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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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835 records and collections
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MORGAN, Alan John Hollier
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
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MORGAN, Eric Bruce
MSM, MID
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MORGAN, Henry
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
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MORLET, Claude
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...
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MORRIS, Arthur Edward
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...
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MORRIS, Arthur Langley
questionably East Melbourne
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MORRIS, Walter Albert
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...
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MORRISON, Alexander Eric
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...
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MORRISON, James
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...
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MORRISON, James Alexander
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...
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MORTON, Leslie Thomas
born East Melbourne, discharged in Aust
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MORTON, Stanley William
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...
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MOUCHETTE, Berthe
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...
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MOULE, Walter James
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...
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MURPHY, Joseph
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...
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MURRAY, Francis Henricus
born Jolimont
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MURRAY, William John
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
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Mackey, Vincent Patrick
Vincent Patrick Mackey was born in East Melbourne in May 1890, the eldest of four sons of Denis Patrick Mackey and Mary Donohoe.
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McALISTER, John Baird
Information from Paul Burke, 19 June 2013:- -John Baird McAlister was born in Tapanui, Otago, NZ, in 1885. His parents were Scottishh immigrants to NZ from Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was also John Baird McAlister and his mother Mary McAlister, nee Turnbull. -at some point...