Flight Lieutenant Rex Victor Skinner, No. 24 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
Rex Skinner was born on 12 September 1918 at Broken Hill, New South Wales. He was the only son of Phillip Skinner, a bootmaker, and his wife Elsie.
Private William Raymond Harvey, 55th Australian Infantry Battalion
William Harvey was born on 19 May 1891 in Old Junee, New South Wales. Known as “Ray”, he was one of 16 children born to Robert Harvey, a farmer, and his wife Amy.
Guy Leslie Bailey
Guy Leslie Bailey was born on May 5 1891, in Corryong, Victoria. He was the third of nine children for Richard and Mary Eliza (nee Rawes) Bailey.
Flight Sergeant Alexander Bennett No. 148 Squadron (RAF)
Born on the 21st of September 1914 in Perth, Alexander was the fourth and youngest son of Maxwell and Sarah Bennett.
Flight Sergeant Charles Frederick Walters, No. 463 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
Charles Walters, known as “Chassie”, was born on 18 April 1925 in Ipswich, Queensland, to Charles and Josephine Walters.
Ernest Angus Briggs
Ernest Angus Briggs was born on July 6 1890, at Cudgewa, Victoria.
Private William John Olney, 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion
William Olney was born in Whittlesea, north of Melbourne in Victoria, on 27 August 1916.
Captain John James Marshall, 55th Battalion, AIF
John Marshall was born on the 6th of November 1891 in Bexley, Sydney. He was the tenth child and youngest of William and Jane Marshall.
Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Robertson, 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
John Robertson was born on 28 October 1894 in Geelong, Victoria. Known as “Jack”, he was the eldest of five children born to George and Jessie Robertson.
Katherine Agnes Lawrence Porter, Australian Army Nursing Service
Known as “Kitty”, Katherine Agnes Lawrence Porter was born on the 17th of December 1882 to John and Mary Porter of Milton, a village in the Shoalhaven Shire of New South Wales.
Air Mechanic Class II William Douglas Sloane, No.2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
William Sloane was born on 4 June 1890 in the town of Mulwala, on the banks of the Murray River in New South Wales.
Private Cosby Kennedy Snodgrass, 26th Australian Infantry Battalion
Cosby Snodgrass was born in 1886 in Lismore, New South Wales, one of ten children born to John Robert Snodgrass, a farmer, and his wife Eleanor.
Private John Patrick Mulcahy, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
John Mulcahy was born on the 12th of March 1927 in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Michael and Margaret Mulcahy.
Stanley Edmund David Mildren
Stanley Edmund David Mildren was born in 1887 at Thougla, Victoria. He was the youngest of ten children of John and Alice Ann (nee Evans), Mildren.
Oswald Andrew Rixon
Oswald Andrew Rixon was born January 13 1895, at Khancoban, NSW. He was the oldest of five children to Andrew and Elizabeth Eleanor, nee Scammell, Rixon.
Harold Joseph Nankervis
Harold Joseph Nankervis was born in 1896 at Cudgewa, Victoria. He would be the seventh of eight children for John and Catherine, nee Storey, Nankervis.
Cecil Clifford Sheather
Cecil Clifford Sheather was born in Tintaldra, Victoria, on August 15 1891. He was one of thirteen children of Reuben Silas and Harriet Eleanor, Nee Waters, Sheather.
John (Jack) Frederick Cook
John (Jack) Frederick Cook was born on August 7 1897, to James and Isabel Elizabeth, nee Cole, Cook, at Nariel, Victoria. He was one of seven children.
Leo Thomas Smedley
Leo Thomas Smedley was born in January 1896 in Corryong to William and Phillipa Constance, nee Evans, Smedley. He was the eldest of seven children in the family.
Thomas Edward Cook
Thomas Edward Cook was born on July 27 1894, to James and Isabel Elizabeth, nee Cole, Cook, at Nariel, Victoria. He was one of seven children.
Eva May Behrens
Eva May Behrens was born in 1883 in Mansfield, Victoria, to Dittmer and Jane (née Jennings) Behrens.
Charles Ahrens
Charles Ahrens was born on April 4, 1888, at Corryong, Victoria, to Ferdinand Francis and Catherine, nee Denny, Ahrens
Ernest McInnes
Ernest (Ernie) McInnes was born in 1895 at Towong, Victoria, to Alexander Douglas and Ada Blanche, nee Stockwell, McInnes.
John Charles Marshallsea
John Charles Marshallsea was born in 1893, at Corryong, Victoria, to John Adams and Margaret, nee Wilson. John would have four brothers and one sister.
Australian War Memorial
Stephen Learmonth