Albert John (Jack) Knight
Albert John Knight was born in 1883 in Adelong, NSW. He was the tenth child of George and Mary Ann (née Williams).
William Gordon Hamilton Crowe
William was born in 1892 in Jingellic, Victoria. He was one of four sons and one daughter born to George and Jane Cathcart (née Hanna).
Frederick Aston Ferris
Frederick Aston Ferris was the second son of Jacob Ferris of Port Albert and Helen Brown Ferris (née Nielson) of 52 Hanover Street, Windsor.
Stanley Hector Bailey
Stanley Bailey was born in 1890, one of eleven children of William and Catherine (née Fraser) of Corryong.
John Frederick Herbert
When John Frederick Herbert was born on the 29th of December, 1920, in Corryong, Victoria, his father, Frederick, was 42 and his mother, Florence Amelia (née Phillips), was 34.
Bernard Spilsbury
The death of Frederick in 1917, when Bernard was only four years old, must have been very difficult for the family.
William John Matheson
William John Matheson was born in Tumbarumba, NSW on the 12th of August 1917, the sixth child of Thomas and Elizabeth (née Portors) Matheson.
James Marshall Carter
James Marshall Carter was born on the 17th of March 1912, in Seymour, Victoria.
City's children inspire memorial to war dead
Mackay’s war dead and former defence forces personnel will be honoured in new plantings along the nation’s Remembrance Driveway between Sydney and Canberra.
Second Lieutenant James Monteagle Brown, 25th Australian Infantry Battalion
Jimmy Brown enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 August 1915.
2662 Private William George Jacob, 36th Infantry Battalion AIF
William Jacob was born at Kootingal in 1896, the son of George and Mary Jacob.
413145 Flight Sergeant Keith McRae Smith, No. 226 Squadron (RAF )
Keith Smith was born on 21 July 1922, one of 13 children born to Colin and Mary Smith.
319 Private Harold Craig Close, 23rd Battalion, AIF
Harold Close was born on 11 March 1896 in the Melbourne suburb of Caulfield, one of three sons born to John and Elizabeth Close.
4245 Private John Edward Painter, 50th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
John Painter was born on 18 January 1878 in the Adelaide suburb of Kensington, one of ten children born to railway worker Charles Painter and his wife Annie.
Meredith War Memorial Obelisk
According to my mother whose maternal grandmother was the publican of the Royal Hotel, the Obelisk stood on the south-western corner of the Midland Highway and Staughton Street
History of the Meredith Memorial Hall
According to an information panel provided by the Meredith Historical Society, the Hall was first erected in 1906 as a Mechanics Institute and Free Library.
On the last day-
The dawning of 11November, 1918, heralded for many the Armistice that was soon to come into effect.
NX47951 Lance Sergeant Athol Gervase Nagle, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion
Athol Nagle enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force on 6 September 1940.
NX47700 Private Ronald Norrie Lyle Alexander, 2/30th Battalion
Ronald Alexander was born in Coraki, New South Wales, on 11 August 1911, the son of Edwin and Sarah Alexander.
422822 Flight Sergeant John Downton Whitby, No. 224 Squadron, RAF
In June 1944, Whitby and his squadron took part in anti-submarine patrols in the lead up to and immediate aftermath of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France.
19867 Driver James Herbert Sommerville, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
QX21876 Private Stanley Joseph Cousins, 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion
903A Trooper Clive Roberts, 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
2396a Sergeant Vernon Gordon King, 11th Field Artillery Brigade DOW 22 October 1917