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.
Corporal David Edward Etches, 3rd Battalion, AIF
Born in Sydney in 1889 to James and Annie Etches, David Etches had an older brother, William, and a younger sister, Anne.
Flight Sergeant Ronald Lanham, No. 14 Squadron, RAF
Ronald Lanham was born on 15 August 1922, the eldest of three sons born to Timothy and Olinda Lanham of “The Wattles”, a farm near Cowra in New South Wales.
Flying Officer Ernest Gatenby Fletcher, No. 463 Squadron, RAAF
Ernest “Ernie” Fletcher was born on 12 July 1913 in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Edwin and Annie Fletcher. He had an older sister, Mary, and a younger brother, Linley.
Private Harold Dean Anderson, 15th Battalion, AIF
Harold Anderson, known as “Halv” to his mates, was born on 2 February 1898 to John and Clara Anderson of Toowoomba, Queensland.
Lance Corporal James Gavin, 31st Battalion
James Augustus Gavin was born on 20 March 1886, son of James and Mary Gavin, at Jondaryan on the Darling Downs in Queensland.
Captain Domenic George Picone, Australian Army Medical Corps
Domenic Picone was born in Perth on 14 March 1909, the son of Anthony and Mary Picone.
Private Henry Gordon Loone, 4th Field Ambulance
Henry Loone, who went by his middle name “Gordon”, was born on 10 January 1885, the third son of Arthur and Keturah Loone of Scottsdale, Tasmania.
Private Nathaniel Robert Abbott, 26th Infantry Battalion, AIF
Nathaniel Abbott was born in 1892 in Evandale, Tasmania to George and Jane Abbott. He was one of nine children and received his education at Tasmania State School.
Private Francis George Gilbee, 60th Battalion, AIF
Francis Gilbee was born in 1890, one of six children of Frederick and Annie Gilbee of Darlimurla in Victoria.
Sister Emily Clare, Australian Army Nursing Service
Born in Melbourne on 11 September 1890, Emily Clare was the youngest daughter of Peter and Mary Clare. She had four sisters and three brothers.
Private Ralph Jones, 22nd Garrison Battalion, 2nd AIF
Born in Gorleston in Norfolk, England, on 26 September 1900, Ralph Jones was the son of Henry and Eliza Jones.