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People of East Melbourne
This is a list of biographies of residents of East Melbourne.
This project started to commemorate the soldiers and nurses who went to Europe to serve in World War 1. But it has grown from there to cover biographies of any and all residents of note.
Along with many of their fellow Australians people from East Melbourne flocked to enlist. Many were heroes. Many lost their lives or suffered horrific physical or mental injuries. At home family and friends worked, endured and suffered consequences that were sometimes terrible and persisted long after the war.
Major-General Michael O'Brien gave us a starting point with a list of East Melbourne people who served in WW1. He spoke to the Society in April 2013 to give us some context to the period and to help the EMHS prepare for its own commemorations of this most devastating period in our history.
Everyone can participate by gathering or documenting information:
- Photos, memorabilia and family records
- Stories in books, newspapers and on-line
- Memorial plaques in churches and public places
- War memorial, church, national and state archives
You can refine the list by applying the various filter criteria and go to a particular detailed biography by click on the title.
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LENZER, Simeon
Simeon Lenzer was born in Fitzroy on 4 May 1893. He was the son of Jacob Lenzer and his wife Bertha, formerly Zipporah Brocho Lescht. Jacob was minister of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, emigrating from Russia in 1889 especially to take up the position, and which positio...
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LEWIS, Louis
Louis Lewis's only connection to East Melbourne is his mother, cited as next-of-kin on his enlistment form and living at Canally, on the corner of Powlett and George Streets, East Melbourne. At the time of his enlistment, he was just off 24 years old and was working as a railway...
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LEWIS, Raymond
Raymond Lewis was a waiter, living in Albert St. East Melbourne when he enlisted on 23 July, 1917. He was a Tasmanian by birth, his father John Lewis living at 269 Murray St., Hobart, with his wife Sarah, nee O'Brien. They had at least four other children: William George (1891),...
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LIDDY, Michael
Michael Liddy is somewhat of a man of mystery. He was born in Fallas Green, County Limerick, Ireland, probably in March 1885, as Michael Augustine O'Dwyer, but when he came to Australia or when and why he changed his name, is unknown. In 1916, when he enlisted, he was 31 years ol...
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LINDSAY, Ina Isabel
Ina Isabel Lindsay was born in East Melbourne in 1887, but at the time she enlisted in 1916 she was lving with her mother at 'The Hutte' , Irving Avenue, Armadale, Victoria. She enlisted in Melbourne at the end of 1916, when she was 29 years old and embarked on HMAT Orsova A67 as...
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LINDSAY, Robert Henry
Robert Lindsay enlisted for war service on 18 May, 1916. He was 34 years old when he joined the AIF, single and a miner at Cootamundra, NSW. He had grown up in East Melbourne, however, with his parents, Matthew and Frances Lindsay, still iving at 30 Gipps St. He was sent for trai...
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LISSON, William Thomas
William Thomas Lisson first tried to enlist on 8 March, 1915. He would have been just over sixteen at the time, but claimed to be eighteen and to be working as a jeweller in Hobart, Tasmania. He was one of nine children born between 1878 and 1895 to Adam Claude Lisson and Carolin...
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LITTLEJOHN, Euan Ironside
Euan Ironside Littlejohn was born on 26 October 1892 in Nelson, New Zealand where his father William Still Littlejohn had been assistant master at Nelson College since his arrival from Scotland in 1881. Euan's mother Jean Littlejohn (nee Berry), a teacher, met her husband-to-be w...
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LIVINGSTON, David Frederick
1168 Corporal (Cpl) David Frederick (Fred) Livingston, 29th Battalion was from Larraville, NSW, but gave as his own abdress that of his wife's address, 144 Simpson St., East Melbourne, Victoria. A 38 year old grazier prior to enlisting on 5 November 1914, he embarked with the D C...
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LLOYD, Franklin Samuel
Franklin Lloyd was 23 years old, 5 feet eleven inches and weighing twelve stone when he enlisted at Melbourne on 2 July, 1915. He was a gasfitter by trade, and gave as his next of kin his mother, Mrs. Emily Bailey, living at 93 High St., Northcote. He trained at the military camp...
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LOAS, John
John Loas was a Police Constable, living in East Melbourne with his parents, Joseph and Delia Loas, at 52 Albert St. He was one of eleven children, three of whom were named Joseph after their father and two, John. Delia Waldron and Joseph Loas or De Loas had been married in 1880....
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LONG, Cuthbert Jones
Cuthbert Jones-Long was 44 years old, a Ticket Writer by trade, when he joined up. The son of Henry James Long, a pharmacist, he ahd been educated at Scothch College, East Melbourne. He had a conviction for using obscene language, was nearly six feet tall, with blue eyes and brow...
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LOUGHNAN, John
removed by Ambulance train to Hosiptal in John Loughnan was born in rural Victoria at Charlton on 4 August, 1889 to his father John and mother Margaret Loughnan (nee Curran). He attended Xavier College from 1901-1902, where he developed his passion and skills for football. He spe...
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LOWE, Robert
Roberet Lowe was born on 31 December, 1893, to Robert Walter Lowe, a burcher, and his wife, Annie, nee White, of Waratah, Tasmania. He was a motor mechanic by trade, single and living in Melbourne, near to his mother, now widowed, and his sister. Annie Lowe lived at 58 Albert St....
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LOWELL, Rupert Leslie
Rupert Lowell was a 21 year old clerk when he enlisted at Broadmeadows, Melbourne, on 8 July, 1915. He had been living with his mother and sister, Violet, at 25 Grey Street, East Melbourne. Kathleen Lowell was a widow and in the 1909 Electoral Roll, decribed herself as a milliner...
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LOWRY, Leonard Ernest
Leonard Ernest Lowry was born in Hackney, London in March 1890 to William Henry and Caroline Lowry (nee Cahill). He was the youngest of 6 children, his father a cigar merchant. 1911 UK census records have Leonard living with his parents in Hackney. Shipping records note he left L...
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LUCAS, Norman Carey
Norman Carey Lucas was born in Sydney in 1893, the younger son of William Lucas, architect and his wife, Agnes, nee Arnot. He was in Edinburgh when the war broke out and enlisted in the Royal Irish Rifles, where he was placed in the 6th Battalion. Excerpt from The Barber Family C...
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LUDBROOK, John Reginald
John Reginald Ludbrook was 18 years and three months old when he enlisted at the Melbourne Town Hall on 9 July, 1915. He was a clerk by profession, the son of John and Louisa Ludbrooke, of Green St., Ivanhoe, Victoria. His father was a Surgical Instrument Maker and optician, with...
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LUNNEY, Norman Ernest
Norman Ernest Lunney was born in Footscray in 1899. He enlisted on 2 March 1917 at the age of 18. His mother, Isabella Lunney, of 49 East Melbourne, gave her permission for his enlistment underage, his father being deceased. Norman was living with his mother. He gave his occupati...
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LYONS, Martin
Martin Lyons was born in Richmond on 30 January 1897. He was the son of Michael Edward Lyons, musician and musical instrument importer, and Bertha Scutt. His obituary in The Australasian reads: The many friends of Mr Edward Lyons will learn with regret of his death, which occurre...
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LYONS, Stanley
Stanley Lyons was a fine young man, described as 'a brave, bright, honourable boy and one of the first to answer his country's call' by his foster mother, Frances Sheppard, and as 'a bright, manly and truthful boy' by his 'Auntie', Susannah Taylor. In truth, he had no relations,...
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MACARTNEY, Dora Lynette
Dora Lynette Macartney Dora Lynette Macartney (c1881–1934) is one of twenty five nurses commemorated on honour boards at St Peter’s Church Eastern Hill, East Melbourne, for their service in the Great War of 1914. Her family had a long connection with the parish. Her overseas serv...
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MACCALLUM, Reginald William
Subjects WW1 Author Sylvia Black Family name MACCALLUM Given names Reginald William Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 225 Rank Capt Military units 10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
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MACKAY, Harold George
Group portrait of patients and staff at the Military Families Hospital at Valetta, Malta. Standing fourth from the right is 720 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Harold George MacKay, 5th Battalion from East Melbourne, Victoria. A 26 year old ironmonger prior to enlisting on 18 August 1914,...