World War 1 : The Shire of Heidelberg The original scope of the project was to research the areas covered by the Yarra Plenty Regional Library, i.e. the existing municipalities of Banyule, Nillumbik and Whittlesea. This proved somewhat difficult in assess just where some of the outlying settlements would have fitted into today’s topology, hence a later decision was to instead take Dr. […]
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World War 1 : Casualty : Eric William McLelland (Epping)
Eric McClelland‘s attestation suggests no other address for his parents “both solely supported by me” than c/- Shire Hall, Epping. The image shows McClelland’s butcher’s shop and house, High Street, Epping, pictured circa 1900. Family members not identified. They would have needed little introduction to the area, having been established and in the butchery business […]
World War 1 Casualty : Albert Henry Reid (Hazel Glen, Doreen)
Albert Henry Reid was 47 years of age when he was killed in action in France in April, 1916 – he is the only casualty noted to date from the Shires of Whittlesea, Epping or Heidelberg to date noted as having earlier served in the Boer War. After volunteering in 1900, he served as a […]
World War 1 Casualty : David Edward Lohman (aka Lowman)
Lohman is a rather strange case, being included on the Whittlesea Memorial list of volunteers (although as Loman), but not on the list of those who gave their lives in the conflict. The omission was remarkable, especially given his father, 253, Alfred John Lowman was also shown as volunteering at 44 years of age and […]
World War 1 Casualty : Cyril James Jewell (South Morang)
Cyril Jewell was born in New Zealand, but his father James was the publican at the Morang Hotel when he enlisted, although by the time his son was killed, he had taken possession of alternate licensed premises in Dandenong-road, Windsor. Jewell embarked with 14 Infantry and served with the Battalion at Gallipoli, but after the […]
World War 1 Casualty : Colin Hicks (Mernda)
Colin Hicks was the first serviceman from Mernda to enlist and also the first casualty from the district in the Great War, dying of wounds while being invalided back to Egypt. Hicks suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen and died at 2.30 a.m. on 14 May, 1915 on board the hospital ship H.S. Gascon […]
World War 1 Casualty : Daryl Gardener and Lance Siska Blannin-Ferguson (Arthur’s Creek)
Daryl Gardner and Lance Siska Blannin-Ferguson are both included in our Honour Roll, but the reality is that neither probably ever set foot on the district; their inclusion based on their father being based at Arthur’s Creek State School; the servicemen with their mother in what appears to have been an irreparable marriage breakdown. Both […]
World War 1 Casualties : The Shires of Whittlesea and Epping
The Shires of Whittlesea and Epping : 1918 According to the Municipal Directory of 1918, the Shire of Whittlesea comprised : Arthur’s Creek, Bruce’s Creek, Bundoora, Doreen, Eden Park, Epping (population 625), Mernda, South Yan Yean (700), Merriang, Morang (South, 725), Nutfield, Scrubby Creek, Tanck’s Corner, Thomastown (283), Whittlesea (800), Woollert, Woodstock (275) and Yan […]
World War 1 Casualty : Charles Frederick Bromfield (Eltham)
Charles Edward Bromfield is included on the fairly convincing evidence of his name appearing on the Eltham War Memorial, the Shire of Eltham Memorial Tower, the Eltham State School Honour Board (as Bloomfield) and the Eltham Methodist Church Honour Board. Despite all those references, there was only one Victorian casualty of this family name and […]
World War One Casualties : The Shire of Eltham
World War One : The Shire of Eltham Update: April 2021 The website mentioned is no longer active,. [admin] Update: January, 2017 The related links below now include an index to Shire of Eltham casualties (currently 126 listed), plus an optional download of the full In Memoriam Roll (significantly larger file size) The original scope […]