Private Sylvester Sullivan, 4th Battalion, AIF - part 1
Sylvester Sullivan was born on 24 October 1883 in Trangie, New South Wales, the 11th child of James and Catherine Sullivan.
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Private Richard Martin, 47th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF - part 2
In late March, Martin was found absent without leave, and on top of forfeiting eight days’ pay, was punished with 168 hours of heavy labouring duties.
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Private Richard Martin, 47th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF - part 1
Richard Martin was almost 23 when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 17 December 1914.
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Private George Robert Aitken, 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
George Aitken, of the Waka Waka Nation, was born on 5 November 1893 at Walloon Station, near Taroom in south-east Queensland.
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Private Malcolm St Aiden Teesdale Smith, 10th Battalion, AIF
Popularly known as known as “Mickie”, Malcolm Teesdale Smith was born in Devondale, Tasmania on 31 May 1890, the second son of Lydia and Henry Teesdale Smith.
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Private John Thomas Huckle, 1st Battalion, AIF
John Huckle was born in Condobolin, New South Wales, in 1893, the son of the recently married John and Cora Huckle, known as “Hanna”.
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Private Noel Daniel Maher, 2/10th Australian Infantry Battalion
Noel Maher was born in Mullumbimby, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales on 16 December 1923, the son of Daniel and Sophie Maher.
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Sister Mary Elizabeth Cuthbertson, 10th Australian General Hospital, RAANS
Popularly known as “Beth”, Mary Cuthbertson was born on 5 March 1910 in Stirling, South Australia, to William and Lillian Cuthbertson.
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Corporal Samuel Noel Walker, 2/4th Battalion, 2nd AIF
Born in Forbes, New South Wales, on 4 April 1912, Samuel Walker was the son of Henry and Agnes Walker.
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Private Herbert Clarence Dalmain, 18th Battalion, AIF
Herbert Dalmain was born in 1893 in Coonabarabran, New South Wales, one of eight children of John and Susan Dalmain. He grew up in Gilgandra and attended the local school.
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Private George Hockley Ellwood, 2/31st Battalion, 2nd AIF
Born on 15 January 1919 in Stanthorpe, a small town in south-east Queensland, George Ellwood was the son of Edgar and Maude Ellwood.
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Corporal Henry Harold Clift, 4th Battalion, AIF
Popularly known as “Harry”, Henry Clift was born in 1897 to William and Hannah Clift of West Wyalong, New South Wales. He had six brothers and four sisters.
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Staff Nurse Louisa Annie Bicknell, Australian Army Nursing Service
Born near Elmore in Victoria in 1879, Louisa Bicknell was the daughter of John and Eliza Bicknell. She had five sisters and three brothers.
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Private Charles Powley, 7th Battalion, AIF
Charles Powley was born in 1894, one of ten children of Edward and Arabella Powley of Boweya, near Glenrowan in northern Victoria.
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Second Lieutenant Walter Harry Wilsdon DCM, 10th Battalion, AIF
Walter Wilsdon was born on 18 February 1893 in Caltowie, South Australia, to Charles and Amy Wilsdon, the eldest of seven children.
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'It doesn't belong to me, it belongs to the people'
I was only 19 is song that changed John Schumann’s life.
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Second Lieutenant Louis Walter Teitzel, 25th Battalion, AIF
Louis “Lou” Walter Tetizel was born in Warwick, Queensland, in 1886 to Betsey and Heinrich Teitzel. He was one of six children, two of whom died in infancy.
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Corporal Robert Paterson, 38th Battalion, AIF
Robert Paterson was born in 1894, the eldest of nine children of John and Jane Paterson of Buckrabanyule in northern Victoria.
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Private Richard Snell, 51st Battalion, AIF
Richard Snell, known as “Dick”, was born in 1895 in Allendale, Victoria, the son of Richard and Catherine McCubbin.
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Private Albert Edward Smith, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Albert Smith was born in Penrith, New South Wales, on Christmas Day 1877, the son of Thomas and Annie Smith. He was a keen horse rider and an excellent rifle shot.
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Saddler Sergeant James Patrick Shannon, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
James “Jimmy” Shannon was born in Queensland around 1880. By 1900, he was living in Charters Towers with his mother and brothers.
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Sergeant Anthony Simpson Gilpin, 10th Battalion
Anthony Gilpin, known as “Son”, was born in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1892, the son of Alexander Gilpin and his second wife Hannah.
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Trooper Victor Ian Pomroy, A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
Victor Ian Pomroy, known as “Vic”, was born on 4 June 1945 in Camberwell, Victoria. He attended Camberwell Grammar School, where he was a member of the school’s cadets.
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Driver Charles Wealands, 110th Australian Howitzer Battery
Popularly known as “Curly”, Charles Wealands was born in 1892 to Ralph and Eliza Wealands of Tumbarumba, New South Wales.
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