Trooper Kenrick Corey Riley, 16/6th Light Horse Regiment
Kenrick Cory Riley was born at the family estate, Glenmore, at Mulgoa on 2 April 1892, to Alick and Louisa Riley.
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Australian War Memorial
Private William Lewis, 30th Battalion, AIF
William Lewis was born in 1894 to John and Ethel Lewis of Adamstown, New South Wales.
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Australian War Memorial
Waverley Soldiers War Memorial
Made of sandstone, this monument consists of a statue of an Anzac soldier holding a rifle to his side, positioned on a pillar.
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Waverley Council
Sergeant Walter John Hancock, 2/29th Battalion, 2nd AIF
Walter Hancock was born on 6 September 1902 in Ballarat East, Victoria, to Albert and Clara Hancock.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Vivian Francis David Sprague, 2nd Battalion, AIF
Vivian “Vic” Sprague was born in 1896 in Blackheath, New South Wales, to George and Sarah Sprague, the second of two sons.
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Australian War Memorial
Corporal Ernest Lionel Bailey, Australian Salvage Corps, AIF
Ernest Bailey was born in Sydenham, London in 1886. At 23, he emigrated to Australia and the Western Australia goldfields, where he worked as a gold assayer.
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Australian War Memorial
Private David Andrew Allison, 11th Battalion
David Andrew Allison was born on 3 December 1872 in Murphy’s Creek, Queensland, to Samuel and Elizabeth Allison.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Oscar Herbert Hart, 4th Battalion
Oscar Hart was born in 1889, one of seven children born to Joseph and Sarah Hart of Wollongong, New South Wales. He lost his mother at the age of six.
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Australian War Memorial
General Sir Henry George Chauvel, GCMG, KCB
The first Australian corps commander, Harry Chauvel was a professional soldier who rose to command the renowned Desert Mounted Corps during the First World War.
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Australian War Memorial
Sergeant Maurice Vincent Buckley, VC, DCM
Maurice Buckley’s military service began badly. He had joined the light horse in 1914 and went to Egypt, where he contracted a venereal disease.
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Australian War Memorial
Captain Edward Frederick Robert Bage
A prize-winning student, athlete, and soldier, Bob Badget Bage was a young adventurous Antarctic explorer before returning to his army appointment.
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Australian War Memorial
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson, VC, MC (1897–1988)
Middle-aged, bespectacled, and a veteran of an earlier war, Anderson did not look like a Hollywood-style war hero.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Alan Thomas Adams, Australian Army Service Corps, att’d 2/12th Field Ambulance
Alan Adams was born in St Peters, Sydney, on 4 April 1913 to Albert and Florence Adams. He grew up and attended school in Newtown.
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Australian War Memorial
Brothers of Glen Innes
The descendants of the Cole Family shared this story of three brothers who enlisted in the First World War in June 1915.
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Australian War Memorial
Sgt Herbert Francis Cole, 56th Battalion, AIF
Born in 1891, Bert Cole was the eldest son of William and Catherine Cole of Wellingrove, New South Wales.
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Australian War Memorial
Flight Sergeant Charles Edward Adair, No. 467 Squadron, RAAF
Born in Swan Hill in Victoria on 17 February 1920, Charles was the son of Michael and Doris Adair. He attended the local state primary and high schools, and his hobbies an
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Private John Reeves, 5th Battalion, AIF
John Reeves was born in 1890 to William and Julia Reeves of Lilydale, Victoria.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Ernest Rewell Dalziell, 48th Battalion, AIF
Ernest Rewell Dalziell was born in Perth, Western Australia, on 30 April 1898 to Walter and Lily Dalziell. He was the third of five children.
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Australian War Memorial
Corporal William Alexander Young, 27th Battalion
William Young was born on 21 May 1890 to James and Alice Young. He grew up in Port Adelaide, where he attended the local school.
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Australian War Memorial
Able Seaman Alan Walter Lade, HMAS Australia II
Alan Lade was born on 5 October 1924 in Scottsdale, in north-east Tasmania, to Francis and Sylvia Lade.
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Australian War Memorial
Corporal Fergus Stanley Ibbott, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Fergus Stanley Ibbott was born on 11 February 1889 in Apsley, Tasmania, to George and Charlotte Ibbott. He attended Buckland’s School in Hobart.
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Australian War Memorial
Flying Officer Philip Brooks, No. 13 Squadron RAAF
Philip Gardner Brooks was born in 1917, one of six children to Albert and Margorie Banks of Adelaide, South Australia.
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Australian War Memorial
Lance Sergeant Fred Lindsay Staggs, 2/18th Battalion, 2nd AIF
Fred Staggs was born on 29 April 1892 in Lismore, New South Wales, one of seven boys and three girls to John and Jemima Staggs. In 1908, the family moved to Inverell.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Alfred Charles Gooda, 17th Battalion, AIF
Alfred Gooda was born in 1895 to John and Lydia Gooda of Inverell, New South Wales. He was the youngest of six children, and lost his mother when he was a young boy.
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Australian War Memorial