. The inmates were from Gallipoli.
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 25FINLAY, Alfred
Born 1886 Collingwood Victoria to Richard and Margaret (McGuiness) Finlay
Occupation Asphalter
Enlisted 14 July 1917 Melbourne Victoria aged 29
Unallotted – no entries to show he was ever in camp
Next of kin mother Mrs Margaret Finlay 29 Derby Street Collingwood Victoria
Margaret Finlay, a desperately anxious mother, sent letters to the Military in January and
May 1920, seeking information on her son’s whereabouts. She died in Melbourne on 10
December 1921
No further information is known on Alfred Finlay
94871 FOY, Lindsay Robert Earle (cousin to William John Foy)
Private
Born 6 February 1899 Sydney NSW to Robert Henry and Annie Maria Inglesby (Bamford) Foy
Occupation Clerk
Enlisted 27 September 1918 Sydney NSW aged 19
Next of kin mother Annie Foy, William Street Chatswood NSW
B Company AIF from 12 November to 15 November 1918
Discharged at expiration of his period of Enlistment
WW11 Service N173456
Died 2 November 1986 Castle Hill NSW
4/2265 FOY, William John (cousin to Lindsay Robert Earle Foy)
Private 4/19th Battalion then 13th Battalion AIF
Born 20 November 1894 Leichhardt NSW to William and May Ann (Annie) (Ellison) Foy
Occupation Driver
Enlisted 9 July 1915 Liverpool NSW aged 21
Next of kin mother Annie Foy 112 Cooper Street Waterloo NSW
Court Martial held when on Active Service at Serapeum Egypt (camp site) was absent from
parades, absent without leave and showed a wilful defiance of authority when a command
was given by his superior officer. Sentenced to 2 years, 26 May 1916.
Returned to Australia 1 July 1916 per HT Mashobra from Egypt (for completion of
imprisonment)
Discharged 4 August 1917 Melbourne
Not eligible for War Medals
Died 19 March 1947 Chatswood NSW
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 267063 FROST, Arthur William
Private 45th Infantry Battalion
Born 21 October 1899 Parkes NSW to Robert William and Ida Florence (Wilson) Frost
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 11 December 1917 Sydney NSW aged 18 with fathers’ consent (mother died 1914)
Next of kin father Robert William Frost Parkes NSW
Embarked 28 February 1918 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Nestor A71
Service in France
Married 19 June 1919 Twitchen Devon England to Lizian Valentine Buckingham
Returned to Australia aboard HT Berrima disembarking 8 November 1919 with wife Lizian
Discharged 1 December 1919
WW11 Service N413112 – Sergeant
Enlisted 25 May 1942 Lambton NSW
Next of kin wife Lizian Valentine Frost
Died 30 November 1970
Buried Sandgate Cemetery NSW
14705 FROST, William Henry
Gunner 1st Divisional Ammunition Column – 12 to 24 Reinforcement (December 1915 –
November 1916)
Private 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Lance Corporal – Driver 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion 1 April 1918
Born 1895 Romsey Victoria to Arthur William and Margaret (Milligan) Frost
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 5 February 1916 aged 20
Next-of-kin mother Mrs Margaret Frost, Kerrie Post Office near Romsey Victoria
Embarked Melbourne 4 May 1916 aboard HMAT Port Lincoln A17
Service in France – wounded in action
Returned to Australia 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking 16 February 1919
Discharged 29 March 1919
Married 1922 to Barbara Zenobia Sanday
Died 5 September 1968 Romsey Victoria
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 272155 GOLDIE, John Roy
Private 23rd Battalion 4th Reinforcement
Sapper 2nd Division Signal Corp 28 April 1918
Born 10 June 1897 Hobart Tasmania to Charles and Martha Elizabeth (Boucher) Goldie
Occupation Compositor
Enlisted 26 June 1915 aged 18 with parents’ consent
Next of kin father Charles Goldie, 37 Park Street South Melbourne Victoria
Embarked 27 September 1915 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Hororata A20
Service in Middle East and France
Returned to Australia 15 May 1919 aboard SS Ypiranga disembarking 5 July 1919
Married 1921 to Winifred June Hooke
WW11 Service V91224
3rd Garrison Battalion
Date and Locality of Enlistment 11 December 1940 Armidale Victoria
Occupation Linotype Operator
Next of Kin wife Winifred J Goldie, 4 Silver Street Malvern Victoria
WW11 - VX89167 George Roy Goldie (son)
Died 27 January 1982
Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery Victoria
6982/15739 GOODING, Vernon Arthur
Private / Trooper 38th Company Australian MD Training
Born 12 September 1899 Mathinna Tasmania to Arthur J and Josephine (Douglas) Gooding
Occupation Miner
Enlisted in the AIF 31 July 1917
Discharged from the AIF – Medically unfit 10 August 1917
Re-enlisted in the AIF 17 August 1917
Discharged from the AIF 29 August 1917 - making a false statement on the Attestation Paper
was under-age
Re-enlisted 16 October 1917 Claremont Tasmania aged 19
Next-of-kin Mother Mrs Josephine Gooding, Launceston Tasmania
Embarked 26 November 1917 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Indarra
Returned to Australia 27 August 1919 aboard H.T. Burma(h)
Discharged 3 October 1919 Hobart Tasmania, Demobilisation
Died 8 July 1927 Repatriation General Hospital Hobart, Tasmania
Diggers Hat – First used on early Australian Gold Fields and later
adopted by the Australia Light Horse
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 281639 GREGORY, Horace Percival (brother to Sydney Vincent Gregory)
Private 49th Infantry Battalion – 1 to 9 Reinforcements
Born 20 April 1887 Colebrook Tasmania to George and Ellen Sophia (Siggs) Gregory
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 19 April 1916 Claremont Tasmania, aged 27
Next-of-kin father George Gregory Colebrook Tasmania
Embarked 1 July 1916 Hobart Tasmania aboard HMAT Berrima A35
Service in France: Wounded Gassed
Returned to Australia 4 August 1919 aboard HT Swakopmund
Discharged 26 September 1919
HT Swakopmund transporting troops back
to Australia (Photo taken in Cape Town
AWM PO8933.033)
Horace Percival Gregory (Tasmanian Weekly Courier 29 August 1918)
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 2944367 GREGORY, Sydney Vincent (brother to Horace Percival Gregory)
Private NZEF Canterbury Regiment, 1st Battalion
Born 24 January 1883 Colebrook Tasmania to George and Ellen Sophia (Siggs) Gregory
Occupation Butcher
Lived Fifteen years in New Zealand
Enlisted 18 November 1916, Matron New Zealand aged 36
Next-of-kin Wife Georgina T Gregory of Tutaenui Road, Marton New Zealand
Embarked Wellington New Zealand 26 April 1917 aboard HMNZT 83 Tofua
Killed in action 25 August 1918 at Bapaume, France
Buried Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, France
Auckland Weekly News 1918 (299271)
HMNZT Tofua in camouflage
strips
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 302821 HENRY, Harry Lyell
Private 40th Australian Infantry Battalion
Born 20 July 1897 Devonport Tasmania to Frederick Ormiston and Mary Alice (Lewis) Henry
Occupation Grocer
Enlisted 16 October 1916 aged 19
Next-of-kin brother Frederick Henry of Strachan Tasmania
Embarked 6 December 1916 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Orsova A67
Killed in action on 4 October 1917, by a shell on Passchendaele Ridge Belgium; he was
buried where he fell, a temporary cross was erected at the time. Grave site unknown
Memorial details: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaandern, Flanders, Belgium
Harry Lyell Henry’s name is located at panel 132 in the Commemorative Area at the
Australian War Memorial
Menin Gate Memorial to the missing is a war memorial at
Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth
soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of WWI and whose
graves are unknown. (Wikipedia)
Harry Lyell Henry
wearing a British Peak Cap
HMAT Orsova A67 (AWM PB0776)
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 311003 HICKS, Colin
Private 14th Infantry Battalion ‘H’ Company
Born 29 October 1880 Yan Yean Victoria to Thomas James and Agnes (Smith) Hicks.
Agnes Hicks died in 1884.
Thomas James Hicks remarried Mary Cockerell 1889 (step-mother) – Issue three daughters
Occupation Farmer
Enlisted 17 September 1914 Melbourne, Victoria aged 34
Next of kin, father Mr T J Hicks, Mernda, Victoria
Embarked 22 December 1914, Melbourne Victoria, aboard HMAT Ulysses A38
Departed on HMAT Ulysses with step-cousins 1288 George Henry Edwards and
577 John Thomas Passmore Edwards who were both in the 14th Battalion
Service Gallipoli Peninsula
Suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen
Died of wounds 14 May 1915 aboard hospital ship HS Gascon while being ferried to hospital
in Alexandria
Buried at sea three miles off Gaba Tepe
Memorial Details, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey:
Australia War Memorial:
Honour Board at the Mayfield Presbyterian Church, unveiled by his father Thomas Hicks
Confused arose following the death of Thomas Hicks in 1920. The Defence Department
claimed that being the only son, that his step-mother was Mary (Cockerell) Hicks and his
eldest sister or half-sister Mabel Hicks was entitled to his medals. Mabel relinquished her
claim in favour of her mother.
Colin Hicks (Nancy Symons) and
Lone Pine Memorial
©2018 Cheryl Timbury 32706 JOHNSTONE, Cecil Henry McGregor (brother to Percy and Reginald Johnstone)
Private 58th Infantry Battalion 15th Infantry Brigade 2nd Reinforcements
Born 12 April 1895 Laang Victoria, to Charles McGregor and Mary Jane (Robertson)
Johnstone
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 1 February 1916 Warrnambool Victoria aged 21
Next-of-kin father Charles McGregor Johnstone, Koort Koortnong via Camperdown Victoria
At 21st Depot Battalion Warrnambool and 19th Depot Geelong
Embarked 4 April 1916 Melbourne Victoria aboard HMAT Euripides A14
Service in France
Returned to Australia 18 November 1917 aboard Suevic A29
Discharged 18 January 1918 – Medically unfit, defective vision
Married 17 May 1919 Mortlake Victoria, Margaret Marjorie Leishman
Died 21 May 1967
James Frederick (Jim) Johnstone (John Caffin)
507 JOHNSTONE, James Frederick (Jim)
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, 2nd Veterinary Section – 1 to 13 Reinforcements (March 1915-
January 1916) - 8th Reinforcements
Born 27 June 1881 Terang Victoria to Charles Henry and Louisa (Mollenoyux) Johnstone
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 26 October 1914 aged 32 with his parental cousin 506 William James Johnstone
Next-of-kin father CH Johnstone Laang Victoria
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