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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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PERCIVAL, Trevor Vinen
Subjects WW1 Family name PERCIVAL Given names Trevor Vinen Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 144 Simpson Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3417 Rank Pte Military units 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8
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PERKINS, Colin Ernest
Colin Ernest Perkins was born in 1892 in East Melbourne to Alfred Joseph Perkins and Alice Ethel Swifte. His family, however, were not inclined to stay in one place long: the child before him was born in Prahran and the one after in Kew. The child before him was Eric and the two...
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PESKETT, Leonard Bertrand
Leonard Bertram Peskett was born in 1889 in New Brighton, Cheshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Adolf Peskett and his wife, Annie Lucie Peskett. Annie died in 1910. On his enlistment papers of 17 August 1914 Leonard, or Len as he was known, gave his occupation as tailor but...
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PHELAN, Andrew John
Subjects WW1 Family name PHELAN Given names Andrew John Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 52 Simpson Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 4673 Rank Tpr Military units 8th Light Horse Regiment
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PHELAN, William Martin
Subjects WW1 Family name PHELAN Given names William Martin Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 52 Simpson Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2452 Rank Pte Military units 59th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
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PIRRIE, Ernest Armstrong
Ernest Armstrong Pirrie arrived in Melbourne in September 1913. He was 27 when he enlisted on 27 November 1916. His war service record is not on-line and therefore our knowledge of him is limited. The index states that he was born in Manchester, England and that he was a butcher...
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POLSON, Arthur Ernest
Arthur Ernest Polson was the the son of Karl Olaf (Charles) Polson and his wife, Selma Maria Francisca Inga Anderson. He waas born in 1893 and enlisted for the First World War on 16 July, 1915. He was then aged 22 years and 3 months and was working as a storekeeper. He was single...
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POTTAGE, Henry Rupert
Subjects WW1 Author Sue Larkin Family name POTTAGE Given names Henry Rupert Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Jolimont, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 15173 Rank Pte Military units 14th Australian General Hospital
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POWERLETT, George
George Powerlett stated that he was born in East Melbourne on 7 December 1884. However his grand-daughter, Valerie Weber, has unearthed a slightly different story. According to the Victorian Police Gazette he was found abandoned in the Cricket Reserve (Yarra Park) on 20 December...
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POYNTER, James Cursham
Wife - Sarah Jane Poynter, 583 Victoria Parade East Melbourne James enlisted on the 18 September 1916 at the age of 43 years and 8 months with the occupation o Clerk His parents were deceased, however, James married Sarah Jane on 23 November 1916 who became his next of kin Upon e...
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PRICTOR, John Colin
John Colin Prictor was on of three children born to James Henry Prictor and his wife, Catherine, nee McLeod. He grew up in Hamilton, in the Western District of Victoria, and was a storekeeper by occupation, living at Noradju. When he enlisted on 14 August, 1916, he was a married...
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PRIDAY, Stella Muriel
Stella Muriel Priday (nee Hurford) was born on 19 April 1886, in Hawthorn, Victoria, the first of the three children of financier Thomas Walter Hurford (c1851-1892) and his wife Mary Grace (nee Paterson) (d1945). Thomas Hurford died in 1892 aged 41 after several months of illness...
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PROWSE, Frederick Philpott
Enlisted on he 21st July 1915 at the age of 44 years and 10 months and was a Departmet Superintendant for the St John's Ambulance at Geelong His sister also resided at Geelong, however, there is a reference to an address at 41 Wellington Street East Melbourne Joined the 3rd Light...
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PULLAR, George Edward
Subjects WW1 Family name PULLAR Given names George Edward Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 21 Victoria Parade , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 6387 Rank Pte Military units 23rd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
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PURCELL, Annie Watkins Bennett Vize
Annie Watkins Bennett Vize Purcell Annie Purcell is commemorated on the honour board of nurses associated with St Peter’s Eastern Hill, East Melbourne who served in the Great War of 1914–18. She served in Egypt and England as well as on ships transporting troops to and from Austr...
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PURDEY, George Rising
George Rising Purdey was born on 4 June 1887. He was the elder son of James Purdey (1852-1924) and Jessie Carrick Maver (1852-1927). He stated in his enlistment papers that he was born in Melbourne. However this was probably a loose interpretation as his brother, Joseph Ernest Pu...
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PURDEY, Joseph Ernest
Joseph Ernest Purdey was born on 20 September 1889 in East Melbourne. He was the son of James Purdey (1852-1924) and Jessie Carrick Maver (1852-1927). The 1892 Sands & McDougall Post Office directory lists J. Purdy as caretaker of the Friendly Society Gardens, Yarra Park, East Me...
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QUARTERMAN, Rosa Elizabeth Kate
Rosa Elizabeth Kate Quarterman (1872–1940) served in the Australian Army Nursing Service from 1914 to 1920. She worked initially in hospitals in Egypt until early 1916 when she returned to Australia with invalided and repatriated troops. She was then appointed a matron in the Sea...
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QUIN, Charles Joseph
Joseph Charles Quin was born in Cobden, Victoria c March 1885. He was the son of John and Sarah Quin. On enlistment on 12 February 1916 he gave his occupation as labourer. He had been employed for the previous three years by Bennie, Teare and Co., suppliers of oil engines which h...
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QUINN, Edward
Edward Quinn had no real connection with East Melbourne, other than that his mother, Bridget, lived in St Joseph's Convent, 360 Albert St, East Melbourne, now the Mary McKillop Centre. At the time of his enlistment for the war, he was working as a labourer in Hamilton, Victoria....
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RADCLIFFE, Harold Octavius
Subjects WW1 Author Sylvia Black Family name RADCLIFFE Given names Harold Octavius Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Avondale House 127 Victoria Parade , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2010 Rank Pte Military units 57th Batt...
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RAMSDALE, Cecil Harry
Cecil Harry Ramsdale was born on 9 August 1890 at Prahran. He was the son of John Alfred Ramsdale and Margaret Daisy McGowan. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar. On his enlistment papers of 13 April 1913 he stated that he was a motor tyre traveller and, both parents having died...
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RAWLINS, Alfred Leonard
In the First World War, Alfred Leonard Rawlins volunteered to serve overseas with the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). He enlisted on 19 February,1917, and embarked at Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT Themistocles on 4 August 1917. He was placed in the 3rd Pioneering Battalion as...
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REDPATH, George Veitch
George Veitch Redpath was born in 1886 in Bendigo, where his family had been resident for two generations. He was the son of Thomas Veitch Redpath and his wife Louisa, nee Payne. He was educated at the local Ironbark School and by the age of fifteen he was employed by jeweller, W...