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Arthur Baldwyn
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Arthur William Baldwyn

Arthur was born in May 1891 to Frank and Florence (née Teale) Baldwyn of Conderton, Tewkesbury, England.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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James Hercules Harold Anderson

James Hercules Harold Anderson was born in 1892 at Benambra, Victoria, to William and  Martha. James had two brothers and two sisters.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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William John Anderson

William John Anderson was born in 1893 in the town of Corryong, to Martha, nee Doran and William George Anderson. He would be the eldest of five children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

James Alexander
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James Alexander

James was born in January of 1883 in Sale, Victoria, to David Duncan Ellen, nee Royle. He would be one of five children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Percy Nugent
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Percy Herbert Nugent

According to his enlistment papers, Percy was born in 1898 in Cudgewa, Victoria. He was one of nine children of James William and Sophia (née Hamilton) Nugent.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Ernest Campbell Post

Ernest was born in Tintaldra, Victoria, on the 15th of September 1889. He was the youngest of nine children of William Henry and Elizabeth Jane Thomson (née Inglis).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Thomas Carey Robinson

Thomas Carey Robinson was born on the 25th of April, 1884, in Corryong, to George and Rachel (nee Morris) Robinson.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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James Strachan

When James Strachan was born on 26 March 1886 in Jingellic, New South Wales, to Alexander and Mary France Georgina, nee Roy. He had four brothers and two sisters

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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William Tough Strachan

William was born on the 15th of May 1879 at Jingellic, New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Charles Stratton

Charles was born in Corryong in 1875, the sixth of ten children to Robert and Marian Annie (née Grant) Stratton.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Clifford Thwaites
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Clifford Cardiss Thwaites

Clifford (on left in photograph) was born on the 16th of December 1893 at 81 Toogood Street in Erskineville, New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Alfred Turner headstone
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Alfred James Turner

Alfred was born in Bethanga, Victoria, in 1892. He was the sixth child of John William and Frances Margaret (née Osmond) Turner.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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John Julius Vogel

John Julius Vogel was born on 6th October 1879 at Tintaldra, Victoria, to Christian Georg Vogel and Elizabeth, nee Cartwright. He would be one of eleven children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Dick Nankervis
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Dick Nankervis

Dick Nankervis was born on August 26, 1894, in Corryong, Victoria, to Charles Nankervis and Emma Isabel, nee Simpson.  In 1914, he became a probation teacher with the Victo

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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George Kingsnorth Jarvis

George Kingsnorth Jarvis was born in 1879 in Cudgewa, Victoria, to William Jarvis and Catherine Rebecca, nee Simpson.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Alfred Henry Meurant

According to his Service Records, Alfred Henry Meurant was born on September 20, 1885, in Cootamundra, NSW, to Albert Henry Meurant and Elvira Rosetta, nee Pike.

Author: Stephen Learmonth