Private William Thomas Doolan, 2/21st Battalion, AIF
William Doolan was born on 15 January 1913 in Werribee, Victoria, the eldest son of Thomas and Emily Doolan.
Sergeant Ronald Thomas Carroll, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Ronald Thomas Carroll was born on 17 December 1936 in Moree, New South Wales, to Thomas and Edna Carroll.
Corporal William Ernest Verdon, 21st Battalion, AIF
William Verdon, known as “Willie” or “Bill”, was born in 1892 to Stephen and Bridget.
Lance Sergeant James Verdon, 56th Battalion, AIF
1767 Lance Sergeant (LSgt) James Verdon, of the 56th Battalion was from Ardlethan, New South Wales.
Corporal Harold Paul Verdon, 21st Battalion, AIF
Harold Verdon was born in 1897 to Stephen and Bridget Verdon of Mirboo, Victoria, the second youngest of nine sons.
Private Stanley Robert Stansfield, 52nd Battalion
Popularly known as known as “Bob”, Robert Stansfield was born on the 8th of June 1896 to James and Marion Stansfield of Franklin, Tasmania.
Lieutenant Harry Forster Rutledge, 7th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
Harry Rutledge was born in 1891 to William Forster Rutledge and his wife Jane Ruth, nee Morphy. The Rutledges were a prominent grazing family from Bungendore in New South W
Private John Marshall Rose, 5th Battalion, AIF
Popularly known as “Jack”, John Rose was born on 11 August 1894, the second son of William and Annie Rose of Malmsbury, Victoria.
Private Alfred Sargison Metcalf, 1st Battalion, AIF
Alfred “Alf” Sargison Metcalf was born on 6 September 1874 in Newcastle-on-Tyne in England’s north-east.
Lance Corporal Arthur Lloyd Stevens, 18th Battalion, AIF
Arthur Stevens was born in December 1892 in Cunnamulla, Queensland to William and Alice Maud Stevens.
Private Edward Laurence Curran, 24th Battalion, AIF
Edward “Ted” Laurence Curran was born in 1877 in Horsham, Victoria to Michael and Brigid Curran.
Lance Corporal Reuben Rose, 43rd Battalion, AIF
Reuben Rose was born in 1895, one of nine children to Reuben and Isabella Rose of Moonta Mines, South Australia.
Lance Corporal John Wallace Walder, 6th Battalion, AIF
John Walder was born in 1889 to James and Sarah Walder. His father came to Australia from London in the early 1870s to work on railway construction in Tasmania.
Flight Sergeant William Ronald Andrew, No. 9 Squadron, RAF
William Andrew was born on 8 December 1921 in the town of Dalby in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, son of Hugh and Mary Andrew.
Corporal Clarence Hallard Page, 2nd Division Signals Coy, AIF
Clarence “Clarrie” Page was born on 30 April 1895 to Arthur and Annie Page of the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.
Private Allan St Clair Galvin, 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Allan Galvin was born in Tarcutta, New South Wales, in April 1895, the eldest son of Thomas and Adelaide Galvin.
Private Robert Findlay Garlick, 2/23rd Infantry Battalion
Robert “Bobby” Garlick was born on 7 July 1921 in Henty, south of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, the son of Edward and Thomasina Garlick.
Aircraftman Class 1 William Ernest Menzies, No. 10 Squadron
William Menzies was born on 12 December 1919, one of four children born to Allan and Mabel Menzies.
Private Hugh Hillam, 29th Battalion, AIF
Hugh Hillam was born in 1895 to Samuel and Jean Hillam, in Dawson, South Australia. Hillam’s mother died soon after.
Sergeant Mervyn James Headen Baillie, RAF
Mervyn Baillie was born on 22 April 1918 to James and Gertrude Baillie of Semaphore, near Port Adelaide in South Australia.
Private Charles Stanley Bingley, 55th Battalion, AIF
Charles Bingley was born on 28 February 1892 on the family farm “Woodfield” near Queanbeyan, New South Wales, the son of Thomas and Victoria Bingley.
Unveiling of Roll of Honour at Empire Day at Bottle Creek
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Lance Corporal Sydney Cooper, 48th Battalion, AIF
Sydney Cooper was born in 1895, one of ten children to John and Margaret Cooper of Kingston in South Australia.
Private John Joseph Cleary, 9th Battalion, AIF
John Cleary was born in Kildare, Ireland, to James and Abigail Cleary. He was the fifth of six children.