WW1

ELLIOTT, William Ewart

Date of birth: 
1892
Biographical notes: 

William was born at Port Melbourne July 1892. He married Elizabeth Llewelyn at East Melbourne in May 1912. After the wedding they were living at 112 Grey Street, East Melbourne.

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EMERY, George Washington

Biographical notes: 

George Washington Emery was an early recruit to the Australian war effort, enlisting at South Melbourne on 20 August, 1914. His registration number, 58, shows how enthusiastic he must have been to 'do his bit'. Initially enrolled as a Driver, he was drafted into the Australian Army Corps, No. 3 Brigade. he was then 22 years and 4 months old, probably born in April 1896.

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ETHEREDGE, William Walter

Date of birth: 
1896
Biographical notes: 

William Walter Etheredge was born in Jolimont, but grew up in Traralgon, Victoria. He was the second of three sons, the youngest, Donald James Etheredge (27876), also volunteering, serving as a driver with the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 4th Division. The eldest brother, Alfred, was also in the military, though he appears not to have served in either the 1st or 2nd World War.

Eulogy 1 p.3 Gippsland Farmers' Journal 30 October 1917
Eulogy 2 p. 3 Gippsland Farmers' Journal 30 October 1917
Ambulance Corps. Messines, June 1917
William Walter Etheredge 1914
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FALCONER, James

Biographical notes: 

James was born in England. Has no real connection with East Melbourne except as listing a forwarding address of

'a friend' in Powlet street East Melbourne.

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FALKINGHAM, Henry

Date of birth: 
1883
Biographical notes: 

Henry Falkingham was born in 18813 at Tallarook, Victoria, the son of Henry Falkingham and hsi wife, Mary Elizabeth, nee Bolin. By 1915, he was 33 years old, married to Ethel Maud Levin since 1905 and had a job described on his embarkation roll as an 'Electrical Insulation Worker'. His job changed frequently over his lifetime: he was a labourer, a miner and a traveller  at various stages.

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FALKINGHAM, William

Biographical notes: 

William Falkingham enlisted early, on the 14 October, 1914. He was then eighteen years old and had the consent of his father, Henry Falkingham. He had had 12 months in the School Cadets and a further 3 years Compulsory Military Training. He was not employed.

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FARLEY, John Henry

Date of birth: 
1874
Biographical notes: 

John Henry Farley, a 36 year old railway employee, enlisted on 8/9/1914. He was then a railway employee and a widower.  The next day, he married Clara Elizabeth Turton, the Rev. W.S. Rollands conducting the ceremony at Toorak, probably st St. John's, as Farley records his religion as Church of England.

Casualty Form
Letters between Clara Farley and AIF
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FARLEY, John Henry

Biographical notes: 

Born at Prahran, Victoria, John Henry Farley was a grocer by trade. He enlisted in East Melbourne, and was killed in action on 1 July, 1916, France at Armentieres. While he listed his religion as Presbyterian, a rosary was among his effects, returned to his next of kin.

Casualty Form
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FARRELL, Michael James

Date of birth: 
1890
Biographical notes: 

Mick O' Farrell was 25 and 5 months old when he enlisted on 12 August, 1915. He described hmself as a horse trainer and had already had marked success with his horse, Zephuron, who own the Grand National Steeple in 1914. He enlisted as Michael Farrell, though at least one of his brothers was still O'Farrell, as was his widowed mother.

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FAWCETT, George Henry

Date of birth: 
1894
Biographical notes: 

George Fawcett was English by birth, born in Lewisham, England, he went to school at Cheltenham College, where he served eighteen months with the Cadets, then went to Charters Towers School of Mines for a year. In 1916, he was working as an accountant with the Falkiner Electrical Company, at 103 William St., Melbourne. 

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