WW1

Subjects WW1 Family name RIORDAN Given names Keith Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 25 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 13079 Rank Lcpl Military units Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company 1, Section 2

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RIPPINGALE, Jack Parker

Jack Parker Rippingale was a Driver with the 13th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse. He was born at Malvern, Victoria, the son of John Parker Rippingale and Janet Jacks. A nurseryman by trade, he enlisted on 29 September, 1915 and was called up on 6 October 1915. Aged 23, he embark...

Subjects WW1 Family name RIXON Given names George Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 48 George Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3663 Rank Pte Military units 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 8

Subjects WW1 Family name ROBERTS Given names Harrie Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Carvally corner of Powlett and George Streets , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 301 Rank Pte Military units Army Medical Corps - Hospital...

Duncan Glenerochie Robertson (youngest child) was born in 1883 to Robert Robertson (Robertson & Sons Jewellers, Little Collins Street West) and Clara Jane Robertson (nee Low). The family resided at 'Archdale', George Street, Fitzroy. Both parents died in 1887. It is unknown who c...

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ROBERTSON, Gertrude Muriel Norton

The life of Gertrude Muriel Norton Robertson encapsulates in many ways the development of Victoria as colony and state, and its ongoing links with the British Empire. Early colonial Melbourne, medical practice in the colony, its involvement in the Boer War, and pioneering veterin...

Killed in action 19 July 1916 Fromelles

Enlisted aged 25 years and 10 Months on the 27 March 1915 to join the 24th Battalion at Broadmeadows. Married to Isobel and was a railway employee, being 6 feet and 1 1/2 inches tall and living at 153 Wellington Parade, East Mebourne. Embarked for Egypt per HMAS "EURIPIDEA" on 8...

Subjects WW1 Family name ROBINSON Given names Lawrence John Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 121 George Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 651 Rank Pte Military units Machine Gun Company 15, Reinforcement 11

Subjects WW1 Family name ROBSON Given names George Cranstown Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 20 Lansdowne Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 1169 Rank Lcpl Military units 7th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement

Died of illness 24 March 1918

Subjects WW1 Family name ROCHE Given names Terence Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 47 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 2781 Rank Pte Military units 45th Battalion

Subjects WW1 Family name RODDY Given names Christmas Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 22 Brunswick Street South , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3392 Rank Pte Military units 5th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement

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ROGERS, Anthony

Anthony Rogers was the son of Anthony Rogers and his wife, Eliza Walsh (or Welsh). He was born on 16 April 1879. His enlistment papers state that he was born in East Melbourne but no confirmation has been found. His birth certificate has not been viewed but the index states simpl...

Subjects WW1 Family name ROGERS Given names Horace Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 1 Simpson Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 39005 Rank Gnr Military units 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

Willian Rohen was 25 years and three months old when he enlisted at East Melbourne on 29/6/1915. He was employed as a coaler and gave his next of kin as his mother, then living in Abbotsford St. North Melbourne. he was sent to France with the 58th Battalion. His military record i...

John Rohrs was born at St. Helliers in the Channel Islands, probably in December 1882. He was educated at King's School, London where he received two books as prizes, which are still in the possession of his family. He was a keen sportsman, playing both cricket and soccer. His pa...

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ROPER, Frank

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Alister Ross was one of the earliest volunteers to join the AIF. He enlisted on 19 August, 1914 and was called up a week later. The youngest child of Jane and Alexander Ross, he had grown up in Gippsland, being born at Maffra and later living at Sale. He was a blacksmith by trade...

Alexander Lee Rowan enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW, where he was working as a miner. He was forty-six, was relatively old to enlist, but lied about his age, using his brother William's or sister Hnerietta's birth date . He claimed to be a widower, but this was a falsehood: he had m...

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ROWAN, Andrew Percival

Andrew Rowan was 38 years old, 6' 1" tall and single. He described himself as a grazier, living at Meredin, Western Australia, but had previously worked with his father, also Andrew Rowan, a wine merchant, living in Brighton Rd., St Kilda. He already had substantial military expe...

Clement Rowan was born on 28 July, 1881, one of the sons of Lee and Margaret (Davis) Rowan. He was a miner, like his brother Alexander. He enlisted on 26 May, 1917 and began his service on 22 June, 1917, at Sydney. At this time, he was two months off the age 0f 36, separated from...