WW1
FAWKES, James Guy
James Guy Fawkes was born in Peckham, Surrey, England, the son of Charles and Ellen Catherine Fawkes, nee Davies. He was born in 1885 and when he enlisted on 18 July, 1915, he was 30 years and seven months old, a single man, working as a Draper's Assistant, and living at 144 Powlett Street, East Melbourne. He initially gave as his next of kin, his mother, Mrs.
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FAY, Francis William
Mrs. Frances Marie Fay, who lived at various addresses in East Melbourne, 38 and 42 Albert St., 151 Hotham St.,and Brunswick St. South (now Morrison Place), had been widowed for eight years in 1914, when the war began. She had to wait as her three sons enlisted; only one of them was to return from the front.
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FEGAN, Catherine Agnes
Catherine Agnes (Katie) Fegan was born in 1879, the second of Sergeant John and Mary Anne Fegan's two children and sister to Mary Sarah (b1875, later Sister Mary Xavier of the Religious Sisters of Charity, Fitzroy). On her enlistment form, she gave East Melbourne as her place of birth.
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FENTON, Arthur William
Arthur William Fenton enlisted on 15 July, 1915. He was a clerk by occupation, 5' 9" tall, with blue eyes and dark brown hair. he gave as his next of kin his father, Arthur Fenton of Bank St., Ascot Vale.
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FERGUSON, Ernest Oscar
Ernest Oscar Ferguson was born in Richmond Victoria in January, 1893, the son of Albert Ernest Ferguson or Furguson and his wife, Eleanor Louisa, nee Green. He names himself on different documents as a clerk or alternatively, a labourer. On his enlistment form, he states his address as 2 Jolimont Terrace, Jolimont, the home of his sister Agnes Ivy, who became Mrs. Prisk.
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FERGUSON, Harry
Harry Ferguson was 39 years old, married to Edith, with two children and working as a clerk when he enlisted on 17 August, 1918. He gave his permanent address as Trenery Crescent, Abbotsford and it is possible thta this was his workplace.
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FIELD, Victor Henry
Victor Henry Field wass eighteen years and ten months old when he enlisted on 1 July, 1915. He was one of five children of Frederick James Field and his wife, Septima, He was the middle child in his family, with brother Frederick Fern (1893-1959) asnd sister Myrtle Hazel (1894-1971) ahead of him and the oddly named Federal James (1895-1951) following after.
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FIELDING, George Arkwright
Wife, Mary Valantina Fielding
Profession, Solicitor
Enlisted at Prahran on the 9th March 1916 at the age of 42
Partener in legal firm of Rigby and Fielding 60 Market Street, Melbourne
Had previous military career as a reserve officer [Lt.] in the AGA in severalal postings.1900-1904
Member of the Atheneum Club
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Finding my Australian Grandfather
English author, Douglas Johnstone, tells the story of his research and discoveries concerning the life of his grandfather, Australian Thomas Johnstone. Johnstone snr fought in WW1 with the 8th Battalion. He met and married his wife in England and had children, but wanted to return to Australia, and contact with the English family was broken. The family has no connection to Eas
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FINDLAY, Stuart Barham (ANA)
Stuart Barham Findlay was already a war veteran when he joined enlisted to fight in World War 1. In 1900, he had been in Paget's Horse, in 1901/02 in the Imperial Light Horse and in 1906, in the Transvaal Rifles, all in South Africa. When he joined up on 30 July, 1915, he was one month off his forty-first birthday.
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