WW1
FIRTH, Arthur
Arthur Firth was 22 years old and a tailor by trade when he enlisted on 24 December 1915. He had already served a five year apprenticeship with tailors R.T. Lloyd of Bourke St. Melbourne and had two and a half years' training in the 64th Infantry of the citizens' forces. He lived with his parents, Sydney Silver Frith, at 539 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne.
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FISH, George Henry
George Fish was the son of Robert Fish and his wife, Hannah, nee Taylor. One of eleven children, he was born in 1877 at Pleasant Creek, near Stawell, Victoria, and was by trade, a trapper. When he enlisted he gave his address as 4 George Street, East Melbourne, the home of his mother. He was 38 years old, single and Church of England by religion.
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FISH, William Robert
William Robert Fish was the older brother of George Henry Fish (see entry). He was one of eleven children of Robert Fish and his wife, Hannah, nee Taylor. William Fish was born at Pleasant Creek, Stawell, Victoria in June, 1971, and was 44 and 10 months old when he enlisted at Leongatha on 12 March, 1916, about three weeks after his younger brother.
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FITZGERALD, John
John Fitzgerald was unusually tall for his generation, just over 6' 1". He was the son of John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Travers Fitzgerald, born in Lilydale, Victoria. He was 29 years old when he enlisted, marrying his sweetheart, Eileen Mary Bascombe, the eldest daughter of Herbert Bascombe of 50 Gipps St., East Melbourne, before he left for the war. The ceremony was at St.
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FITZPATRICK, David John
David Fitzpatrick was the son of Bartholomew Fitzpatrick and his wife and Mary Anne, nee O'Brien. At the time he enlisted, on 6 June, 1918, he was twenty three years and eleven months old, single and working as a train examiner, an occupation he remained at for most of his life. He had some previous military service, having served in the 55th Infantry at Collingwood.
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FLACK, George Edward
Geoge Edward Flack
Born East Melbourne
Next of Kin: Mrs Flack, Lower Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Enlisted on 22nd October 1916 at Broadmeadows at the age of 21 years ad 4 months, being described as being 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 122 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.
Occupation: Carpenter
Religion: Methodist
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FLANAGAN, James
James Flanagan was born in Ballarat c.1885. On enlistment on 15 August 1914 he gave his occupation as salesman. He was unmarried, and his address and that of his mother, Mrs. Flanagan, his next of kin, was 61 Grey Street, East Melbourne.
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FLECK, Christian
Christian Fleck was 38 years old when he enlisted. He had been born in Peckham, London, to Christian Fleck and his wife Emily, nee Reed. He grew up in London and in September 1905, married Emily Prudence Bean at St. Georges, Hanover Square. Their daughter, Phyliis Wilhelmina Fleck was born in 1906.
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For King and Country - Arthur Mueller 'Joe' Pearce - Exhibition Panel
Illustrated panel prepared by volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition,For King and Country, commemorating the centenary of the commencement of the First World War. It is one of 16 panels, each of which provides a life story, with relevant images, of men and women who served in the war and who had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.
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For King and Country - Charles Gordon Shaw - Exhibition Panel
Illustrated panel prepared by volunteers from the East Melbourne Historical Society as part of an exhibition,For King and Country, commemorating the centenary of the commencement of the First World War. It is one of 16 panels, each of which provides a life story, with relevant images, of men and women who served in the war and who had connection with East Melbourne or Jolimont.
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