Stories

Glen Murray
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Glen Ernest Murray

In the early hours of the 22nd of June, 1942, 1054 prisoners of war (209 civilians and 845 military personnel) were awakened at Malaguna Road Camp on the island of New

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Albert Mitchell
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Albert Ernest Mitchell

In the early hours of the 22nd of June, 1942, 1054 prisoners of war (209 civilians and 845 military personnel) were awakened at Malaguna Road Camp on the island of New

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Fred Gitten
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Frederick (Fred) Gitten

In the early hours of the 22nd of June, 1942, 1054 prisoners of war (209 civilians and 845 military personnel) were awakened at Malaguna Road Camp on the island of New

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Tom Cody
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Thomas (Tom) Leslie Cody

In the early hours of the 22nd of June, 1942, 1054 prisoners of war (209 civilians and 845 military personnel) were awakened at Malaguna Road Camp on the island of New

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Allan Wheeler
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Allan Henry Wheeler

Allan was born on the 10th of December 1912 at Cudgewa, Victoria. He was the youngest of nine children to Francis Edward and Elizabeth Mary (née Carter) Wheeler.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Anthong Shanahan
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Anthony Shanahan

Anthony was born in Tallangatta in 1887, the fourth child of Timothy “Barney” and Ellen (née Mongan) Shanahan.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Harold Crowe
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Harold Oswald Leslie Crowe

Harold was born in 1895 in Jingellic, Victoria. He was one of four sons and one daughter born to George and Jane Cathcart (née Hanna).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Shannon
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Thomas Alwyn Shannon

Alwyn was born on the 8th of June, 1900 at Fitzroy in Victoria. He would be one of six children for Thomas and Lilian Emily (née Dodd) Shannon.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Barlow
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Thomas William Barlow

Thomas was born on the 29th of June 1916 in Albury, NSW. He was one of nine children to Alexander Ernest and Florence Christina (née Bourke).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Allan Jeans
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Allan Bloomfield Jeans

Allan was born at Nyah in north-west Victoria on the 12th of July 1909 to John Bloomfield (Jack) and Annie Paulina (née Haeusler) Jeans.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Harold Croucher
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Harold Croucher

Harold was born on the 24th of April, 1893, at Allans Flat in north-east Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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James Price Ronald

James was born on the 21st of January 1894 at Tallangatta, Victoria, the youngest son of Claude Alexander and Matilda Price. He would be one of ten children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Neil Croucher and family
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Neil Renfred Croucher

Neil was born on the 4th of June, 1891, at Kiewa in north-east Victoria. He was the seventh of ten children of Henry Joseph and Alice Elizabeth (née Yea) Croucher.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Victor Pollard
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Victor Ernest Pollard

Victor was born on the 1st of September, 1893, at Wodonga, Victoria. He was the fifth of six children to George and Edith May (née McPherson) Pollard.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

John Fardon
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John Charles Fardon

John was born on the 15th of December 1918, the third of four children to Charles and Jessie Ann (née Seaton) Fardon of Corryong.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Nicholas McIllree
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Nicholas Gordon McIllree

Nicholas was born on the 25th of October 1900 at Corryong, Victoria. He was the second of four children of Robert and Laura Lindsay (née Milligan) McIllree.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Roy Smith
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Roy Leslie Smith

Roy was born at Tallandoon, Victoria, on the 18th of March 1895. He was one of fifteen children to William Thomas and Margaret Annie (née Urwin) Smith of Tallandoon.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Bill Ronald
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William (Bill) Alfred Ronald

Bill was born on the 1st of October 1888 at Tallangatta, Victoria. He was one of ten children to Claude Alexander and Matilda (née Price).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Pat Joy
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John Patrick (Pat) Joy

On the morning of the 16th of May, the 2/23rd prepared to relieve the 2/43rd Battalion in the eastern sector of the Tobruk salient.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

John Johnson
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John Leslie Johnson

On the morning of the 16th of May, the 2/23rd prepared to relieve the 2/43rd Battalion in the eastern sector of the Tobruk salient.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

James Evans
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James Alexander Evans

On the morning of the 16th of May, the 2/23rd prepared to relieve the 2/43rd Battalion in the eastern sector of the Tobruk salient.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Alan Kelly
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Alan Clement Kelly

On the morning of the 16th of May, the 2/23rd prepared to relieve the 2/43rd Battalion in the eastern sector of the Tobruk salient.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Henry Skiller
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Henry Charles Skiller

Henry was born in 1895 at Granya in Victoria. He was the ninth of ten children for James and Eleanor Lucy (née Jenkins) Skinner.

Author: Stephen Learmonth