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KENDALL, Eleanor Jane

Eleanor Jane Kendall (1880–1957) was the only daughter among the seven children born to William Tyson Kendall (1851–1936) and his first wife, Elizabeth (nee Park) (c1853–1904). Eleanor’s father William was a pioneer of veterinary science in Australia (Harold E. Albiston, 'Kendall...

John Morris Kent was born in Brighton, England in December, 1890. He was the son of George Kent and Elizabeth Kate, nee Ellison, known as Kate, at the time he enlisted was living with his father at 96 Hotham St. East Melbourne. He was then one month off twenty-five years of age,...

Alic Oscar Kerr was the son of Thomas Kerr (1862-1895) and his wife Hannah Ethlean, nee Millard(1870-1898). He also had a half brotherr, whom he named as next-of-kin, Kenneth Kerr (1897-1968). ALic was 23 and ten months old when he enlisted on 10 February, 1915. He was a clerk by...

Son of John and Ada (Ratcliff) Kerr. Born 1893 at Mornington. He was the fifth son in a family of eight sons and three daughters. The family moved to 12 Simpson Street, East Melbourne about 1900 which was to become their home for many years. Donald enlisted in Melbourne on 17 Aug...

In late 1914, two brothers enlisted for the war. The elder, George Ernest Kerr signed up on 29 September, 1914, and his younger brother, Hedley Vernon George Kitchin, on 19 October, 1914. They were the sons of John Henry Kitchin Kerr and his wife, Charlotte Gladstone Clarke. The...

Son of John and Ada (Ratcliff) Kerr. He was the sixth son and ninth child in a family eight sons and three daughters. The family moved to 12 Simpson Street, East Melbourne about 1900 which was to become their home for many years. George enlisted in Melbourne on 26 February 1917....

Son of John and Ada (nee Ratcliff) Kerr. Born c. 1891 at Mornington. He was the fourth son in a family of eight sons and three daughters. The family moved to 12 Simpson Street, East Melbourne about 1900 which was to become their home for many years. Malcolm enlisted on 8 October...

Robert Augustus Kerrigan was born in East Melbourne, Victoria, in May, 1874. His father, John Kerrigan (1834-1907) was then 40 years old, his mother, Mary, nee Kilgar/Kilgour (1842-1878) was then thirty two years old. Robert was one of nine children: William b.1861, Helena b.1866...

When Gilbert Kibblewhite arrived in Australia, he was removing himself from a disgrace and a marriage failed through violence. Gilbert Kibblewhite married Ethel Curtis at Westminster, London on 30 April, 1900. She was the elder daughter of Thomas Figgis Curtis, a stained glass ma...

Little is known about the personal life of James Kiernan, other than that he was born in Wollongong, NSW, to Mrs. Catherine Tiernan and her husband, Patrick, who had been dead for six years before James enlisted for World War 1. James was a metal worker, 20 years and 8 months old...

Arthur Frederick Kimberley was one of five children born to Frederick Theodore Kimberley and his wife Jessie, nee Bonney. He was born 20 June, 1885, at Devonport, Tasmania, and at the time of his enlistment in 1917 was a married man, working as a saddler and harness maker in Clif...

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KING, Agnes Wotherspoon

Agnes Wotherspoon King (1884-1942) was the second daughter and fourth child of Robert King (1843–1919) and his wife Frances (or ‘Fanny’, nee Craig) (1854–1926). Robert her father was the son of a farmer in Bothwell, Lanarkshire in Scotland. He appears to have travelled to the Uni...

Killed in action 27 June 1915 Charles Trethowan King was born in December 1894 and enlisted on 15 October 1914 at the age of 29 years and 10 months. His mother, Janet King, resided at 88 Hotham Street, East Melbourne. She was a widow, her husband Charles Whitewood King having die...

Gordon Alexander King's story is a sad one. He was born in Warrnambool in 1896, the second son of Thomas King and his wife, Elizabeth Smith. He had an elder brother, John Peter King, who enlisted and was to die from Malaria in Cairo, Egypt, in 1918. After Gordon as born, more chi...

Walter King spent only a small time before he enlisted at East Melbourne. He was born at Rushworth, Victoria, in 1895 and was the youngest of four children, the other three being girls. By the time he enlisted on 26 February, 1916, both parents were dead, and his eldest sister, M...

John Knight was the son of Ernest Knight and his wife, Madge (Margaret), nee Hughes. He enlisted in his home town, Perth, and his only connection with East Melbourne seems to have been his father, who lived in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. John Knight was 21 years and 11 month...

Victor Ernest Knight was a printer by trade and was just under twenty years old when he enlisted. He had as his next of kin his mother, Margaret, living at 13 Edmund St., Northcote, but gave as his own address as the Salvation Army Federal Training College in Victoria Parade, Eas...

Born in East Melbourne, John Valentine Knowles died of wounds 27 March 18, aged 25. He was buried at Outtersteine Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord pas de Calais, France. His Red Cross file tells the story, with Acting Corporal Smith 3458 recalling: At Dranoutse on 25th...

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LAMANDE, Henri Joseph

Henri Joseph Lamande was born in 1884 in Majorca, Victoria. He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington. Ambroise was representative of Prunier and Company cognac, and, for a shorter period, of Roederer champagne. As such he made frequent trips around the country....

Leopold George Lamande was born in 1883 in Maryborough, Victoria. He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington. Ambroise was representative of Prunier and Company cognac, and, for a shorter period, of Roederer champagne. As such he made frequent trips around the co...

Clarence Langford was the son of James Langford and his wife Blanche, nee Pope. He was 23 when he signed up to join the Australian Imperial Force. He was 5' 8" tall, a little above average for the time, a salesman by occupation and a member of the Church of England. He enlisted o...

James Langley was forty when he volunteered for army service. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, an accountant, married, living with his wife Evelyn Ellen at 18 Jolimont Rd., East Melbourne. He enlisted at South Yarra on 18 June, 1917. He was a tall man, 5'11", with brown hair an...

Matthew Lappin was born in Burnie Tasmania in May 1887. He enlisted on 20 July 1915, at the age of 28 years and 2 months. At the time, he gave as his address C% Mrs Emma Connors, 105 Victoria St., East Melbourne, perhaps a boarding house. He was, by occupation, a labourer, 5' 6"...

Rupert Larking was a 29 year old Commercial Traveller from Albury when he enlisted on 27 November, 1915. Born in 1888, he was actually two years younger than his stated age and the eldest of four children of John G. Larking and his wife Adelaide.He had been married to Genevieve o...