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Henry Nugent
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Henry James Nugent

Henry James Nugent was born on 16 May 1881 in Walkerville, South Australia, to Henry James Snr and Helen, nee Hehir. Henry would be one of six children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Sidney Treyvaud
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Sidney Henderson Treyvaud

Sidney Henderson Treyvaud was born in Geelong, Victoria, on 24 January 1893 to Hector Henderson Treyvaud and Matilda, nee Rollins.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Thomas Ward

Thomas and his twin brother William Robert were born in 1893 in Benalla, Victoria, to William Ward and Esther, nee Hurst.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Simon Sydney Whitehead

Simon Sydney (Sid) Whitehead was born on 24 April 1870, at Tooma, to Thomas Whitehead and Jane Gasmar, nee Dunn. Simon was the 4th of eleven children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Edmund Everard
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Edmund Henry Everard

Eddie was born on the 22nd of January 1887 at Tintaldra, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Albert Edward Evans

Albert was a 21-year-old labourer, born at Thoulga in Victoria, when he enlisted on 29 October 1915, at Cootamundra in New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Rupert Coleman Curnow

Biography taken from "Light Horsemen of the Upper Murray", Year 5 and 6, Corryong College, 2018

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Vernon Clifford Drummond

Vernon Clifford Drummond was born in 1890 in Albury, New South Wales, to Robert and Isabella, nee Waite.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

John Crowe
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John George Molesworth Crowe

John George Molesworth Crowe was born in Tintaldra, Victoria, in 1884 to George and Jane Cathcart, nee Hanna. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Lindsay Alexander Crowe

Lindsay Alexander Crowe was born in 1890 in Tumbarumba, New South Wales, to Colquhoun and Blanche Madeline, nee Gregory. He had two brothers and three sisters.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Bill Doughty
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William Griffin Doughty

William Griffin (Bill) Doughty was born on 23 August 1891, in the town of Tumbarumba, New South Wales, to Robert William Doughty and Sarah Ann, nee Griffiths.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Gilbert Heneage Davies

When Gilbert Heneage Davies was born on 27 April 1879 at Jolimont in Victoria, to George Schoen and Sarah Ann, nee Staples.

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

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Henry George Collins

Henry George Collins was born in 1893 in Kensington, an inner suburb of Melbourne, to Henry Hailey Collins and Eleanor Jane, nee Murray.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Albert Burt
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Albert Gordon Burt

Albert was born in 1893 in Lichfield, England. At his birth, his father, Albert, was 29, and his mother, Henrietta Mary (née Ward), was 26.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Andrew Boyd
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Andrew Boyd

Andrew was born in Melbourne on the 21st of November, 1893, to James and Jeanie Boyd. He attended Bonegilla State School and, later, Wesley College in Melbourne.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Thomas Harold Blomley

Thomas Harold Blomley was born in 1896 in Tooma, New South Wales. Thomas was the middle child of George and Charlotte (née Gill) Blomley.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Percy Clement Barber

Percy Clement Barber was born on 16 August 1888 at Cudgewa to John Thomas and Ellen Ann Pearce. Percy would have 6 brothers and 1 sister. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Alexander Baptie

Alex Baptie was born on the 13th of September 1890 at Selkirk in Scotland to Alexander and Janet (née Gray) Baptie. He was the second eldest of four children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Arthur Baldwyn
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Arthur William Baldwyn

Arthur was born in May 1891 to Frank and Florence (née Teale) Baldwyn of Conderton, Tewkesbury, England.

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James Hercules Harold Anderson

James Hercules Harold Anderson was born in 1892 at Benambra, Victoria, to William and  Martha. James had two brothers and two sisters.

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William John Anderson

William John Anderson was born in 1893 in the town of Corryong, to Martha, nee Doran and William George Anderson. He would be the eldest of five children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

James Alexander
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James Alexander

James was born in January of 1883 in Sale, Victoria, to David Duncan Ellen, nee Royle. He would be one of five children.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Percy Nugent
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Percy Herbert Nugent

According to his enlistment papers, Percy was born in 1898 in Cudgewa, Victoria. He was one of nine children of James William and Sophia (née Hamilton) Nugent.

Author: Stephen Learmonth