WW1

RUSSELL, Allan

Date of birth: 
1893
Biographical notes: 

Allan Russell was amongst the first volunteers to enlist, as his military number, 296, testifies. Ond of two sons and three daughter born to James Dickson Allen and his wife, Margaret Ann, nee Johnson, he was born in Hawthorn, but was living at 24 Jolimont Terrace, East Melbourne and working as a driver when he signed up at Prahran on 20 August, 1914.

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SAKER, Richard

Date of birth: 
1877
Biographical notes: 

Richard Saker was born on 8 November 1877 in Liverpool, England. He was the son of Edward 'Ted' Sloman Saker and Emily Mary Kate OBrien.  He was privately educated.  He served in the Boer War with the Rough Riders, a yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army.  Later he joined the Connaught Rangers, 4th Battalion.  By 1907 he had  risen to the rank of captain.

5th Battalion. Richard Saker seated left, second row
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SALIKIS, Emaniol

Biographical notes: 

photo, wounded in action, see p 45 of Greek Australians in the Australian Armed Forces World War I & II by Steve Kyritsis

Emaniol Salikis
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SALTER, Charles Joshua

Date of birth: 
1879
Biographical notes: 

Charles Joshua Salter was born on 8 September 1879 in Brunswick.  He was the eldest son of Charles James Salter and his wife, Josephine, nee Le Sueur.  He had nine younger siblings.  He married Carol Beatrice Brenchley (subsequently known as Beatrice Caroline) in 1902.  Beatrice was the daughter of Garrison Sergeant-Major William Henry Brenchley of Victoria Barracks, St.

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SAMSON, Eric James

Date of birth: 
1889
Biographical notes: 

Eric James Samson was the son of Henry Augustus Samson and his wife, Helen/Ellen Mary or Mary Helen/Ellen nee Savage.  Henry was a doctor, graduating from Melbourne University in 1880.  In 1883 he was appointed health officer for the Shire of Omeo.

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SAMSON, John Vernon

Date of birth: 
1883
Biographical notes: 

John Vernon Samson, was the son of Henry Augustus Samson and his wife, Helen/Ellen Mary or Mary Helen/Ellen nee Savage.  Henry was a doctor, graduating from Melbourne University in 1880.  In 1883 he was appointed health officer for the Shire of Omeo.  At the time of his death in 1905 he was medical superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane, Beechworth.

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SANDERS, Algernon Benjamin

Date of birth: 
1884
Biographical notes: 

Algernon Benjamin Sanders was born in 1884 at Burlington Terrace, 52 [now 404] Albert Street, East Melbourne. He was the third son in the large family of Lewis Sanders and his wife Miriam, nee Benjamin. The Sanders and their first child had moved into the newly built Burlington Terrace in 1867.

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SANDERS, Frederic Roy

Date of birth: 
1887
Biographical notes: 

Frederic Roy Sanders was born on 2 January 1887 at Burlington Terrace, 52 [now 404] Albert Street, East Melbourne.  He was a son of Lewis Sanders and his wife, Miriam nee Benjamin.  The Sanders and their first child had moved into the newly built Burlington Terrace in 1867.

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SCHULER, Phillip Frederick Edward

Date of birth: 
1889
Biographical notes: 

Phillip Frederick Edward Schuler (often known as Peter) was born c. 1889 in East Melbourne.  At this time his father was living at Brentani Terrace, Grey Street, East Melbourne, now part of the site on which the Mercy Private Hospital stands.

Schuler c.1911 in his intelligence officer's uniform
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