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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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SAMSON, Eric James
Eric James Samson was the son of Henry Augustus Samson and his wife, Helen/Ellen Mary or Mary Helen/Ellen nee Savage. Henry was a doctor, graduating from Melbourne University in 1880. In 1883 he was appointed health officer for the Shire of Omeo. Eric was born at Beechworth in 18...
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SAMSON, John Vernon
John Vernon Samson, was the son of Henry Augustus Samson and his wife, Helen/Ellen Mary or Mary Helen/Ellen nee Savage. Henry was a doctor, graduating from Melbourne University in 1880. In 1883 he was appointed health officer for the Shire of Omeo. At the time of his death in 190...
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SANDERS, Algernon Benjamin
Algernon Benjamin Sanders was born in 1884 at Burlington Terrace, 52 [now 404] Albert Street, East Melbourne. He was the third son in the large family of Lewis Sanders and his wife Miriam, nee Benjamin. The Sanders and their first child had moved into the newly built Burlington T...
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SANDERS, Frederic Roy
Frederic Roy Sanders was born on 2 January 1887 at Burlington Terrace, 52 [now 404] Albert Street, East Melbourne. He was a son of Lewis Sanders and his wife, Miriam nee Benjamin. The Sanders and their first child had moved into the newly built Burlington Terrace in 1867. The ter...
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SCHULER, Phillip Frederick Edward
Phillip Frederick Edward Schuler (often known as Peter) was born c. 1889 in East Melbourne. At this time his father was living at Brentani Terrace, Grey Street, East Melbourne, now part of the site on which the Mercy Private Hospital stands. Soon afterwards the family moved to 28...
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SCHULTZ, Ernest Leslie
Ernest Leslie Schultz was born in Geelong on 9 March 1896. He was the eldest son of Ernest Schultz and his wife, Pauline (nee Hartwich). Ernest snr was an engineer with a special interest in developing a process of producing a cheap, fine grade motor oil from crude oil extracted...
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SCHULTZ, Johann George
Johann George Schultz was born in Geelong on 28 June 1899. He was the second son of Ernest Schultz and his wife, Pauline (nee Hartwich). Ernest was an engineer with a specal interest in developing a process of producing a cheap, fine grade motor oil from crude oil extracted from...
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SCOTLAND, James Alexander
James Alexander Scotland was born in Perthshire, Scotland c.1891. When he enlisted on 17 January 1916 he gave his age as 25. He was working as a carpenter and living at 34 Albert Street, East Melbourne. However his parents,, John and Anna Maria, were still living in Scotland. It...
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SCOTT, Ernest Humphrey
Ernest Humphrey Scott enlisted on 25 January 1916 in Melbourne. He gave his next of kin as his wife, Jessie Gladys Scott of 43 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. He gave his occupation as motor engineer. He had had a year's military experience with the Overseas Rifle Club, Melbou...
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SEARL, Alice
Their working lives brought Alice Searl and several of her siblings to East Melbourne in the first decades of the twentieth century. Alice and her sisters Mary Ann and Louisa (1101 and 1109 Hoddle St) were all nurses, and Matthew their brother (108 Powlett St) was a law clerk. Lo...
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SEDMAN, George Edwin
Subjects WW1 Family name SEDMAN Given names George Edwin Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 262 Albert Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 7078 Rank Pte Military units 14th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
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SELLAR, Jack Marchant
John (Jack) Marchant Sellar was born in Richmond in 1897. His parents were George Smythe (d. 1919) and Josephine Sellar. When he enlisted on 15 January 1916 Jack was 18 years and 5 months.. He gave his occupation as salesman and stated that he had been a member of the senior cade...
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SERLE, Walter Henry
Walter Henry Serle was the son of Walter Henry Serle and his wife, Kate (nee Grocock). He was born on 25 November 1873 at the family home in Powlett Street, East Melbourne. They had moved into the house in 1870 and were to spend just over twenty years there. He and his two brothe...
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SHARPE, Walter
Subjects WW1 Family name SHARPE Given names Walter Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 403 Victoria Parade , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 17 Rank Lcpl Military units 22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
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SHAW, Charles Gordon
DSO, MID Charles Gordon (known as Gordon) Shaw was the youngest son of George and Eliza (nee McKay) Shaw. He was born on 9 January 1885 at Tullyvallin, 108 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, the Shaw family home since 1882. This remained the family home until 1918, after Eliza's...
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SHAW, Patrick
Son of George and Eliza (nee McKay) Shaw. Born in South Melbourne on 1 January 1874. Moved with family to Tullyvallin, 108 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne in 1882. Educated at Scotch College, East Melbourne. Studied medicine at Edinburgh University, gaining L.R.C.P et S. follow...
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SHEPHERD, Victor Joseph
Victor Shepherd was one of ten children born to James and Mary Shepherd. Born in Bendigo, Victoria on 8 January, 1892, he enlisted at Black Boy Hill, Western Australia on 8 November, 1916. He gave his occupation as clerk and named as his next of kin his mother, Mary Shepherd, liv...
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SHERLOCK, Harold Oscar
Harold Oscar Sherlock was 24 years old, married and living in Sydney when he enlisted in the AIF at the Showgrounds, Sydney. He had already tried to enlist once before, at Melbourne, but been rejected because of his weak heart. A note on his medical assessment says that 'his left...
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SHORTIS, James
James Shortis was born in South Melbourne c.1887. When he enlisted on 6 March 1916 he was 29, single and working as a horse-driver. He gave his address as 528 Albert Street, East Melbourne, on the corner of Nicholson Street and now the site of Orica House (ICI House). He nominate...
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SIEVERS, Charles George
Subjects WW1 Family name SIEVERS Given names Charles George Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 48 Weston Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 685 Rank Gnr Military units 29th Battalion, B Company
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SIMPSON, Arthur
Subjects WW1 Family name SIMPSON Given names Arthur Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 385 Victoria Parade , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 8223 Rank Spr Military units Tunnelling Companies (September 1916-February 1918): Ju...
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SINGLETON, Herbert Elliot
Herbert Elliot Singleton was a grand-son of John Singleton (1808-1891), the well known doctor, philanthropist and long-time resident of East Melbourne. He was the second son of John Wesley and Mary Agnes (nee Addison) Singleton and was born at 1 Elizabeth Terrace, Simpson Street,...
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SINGLETON, Percy William
Percy William Singleton was the son of James and Lucy (nee Buxton) Singleton of Coalville, Victoria. In 1914, he was workign as a 'letter carrier' at Sandringham, Victoria, but by 1917, he was an assistant telegraphist with the PMG Telegraph Branch, which necessitated getting a l...
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SMAIL, Leslie Paterson
Leslie Paterson Smail was the son of John Paterson Smail and his wife Mary (nee Potter). He was born on 10 June 1895 at St. Helen's, 11 George Street, East Melbourne. The family remained at this address for about three years but at the time of Leslie's enlistment on 29 February 1...