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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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WHINFIELD, Myles William
Myles William Whinfield was born in 1886 in Echuca, Victoria. He was the son of James Chapman Whinfield and Mary Jane (nee Watt). His father, a farmer and sheep-breeder of Bamawm, near Echuca, died in 1895 when a dray he was driving hit a tree and overturned. Only two years later...
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WHITE, Jessie McHardie
Notes by Janet Scarfe additional to material below. The essay by Perdita McCarthy on Jessie McHardie White published in the Australian Dictionary of Biography is highly recommended (Perditta M. McCarthy, 'White, Jessie McHardy (1870–1957)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Nat...
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WHITE, Newport Benjamin
One of three children and only son of Rev. Benjamin Newport White, M.A., vicar of Holy Trinity, East Melbourne 1905-1928, and his wife, Sarah Ann; born 27 February 1893 at St. Peter's Vicarage, Mornington. He moved to East Melbourne with his family in 1905 where they lived at the...
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WHITE, Rupert William
Rupert William White was the son of Harry White and his wife, Emily Nutting, nee Gardner. The couple had married in Maffra and had had children there, but Rupert was born in East Melbourne. Later the family moved to Maldon. Both Harry and Emily were hotel licensees. Emily died in...
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WHITE, Thomas Wilson
Private Thomas Wilson White, 5 Machine Gun Battalion AIF. White, a 27 year old dredge hand, born 3 November 1888 at Forbes, NSW, was living at 61 Powlett Street, East Melbourne when he enlisted on 9 July 1915. He embarked for overseas service aboard the transport Port Lincoln, wh...
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WHITE, Thomas Wilson
photo of his bugle, at AWM
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WHITEFORD, Robert
Subjects WW1 Author Sue Larkin Family name WHITEFORD Given names Robert Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 111 Gipps Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2013 Rank Cpl Military units Convalescent Depot, Harefield Park, Lo...
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WHITEHEAD, Herbert
born East Melbourne
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WILKINSON, Archer Stalham
Archer Stalham Wilkinson was born on 15 January, 1895 at Bright, Victoria. His father John Wilkinson, after graduating as a doctor from the University of Melbourne in 1886, had moved to Bright to become a General Practitioner. John married Celia Eileen Harmer on 20 September 1887...
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WILKINSON, Robert Neil
Subjects WW1 Family name WILKINSON Given names Robert Neil Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 22 Brunswick Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 818 Rank Pte Military units 22nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
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WILLIAMS, Arthur James
Arthur James Williams was born c Dec 1898 at Menzies, Western Australia. He was the son of Percy James and Mary Ellen Williams. When he enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria on 13 February 1917 he stated that he was a salesman and that his permanent address was 112 Grey Street, East Me...
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WILLIAMS, John Walter
Subjects WW1 Family name WILLIAMS Given names John Walter Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 71 Gray Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 4918 Rank Gnr Military units 8th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
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WILLIAMS, Mark Alfred
Mark Alfred Williams was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. He enlisted on 19 August 1914 at Eastern Hill. At the time he was living at 539 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, a boarding house, just a few doors from Nicholson Street. He gave his age as 27, his occupation as blac...
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WILLIAMS, Reginald George Hurlburt
Subjects WW1 Family name WILLIAMS Given names Reginald George Hurlburt Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2202 Rank Pte Military units July 1917 Reinforcements
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WILLIAMS, Richard
As the first military pilot trained in Australia, Richard Williams went on to achieve an illustrious career with the Air Force, including the establisment of the RAAF in 1922. Born on 3 August 1890 at Moonta Mines. South Australia. he was the eldest son of Richard Williams, a cop...
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WILLMOTT, Maxwell Thomas
born East Melbourne
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WILLOUGHBY, Arthur Howard Wilton
Arthur Howard Wilton Willoughby was the only surviving son of Howard Willoughby and his wife, Emily Frances (nee Jones). He was born at Harborne House in Jolimont Road, Jolimont, the house that Howard had built in 1868 two years before his marriage. It was named for the town near...
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WILMS, Leopold Henry
Leopold Wilms was born in East Melbourne around 1886. At 30 years old he enlisted on 5 April, 1916. At this time he had married Mildred Maud Taylor in 1912 in Victoria. Working as a grazier in the Lilydale area, he lived at Brushy Park, Croydon. His first month of service was wit...
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WILSON, A.D.
Killed in action 1917, son of Mrs K. Wilson, formerly of High-street, Bendigo, now of East Melbourne . Not yet identified in Australian Archives or at the Australian War Memorial
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WILSON, David Guthrie
David Guthrie Draver (known as Guthrie) Wilson was born in 1898 in Kew. He was the son of Arthur George Wilson and his wife, Emily, nee Spence. In 1902 the family moved to 130 Grey Street, East Melbourne, the middle of three terrace houses. Arthur, a clerk, died shortly after. Em...
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WILSON, Frank Costella
Son of Francis Wilson (d. 30 Jan. 1908), bank officer with the London Bank and Lavinia (nee Stevens) (d.10 Mar 1902). Born city of Melbourne on 21 January 1889. Enlisted at Melbourne 26 July 1915. Age 26 years 7 months. 5ft 6.25ins. Complexion medium, eyes light blue, hair brown....
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WILSON, George Thomas
Bootmaker. George Thomas Wilson enlisted using a false name and false age, which he gave as 21. His true name was George Gregory Cronin whose real age was 16 years and 6 months. Embarked 16 July 1915; returned from Suez for discharge 19 Sept 1915; discharged under age without par...
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WILSON, Grace Margaret
Grace Margaret Wilson CBE RRC (1879–1957) was a high-ranked nurse in theAustralian Army during World War I and the first years of World War II. Wilson was born in Brisbane, and completed her initial training as a nurse in 1908. After the outbreak of World War I she joined the Aus...
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WILSON, John David
John Wilson was born in Bendigo in 1892. At the time of enlistment, 29 February, 1916, his father was deceased and widowed mother was Elizabeth Wilson. His occupation is listed as farmer. On 4 April 1916, after 2 months training at Seymour, embarked for the UK on the HMAT Euripid...