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.
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.
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.
Private Richard Tuke, 56th Battalion, AIF
Richard Tuke was born in 1886 to William and Elizabeth Tuke of Cumberland, England.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Leading Stoker John Adrian Moxey, HMAS Goorangai, RAN
John Moxey was born on 15 November 1912 in Williamstown, Victoria to a nautical family.
Private Lawson Harford Reeve, 12th Battalion, AIF
Lawson Reeve was born on 23 March 1888 to Clement and Sarah Reeve of Franklin, Tasmania.
Private Samson Daniel Fox, 38th Battalion, AIF
Samson Fox was born on 13 August 1893 at Cadell, South Australia, to Samson Daniel Fox senior, an Indigenous man from southern Victoria, and Eliza Bourne, a white woman from Kap
Private Edwin Jones, 18th Battalion, AIF
Edwin Sydney Jones was born in 1883, the youngest of three surviving children to Edwin and Elizabeth Jones of the Sydney suburb of Manly, New South Wales.
Private John Thomas Navin, 49th Battalion, AIF
John Navin was born in 1891 in Lismore, New South Wales, to the large family of Edward and Bridget Navin.
Driver Roy Edward Francis Sadler, 110th Australian Howitzer Battery
Roy Edward Francis Sadler was born in Pilliga, New South Wales in 1896, to Edward and Jane Sadler.
Private Frederick Norman Craig MM, 12th Battalion, AIF
Fred Craig was born on 6 June 1893 to John and Mary Craig of Tasmania. He grew up in Adventure Bay, the fourth of four boys and six girls.
Sergeant Horace Stewart Winburn, 40th Battalion
Horace Winburn was born on 19 September 1896, the third son of Frederick and Mary Winburn of Mathinna in Tasmania.
Private George Henry Spinks, 52nd Battalion, AIF
George Spinks was born on 22 June 1891 to Charles and Rachel Spinks of Penguin, Tasmania. When George was seven, his 10 year old sister, Elvie, died of a heart condition.
Lance Sergeant Josephus Fullagar, 7th Battalion, AIF
Josephus Fullagar was born in December 1894, the second oldest son of Ada and Charles Fullagar of Faversham, Kent, in south-east England.
Private Joseph Alan Cordner, 6th Battalion, AIF
Joseph “Alan” Cordner was born on 6 May 1890 in Bridgewater on LoddonVictoria, the eldest of two sons of Joseph and Jessie Cordner.
Lance Corporal John Logan, 18th Battalion, AIF
John Logan was born in 1889 in Ormiston, Scotland, the eldest of two sons to John and Elizabeth Logan.
Sapper Archie Gordon Shepherd, 3rd Division Signals Company
Archie Shepherd was born in 1893 to Charles and Janet Shepherd of Inglewood, Victoria.
Good to Bad
"In this painting I show how things have been changing over time in the Gulf country.
Australian War Memorial