Private John Stanley Reid, 20th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF
John Reid was born in 1898 in Bourke, New South Wales, the son of Alexander and Mary Reid. When he was about three years old, his family moved to Enfield in Sydney’s west.
Flight Sergeant Ronald Mansfield Oakes, No. 115 Squadron (RAF)
Ronald Oakes was born on 3 February 1923, the eldest of six children born to Kathleen Stoney Oakes and Dudley Sedgewick Mansfield Oakes, a veteran of the First World War.
Leading Aircraftman Colin Shortland Molony, 15 Wireless Telegraphy Station Nadzab, RAAF
Colin Molony was born on 10 December 1924, the son of Gordon and Matilda Molony.
Private William Oliphant, 24th Battalion, AIF
William Oliphant was born on 15 May 1890 near Port Melbourne in Victoria.
Second Lieutenant Leonard Lambert Pozzi, 6th Battalion, AIF
Leonard Pozzi was born on 28 January 1892 to Valerio and Elizabeth Pozzi of the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
Private Francis Albert Livingstone Lenon, 20th Infantry Battalion, AIF
Francis Lenon was born in 1900, one of six children born to Hugh and Annie Lenon of Adelong, in the Riverina area of New South Wales.
Corporal Thomas Alan Shepley, 16th Battalion, AIF
Thomas Shepley, known by his middle name “Alan”, was born on 18 May 1895, the eldest son of Harry and Alice Annie Shepley of the Adelaide suburb of Goodwood.
Private Charles Leslie King, 16th Battalion, AIF
Charles King was born in 1883 in Wodonga, Victoria, the third child of Charles Thomas William King and Margaret King.
Private Gordon Alfred Freeman, 38th Battalion, AIF
Gordon Freeman was born in 1895 to Henry and Annie Freeman of Kerang, Victoria. He had one brother and three sisters.
Sergeant Duncan Arthur Allan, 9th Australian Infantry Battalion
Duncan Allan was born on 18 April 1922 in Bangalow, a small town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, about 170 kilometres south of Brisbane.
Sapper Terence Ronald Moore, 1st Training Battalion, Royal Australian Engineers
Born on Christmas Day 1926, Terence Ronald Moore was the son of Edward Alfred Moore and Beryl Jean Moore of the Sydney suburb of Arncliffe.
Lieutenant Francis Patrick Laracy, 1st Battalion, AIF
Francis Patrick Laracy was born in 1891 in Toowoomba, Queensland, the third child and only son of Michael and Johanna Laracy.
Corporal Louis Herbert Francis Nadin, 1st Battalion, AIF
Louis Nadin was born in 1895, the second son of Louis and Maria Nadin of Sydney.
Private Kenneth Charles von Bibra, 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion
Kenneth von Bibra was born in Launceston, Tasmania, on 13 December 1910, the second of two sons born to prominent Tasmanian pastoralist and businessman William von Bibra, and Da
Corporal Edward William Cobbledick, 6th Battalion, AIF
Edward Cobbledick was born in 1887 to Theophilus and Mary Ann Cobbledick of Traralgon, Victoria. His family later settled at nearby Yarragon, where they ran a farm.
Private Albert Percival Adcock, 50th Battalion, AIF
Albert Adcock was born in the Adelaide suburb of Wayville on 26 of November 1896, the youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Adcock.
Lieutenant Hubert Hume Corney, 21st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
Hubert Hume Corney was born in 1892 in Wilcannia, New South Wales, the son of Walter Thomas and Rebecca Louisa Corney.
Private Edward John Cairns, 27th Battalion, AIF
Edward Cairns was born on 17 July 1894 at Birkenhead, South Australia, the son of Solomon and Hannah Cairns.
Captain Benjamin Hooper, Z Special Unit att AAMC
Benjamin Hooper was born on 16 July 1916, the second eldest of seven children born to James and Margaret Hooper.
Private John Lewes Davison Gower, 10th Battalion, AIF
John Gower was born on 14 October 1885 in Blakiston, South Australia, the son of the Reverend John and Elizabeth Gower.
Chief Petty Officer Donald Matheison Viney, HMAS Perth, RAN
Donald Viney was born in Devonport, Tasmania, on the 18th of March 1906, the son of Arthur Edward Viney and Mary Mathieson Briggs.
Loss of Two Royal Navy Officers During XE Midget Submarine Training Exercises
Lieutenant David Carey, Royal Navy and Lieutenant Bruce Enzer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve were lost within several days of each other (June/July 1945) during XE Submarine trai
Private Frederick Jacob Kafer, 53rd Battalion,
Frederick’s father, Jacob, emigrated to Australia in 1855 with his parents and siblings from Auenstein, in the German Kingdom of Württemberg.
Private Gregory Vaughan Foran, 7th General Service Reinforcements, AIF
Gregory Foran was born in 1895 in Oberon, New South Wales, the son of Michael and Priscilla Foran.
Australian War Memorial
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