Balwyn Historical Society- Balwyn War Memorial
In June 1916, the newly formed Balwyn Progress Association sent a deputation to the Camberwell City Council to urge the Council to acquire land for a park in the vicinity of wha
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Able Seaman Ronald Ernest Smith, HMAS Canberra and HMAS Rushcutter, RAN
Able Seaman Ronald Ernest Smith was a D(h)arug man born on 13 February 1920 in Gladesville, Western Sydney, to Ernest Wallace Smith and Olivia Corrine Hunter.
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Australian War Memorial
Pte Sarn Singh, 43rd Battalion, AIF
At least 12 Indian Australians are known to have enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. Two of them, Pte Sarn Singh and Pte Nain Singh
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Pte Nain Singh Sailani, 44th Battalion, AIF
At least 12 Indian Australians are known to have enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. Two of them, Pte Sarn Singh and Pte Nain Singh
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Pte Desanda Singh, 3rd Light Horse, AIF
There were at least 12 Indian Australians who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War.
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Pte Nain Singh Sailani, 44th Battalion, Pte Sarn Singh, 43rd Battalion, and Pte Desanda Singh, 3rd Light Horse, AIF
In June 1917, Private Nain Singh Sailani and Private Sarn Singh were killed in action on the Western Front.
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The Douglas brothers
Alan Douglas, born in 1894 in Picton, New South Wales, was the second of three sons and a daughter born to Mary and George Douglas.
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Australian War Memorial
Sergeant Frank Alfred Tibbey, 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Frank Tibbey was born in Leichardt, Sydney on 20 October 1890, the eldest son of Jack and Ada Tibbey.
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Second Lieutenant Harold William Wilthew, 31st Battalion, AIF
Harold William Wilthew was born in 1893, one of three children to William and Mary of Balmain, Sydney.
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Trooper Walter Edward Smale, 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Walter Smale was born in 1896 in Freestone, Queensland. His mother, Emily, was a Yuggera woman, and his father, Alfred, was an English immigrant.
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Lieutenant Abel Richmond Sheath, 18th Battalion, AIF
Abel Sheath was born on 31 March 1890 to Harris and Harriet Sheath in Sydney.
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Private Stanley Schweitzer, 17th Battalion, AIF
Stanley Grenfell Schweitzer was born in 1890, one of 11 children of Charles and Mary Schweitzer of Grenfell, New South Wales.
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Warrant Officer Reginald John Peck, 86 Squadron, RAF
Reginald Peck was born on 19 February 1920 in Manly, Sydney, one of five children to John and Phyllis Peck.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Mervyn Allen Lown, 13th Battalion, AIF
Mervyn Lown was born in 1893 to Andrew and Margaret Lown in Balmain, Sydney. His father owned a grocery on Darling Street, and was a warden at St Mary’s Church of England.
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Flight Lieutenant Duncan John Murchison, 9 Squadron (HMAS Canberra)
When Robyn Gladwin was growing up, her mother Marjorie rarely spoke about her father, Flight Lieutenant Duncan John Murchison.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Richard Tuke, 56th Battalion, AIF
Richard Tuke was born in 1886 to William and Elizabeth Tuke of Cumberland, England.
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Private William Edward Newson, 24th Battalion, AIF
William “Bill” Edward Newson was born in 1880, one of six children of George and Ellen Newson of what is now known as Mitchell in Queensland’s Western Downs.
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Private Robert Paginton, 2/13th Battalion, AIF
Robert Paginton was born on 8 August 1907, the youngest of 11 children born to John and Eliza Paginton of Malmesbury in the south-west of England.
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Private Robert Edward Salcole, 3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company, AIF
Robert Edward Salcole was born on 30 June 1912 in Nyngan, in the Bogan Shire area of central New South Wales, to Robert Edward senior and Gertrude Emily Salcole.
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Australian War Memorial
Private Harold Bede Young, 17th Battalion, AIF
Harold Young was born in 1899 in Gulgong, New South Wales, to William and Catherine Young. His mother died when he was only three or four years old.
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Trooper Norman Charles Dyer, 10th Light Horse Regiment
Norman Dyer was born in 1889, one of ten children to Charles and Elizabeth Dyer of Booleroo Centre in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges.
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Trooper Frederick Bird, 4th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Frederick Bird was born in 1897, one of six children to James and Ada Bird of Yarram in the Gippsland region in Victoria.
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Australian War Memorial
Leading Stoker John Adrian Moxey, HMAS Goorangai, RAN
John Moxey was born on 15 November 1912 in Williamstown, Victoria to a nautical family.
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Private Lawson Harford Reeve, 12th Battalion, AIF
Lawson Reeve was born on 23 March 1888 to Clement and Sarah Reeve of Franklin, Tasmania.
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