WW1

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ROWAN, Eliza

Eliza Rowan (1885-1970) was born at Nagambie in 1885 to Lee Rowan (1847-1899) and Margaret Jane Davies (1851-1931). Both her parents had been born in the early days of colonial Melbourne. Lee's parents, a baker and a laundress, came from Armagh in Northern Ireland, arriving in Po...

Dexter Brigham Rowe was born in 1888 at 53 Agnes Street, Jolimont. He was the son of John Rowe, contractor, and Mary, nee Pillow. Close by, on the corner of Jolimont Road and Wellington Parade South, lived Dexter Brigham. There appears to be no blood relationship between the two...

A biography of Francis Harry Rowe appears in the Australian Dictionary of Biography, see link belo: Francis Harry Rowe (1895-1958), public servant, was born on 20 October 1895 at Bright, Victoria, son of Richard Harry Rowe (d.1906), mine-manager, and his wife Thomasina, née Rodda...

Ernest Rowles was born in East Melbourne in 1894. He was the third son of Joseph and Catherine Ellen Rowles. In the 1909 electoral rolls Joseph was described as a foreman, by 1914 he was a tram employee and at the time of his death in 1922 he was superintendent assistant of the T...

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RUNDLE, Walter Henry

Walter Henry Rundle was the only son of Henry Philip Rundle and Jessie Maria Honeyman. He ahd an elder sister, Florence, born in 1891. The family lived in Launceston, Tasmania, where his father was an engine driver. Walter Rundle was a carpenter by trade, Single, aged 22 years an...

Allan Russell was amongst the first volunteers to enlist, as his military number, 296, testifies. Ond of two sons and three daughter born to James Dickson Allen and his wife, Margaret Ann, nee Johnson, he was born in Hawthorn, but was living at 24 Jolimont Terrace, East Melbourne...

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SAKER, Richard

Richard Saker was born on 8 November 1877 in Liverpool, England. He was the son of Edward 'Ted' Sloman Saker and Emily Mary Kate OBrien. He was privately educated. He served in the Boer War with the Rough Riders, a yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army. Later he joine...

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SALIKIS, Emaniol

photo, wounded in action, see p 45 of Greek Australians in the Australian Armed Forces World War I & II by Steve Kyritsis Pte Salikis enlisted on 19 February 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915. He returned to Australia on 8 April 1917. Note tha...

Subjects WW1 Family name SALLOWS Given names Tasman Thomas Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 13 Bank Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 5442 Rank Pte Military units 7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement

Charles Joshua Salter was born on 8 September 1879 in Brunswick. He was the eldest son of Charles James Salter and his wife, Josephine, nee Le Sueur. He had nine younger siblings. He married Carol Beatrice Brenchley (subsequently known as Beatrice Caroline) in 1902. Beatrice was...

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...

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...

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...

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, 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...

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

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...

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...

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