WW1 (1914-1918)
| Person | Date(s) | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Bray, Albert Edwin | from 1915 to 1918 | He served in Eygpt and France. |
| Bray, Albert Victor | from 1914 to 1916 | He served in Gallipoli and France. |
| Bray, Alfred Ernest Cornelius | Alfred served in both World War 1 and World War 2 | |
| 16-Aug-1915 | Alf enlisted in Sydney. | |
| from Dec-1915 to Feb-1919 | He trained in Egypt and then served on the Western Front | |
| 22-Jun-1918 | He suffered gas attack at Strazelle in NE France and recuperated for a time in England | |
| 1919 | Returned home and was discharged. | |
| 1920 | His War Diary is kept at the Mitchell library. | |
| 23-Jul-1940 | Alf enlisted again in WW2 giving his DoB as 3/12/1900 (ie 39 years old instead of 43) in the Australian Instructional Corps | |
| 13-Oct-1944 | He was discharged "being medically unfit for further military service" | |
| Bray, William Fennell | from Feb-1915 to Mar-1916 | He served in Gallipoli and France. |
| Briscoe, Alfred Edward Henry Harrison | He contracted malaria at Gallipoli and was repatriated to Egypt. | |
| 30-Jan-1915 | He enlisted and embarked from Sydney, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915 (Service No 1146) | |
| Jun-1915 | He served in Egypt and Gallipoli as a private, in the 17th Battalion, D Company then 5th Infantry Brigade W Company where he contracted malaria. | |
| 24-Dec-1915 | He died in Egypt and was buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. Grave D 233 | |
| Briscoe, George Albert Ernest Sidney | 11-Mar-1918 | George enlisted in NSW Reinforcement 3 and embarked from Sydney, on board RMS Osterley on 8 May 1918 (Service number 5346) |
| He served in the 4th Motor Transport Section | ||
| Briscoe, Henry Whitby | circa 1914 | He was a Second Lieutenant, 3rd Garrison Bn. Royal Irish Fusiliers. |
| 1917 | He drowned at sea, from H.T. "Arcadian" in a U-boat attack and there is the Mikra Memorial at Kalamaria in Greece | |
| Briscoe, John Robins Warren Low | 17-Jan-1918 | He served in the Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 35 (Gnr, 35th F.A. Reinforcements.) Service No. 63716 Next of kin recorded as W.E. Morrison, Leonard Street Bankstown |
| 5-Jun-1918 | He embarked on board RMS Orontes from Sydney. | |
| 25-Mar-1919 | Returned to Australia and was discharged. | |
| Briscoe, Philip Harrison | 18-Sep-1914 | Attestation Paper - declaration on willingness to serve in Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force He gave as his next of kin his sister Alice who was then living at ‘Highfield’, Peaks Hill, Purley (hence Philip’s inclusion on the war memorial at Purley Hospital, Woodcote Green and St Mark’s Woodcote) |
| 1915 | Philip served with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) 15th Bn. He was killed in the Second Battle of Ypres on 24 April 1915 along with more than 200 Canadians. | |
| 24-Jul-1927 | His name is recorded in the memorial at The Menin Gate (Panel 18-24-26-30 ) | |
| Bryant, Alick James | 12-Mar-1917 | Alick James Bryant enlisted at only 13 years 11 months old (giving his age as 18 years) under the name of James John Bryant. He is believed to have been the youngest Australian soldier to serve during the First World War (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alick_Bryant ) |
| 12-Mar-1917 | The AIF Project details Alick's military service as follows: James John BRYANT Regimental number: 7208 Religion: Church of England Occupation: Storeman Address: Ashfield, New South Wales Marital status: Single Age at embarkation: 18 Next of kin: Mother, Mrs L Bryant, Fairholm, Norton Street, Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales Enlistment date: 12 March 1917 Rank on enlistment: Private Unit name: 4th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/21/5 Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 24 April 1917 Rank from Nominal Roll: Private Unit from Nominal Roll: 4th Battalion Fate: Returned to Australia 24 August 1918 | |
| 18-Jan-1918 | He sailed from Southampton to France, then served with the 4th battalion in the Somme Valley. | |
| 26-Mar-1918 | Experienced a gas attack and admitted to the 59th General Hospital at St. Omer | |
| 13-Apr-1918 | He as transferred back to England remaining in hospital till 6 June in Southall. He returned to the 1st Traniing Battalion on 14 June. | |
| 7-Nov-1918 | Soon after, on 11 June, AIF Headquarters at Horseferry Road in London received a cablegram giving Bryant’s true date of birth. He was ordered home for being under-age, although it was decided he would not be required to forfeit any pay. He returned to Australia aboard City of Karachi and was discharged on 7 November 1918. | |
| Malley, Garnet Francis | 12-Oct-1915 | He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. |
| Apr-1917 | He transferred to the Australian Flying Corps and was commissioned as a pilot in October and then flew to France to join No.4 Squadron, A.F.C., which was equipped with Sopwith Camel scouts. | |
| Mar-1918 | He was promoted captain and made a flight commander. | |
| He won the Military Cross (1918) and Air Force Cross (1919). | ||
| Pickering, William David | 16-Jan-1916 | William enlisted as a Private, 41st Battalion, A.I.F. (Service No: 256) |
| 4-Jul-1918 | He fought and was killed in the Battle of Hamel - Major General Sir John Monash planned what was a successful attack to take Hamel, a strongly fortified, key German defence position which protected the area between the Villers Bretonneux heights and the Somme River. He was buried at the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery | |
| Roach, James Samuel | between 1899 and 1902 | Served in the Boer War, as a Trooper in the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles. |
| 22-Mar-1916 | He enlisted in the33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, which because the majority of the it's personnel came from the New England region of New South Wales it came to be known unofficially as "New England's Own" (Wikipedia). | |
| 13-May-1916 | The 33rd Battalion embarked on the HMAT Marathon. | |
| 11-Aug-1918 | Killed in action in France and was buried in the Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette. | |
| Skinner, Thomas Alfred | 1-Jan-1915 | He enlisted for military service |
| Trott, Herbert John | ||
| Trott, William Thomson | 16-Feb-1915 | He enlisted and embarked from Sydney, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915 |
| He served in 7th Battalion, C Company at Gallipoli | ||
| 31-Mar-1919 | He returned to Australia | |
| 14-Dec-1940 | He enlisted again in WW2 (Service No. Q54757) Posted to 15 Garrison Battalion (S/Sgt) | |
| after 13-Nov-1943 | Buried in the war cemetery, Townsville | |
| Warren, Frederick | 13-Sep-1915 | He enlisted for service |
| 24-Nov-1915 | Service number: 8627, Driver in 6 FAB [Field Artillery Brigade Embarkation on 24 November 1915 from Melbourne on HMAT Botanist | |
| 4-Feb-1918 | He was awarded the Military Medal, as noted in the London Gazette |