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Subjects WW1 Family name REESE Given names John Howard Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 10 Brunswick Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3411 Rank Dvr Military units 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

Henry William Reeve was born in East Melbourne in 1876, but appears to have had no further contact with the suburb. When he enlisted on 10 August, 1915, he was living with his wife, Lily G Reeve at Castlemaine St. ,Yarraville , and working as a labourer. He was then thirty eight...

Killed in action 25 April-2 May 1915 Gallipoli

Subjects WW1 Family name REILLY Given names Harold Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Merton Powlett Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 6112 Rank Cpl Military units 7th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement

Subjects WW1 Family name REILLY Given names William Leslie Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 102 Powlett Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 13483 Rank Dvr Military units 5th Motor Transport Company

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REYNOLDS, Raymond Gifford

Raymond Gifford Reynolds was born in Bendigo in 1895. He was the son of Harry Thomas and Jessie Reynolds. On his enlistment papers dated 19 August 1914 he stated that he was a draper and that he been an apprentice with Myers in Bendigo for three years. He gave his mother as his n...

Subjects WW1 Family name RICHMOND Given names Albert James Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 64 Clarendon Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 445 Rank Pte Military units Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 2

Edwin Riley was born in East Melbourne in July 1898. When he enlisted on 19 October, 1916, he was 28 years old, married to Lilian Ida Riley and livng at 16 Harmsworth St., Collingwood, Victoria. He had previous military experience in 1911, serving with the Australian Field Artile...

Subjects WW1 Family name RIORDAN Given names Keith Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 25 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 13079 Rank Lcpl Military units Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2

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RIPPINGALE, Jack Parker

Jack Parker Rippingale was a Driver with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse. He was born at Malvern, Victoria, the son of John Parker Rippingale and Janet Jacks. A nurseryman by trade, he enlisted on 29 September, 1915 and was called up on 6 October 1915. Aged 23, he embark...

Subjects WW1 Family name RIXON Given names George Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 48 George Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3663 Rank Pte Military units 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8

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ROBERTS, Annie Florence

Annie Florence Roberts (1879–1958) Introduction Annie Florence Roberts was born to John and Emma Roberts in Maryborough. She trained as a nurse at the Ballarat District Hospital then undertook additional training in infectious diseases at Fairfield in Melbourne. By the time she e...

Subjects WW1 Family name ROBERTS Given names Harrie Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Carvally corner of Powlett and George Streets , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 301 Rank Pte Military units Army Medical Corps - Hospital...

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ROBERTS, Margaret Dorothy

Margaret Roberts’ life was a remarkable one by any measure. Born in a Welsh workhouse, deemed too delicate for domestic service or hard work, she blossomed in body and mind and trained as a nurse in London. Her nursing career took her twice across the world from England to Austra...

Duncan Glenerochie Robertson (youngest child) was born in 1883 to Robert Robertson (Robertson & Sons Jewellers, Little Collins Street West) and Clara Jane Robertson (nee Low). The family resided at 'Archdale', George Street, Fitzroy. Both parents died in 1887. It is unknown who c...

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ROBERTSON, Gertrude Muriel Norton

The life of Gertrude Muriel Norton Robertson encapsulates in many ways the development of Victoria as colony and state, and its ongoing links with the British Empire. Early colonial Melbourne, medical practice in the colony, its involvement in the Boer War, and pioneering veterin...

Killed in action 19 July 1916 Fromelles

Enlisted aged 25 years and 10 Months on the 27 March 1915 to join the 24th Battalion at Broadmeadows. Married to Isobel and was a railway employee, being 6 feet and 1 1/2 inches tall and living at 153 Wellington Parade, East Mebourne. Embarked for Egypt per HMAS "EURIPIDEA" on 8...

Subjects WW1 Family name ROBINSON Given names Lawrence John Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 121 George Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 651 Rank Pte Military units Machine Gun Company 15, Reinforcement 11

Subjects WW1 Family name ROBSON Given names George Cranstown Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 20 Lansdowne Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 1169 Rank Lcpl Military units 7th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement

Died of illness 24 March 1918

Subjects WW1 Family name ROCHE Given names Terence Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 47 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2781 Rank Pte Military units 45th Battalion

Subjects WW1 Family name RODDY Given names Christmas Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 22 Brunswick Street South , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3392 Rank Pte Military units 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement