Private William Vincent Hodgens, 50th Battalion, AIF
William Hodgens, known as “Will”, was born on 19 April 1892, the third son of Mary and James Hodgens of Tothill Creek in South Australia.
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Flight Sergeant Raymond Yabsley, 19 Operational Training RAF
Raymond Yabsley was born in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville on 27 September 1924, the son of Harry and Maud Yabsley.
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Private Wallace Lanvel Eccleston, 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion
Wallace Eccleston was born on 13 November 1919 in Adaminaby, New South Wales, the son of Arthur and Amelia Eccleston.
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Corporal Walter Stanley Dawe, 32nd Battalion, AIF
Walter Dawe was born on 4 May 1889, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Dawe of Kadina, on the Yorke Peninsula. His father died when he was three, and his mother when he was five.
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Private Mervyn Harold Esposito, 7th Battalion, AIF
Mervyn Esposito, known to his family as “Mooty”, was born in 1894 to Frank and Mary Esposito of Eaglehawk, Victoria.
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Private Randolph Adamson, 35th Battalion, AIF
Randolph Adamson, known as “Dolph”, was born in Salisbury Plains, New South Wales, in 1897, the third son of George and Ann Adamson.
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Private James Woodlands, 54th Infantry Battalion, AIF
James Woodlands was born in 1897 in Beechwood, New South Wales, on of ten children born to David and Johanna Woodlands.
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Corporal Ewen Alexander Cameron, 60th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Ewen Alexander Cameron was born in March 1884 in Wahring, Victoria, the son of Donald and Janet Cameron.
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Pilot Officer Frank Leslie Oliver Thorn, No. 23 Squadron, RAAF
Frank Thorn was born on 16 August 1912 in St Arnaud, Victoria, one of five sons born to James and Beatrice Thorn.
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Second Lieutenant Malby George Crofton Dodwell, 20th Battalion, AIF
Malby Dodwell was born on 23 March 1876 in Rydal, New South Wales, the eldest of three children born to the Reverend James Crofton and Margaret Mary Dodwell.
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Private Stanley Arthur Johnson, 18th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Stanley Johnson was born in January 1892 to Hannah and William Johnson of Newcastle, New South Wales. The family moved to Marrickville, a suburb of Sydney, when he was young.
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Sergeant Keith Thornton Horsley, 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion
Keith Horsley was born on 13 August 1909 in Ipswich, Queensland, the third son of William and Alice Horsley.
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Company Sergeant Major William James Maclaren, 7th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
William Maclaren was born in 1874 to William and Ann Frances Maclaren at Fryerstown, near Castlemaine in Victoria.
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Private Richard Saxon, 8th Australian Battalion, AIF
Richard Saxon was born in Melbourne around 1872, the son of Margaret and Joseph Saxon.
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Private Christopher Wilson Carter, 6th Battalion, AIF
Christopher Carter was born in 1887, the son of Marjorie and Christopher Wilson Carter of Greenwald, a small rural community in south-west Victoria.
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Pilot Officer Edwin John Turk, No. 8 Squadron RAAF
Edwin John Turk was born on 10 August 1912 in Healesville, Victoria, the eldest of five children born to Edwin and Edith Turk.
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Private Harold Gordon Craig, 6th Battalion, AIF
Harold Craig, known as “Gordon”, was born in 1884, the youngest son of James and Mary Craig of the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn.
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The Vietnam War Memorial Walk is a local project with national significance.
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Private Ian James Thomson, 3RAR
Ian James Thomson was born in Albury, New South Wales, on 19 December 1945 to Ted and Nancy Thomson.
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Leading Steward Walter Edward Bettinson, HMAS Sydney (II)
Walter Bettinson was born on 8 March 1919 in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville, one of four children born to John and Charlotte Bettinson,.
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Lance Corporal George Campbell Davies, 27th Battalion, AIF
George Davies was born in Adelaide on 27 November 1895 to Harold and Ina Davies.
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Elliott War Memorial
The traditional name for the township of Elliott is Kulumindini.
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Private John Stanley Reid, 20th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
John Reid was born in 1898 in Bourke, New South Wales, the son of Alexander and Mary Reid. When he was about three years old, his family moved to Enfield in Sydney’s west.
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Flight Sergeant Ronald Mansfield Oakes, No. 115 Squadron (RAF)
Ronald Oakes was born on 3 February 1923, the eldest of six children born to Kathleen Stoney Oakes and Dudley Sedgewick Mansfield Oakes, a veteran of the First World War.
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