Flight Sergeant Evariste Pierre Dubois, No. 269 Squadron (RAF)
Evariste Dubois was born on 14 July 1918 at Matcham, just outside Gosford in New South Wales.
Sergeant Eric Harvey Longbottom, No. 27 Operational Training Unit, RAF.
Eric Harvey Longbottom was born in Riverton, South Australia on 30 October 1916, the eldest son of Oliver and Hilda Longbottom.
Private Frank Caine, 2/3 Ordnance Stores Company, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Frank Caine was born in Nottingham, England on 22 October 1904, the son of Frank and Elizabeth Caine.
Able Seaman James Cummings, HMAS Sydney (II), Royal Australian Navy
James Cummings was born on 20 October 1920, the son of James and Sarah Cummings, of the Sydney suburb of Manly.
Private Robert Keyte, 55th Australian Infantry Battalion
Robert Keyte was born on 5June 1883 at Major’s Creek, near Braidwood in New South Wales.
Air Cadet Ralph Vardon Norbury, 1 Flying Training School Point Cook
Ralph Norbury and his twin, John, were born on 22 December 1914 in Atherton, Queensland, the sons of Frederick and Grace Norbury.
Private Arthur George Power, 28th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
Arthur Power was born in Brentford, England on 18 September 1891, one of 13 children born to engineer Harry Power and his wife Francis, nine of whom survived beyond the age of t
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.
Lieutenant Walter John Scott, 6th Division Signals (HMT Slamat)
Walter Scott was born on 14 April 1904 in the coastal town of Warrnambool, Victoria.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Private Herbert Glanville Cornish, 48th Australian Infantry Battalion
Herbert Cornish was born on 18 June 1894 in Clare, South Australia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Corporal Robert William Andrews, 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Robert Andrews was born on 26 October 1891 at Lawrence, near Proserpine in Queensland.
Australian War Memorial
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