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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Oswald Rixon
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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Jack Cook
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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Leo Smedley
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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Eva Behrens 1917
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Eva May Behrens

Eva May Behrens was born in 1883 in Mansfield, Victoria, to Dittmer and Jane (née Jennings) Behrens.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Charles Ahrens

Charles Ahrens was born on April 4, 1888, at Corryong, Victoria, to Ferdinand Francis and Catherine, nee Denny, Ahrens

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Ernest McInnes
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Ernest McInnes

Ernest (Ernie) McInnes was born in 1895 at Towong, Victoria, to Alexander Douglas and Ada Blanche, nee Stockwell, McInnes.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Richard Jarvis
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Richard Henry Jarvis

Richard Henry Jarvis was born on April 25, 1890, at Benambra, Victoria, to William (‘Worragee Bill) and  Caroline Jane, nee Hadley, Jarvis.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Garnet Wolseley Jarvis

Garnet Wolseley Jarvis was born in 1881. Depending upon the resource, he was born at either Cudgewa or Tintaldra, both in Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Leslie James Hitchcock

Leslie was born in 1890 in Junee, New South Wales. He was one of nine children to Andrew and Elisabeth (née Mulley) Hitchcock.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Hugh Hamlyn Harris

Hugh Hamlyn Harris was born on 1 July 1893, in Adaminaby, New South Wales to William Hamlyn and Elspeth, nee Grant, Harris. He would have seven other siblings.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Robert Douglas Clyde Hanna

Robert Douglas Clyde Hanna was born on 12 July, 1895, at Ournie in New South Wales to Robert and Margaret Jean, nee Clyde, Hanna.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Percy Montgomery Hanna

Percy Montgomery Hanna was born on 14 July 1896, at Walwa, Victoria, to Joseph and Elizabeth, nee Clyde, Hanna.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Hugh Hanna
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Hugh Gordon Hanna

Hugh Gordon Hanna was born on 12 December, 1890, at Tintaldra, Victoria, to Robert and Margaret Jean, nee Clyde (1868 to 1939), was 23.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Arthur Caldwell Nugent

Arthur Caldwell Nugent was born on 1 January 1896 at Cudgewa, Victoria, to James and Sophia, nee Hamilton.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Fred Nugent
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Frederic Nugent

Fred Nugent was born in Corryong, Victoria, on 9 September 1894 to Thomas and Lucy, nee Wheeler. He had one brother, Harry, who was two years younger. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Harry Woodman Nugent

Harry was born in Berringama, Victoria, on 11 May 1896 to Thomas and Lucy (nee Wheeler) Nugent.  He would be one of nine children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth