Private John Barrow, 5th Battalion, AIF
John Barrow was born on 16 May 1873 in Maryborough, Queensland. Known as “Jack”, he was the youngest son of English emigrants Charles and Mary Barrow.
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Australian War Memorial
Lieutenant Walter John Scott, 6th Division Signals (HMT Slamat)
Walter Scott was born on 14 April 1904 in the coastal town of Warrnambool, Victoria.
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Australian War Memorial
Sergeant Lionel Timothy Watson, No. 55 Squadron Royal Air Force
Lionel Watson was born in Sydney on 2 July 1921, one of five children born to Frederick and Edith Watson.
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Australian War Memorial
Lieutenant Thomas Leonard Cadell, 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Thomas Cadell was born on 7 December 1896 in Goulburn, New South Wales. Known as “Tom”, he was the only child born to bank manager John Cadell and his wife Mary.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Joseph Stanley Pethybridge, 51st Australian Infantry Battalion
Joseph Pethybridge was born in 1888 in Parkes Plains, Victoria, one of seven children born to William Pethybridge, a farmer, and his wife Ellen.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Richard Winstanley Adams, 34th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Richard Winstanley Adams was born in 1893 in Narrabri, northern New South Wales, the second son of Richard and Charlotte Adams. Richard attended Narrabri Public School.
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Pilot Officer Keith Omond Barnes, No. 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Keith Barnes was born on 6 March 1923 in Williamstown, Victoria. He was one of five children born to Edwin Robert Barnes, an engineer, and his wife Hilda.
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Australian War Memorial
Service Personnel Interred at Bridgetown Cemetery
November 2025 the Shire received a $10,000 Community Grant through the Department of Veterans Affairs for the development and installation of a beautiful Memorial stone at the B
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Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes
Private Neal Mortimer Bidstrup, 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion
Neal Bidstrup was born on 6 July 1914 in Warra, a farming area in Queensland on the Darling Downs.
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Australian War Memorial
Lieutenant Harold William Thompson, 14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Harold Thompson was born Harold William Best in November 1891, the eldest of four children born to Ada Mary Best in East Melbourne.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Herbert Glanville Cornish, 48th Australian Infantry Battalion
Herbert Cornish was born on 18 June 1894 in Clare, South Australia.
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Australian War Memorial
Flying Officer Robert McKerlie Croft, No. 463 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
Robert Croft was born on 16 December 1916 at Evandale, Adelaide, to Margaret and William Croft. William had served with the 4th Imperial Bushmen in the Boer War.
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Australian War Memorial
Bombardier Sydney Charles Harper, 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF
Sydney Charles Harper was born in late 1880 in Bromley, in the English county of Kent, to Emily and Edward Harper.
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Australian War Memorial
Major Edgar Geoffrey Sawer, 12th Australian Machine Gun Company
Edgar Sawer was born on 2 October 1876 in East Keswick, Yorkshire, England. He was one of three children born to John Riley Sawer, a textiles manufacturer, and his wife Lucy.
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Australian War Memorial
Corporal John Hurst Edmonson, 2/17th Battalion
John Edmondson was born on 8 October 1914 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Known as “Jack”, he was the only child of Joseph and Maude Edmonson.
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Australian War Memorial
Pilot Officer Maxwell Edwin Colebrook DFM, No. 77 Squadron, RAAF
Max Colebrook was born in West Perth on 8 May 1926, the third of three children and the second son born to Claude and Ivy Colebrook.
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Australian War Memorial
Corporal Robert William Andrews, 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Robert Andrews was born on 26 October 1891 at Lawrence, near Proserpine in Queensland.
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Australian War Memorial
Lance Corporal Albert Thomas Ticklie, 48th Australian Infantry Battalion
Albert Ticklie was born on 10 October 1899 in Encounter Bay, South Australia. He was one of 13 children born to John Ticklie, an engine driver, and his wife Elizabeth.
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Australian War Memorial
Private George Forrest, 34th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
George Forrest was born in 1858 in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. He eventually emigrated to New South Wales and settled in Sydney.
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Australian War Memorial
HMAS Goorangai
HMAS Goorangai was the first ship of the Royal Australian Navy lost during World War II.
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Brian Rowe
Private James Allan, 36th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
James Allan was born about 1890 to James and Catherine Allan, in the town of Sauchie, Scotland. He attended school in the nearby town of Fishcross.
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Australian War Memorial
Sergeant Ronald Joshua Bell, No. 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Ronald Bell was born on the 19th of March 1921 in Summer Hill, New South Wales.
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Australian War Memorial
Sapper David Hilton, 15th Field Company, Australian Engineers
David Hilton was born in August 1878 in Dundee, Scotland. Known as “Davey”, he was one of three children born to David and Catherine Hilton.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Donald James Carn, 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion
Donald Carn was born on 17 December 1910 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Known as “Don”, he was one of three sons born to farmers Jack and Kate Carn.
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Australian War Memorial