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Greta Hansonville ANZAC Service Records

BAIRD Colin Keith [Service No. 15901]

Place of Birth: Wangaratta, Victoria
Religion : Methodist
Occupation: Clerk
Address: 471 Station Street, North Carlton, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 18 years 2 months
Next of Kin: Mr W Baird [Father], Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 9 April 1917
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 46 Battalion
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT Nestor, 28 February 1918
Fate: Returned to Australia, 20 August 1919

BAUCHOP Duncan [Service No. 1511]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Stevedore
Address: 25 Twyford Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 36 years
Next of Kin: George Edward Bauchop [Father], Williamstown, Victoria

Enlistment: 6 June 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 3rd Pioneer Battalion, C Company
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla, 6 June 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia, 15 January 1919

Notes: Brother of Loftus Bauchop

BAUCHOP Loftus Robert [Service No. 7748]

Birth Place: Wangaratta, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Soldier
Address: Williamstown, Victoria
Marital status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 22 years
Next of Kin: Miss E Dick [Friend], 82 Cecil Street, Williamstown, Victoria

Previous Service: Served as a Trainee, Garrison Artillery, Citizen Military Forces, Victoria
Enlistment: 16 February 1917
Rank on Enlistment: Sergeant
Unit Name: 14th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor, 21 November 1917
Fate: Killed in Action
Place of Death: St Quentin, France
Date of Death: 20 September 1918
Age at Death: 24 years
Place of Burial: [Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 5] Bellicourt British Cemetery, France

Notes: Brother of George Bauchop

BRAINE Charles Frederick [Service No. 5800]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Telephonist
Address: 27 Athol Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 19 years 6 months
Next of Kin: Mrs. Z.M. Braine [Mother], Gooramadda, via Chiltern, Victoria

Enlistment: 20 March 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 6th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire, 3 July 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia, 19 February 1919

BRYAN Edward John [Service No. 1128]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Pakenham South, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years
Next of Kin: Margaret Bryan [Mother], Pakenham South, Victoria

Enlistment: 9 August 1915
Place of Enlistment: Seymour, Victoria
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 8th Light Horse Regiment, 8th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra, 20 August 1915
Fate: Died of Disease
Date of Death: 26 August 1918
Place of Death: Palestine
Age at Death: 25 years

Notes: Taken on strength, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 13 November 1915; evacuated Gallipoli and disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 25 December 1915. Brother of Thomas Bryan

BRYAN Thomas [Service No. 1709]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Farm Hand
Address: East Pakenham, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 6 months
Next of Kin: Edmund Bryan, East Pakenham, Victoria

Enlistment: 6 January 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 6th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire, 13 April 1915
Fate: Killed in Action
Date of Death: 24 June 1915
Age at Death: 21 years
Place of burial: [Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 6] Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli

Notes: Brother of Edmund Bryan

CARMICHAEL Douglas [Service No. 604]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Address: Greta West via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 23 years
Next of Kin: Mrs D. Carmichael [Mother], Greta West via Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 15 September 1914
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 8th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale, 12 February 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Lieutenant
Nominal Roll Unit: 46th Battalion
Fate: Returned to Australia, 9 February 1919

Notes: Nephew of James Carmichael

CARMICHAEL James Ernest [Service No. 3077]

Place of Birth: Beechworth, Victoria
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Greta, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 35 years 2 months
Next of Kin: William Carmichael [Brother], Greta, Victoria

Enlistment: 27 September 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata, 23 November 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia, 25 January 1919

Notes: Uncle of Douglas Carmichael

CORKER Francis Egbert [Service No. 6721]

Place of Birth: Hansonville, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Hansonville, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 24 years 9 months
Next of Kin: Mrs M. Corker [Mother], Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 16 September 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 5th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses, 25 October 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia, 10 September 1917 [medically unfit]

COULTER Thomas Charles [Service No. 2577]

Place of Birth: Castlemaine, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 25 years
Next of Kin: Mr Coulter [Brother], Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 25 June 1915
Nominal Roll Enlistment: 4 March 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 14th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini, 15 September 1915
Fate: Died of Wounds
Date of Death: 5 February 1917
Place of Death: Guedecourt, near Bapaume, France
Age at Death: 26 years
Place of Burial: [Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 31] Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France

CURRIE Robert [Service No. 4159]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Storeman
Address: 403 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 18 years 1 month
Next of Kin: Mrs J. Currie [Mother], 403 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria

Enlistment: 2 September 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 5th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Nominal Roll Unit: 46th Battalion
Fate: Returned to Australia, 6 December 1919

DELANEY Hugh John [Service No. 64190]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Grocer
Address: Benalla, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 10 months
Next of Kin: Mr Michael Delaney [Father], Greta South, Victoria

Enlistment: 4 April 1918
Rank on Enlistment: Sapper
Unit Name: 2^nd Field Squadron
Embarked: Sydney, SS Port Darwin 14 August 1918
Fate: Returned to Australia, 18 August 1919

Notes: Brother of Joseph and William Delaney

DELANEY Joseph [Service No. 37594]

Place of Birth: Wangaratta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Grocer
Address: Hanson South via Benalla, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 6 months
Next of Kin: Mr Michael Delaney [Father], Hanson South via Benalla, Victoria

Enlistment: 17 October 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Gunner
Unit Name: Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 30
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney, 9 November 1917
Nominal Roll Rank: Driver
Nominal Roll Unit: 2nd Division Ammunition Column
Fate: Returned to Australia, 20 June 1919

Notes: Brother of Hugh and William Delaney

Awards: Military Medal
Recommendation Date: 21 August 1918
Citation: ‘For bravery and devotion to duty at LIHONS on 12th August 1918. This man with another gunner laid a line to a forward O.P. in LIHONS village under heavy shell fire. Gunner BATES was killed before the line was completed. Gunner DELANEY stuck to his work and assisted by Lieut. MORTON completed the line to O.P. thus enabling effective fire to be brought to bear on enemy transport and communications. Gunner DELANEY showed great courage and a splendid example of determination throughout.’ Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 61, 23 May 1919

DELANEY William Patrick [Service No. 8824]

Place of Birth: Hanson South, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Farmer
Address: South Hanson, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 25 years 3 months
Next of Kin: Mr Michael Delaney [Father], South Hanson, Victoria

Enlistment: 3 September 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Driver
Unit Name: 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A39 Port Macquarie, 16 November 1915
Fate: Returned to Australia, 27 April 1919

Notes: Brother of Hugh and Joseph Delaney

DICKSON George Spence [Service No. 8033]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer
Address: via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 26 years 9 months
Next of Kin: Father, Greta PO via Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 17 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Driver
Unit Name: Army Service Corps 18, Reinforcement 1
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius, 10 November 1915
Nominal Roll Unit: 28th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Fate: Returned to Australia, 19 April 1919

Notes: Brother of Robert Haddon Dickson

DICKSON Robert Haddon [Service No. 8010]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Greta PO via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 23 years 7 months
Next of Kin: Mr Dickson [Father], Greta PO via Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 16 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Driver
Unit Name: Infantry Brigade Train
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius, 10 November 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Lance Corporal
Nominal Roll Unit: 28th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Fate: Returned to Australia, 1 April 1918

Notes: Brother of George Spencer Dickson

DINNING William aka WALLACE William [Service No. 5219]

Place of Birth: Benalla
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Hansonville PO via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 9 months
Next of Kin: Mrs B.E. Hughes [Sister], Hansonville PO, Benalla, Victoria

Enlistment: 25 September 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk, 1 April 1916
Nominal Roll Rank: Corporal
Nominal Roll Unit: a Prov Cps
Fate: Returned to Australia, 27 March 1920

GOODLAND George [Service No. 3116]

Place of Birth: Benalla, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Creamery Manager
Address: Hansonville PO, Hansonville, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 34 years 6 months
Next of Kin: James Goodland [Brother], Hansonville PO, Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 22 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth, 26 November 1915
Nominal Roll Unit: 8th Battalion
Fate: Killed in Action
Date of Death: 28 July 1916
Place of Death: Pozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at Death: 36 years
Place of Burial: No Known Grave
Commemoration: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

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HOGAN John Patrick [Service No. 1655]

Place of Birth: Toolamba, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Address: c/o Mrs Boquest, Derham Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 31 years
Next of Kin: Mrs Boquest [Sister], Derham Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria

Enlistment: 10 December 1914
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 10th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 F February 1915
Fate: Returned to Australia, 9 March 1916

Notes: Brother of Michael Hogan

HOGAN Michael [Service No. 6/1567]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Service

Birth Place: Victoria, Australia
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Rakaia, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 30 years
Next of Kin: Mr D. Tanner [Uncle], Hanson South, Victoria, Australia

Enlistment: 20 December 1914
Rank on Enlistment: Sapper
Unit Name: New Zealand Engineers
Embarked: Wellington, New Zealand, 14 February 1915
Fate: Returned to New Zealand, 5 March 1919

Notes: Brother of John Hogan

HURLEY Horace Leopold [Service No. 35063]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Soldier
Address: 2 Casell Road, Hawksburn, Victoria
Marital Status: Married
Age at Enlistment: 25 years 9 months
Next of Kin: Mrs Marie Frances Hurley [Wife], 2 Casell Road, Hawksburn, Victoria

Previous Service: Corps of MS Clerks
Enlistment: 19 February 1917
Rank on Enlistment: Warrant Officer (Class I)
Unit Name: Field Artillery Brigade, Reinforcement 27
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney, 9 November 1917
Nominal Roll Rank: Lieutenant
Nominal Roll Unit: Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Fate: Returned to Australia, June 1920

Notes: Brother of John Hurley

HURLEY John Cromwell [Service No. 5931]

Place of Birth: Everton Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Clerk
Address: Orrong Road, Armadale, Victoria
Marital Status: Married
Age at Enlistment: 26 years
Next of Kin: Mrs Alice May Hurley [Wife], Rosella Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria

Enlistment: 29 May 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 22nd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor, 2 October 1916
Nominal Roll Rank: Lance Corporal
Fate: Killed in Action
Date of Death: 3 May 1917
Place of Death: 2nd Battle of Bullecourt
Place of Burial: No Known Grave
Commemoration: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Notes: Brother of Horace Hurley

JEFFREY John Thomas [Service No. 2090]

Place of Birth: Hanson South, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Hanson South, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 37 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mrs Mary Jeffrey [Mother], Hanson South, Victoria

Unit Name: 37^th Battalion
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Fate: Died of Pleuro Pneumonia
Place of Death: Training Camp, Seymour
Place of Burial: Milawa General Cemetery, Victoria

KENNEDY Michael [Service No. 4426]

Place of Birth: Broadford, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Horse Trainer
Address: Benalla, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 39 years 9 months
Next of Kin: John Kennedy [Brother], Hanson South, Victoria

Enlistment: 8 September 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 23rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Walwa, 23 April 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia, 26 September 1917

KING Skipper [Service No. 287]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Pentland Street, Wangaratta, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 23 years
Next of Kin: Robert King, Chiltern, Victoria

Enlistment: 14 December 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 13th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
Embarked: Melbourne, Vic, on board A44 Vestalia, 26 June 1915
Fate: Returned to Australia, 11 May 1919

Notes: Brother of Stewart King

Awards: Distinguished Conduct Medal (altered to Military Medal)
Recommendation Date: 13 November 1917
Citation: ‘For gallant conduct and devotion to duty. On the 3rd November, 1917, whilst in the forward area east of YPRES during a very heavy bombardment, a shell burst in a dug out occupied by himself and Troopers HAMMETT and HUSH, wounding these two men, and throwing Trooper KING himself out of the dugout. Although badly shaken he at once went to the assistance of his two wounded comrades; he carried Trooper HAMMETT on his shoulder under heavy shell fire to the Dressing Station, and then returned with a stretcher for Trooper BUSH. Trooper KING then took up duty at the post where he remained until relief arrived.’ Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 110
Awarded: 25 July 1918

KING Stewart [Service No. 1679]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Chiltern, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 9 months
Next of Kin: Mrs M. Hogan [Sister], Chiltern, Victoria

Enlistment: 21 January 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 56th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Embarked: Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic, 14 April 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia, 23 June 1919

Notes: Brother of Skipper King

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LEGG John [Service No. Commissioned]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Veterinary Surgeon
Address: Hansonville, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 23 years
Next of Kin: Mr O. G. Legg [Father], Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 16 May 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Surgeon for Veterinary Duties
Unit Name: 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board A39 Port Macquarie, 4 June 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Captain
Nominal Roll Unit: Australian Army Veterinary Corps (AVC)
Promotions: Captain AVC ANZAC Mtd Div., 19 May 1915
Fate: Returned to Australia, 1919

Notes: Brother of Louis Legg

Awards: ‘Mentioned in Despatches’
Recommendation Date: 7 July 1919
Citation: Awarded, and promulgated, London Gazette No. 31089 [31 December 1918]; Commonwealth Gazette No. 61 [23 May 1919]

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LEGG Louis Thomas [Service No. 1054]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Commonwealth Civil Servant
Address: Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 10 months
Next of Kin: Mr Oliver George Legg [Father], Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria

Previous Service: 62nd Infantry
Enlistment: 30 January 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 8th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A57 Malakuta on 23 September 1915
Fate: Returned to Australia, 2 March 1919

Notes: Brother of John Legg

LLOYD Albert [Service No. 2998]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 19 years
Next of Kin: Mrs T. Lloyd [Mother], Greta West via Benalla, Victoria

Enlistment: 2 September 1914
Rank on Enlistment: Driver
Unit Name: Divisional Ammunition Column [September-October 1914]
Embarked: Fremantle, Western Australia on board Transport A7 Medic on 2 November 1914
Nominal Roll Rank: Gunner
Nominal Roll Unit: 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Fate: Returned to Australia, 18 July 1919 [court-martialled]

Notes: Nephew of John Lloyd

LLOYD John [Service No.98]

Place of Birth: Broadford, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Horse Breaker
Address: Benalla, Victoria
Marital Status: Married
Age at Enlistment: 45 years
Next of Kin: Mrs Lucy Lloyd [Wife], Benalla, Victoria

Previous Military: Served in Boer War with Victorian Bush Contingent
Enlistment: 18 September 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 1
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A67 Corsiva, 12 November 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Lance Corporal
Nominal Roll Unit: 1st Remount Unit
Fate: Returned to Australia, 26 July 1919

Notes: Uncle of Albert Lloyd

MAHONY John Austin [Service No. 1056]

Place of Birth: Northcote, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Clerk
Address: 207 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 3 months
Next of Kin: Mr John Mahony [Father], Hansonville PO, Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 8 March 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 24th Battalion, A Company
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides, 10 May 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Captain
Nominal Roll Unit: 24th Battalion
Promotion: 2nd Lieutenant
Date of Promotion: 12 August 1916
Fate: Died of Wounds
Date of Death: 9 October 1918
Place of Death: France
Age at Death: 25 years
Place of Burial: [Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 20] Tincourt New British Cemetery, France

Notes: Brother of William Mahony (left)

Awards: Military Cross
Citation: ‘For conspicuous gallantry during operations. When commanding a working party close to the enemy he heard that another battalion was hung up and required bombs. He at once took up his party with the bombs required and after bombing three enemy dug-outs on the way, returned to the work that he had in hand.’ Source: Commonwealth Gazette No. 62
Awarded: 19 April 1917

MAHONY William Patrick [Service No. 4874]

Place of Birth: Wangaratta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Hansonville, Victoria
Marital Status: Married
Age at Enlistment: 25 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mr John Mahoney [Father], Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 19 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 14th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises, 14 March 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia

Notes: Brother of Austin Mahony (right)

McAULIFFE Henry James [Service No. 633]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Occupation: Hairdresser
Address: Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 47 years 11 months
Next of Kin: Mrs B. McAuliffe [Sister-in-Law], Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 16 September 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: Australian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 3
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A67 Orsova, 12 November 1915
Nominal Roll Unit: 1st Remount Unit
Fate: Returned to Australia, 18 October 1916 – Medically Unfit [too old]

McCARTHY Thomas [Service No. 6856]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Address: Greta West, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 34 years 11 months
Next of Kin: Mr William McCarthy [Father], Greta West, Victoria

Enlistment: 17 October 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 21st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius, 11 May 1917
Fate: Died of Wounds
Date of Death: 6 October 1918
Place of Death: Montbrehain, France
Age at Death: 38 years
Place of Burial: [Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 23] Tincourt New British Cemetery, France

McDONALD Allan Walter [Service No. 2474]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Garfield, Victoria
Marital Status: Married
Age at Enlistment: 40 years 5 months
Next of Kin: Mrs Jessie McDonald [Wife], Garfield, Victoria

Enlistment: 3 March 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 58th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire, 25 September 1916
Fate: Died of Wounds
Date of Death: 28 March 1917
Place of Death: Morchies near Bapaume
Age at Death: 41 years
Place of Burial: [Row A, Grave No. 24] Bapaume Australian Cemetery, France

McMONIGLE Robert John [Service No. 337]

Place of Birth: Glenrowan, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 29 years 8 months
Next of Kin: John McMonigle, Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 29 December 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 13th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria on board A44 Vestalia, 26 June 1915
Fate: Returned to Australia, 11 May 1919

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MOLONEY Richard [Service No. 1345]

Place of Birth: ‘Benelor’ [taken to mean Benalla]
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Horse Breaker
Address: Greta West, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 24 years
Next of Kin: Mrs Helen Maloney [Mother], Greta West, Victoria

Enlistment: 24 September 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Trooper
Unit Name: Australian Remount Unit 2, Squadron 5
Embarked: Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 10 November 1915
Fate: Returned to Australia, 28 September 1919

Awards: ‘Mention in Despatches’
Citation: Awarded, and promulgated, London Gazette No. 31728 [12 January 1920]; Commonwealth Gazette No. 133 [1 April 1920]

MURRAY John Henry [Service No. 3185]

Place of Birth: Wangaratta
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Park Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 25 years 5 months
Next of Kin: Mr Thomas Murray [Brother], Hansonville via Wangaratta, Victoria

Notes: Son of Patrick Murray

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MURRAY Patrick [Service No, 2950]

Place of Birth: Christchurch, New Zealand
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Miner
Address: Townsend Street, Albury, Southern Line, New South Wales
Marital Status: Married
Age at Enlistment: 43 years 9 months
Next of Kin: Mrs Clara Louise Murray [Wife]

Enlistment: 19 September 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 59th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Embarked: Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric, 3 November 1916
Fate: Returned to Australia, 25 August 1917

Notes: Father of John Murray

NOLAN John Thomas [Service No. 597]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Railway Employee
Address: 134 Alice Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 24 years
Next of Kin: Mr John Nolan, Myrrhee PO via Wangaratta, Victoria

Enlistment: 18 August 1914
Rank on Enlistment: Driver
Unit Name: 1 Divisional Train [1 to 4 Coys Army Service Corps]
Embarked: Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A1 Hymettus, 22 October 1914
Nominal Roll Unit: Australian Army Service Corps
Fate: Returned to Australia, 4 August 1915

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O'BRIEN Edward John [Service No. 3214]

Place of Birth: Wangaratta
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Hansonville, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 5 months
Next of Kin: Mr John O’Brien [Brother], Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 19 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth, 26 November 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Driver
Nominal Roll Unit: 3rd Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Fate: Returned to Australia, 12 May 1919

Notes: Brother of Michael and William O’Brien

O'BRIEN Michael Morris [Service No. 2420]

Place of Birth: Wangaratta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Hansonville, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 22 years 6 months
Next of Kin: Mr Thomas O’Brien [Brother], Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 15 May 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 14th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Persia, 10 August 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Driver
Nominal Roll Unit: 1st Division Train
Fate: Returned to Australia, 12 April 1919

Notes: Brother of Edward and William O’Brien

O'BRIEN William Lawrence Joseph [Service No. 4777]

Place of Birth: Glenrowan
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Blacksmith
Address: Hansonville, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 23 years 8 months
Next of Kin: Mr Thomas O’Brien [Brother], Hansonville, Victoria

Enlistment: 26 May 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 24th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes, 16 July 1915
Nominal Roll Service No.: 8936
Nominal Roll Rank: Staff Sergeant
Nominal Roll Unit: 2nd Division Train
Fate: Returned to Australia, 8 April 1919

Notes: Brother of Edward and Michael O’Brien

O'MALLEY Patrick [Service No. 3396]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Greta West, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 30 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mr M. O’Malley [Father], Greta West, Victoria

Enlistment: 28 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 3rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Embarked: Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides, 2 November 1915
Nominal Roll Unit: 53rd Battalion
Fate: Returned to Australia, 27 July 1917

PURCELL James [Service No. 16943]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Railway Booking Clerk
Address: West Brunswick, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 25 years 5 months
Next of Kin: Mr Michael Patrick Purcell [Father], 62 Hunter Street, West Brunswick, Victoria

Enlistment: 1 February 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: Australian Camel Field Ambulance
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A42 Boorara, 10 May 1917
Nominal Roll Unit: 5th Light Horse Regiment
Fate: Returned to Australia, 26 July 1919

Notes: Brother of Leslie Purcell

PURCELL Leslie Patrick [Service No. 17327]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Wicker Worker
Address: West Brunswick, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 21 years 6 months
Next of Kin: Mr Michael Patrick Purcell [Father], 62 Hunter Street, West Brunswick, Victoria

Previous Service: 45th Australian Army Medical Corps
Enlistment: 15 March 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: Army Medical Corps February 1917 Reinforcements
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius, 11 May 1917
Nominal Roll Rank: Driver
Nominal Roll Unit: 4th Field Ambulance
Fate: Returned to Australia, 21 June 1919

Notes: Brother of James Purcell

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QUINN Ernest [Service No. 7/1129]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Place of Birth: Victoria, Australia
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Levels, Timaru, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 30 years
Next of Kin: Not Stated

Enlistment: 14 February 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Trooper
Unit Name: Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarked: Wellington, New Zealand, 14 February 1915
Fate: Returned to New Zealand, August 1915 – Medically Unfit [No Medals]

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SANDERS James August [Service No. 6586]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Methodist Minister
Address: Dangin, Western Australia
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 31 years 6 months
Next of Kin: Mr J. Sanders [Father], Wangaratta, Victoria

Enlistment: 12 April 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
Embarked: Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk, 10 October 1916
Nominal Roll Rank: Chaplain
Nominal Roll Unit: 11th Battalion
Promotions: Captain
Unit: CHAP 4th Class
Promotion Date: 6 March 1919
Fate: Returned to Australia, 3 July 1919

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TANNER Herbert [Service No. 3281]

Place of Birth: Traralgon, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Farmer
Address: Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 20 years 5 months
Next of Kin: Mrs Annabella Tanner [Mother], Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 29 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 24th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth 26 November 1915
Nominal Roll Unit: 8th Battalion
Fate: Died of Wounds
Date of Death: 9 August 1918
Place of Death: Rosieres, France
Age at Death: 23 years
Place of Burial: [Plot XIX, Row F, Grave No. 4] Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, France

Notes: Brother of Walter Tanner

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TANNER James P. [Service No. 8/1650]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Place of Birth: Wangaratta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 24 years
Next of Kin: Mr James Tanner [Father], Hanson South, Victoria, Australia

Enlistment: 15 December 1914
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: Ottago Infantry Battalion
Embarked: 14 February 1915
Fate: Returned to New Zealand, 29 May 1919

Notes: Taken Prisoner of War on 16 April 1918 to 13 November 1918

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TANNER Walter John [Service No. 4602]

Place of Birth: Blackwarry, Victoria
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: School Teacher
Address: Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 22 years 3 months
Next of Kin: Mr H. Tanner [Father], Hansonville via Glenrowan, Victoria

Enlistment: 1 October 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles, 28 January 1916
Nominal Roll Rank: Lieutenant
Nominal Roll Unit: 57th Battalion
Promotions: 2nd Lieutenant
Fate: Returned to Australia, 24 July 1919

Notes: Brother of Herbert Tanner

THOMPSON William [Service No. 283]

Place of Birth: Greta, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Quarryman
Address: Lewis Street, West Footscray, Victoria
Marital Status: Married
Age at Enlistment: 38 years 1 month
Next of Kin: Miss Dollie Thompson [Daughter], c/o Mrs Margaret Maloney, Larritt Street, Bendigo, Victoria

Enlistment: 10 June 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: Machine Gun Company 9, Reinforcement 2
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes, 16 August 1916
Fate: Killed in Action
Date of Death: 23 February 1917
Place of Burial: [Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 5] Cite Benjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France

WHITEHEAD Robert Whitworth [Service No 2472]

Place of Birth: Collingwood, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Clerk
Address: Centre Dandenong Road, Cheltenham, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 22 years 1 month
Next of Kin: J.J. Whitehead, Centre Dandenong Road, Cheltenham, Victoria

Enlistment: 12 July 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 23rd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley, 29 September 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Nominal Roll Unit: 21st Battalion
Fate: Killed in Action
Date of Death: 3 May 1917
Place of Death: Bullecourt, France
Place of Burial: No Known Grave
Commemoration: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Notes: Brother of Walter Whitehead

WHITEHEAD Walter Middleton [Service No. 1002]

Place of Birth: Collingwood, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Salesman
Address: Dandenong Road, Cheltenham, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 23 years 6 months
Next of Kin: Mrs Whitehead [Mother], Dandenong Road, Cheltenham, Victoria

Enlistment: 23 January 1915
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 21st Battalion, D Company
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses, 10 May 1915
Nominal Roll Rank: Lieutenant
Nominal Roll Unit: 24th Battalion
Fate: Killed in Action
Date of Death: 3 May 1917
Place of Death: Bullecourt, France
Place of Burial: No Known Grave
Commemoration: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Notes: Brother of Robert Whitehead

WINNELL Charles [Service No. 5110]

Place of Birth: Wangaratta, Victoria
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Labourer
Address: Vincent Street, Wangaratta, Victoria
Marital Status: Single
Age at Enlistment: 22 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mr William Winnell [Father], Vincent Street, Wangaratta, Victoria

Enlistment: 3 February 1916
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Unit Name: 22nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Embarked: Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire, 3 July 1916
Fate: Killed in Action
Date of Death: 3 May 1917
Place of Death: 2^nd Battle of Bullecourt
Place of Burial: No Known Grave
Commemoration: Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France