The Australian War Memorial’s Commemorative Roll records the name of some 3,141 Australians that died in the service of Allied countries during conflicts in which Australians have fought. The number is somewhat understated – our research over the last few years has identified seven or eight others clearly noted in Death Notices, but whom AWM […]
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Brian Membrey ; Local historian for Darebin area and sports of all sorts
WW1 Casualty : Leslie Grierson, aka Vipont, aka Vipont-Birkett (Yan Yean)
In short, we can reveal Leslie Vipont, born in Doreen and raised in Yan Yean was killed in action while serving as S/9868, Private, with the Seaforth Highlanders Regiment of the British Expeditionary Force in France on 10 July, 1916. That seems a simple summary, but his background is undoubtedly right up there as one of the most […]
Zwar Family of Preston
“H.P” – Henry Peter Zwar was born in Broadford on 2 December, 1873, the sixth son (and one of eleven children) of Michael and Agnes Zwar nee Zimmer, German immigrants who became naturalised Victorians in 1852. After six years at Broadford State School, Zwar in 1873 won a scholarship to Melbourne Grammar and returned to […]
Heidelberg’s Olympic Village : 1952-56
Heidelberg’s Olympic Village : 1952-56 After more than 12 months of lobbying, Melbourne was awarded the right to host the 1956 Olympic games on 29 April, 1949 at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee held in Rome. It was far from a clear-cut decision, in fact the narrowest of margins – after a […]
No 16 Australian General Hospital Macleod
The following article appeared in “The Number 5 : A Magazine Published Monthly by the Patients and Staff, No. 5 Australian General Hospital, St. Kilda Road. October, 1918”, two months after most of the staff and patients at No. 5 AGH in St. Kilda Road were transferred to Mont Park (There was only one more […]
1919 – Curative Training at Mont Park
Curative training at Mont Park, Victoria (“Repatriation”, December, 1919 – (A Monthly Bulletin Published by the Department of Repatriation for Information of its Local Committees and all interested in the Return to Civil Life of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Forces) “In the past, there was much debate as to when patients in military […]
Deaths at Glenroy Military Hospital
Although there is no 100 percent certain method of identifying the number of deaths that occurred in the Glenroy Military Isolation Hospital, the probable figure is six. Family Notices for three of the deceased clearly identified Glenroy Hospital as the place of death; Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages however show “Cbelfield” (Campbellfield) as the district […]
World War 1 : Nurse Amy Alice Simpson (Mrs Richard George Cordingley)
Nurse Amy Alice Simpson (Mrs Richard George Cordingley) Address : care of Mrs Walker, Paterson Street, Preston Next of kin : Sister in law, Mrs G. Simpson, Geelong Hospital. Parents Robert and Mary Lily Simpson (nee Sutton) Amy Simpson was just the second woman on our Darebin In Memoriam roll and for all practical purposes, […]
World War 1 Casualty : Robert Herbert Thompson
Robert Herbert Thompson is one of dozens on our Darebin In Memoriam Roll that is not acknowledged on the Australian War Memorial as dying in the service of his country. Most of these were men (and a couple of women) that died immediately post-war, usually in a military facility and almost always as a result […]
World War 1 : Nurse Blodwyn Elizabeth WILLIAMS
Sister Blodwyn Elizabeth Williams Address : Brunswick Next of Kin : Father, Tudor Williams, Dowling Street, Ballarat (mother Mrs Elizabeth Williams, nee Jones) Blodwyn Wlliams’ background was almost entirely from Ballarat, although her place of residence when she embarked with Reinforcements for the 2 Australian General Hospital on HMAT Orsava, 17 July, 1915 was shown […]