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Walter Henri de Morton was over age when he enlisted on 11 December, 1916. He gave his age as 39, but was already 47. He was a widower and gave as his next of kin his son, Edward David De Morton. They both lived at 138 Lake St., Perth. Walter was a railway employee and gave his....
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Allan Stanley Deacon was Scottish by birth and had been born at Milton on Lenzie, Dunbartonshire, in 1886. He was 29 years old when he enlisted, a single man, who named as his next of kin his father, Cecil Deacon of Kirkintillock, Scotland. Cecil Deacon (1859-19350 and his wife L...
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Cornelius Aloysius Deane came from a large family at Wahring, near Nagambie, Victoria. He was the son of Patrick and Johanna (nee Forde) Deane and brother to Teresa, Jonnie, Caecilia, May, Patrick and Thomas, plus one other sister and a brother who died early. He enlisted on 9 Ju...
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Richard Delaney was Irish by birth and came from Galway. He was 35 years old, single and working as a sawyer when he enlisted on 19 July, 1916. He was Roman Catholic in faith and living at 162 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, within easy walking distance of St. Patrick's Cathedral...
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Arundel Cecil Dene enlisted on 15 December 1914. He was a journalist, aged 28, married to Phyllis Lilian and living at 'Rockleigh', in George Street, East Melbourne, now known at 'Braemar'. It may have been Phyllis's family home. Dene had been born in the suburb of Clapham, Londo...
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Roger Densham was the first-born of twins born to Robert Densham and his wife Mary Ann, nee Hartnell, on 20 January 189o. They had four other children, Annie (1885-1977), Alma (1887-1979), May Page (1891-1979), nad Mary (1893-1981). Roger's twin, William died in 1894. By 31 Janua...
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Born in Maryborough, Melbourne, by 1917 Matthew Devereux was 33 and 3 months old when he enlisted at Redfern, Sydney, NSW on 18 September, 1917. His connection with East Melbourne is therefore tenuous - his next of kin was his father, John Devereux, whom he claimed lived at 61 Ge...
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William Devine was a parish priest at St Paul's Church, 264 Brunswick Street, Coburg, when he enlisted on 1 July, 1915. The son of George Devine, a draper, and his wife Catherine, nee McGluckey, he was educated at Drumnadey National School, St. Columba's College, Derry and St. Pa...
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Ruby Droma Dickinson Ruby Droma Dickinson (1885–1945) served with the Australian Army Nursing Service in Egypt and later in Greece at Salonika. (She is not to be confused with Ruby Dickinson, AANS, from NSW, who died of pneumonia in hospital in Southwell Gardens, London in June 1...
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Emily Dilnot (1887–1984) worked at Mena House Hospital, Simpson St, East Melbourne from 1912 until 1916 when she travelled to England and enlisted in the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. She attended nearby St Peter’s Eastern Hill Church of England, whe...
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William Ditchburn was the second of eight sons born to Thomas Ditchburn (1848-1903) and his wife Eugenie Jane, nee Musika. William Ditchburn was an ironmonger, when he enlisted on 1 March, 1915. Of his four children,the youngest, Noel, was born in 1916, and it is possible that hi...
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Frank Dix was 22 years old when he enlisted on 18 January, 1916. He was the son of George Albert Dix and Edith Hooper and identified himself by occupation as a student. He was immediately attached to 'C' Flight, No 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps, at Laverton, Victoria,...
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Alfred William Docter and his brother, Thomas Cancel Doctor, were the sons of Thomas Docter, a dairyman, and his wife Alice, of 187 Edward St., Brunswick. Alfred was a driver by trade, while Thomas was a currier. Both died as a resut of war, but in very different circumstances. A...
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The son of John Donaldson and Elizabeth, nee Lever, Alexander Donaldson was born on 6 September, 1873, at Diamond Creek Victoria. He had one sibling, his sister Annetta, b. 1971. By 1917, when he enlisted, he was a factory manager, married to Gertrude, and living at 112 Grey Stre...
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James Donnan enlisted on 15 July, 1915. It is a significant date, because it follows on from the assault on the Gallipoli Peninsula. James Donnan would have read the news and seen the casualty lists and therefore had full knowledge of his possible fate. Moreover, he was 44 years...
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Douglas was born in East Melbourne on 5th May, 1889, the youngest son and child of George Hamilton Dougharty and Catherine (Kate) Grey Dougharty (nee Innes). Douglas had 2 older brothers and 5 sisters, some of whom were also involved directly with WWI.(see later notes) His father...
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Alexander Douglas was born in 1883 at Junee NSW, the son of Samuel and Ruth Douglas. In 1912, at the age of 29, he married Margaret Emma Connolly (1884-1949) in Newcastle, NSW. They had two daughters, Yvonne Marguerite, known as Bonnie, on 25 September, 1915, at Essendon, Victori...
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Arthur Douglas was 41 years old when he enlisted. He was a married man and named as his next of kin his wife, Maria Ethel, known as Maud. He was born in Glasgow in 1876, but in 1917 when he enlisted, was at 40 Albert St., East Melbourne and then at 453 George St., Fitzroy. He was...
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Born East Melbourne on the 10 May 1895. Was living in Williamstown with his father in 1915 and was an apprectice Engineer with W Jackson, Nelson Place Williamstown. Enlisted in the AIF on the 12 July 1915 Allocated to the 5th Battalion. Wilson was 20 years old, a small man of 5'6...
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No connection with East Melbourne. Mother lived as boarder in East Melbourne in 1916.
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No connection with East Melbourne. Widower with small daughter in foster care in Jolimont
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William Downie was born in Kensington Victoria, but at the time of his enlistment was at 57 Angus St., Jolimont, Victoria. He was a married man, 27 years old, with fair hair and blue eyes, Presbyterian by religion, and working as a salesman. He enlisted early and was placed in D...
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Robert Downing was 27 years old and working as a Commercial Traveller when he enlisted 3 April, 1917. he was at the time living with his widowed mother, Mary Ellen Downing, at 128 Albert Street, East Melbourne. She would later move to 49 Victoria Street, and in 1919, they were li...
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Robert Hooper Downing was one of two children born to Robert James Downing and his wife, Mary Ellen, nee Scown. BY 1914, Mary Ellen was a widow, living with her two sons at 10 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Her elder son, , Robert Clifford Downing, born 1889, enlisted for the war o...