WW1

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FLECK, Christian

Christian Fleck was 38 years old when he enlisted. He had been born in Peckham, London, to Christian Fleck and his wife Emily, nee Reed. He grew up in London and in September 1905, married Emily Prudence Bean at St. Georges, Hanover Square. Their daughter, Phyliis Wilhelmina Flec...

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FORBES, Cyril

Cyril Charles Albert Forbes was the son of James Forbes and his wife Mildred, nee McLean. He was born in Brunswick in 1898. He enlisted on 10 June 1915. He named his sister, Gladys Forbes of 116 Vale Street, East Melbourne, as his next of kin. As his guardian she signed a note of...

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FORDEN-BELLGROVE, Bryan Westley

Bryan Westley (sometimes Wesley) Fordon-Bellgrove’s background and pre-war life remain somewhat of a mystery. He was born in East Melbourne in 1897. His mother was Sarah Grace Forden-Bellgrove (nee Fordon). At birth his father’s name was not registered, likewise for his six sibli...

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FRASER, Frank

Born in Carlton Victoria in September, 1897, Frank Fraser was the son of Margaret, nee Walls, and Falconer Fraser, whom he cited as his next of kin, living at 42 Agnes St., Jolimont. He was the middle child, with his eldest sister, Eva Emmeline, born 1899 and his younger sister,...

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FRAZER, Francis George

Francis George Frazer was 25 years and nine months old when he enlisted on 14 January, 1915. He was the son of Richard White Frazer and Lillian Brookwell Frazer, nee Cox, and gave as his next of kin his mother, Lilian Frazer, living at 93 Victoria Parade East Melbourne and later...

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FREY, Maud Josephine

Maud Josephine Frey (1892-1967) Maud Josephine Frey (1892-1967) was born in the northern Victorian agricultural town of Tungamah, to Arnold James Frey (c1841-1897) and his wife Kate (also Cath, Catherine, Katherine) (c1859-1904). Maud came from Swiss (possibly German) stock on he...

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FRITH, Herbert

Herbert Frith was the second child of Sydney Silver Frith and his wife, Nora, nee Murray. He was born in 1884, according to the Birth Index, but is listed elsewhere as born in 1887. He followed on from Florence (1881-1969) and Percy (1886-1969) and was born in Williamstown, Victo...

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FROOMES, Harold William

Harold William Froomes was born in 1884, the eldest child of Arthur William Froomes and his wife, Rosalie Harriet, nee Parsons. He was followed by six further children: Beryl May (1885-1886) ); Olive Maude (b.1887);Arthur Wray (b.1889): Eric (b.1890) Marie Constance (b.1892); Ric...

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FROST, Dudley Vye

Dudley Vye or Vyer Frost was born in East Melbourne in May, 1897. He was the son of Ernest Frost and his wife, Adelaide Flora, nee Dudley, of 74 Patterson St., Middle Park, and this was the address he gave on his enlistment form. By occupation, Dudley Frost was a draughtsman, and...

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FROWD, Hugh McGee

Hugh Frowd was born in Kyabram in 1895, but by 1915, when he enlisted, was living at 51 Berry St., East Melbourne. He was a maltster by trade and probably worked at one of the breweries in nearby Abbotsford. His parents may have been dead, because he gave his next of kin as his b...

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FRYER, Albert Douglas

Albert Douglas Fryer was born in 1892 th,e son of Robert Frye and his wife, Marianne or Maria Theresa Bird/Baird. He was born in Windsor, Victoria, a small suburb of Melbourne, but was living with his father at 44 Jolimont St., Jolimont, East Mlebourne, when he enlisted on 7 Janu...

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FURPHEY, Ivan

Herbert Ivan Furphey was born in 1895 to Thomas Furphey, a manufacturer, and his wife Elizabeth Mary, nee Wright. He was the eldest of six children and the only boy. In 1915, when he enlisted as Ivan Furphey, he was living at 4 Jolimont Terrace, Jolimont, with his family. He was...

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Finding my Australian Grandfather

English author, Douglas Johnstone, tells the story of his research and discoveries concerning the life of his grandfather, Australian Thomas Johnstone. Johnstone snr fought in WW1 with the 8th Battalion. He met and married his wife in England and had children, but wanted to retur...