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Walter Leslie Plummer

Walter was born in 1894 at Bonegilla, Victoria. He was the eldest son of Thomas Edgar and Isabella Margaret (née Lawrence) Plummer.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Fred Wake
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Frederick John Wake

Fred was born at Fareham, Hampshire in the UK on the 15th of January 1913. He would be the eldest of six children to  Reginald Henry and Ellen Elizabeth Wake.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Wilfred Whitehead - original cross
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Wilfred David Whitehead

Wilfred David Whitehead was born on the 23rd of January, 1892, at the Lighthouse, Tooma, within the parish of Greg Greg, NSW.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Henry Arundel
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Henry Arundel

Lieutenant Henry Arundel, formerly a teacher at various schools in the Upper Murray District, and son of John and Catherine (née Donovan) Arundel, of Gundowring, was k

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Michael Shanahan Menin Gate Memorial
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Michael William Shanahan

Michael was born in November of 1894, at Wooragee, near Beechworth in north-east Victoria.

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.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Michael Hickey (far right)
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Michael Hickey

Michael Hickey was born in 1898, at Mt Elliot, to Andrew and Christina (née McLean) Hickey.  He was the youngest of six siblings.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Fergus Braham
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Fergus Roy Braham

Fergus Roy Braham was born on January 16th, 1922, in Cottesloe, Western Australia, to Roy Gilbert and Sheila Bryan (née Macleod) Braham. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Taylor
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Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor was born in Beechworth on the 10th of May, 1884.  He was the tenth of fourteen children born to Cordelia (née Jimeson) and Charles Taylor.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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OUR NURSING HERITAGE - The Vyner Brooke Tragedy

On 12 February 1942, sixty-five Australian Army Nurses were ordered to evacuate Singapore to escape the advancing Japanese Army.  Along with many civilians, they boarded the ship “Vyner Brooke”.

Author: Western Front Association Central Victoria Branch

William Supple
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William James Supple

William was born around 1897 at Tallangatta in Victoria. He was one of five children of James and Alice Ann (née Mildren).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Clarence Johnson
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Clarence William Johnson

Clarence was born on the 21st of April 1894 at Corowa, New South Wales. He was the third surviving child of Walter Murray and Christina (née Squires) Johnson.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

James Duff
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James Duff

Jim was born on the 21st of March 1950 at Perth in Scotland. He was the eldest child of four children of Frederick Norval and Anne (née Ford) Duff.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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George Henry Anderson

George Henry Anderson was born in 1883 at Stanley, Victoria. At the time, his father, James, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth McOstrich (née Jaffray), was 24.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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World War II Honour Board Unveiling

On Sunday 17th September 2023 Senators Anne Urquhart and Jacqui Lambie unveiled the new World War II Honour Board in the South Riana Memorial Hall.

Author: Sally Cotterell

Albert Bartlett
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Albert Thorburn Bartlett

Albert Thorburn Bartlett was born in Williamstown, Victoria on 28 March 1876. At the time of his birth his father, Sidney, was 39, while his mother, Mary, was 35.

Author: Stephen Learmonth