People of East Melbourne

This is a list of biographies of residents of East Melbourne.

This project started to commemorate the soldiers and nurses who went to Europe to serve in World War 1. But it has grown from there to cover biographies of any and all residents of note.

Along with many of their fellow Australians people from East Melbourne flocked to enlist. Many were heroes. Many lost their lives or suffered horrific physical or mental injuries. At home family and friends worked, endured and suffered consequences that were sometimes terrible and persisted long after the war.

Major-General Michael O'Brien gave us a starting point with a list of East Melbourne people who served in WW1. He spoke to the Society in April 2013 to give us some context to the period and to help the EMHS prepare for its own commemorations of this most devastating period in our history.

Everyone can participate by gathering or documenting information:

  • Photos, memorabilia and family records
  • Stories in books, newspapers and on-line
  • Memorial plaques in churches and public places
  • War memorial, church, national and state archives

You can refine the list by applying the various filter criteria and go to a particular detailed biography by click on the title.

LOAS, John

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

John Loas was a Police Constable, living in East Melbourne with his parents, Joseph and Delia Loas, at 52 Albert St.

  • 1935 reads

LONG, Cuthbert Jones

Date of birth: 
1870
Biographical notes: 

Cuthbert Jones-Long was 44 years old, a Ticket Writer by trade, when he joined up. The son of Henry James Long, a pharmacist, he ahd been educated at Scothch College, East Melbourne.

  • 2474 reads

LOUGHNAN, John

Date of birth: 
1889
Biographical notes: 

removed by Ambulance train to Hosiptal in John Loughnan was born in rural Victoria at Charlton on 4 August, 1889 to his father John and mother Margaret Loughnan (nee Curran).

  • 3015 reads

LOWE, Robert

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Roberet Lowe was born on 31 December, 1893, to Robert Walter Lowe, a burcher, and his wife, Annie, nee White, of Waratah, Tasmania.

  • 1692 reads

LOWELL, Rupert Leslie

Date of birth: 
1894
Biographical notes: 

Rupert Lowell was a 21 year old clerk when he enlisted at Broadmeadows, Melbourne, on 8 July, 1915. He had been living with his mother and sister, Violet, at 25 Grey Street, East Melbourne.

  • 1808 reads

LOWRY, Leonard Ernest

Date of birth: 
1890
Biographical notes: 

Leonard Ernest Lowry was born in Hackney, London in March 1890 to William Henry and Caroline Lowry (nee Cahill). He was the youngest of 6 children, his father a cigar merchant.

  • 1787 reads

LUDBROOK, John Reginald

Date of birth: 
1897
Biographical notes: 

John Reginald Ludbrook was 18 years and three months old when he enlisted at the Melbourne Town Hall on 9 July, 1915.

  • 1975 reads

LUNNEY, Norman Ernest

Date of birth: 
1899
Biographical notes: 

Norman Ernest Lunney was born in Footscray in 1899.  He enlisted on 2 March 1917 at the age of 18.  His mother, Isabella Lunney, of 49 East Melbourne, gave her permission for his enlistme

  • 1911 reads

LYONS, Martin

Date of birth: 
1897
Biographical notes: 

Martin Lyons was born in Richmond on 30 January 1897.  He was the son of Michael Edward Lyons, musician and musical instrument importer, and Bertha Scutt.

  • 2332 reads

LYONS, Stanley

Date of birth: 
1896
Biographical notes: 

Stanley Lyons was a fine young man, described as 'a brave, bright, honourable boy and one of the first to answer his country's call' by his foster mother, Frances Sheppard, and as 'a bright, manly

Brown's Dip Cemetery, Gallipoli
Dead Australian Soldiers, Leane's trench, Lone Pine, 1915
Dead Australian Soldiers, Krithis, 1915
Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli
Bodies in the trenches, Krithia,1915
Stanley Lyons photo Roll of Honour
  • 4272 reads

MACKAY, Harold George

Biographical notes: 

Group portrait of patients and staff at the Military Families Hospital at Valetta, Malta.

Harold George MacKay
Harold George MacKay (left) and Frederick William Mackay
Harold George MacKay standing fourth from right, at hospital, Valetta
  • 1944 reads

MACKAY, Jack

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

John Michael Mackay was the son of Joseph Mackay and his wife Charlotte, nee Piper.

  • 2057 reads

MACKAY, John Shaw

Biographical notes: 

MC and Bar

  • 1502 reads

MACKEY, Michael

Date of birth: 
1875
Biographical notes: 

Michael Mackey was Irish by birth, the son of Wilma and Peter Mackey, a policeman, from Lavan, County Wicklow, Ireland. At the date of his enlistment in the Australian Army Medical Corps

  • 1449 reads

MAGILL, Arthur

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Arthur Magill was a 21 year old Bank Clerk, probably living in Ballarat, Victoria, when he enlisted for the  First World War on 26 July, 1915.

  • 1458 reads

MAHER, James Frederick

Biographical notes: 

Maher enlisted on 4 November 1914. He was 5' 5" tall, weighing 136 lbs, with brown eyes and brown hair. He was 22 years and 8 months of age.

  • 1897 reads

MAHONEY, Martin

  • 1499 reads

MAIDMENT, Sidney Albert

Date of birth: 
1879
Biographical notes: 

Whether Sidney Albert Maidment had any connection to East Melbourne is dubious. He enlisted under a false name, gave a false place of birth and, it may be assumed, a false place of residence.

  • 2014 reads

MANSFIELD, William

  • 1746 reads

MARKS, Cecil Solomon

Date of birth: 
1876
Biographical notes: 

Cecil Solomon Marks was the son of Edward Marks and his wife, Fanny (nee Benjamin).  He was born on 4 March 1876 at the family home, 2 Burlington Terrace, 398 Albert Street, East Melbourne whe

Marks Bridge, Hallston taken from corner of CS Marks' farm (Monash University)
Cecil Solomon Marks and his wife, Ivy May
  • 3510 reads

MARSH, John Stanley

  • 1527 reads

MARTIN, Edward Percy

Date of birth: 
1872
Biographical notes: 

Edward Percy Martin was a clerk living at 330 Ferrars street, Albert park. He enlisted into the army on the 20th of April, 1915.

  • 1831 reads

MARTIN, Edwin John

  • 1508 reads

MARTIN, John

  • 1555 reads

MASSINA, Carroll James

Date of birth: 
1890
Biographical notes: 

Carroll James Messina, known as Jim, was born in Slaty Creek, near St.Arnaud , Victoria in July, 1890, the son of William and Agnes Massina.

  • 1690 reads

MATOOREKOS, Panaye

Date of birth: 
1898
Biographical notes: 

The son of Gregory and Matilda (nee Lyons) Matoorekos, Panaye was born in 1898 in Albert Park.

  • 2107 reads

MATSON, Henry John

  • 1475 reads

MATHEWS, Roland Clyne

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Roland Clyne Mathews was born in East Melbourne on 26 January, 1893 to Francis Herbert Seymour Mathews and Margaret Mathews (nee Hudson).

  • 1932 reads

MAY, Arthur Edward

  • 1456 reads

MAYNARD, Edmund William Arthur

Date of birth: 
1880
Biographical notes: 

Edmund Maynard was the son of George and Catherine Maynard and was born in Bendigo in 1880.  George was Clerk of Courts in Bendigo until his death in 1884. Edmund enlisted at Coonamb

  • 2051 reads

McALISTER, John Baird

Biographical notes: 

Information from Paul Burke, 19 June 2013:-

  • 1731 reads

McCURE, Ernest Alfred

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Ernest Alfred McCure was born in Colac on 12 October 1893.  He was the son of Alfred Ernest McCure and his wife, Clara Eve, nee Coney.  In 1914 the family moved to Ararat where his father

Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Apr 1967, p.1
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Apr 1967, p.2
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Sept 1967, p.1
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Sept 1967, p.2
Letter to authorities from Grace McCure 18 Sept 1967, p.3
  • 2249 reads

McDONALD, Alexander

born East Melbourne, Wounded in action
Biographical notes: 
born East Melbourne, Wounded in action

McGREGGOR, Malcolm John

DCM
Biographical notes: 
DCM

McKENZIE, Kenneth Fraser

Date of birth: 
1887
Biographical notes: 

Kenneth Fraser McKenzie was the only living son of Mrs. Marjorie Jane Fraser McKenzie, a widow, and her  late husband George Kenneth McKenzie.

Kenneth Fraser McKenzie
Death Certificate of Kenneth Fraser McKenzie
Kenneth Fraser McKenzie
VC Corner, Fromelles Cemetery
  • 2511 reads

McKENZIE, Willliam Maurice

Biographical notes: 
  • William Maurice McKenzie aged 37 enlisted on th 17 August 1914 and joined the 2nd Infantry Brigade 6th Battalion AIEF with the SERN 26
  • Attestation paper informs he was from Melbour
  • 1608 reads

McKEON, Thomas

  • 1707 reads

McKINNELL, Bertha

Date of birth: 
1879
Biographical notes: 

Bertha McKinnell (1879–1963) was the youngest of five children (four daughters, one son) born to Francis McKinnell (c1839–1904) and his wife Mary Ann (nee Donnolly/Donnelly) (c1843–1927).

Bertha McKinnell Christmas 3AAH Dartford 1918 (AWM D00170K)
Queen Mary visiting 1AGH Rouen July 1917 when McKinnell there (AWM K00019)
  • 3177 reads

McKINNON, Mary

Date of birth: 
1885
Biographical notes: 

Mary McKinnon (1885–1979) born in Marnoo, Victoria, the third of seven children born to Godfrey McKinnon (1847–1934) and his second wife Margaret (nee Patience) (c1851–1916).

Nurses in McKinnon's group before embarking on the Orsova July 1915 AWM PB0732
McKinnon leaves Melbourne on Orsova July 1915 AWM PB0728
  • 4535 reads

McLAUCHLAN, William

  • 1602 reads

McLEOD, Oswald Samuel

Date of birth: 
1897
Biographical notes: 

Oswald McLeod was the son of George Frederick McLeod and his wife, Elizabeth Derippe Williams.He was 18 years old when he enlisted and had to have the permission of his parents to sign up.

  • 1844 reads