People & biographies

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MOREY, James Dodds

brother

Subjects WW1 Family name MORGAN Given names Alan John Hollier Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 69 Grey Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3141 Rank Pte Military units 6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement

MSM, MID

Subjects WW1 Family name MORGAN Given names Henry Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 91 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 1982 Rank Pte Military units 14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement

Claude Morlet was born in Toowoomba, Queensland on 11 August, 1888 to John Stanislaus Morlet and Mary Alice Morlet (nee Brown). His older sister Muriel was born the previous year and younger brother Jack in 1890 when the family had moved to Dromana, Victoria. Claude attended Melb...

Arthur Edward Morris was born on 16 November, 1879 to Edward Ellis Morris and Edith Sarah Catherine (nee Higinbotham) at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School (MCEGS) where his father, Professor Morris, was Headmaster from 1875 until 1882. He had 3 sisters. His early years w...

questionably East Melbourne

Walter Albert Morris was 39 years and 11 months old when he enlisted on 11 September, 1915. By then he must have known of the loss of life of the Gallipoli campaign, so it was an act of bravery and patriotism to decide at that point that he wanted to go to the war. He was a motor...

Alexander Eric Morrison (known as Eric) was born at Inveraven, Erin Street, Richmond on 30 January 1891. He was the second son of Henry Howard Morrison (known as Howard) and his wife Esther, nee Mack (or Mark), and a grandson of Dr. Alexander Morrison, headmaster and principal of...

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MORRISON, Herbert Fraser

Herbert Fraser Morrison was born on 5 December 1892 at Inveraven, Erin Street, Richmond, although on his enlistment papers he stated that he was born in East Melbourne. He was the third and youngest son of Henry Howard Morrison (known as Howard) and his wife Esther, nee Mack (or...

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MORRISON, Howard Clive

Howard Clive Morrison (known as Clive) was born on 5 July 1889. Clive, in one set of enlistment papers, gave his birth place as Surrey Hills, on another set, dated nine months later, he gave it as Melbourne, however the official record has it as Box Hill. He was the eldest son of...

James Morrison was born on 10 November 1859 at Scotch College, East Melbourne. His father, Dr. Alexander Morrison, was principal and headmaster of Scotch from 1857 to 1903. James grew up at Scotch and was educated there. A few years after leaving school he became a squatter acqui...

James Alexander Morrison was the son of James Morrison and his wife, Alexandra. He was born on 15 November 1895 but the whereabouts of this event is not entirely certain. On his enlistment papers he states that he was born in East Melbourne yet at the time his parents were living...

born East Melbourne, discharged in Aust

Stanley Morton was born in East Melbourne in February 1894. At the time he enlisted, he was 24 years old, married, with one child and working as an electricia. He gave his own address on enlistment as 'Ottawa' Fishers' Parade, Ascot Vale, but hs wife's as 25 Victoria Parade, East...

Berthe Mouchette, nee Lion, was born in 1846 at Forcalquier, Provence-Alpes-Cotes d’Azur, France. She studied painting, gained qualifications as an art teacher and developed into an admired artist in her own right, exhibiting regularly at the Salon. She arrived in Melbourne in Se...

Walter James Moule was born in East Melbourne on 6 February, 1889, the fourth child of James Bush Moule (1854-1926) and his wife Emma Edith, nee Archer (1854 -1912). He had three sisters Annie Louisa (1884-1960), Edith Miriam (1887-1947) , and Florence Amelia(1891-1966) and three...

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MUIR, Stanley Keith

Stanley Keith Muir was born at Ascog, Orrong Road South, Elsternwick on 8 April 1892. He was the youngest child of John Franklin Muir and his wife, Josephine, nee Holmes. He had two brothers and four sisters. John was a banker and at one time was manager of the Land Mortgage Bank...

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MURPHY, Agnes

Agnes Gillian Murphy was born in Ireland but that is as much as we know about her early life. She appears to have arrived in Melbourne about 1884 on a visit to her sister, Elizabeth (Lily), who was already living here. She was first employed transcribing legal documents but in 18...

Subjects WW1 Family name MURPHY Given names Joseph Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 70 Gipps Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 1086 Rank Spr Military units 3rd Tunnelling Company

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MURPHY, Thomas Michael

Thomas Michael Murphy enlisted on 9 August,1916. Born in Bridgewater, near Portland, Victoria, he was aged 25 and described himself as a Cycle and Motorcycle Mechanic. He was a married man, his wife, Mary Anne Murphy being listed on his papers as his next of kin, living at 478, a...

born Jolimont

Subjects WW1 Family name MURRAY Given names William John Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 6 Grey Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 5059 Rank Pte Military units 29th Battalion

Subjects WW1 Family name NANCARROW Given names Victor Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 108 Albert Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2560 Rank Pte Military units 29th Battalion