War memorials

Alwyn Rufus Black

Service number: 4658
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 25th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 31
Place of enlistment: Glenmore, NSW
Date of death: 20 May 1918
Place of death: Morlancourt, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Somme), France
Relationships: Son of Henry George and Emma Jane Black, of ‘Kia-Ora’ Beecroft Road, Beecroft, NSW
Civil employment: Selector/labourer
Details: Died of wounds to his back after being hit by enemy shell fire while returning to the Australian trench lines working with a fatigue/working party near Morlancourt. He was previously wounded in 1916 suffering a gunshot wound to the forehead. His last words were said to be “Hooray, I’m done”. “Alwyn was a soldier of the first order,” according to the men in his unit.

Robert Labertouche Cadden

Service number: 797
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 30th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 27
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 18 December 1917
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Waverley Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
Relationships: Son of Robert Cadden, of Beecroft, NSW
Civil employment: Clerk and Commercial Traveller
Details: Robert Cadden junior was wounded in the face and hand while fighting at Fleurbaix, France, in August 1916. He was repatriated to Australia in March 1917 and died at the Garrison Hospital, Randwick, NSW of a heart attack due to Septic Endocarditis. He was officially listed as a causality of war.

Images: The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Saturday 8 April 1916 and The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 1 January 1918

Joseph Howard Douglas

Service number: 7459
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 22
Place of enlistment: Beecroft, NSW
Date of death: 11 April 1918
Place of death: Amiens Railway Station, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of Joseph and Marion Douglas, of Welham St., Beecroft.
Civil employment: Carriage Builder
Details: Killed by an enemy shell while loading regimental goods onto a train at Amiens Railway Station. A concert had been held at the Beecroft School of Arts to farewell a number of local men who had enlisted in 1917. Each was presented with various gifts such as wristwatches, safety razors or pipes. Sergeant Douglas spoke at the concert about the value of ‘Win the War’ leagues and recommended one to be established in Beecroft. Although his wish to establish the League transpired, he sadly did not return from war to see the good work done.

Charles Kerr

Service number: 2593
Rank: Private
Regiment: 37th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 39
Place of enlistment: Lawson, NSW
Date of death: 27 October 1917
Place of death: 7th Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Relationships: Mother Jemima Kerr of “Hypatia” Beecroft Road, Beecroft.
Civil employment: Lift Attendant
Details: Charles received a gunshot wound to his right arm which resulted in a compound fracture, a badly torn right foot and another gunshot wound to his chest on October 4 1917 at Broodseinde Ridge. He lingered for weeks before dying on October 27 at the 7th Canadian General Hospital.
Image: The 7th Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, France.

Arthur Noel Meadmore

Service number: 901
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Beecroft, NSW
Date of death: 22 December 1914
Place of death: Egypt
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Relationships: Son of Clement and Frances Amy Meadmore, of Copeland Rd., Beecroft, NSW
Civil employment: Analytical Chemist
Details: Died of pneumonia
Arthur Meadmore, one of the first recruits from Beecroft, was the son of the well-known director of local musicals, Clement Meadmore. The Meadmore family lived in ‘St Elmo’, Beecroft.

Percival Arthur Ronald Rash

Rank: Private
Service number: 4227
Regiment: 25th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 28
Place of enlistment: Beecroft, NSW
Date of death: 19 October 1916
Place of death: Ypres, Belgium
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium
Relationships: Son of John Hardy Rash and Mary Ann Rash, of "The Pines," Murray Road, Beecroft, NSW
Civil employment: Farmer
Details: Died of wounds after being hit in the chest by machine gun fire. He was taken to the 25th Regimental Field Aid post and died 3 or 4 days later. His will simply stated ‘Everything to Mother’.

Frank Lancelot Seale

Service number: 18744
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 7th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
Age: 33
Place of enlistment: Beecroft, NSW
Date of death: 11 September 1917
Place of death: Tickbush near Ypres, Belgium
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: The Huts Cemetery, Belgium
Relationships: Son of John and Maria Seale, of Malton Rd, Beecroft, NSW
Civil employment: Electrical Engineer
Details: Killed by enemy shell fire while sitting down to breakfast at the 25th Battery Wagon Lines. Seale was one of six men killed outright by the explosion.

Wemyss Benjamin Speechley

Service number: 3387
Rank: Private
Regiment: 35th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 18
Place of enlistment: Haberfield, NSW
Date of death: 22 August 1918
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Cote 80 French National Cemetery, Etinehem, France
Relationships: Brother of Miss Alice Marie Speechley of Bank St, Molong, NSW.
Civil employment: Clerk
Details: On the Embarkation record Benjamin Speechley is listed as living in ‘Linwood’ Beecroft Road. He originally tried to enlist in June 1916 and again in August 1916. He was officially discharged in November 1916 as he was under age. He re-enlisted on 13 July 1917 when he reached 18. His unit had been involved in the battle of Amiens. He was killed in action on August 22, 1918 and was buried in Cote 80 (originally called Point 80) French Military Cemetery,  approximately 1 mile west of Bray-sur-Somme and 4½ miles south south east of Albert, France.

John William Frederick Coyle

Service number: 5058
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Darlinghurst, NSW
Date of death: 13 April 1918
Place of death: Strazeele, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, France
Relationships: Relationships: Brother of Miss A. Coyle of Baron Avenue, Darlinghurst, NSW
Civil employment: Storeman
Details: John Coyle was standing in the paddock of the local brewery when he was killed by shrapnel from an enemy high explosive shell.  His Attestation Papers have Miss Coyle’s address as Berowra. This has been crossed out and Baron Avenue has been written in its place.

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Ernest Howard Jefferys

Service number: 747
Rank: Corporal Cadet.
Regiment: 6th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Kuring-gai, NSW
Date of death: 28 August 1918
Place of death: Leighterton, Gloucestershire, England
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Leighterton Church Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England
Relationships: Son of Peter and Rose Elizabeth Howard Jefferys, of the Railway Station, Kuring-gai, NSW
Civil employment: Electrician
Details: Cadet Jefferys is listed as having died in an aeroplane accident while training to become a Flying Officer Pilot. He collided with another aircraft. On the same day 2 other Australians died at Leighterton, Lieutenant Charles Scott and 2nd Lieutenant Roy Cummings. All 23 war dead in the Leighterton cemetery belong to the Australian Flying Corp, who where based at the 6th Training Squadron, Leighterton.

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Edward Howard Pickard

Service number: 10083
Rank: Private.
Regiment: 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
Age: 45
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 4 August 1917
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France
Relationships: Son of Thomas and Martha Pickard, of Dilly Brook Farm, North Bradley, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.
Civil employment: Poultry Farmer
Details: On the 28 July 1917 Edward Pickard was awarded the Military Medal for “Conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty”. On the 10th April 1917 he remained in a destroyed gun pit, which was under heavy fire, attending to the wounded and between 14th April and 18th April 1917 he “behaved excellently under heavy shell fire, and though himself badly shaken, remained on duty attending casualties”. He had previously “done excellent work” at Ypres and the Somme.
On the 28 September 1917 he was posthumously awarded a Bar to his Military Medal. The citation stated that on the 28th July 1917 “although severely wounded in three places, including a broken leg Pickard’s first thought …was for his wounded comrades” His battery position was destroyed by enemy shell fire and one man was killed and 4 others, including Pickard, were wounded.
Edward Pickard’s address at the time of enlistment was given as Berowra.

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Harold Brown

Service number: 425
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion, A.I.F.
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Liverpool, NSW
Date of death: 4 October 1917
Place of death: Passchendaele
Battle: Passchendaele
Memorial/cemetery: Aeroplane Cemetery, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Charles Frederick and Caroline Brown, of Brooklyn, NSW.
Civil employment: Engineer
Details: Harold Brown enlisted in 1915. He fell ill on route to Gallipoli and was returned to Australia, returning to active service in 1917.
His body was moved to the Aeroplane Cemetery at the end of the war when graves were brought in from small burial grounds and the surrounding battlefields.

Ralph Denver

Service number: 12104
Rank: Private
Regiment: 9th Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps
Age: 22
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 12 December 1917
Place of death: Neuve Eglise, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, France
Relationships: Son of Edward and Annie Denver, of 606, Harris St., Ultimo, NSW
Civil employment: Hospital employee
Details: Ralph Denver enlisted in 1915. He was killed during an aerial bombardment while at a football match.
His military papers give his address as Hawkesbury River.

John Farrell

Service number: 4468
Rank: Private
Regiment: 54th Battalion, A.I.F
Age: 29
Place of enlistment: Holdsworthy, NSW
Date of death: 7 May 1917
Place of death: Bullecourt, France
Battle: 2nd Battle of Bullecourt
Memorial/cemetery: Grevillers British Cemetery, France
Relationships: Brother of Nellie Farrell, Granvillle, NSW.
Civil employment: Carpenter
Details: John Farrell enlisted in 1915. He had spent two and a half years, before the war, as a member of the Volunteer Force based at Hornsby, NSW. He was wounded in 1916 with a gunshot wound to the thigh. In 1917 while on fatigue duty Farrell was fatally wounded by an exploding shell. He was taken to the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station where he was seen by a Roman Catholic Chaplin who recorded that he had extensive wounds to his chest and abdomen. He also administered the last rites.
His brother Daniel was wounded 19 July 1917 and returned to Australia in 1919 and a second brother, Michael, was killed in action in the same year.
The brothers attended Brooklyn Public School.

Samuel Garton

Service number: 5341
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion
Age: 40
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 3 May 1917
Place of death: Bullecourt, France
Battle: 2nd Battle of Bullecourt
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Relationships: Brother of Edwin Garton of Mooney Creek, Hawkesbury River, NSW.
Civil employment: Fisherman
Details: Samuel Garton was from the Lower Hawkesbury, who enlisted in 1916. He was killed while advancing towards the German positions at Bullecourt. It was claimed that he was killed by a “Wizz-Bang” exploding near his face and upper body.

Frederick Thomas Johnson

Service number: 6266
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, A.I.F
Age: 22
Place of enlistment: Liverpool, NSW
Date of death: 12 February 1917
Place of death: Fargo Military Hospital, Durrington
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Relationships: Son of Joseph Henry and Sarah Emily Johnson, of Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River, NSW.
Civil employment: Tinsmith
Details: Frederick Johnson enlisted in 1916. He died of the flu.
Many of the graves in the Durrington cemetery are of Australian servicemen and there is a separate Australian memorial in the cemetery.
Frederick was the brother of Arthur Frederick Johnson who also died in the war. His parents lived in Brooklyn.

Thomas Desmond Woods

Service number: 1928
Rank: Private
Regiment: 42nd Battalion, A.I.F
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Brisbane, Queensland
Date of death: 4 October 1917
Place of death: Passchendaele
Battle: Passchendaele
Memorial/cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Charles Stubbs Woods and Jane Frank Woods, of Cooroy, Queensland.
Civil employment: Farmer
Details: Thomas Woods enlisted in 1916. He has no known grave.
He attended Brooklyn Public School.

Charles Harold Breckell

Service number: 2583
Rank: Private
Regiment: C Company, 19th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Dural
Date of death: 14 November 1916
Place of death: Flers, France
Battle: The Somme
Memorial/cemetery: Warlencourt British Cemetery, France
Relationships: Son of John Adam and Sarah Breckell of 127 Robson Street, Everton, Liverpool, England.
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Charles Breckell worked at the Government Demonstration Orchard at Dural. He spent much of May to October 1916 in hospital, suffering from a gunshot wound to his hand and then eyesight problems. In November he was reported missing after an attack on German lines.  His death was confirmed in July 1917.

Alphonsus Gilligan

Service number: 1709
Rank: Trooper
Regiment: 11th Australian Light Horse
Age: 34
Place of enlistment: Galston
Date of death: 29 October 1918
Place of death: Damascus, Syria.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery.
Relationships: Son of William and Margaret Gilligan, of Galston.
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: Died of “Clinical Malaria Pneumonia” at French Hospital, Damascus, after suffering various illnesses during the year he served on the Palestine Front.

James Edward Kent

Service number: 3839
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 27
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 5-8 May 1917
Place of death: France
Battle: Second Battle of Bullecourt
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Relationships: He was the son of Joseph and Ada Elizabeth Kent of Walworth, London.  He was born in Rotherhithe, London, but grew up in Barnes, Surrey.  He was married to Rose Emerson Kent of 268 Salisbury Rd., Richmond, Surrey.  Her name is written in as next of kin on his attestation paper at a later date. His service record also mentions stepchildren Charles, Benjamin, Alma, and Joseph Hughes, and a brother, Joseph A Kent.
Civil employment: Orchard Hand
Details: The identification of this soldier with the “J Kent” on the memorial is tentative.

George Robert Reed

Service number: 6143
Rank: Private
Regiment: 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 35
Occupation: Orchardist
Place of enlistment: Dural
Date of death: 15 April 1918
Place of death: Hangard Wood, France
Battle: German Spring Offensive
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Relationships: Husband of Clara Ellen Reed of Dural (later Mrs Shields of Waterloo).
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Recorded as “Reid” on the war memorial.  George Reed was a London-born orchardist.  He was hit by machine gun bullets in head and chest at 3 am on 15 April 1918, probably during reconnaissance, and died instantly.

John Morris Hunt

Service Number: 7011
Rank: Private
Regiment: 19th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 25 July 1918
Place of death: Villers-Bretonneux, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Relationships: Son of John Charles and Annie Maria Hunt, of “Currawong”, Harold Street, Parramatta.  John Charles Hunt, who owned an orchard in Dural, was the President of Hornsby Shire’s first elected Council in 1906.  John Morris Hunt was born in Dural.
Civil employment: Bank Clerk
Details: John Hunt died after being shot in the mouth by an enemy machine gun when on a wiring party at night in no man’s land.

Francis Eadson Spencer

Service number: 191
Rank: Private
Regiment: 34th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 19
Place of enlistment: West Maitland
Date of death: 1 March 1917
Place of death: France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France
Relationships: Son of Samuel Francis Spencer and Harriet Mary Spencer, of Rose Cottage, Middle Dural.
Civil employment: Railway Employee
Details: Killed in action.

Gordon Clarence Corbould

Rank: Leading Seaman
Regiment: HMAS AE1, Royal Australian Navy
Age: 25
Place of enlistment: Waverley, NSW
Date of death: 14 September 1914
Place of death: New Guinea
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Plymouth Naval Memorial, England
Relationships: Son of Mr and Mrs Ernest and Alice Corbould, of ‘Ashledoin’, Essex Road, Epping, NSW.
Details: AE1 was Australia’s first submarine, commissioned on 28 February 1914. Together with her sister ship, AE2, she took part in the capture of Rabaul, German New Guinea, on 13 September 1914, Australia’s first major military action of the war. The following day, when patrolling with HMAS Parramatta, Australia’s first battleship, the submarine disappeared, with the loss of 35 men, representing Australia’s first significant casualties. No trace of AE1 has been found, and it is presumed she struck an uncharted reef. Incidentally, HMAS Parramatta was abandoned in the Hawkesbury River in the 1930s, and its remains can still be found on a mud bank near Brooklyn.

William Lockhart Finlay

Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 4th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
Age: 22
Place of enlistment: Epping, NSW
Date of death: 1 November 1917
Place of death:
Battle: The Third Battle of Ypres (Passchaendaele)
Memorial/cemetery: Perth Cemetery (China Wall) Zillebeke, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Elizabeth R. Finlay, of ‘Arawai’, Serpentine Road, Greenwich Point, NSW, and the late Dr. William Finlay. (At the time of his enlistment, his address and his mother’s was ‘Airlie’, Victoria Street, Epping.)
Details: Killed in action.

Leonard Willoughby Hazlewood

Rank: Private
Regiment: 45th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Epping, NSW
Date of death: 12 August 1916
Place of death: Poizieres, France
Battle: Poizieres, France
Memorial/cemetery: Sunken Road Cemetery Contalmaison, France
Relationships: Son of David and Sarah Louisa Hazlewood, of Carlingford Road, Epping.
Details: Leonard Hazlewood was hit by a shell while in the trenches. Badly wounded in the chest, he died while being taken to the dressing station by stretcher. The Hazlewoods were a prominent local family. Leonard’s brother Rex was an official photographer during the war. (The surname is misspelt ‘Hazelwood’ on the memorial.)

Ivor Jones

Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 22
Place of enlistment: Epping, NSW
Date of death: 6-9 August 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Richard and Elizabeth Jones, of Chesterfield Road, Epping.
Details: Killed in action some time between 6 and 9 August 1915. No known grave.

Alfred De Vere Kidson

Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 56th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Epping
Date of death: 26 September 1917
Place of death: Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Belgium
Battle: The Third Battle of Ypres (Passchaendaele)
Memorial/cemetery: The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Charles Alfred and Sarah Hopton Kidson, of High Street, Epping, NSW.
Details: Alfred Kidson was killed by a shell at Polygon Wood, reportedly one fired by Allied artillery that fell short. Polygon Wood was captured by the Australian 5th Division on that day. He was buried about 2800 yards East of Westhoek by members of his platoon.

Rev Dr Everard Digges La Touche

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 32
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 6 August 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli
Relationships: Husband of Eva Digges La Touche of County Kerry, Ireland.
Details: Killed in action on the southern Lone Pine Plateau. He was shot in the intestines and died 12 hours later. His brother was killed at the battle of Loos in September 1915. An Anglican preacher and lecturer at Moore College, Digges La Touche was staying with a relative, William Digges La Touche of Essex Street, Epping at the time of enlistment. He is also commemorated on the Hornsby War Memorial and the lectern at St Alban’s Church, Epping, where he preached.

“He went before his men as we all knew he would, without fear except for them. He carried only his cane and revolver – soon he was shot down with two bullets in the groin and the lower part of the abdomen. They managed to get him into the trench where he had to lie for 20 hours. Through all this, his one thought was for his men – the wounded, were they as comfortable as possible, had they water?” Almost a Martyr’s Fire, Nigel Hubbard, 1984.

H T Manning (alias Robert Mann)

Rank: Private
Regiment: 13th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 32
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 9 August 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.
Relationships: Son of Mrs Ellen Manning, of ‘Wyandra’, Rawson Street, Epping.
Details: Killed in action. He enlisted under the alias Robert Mann. He originally gave his next of kin as an aunt, Mrs W Hill of Bay Terrace, South Wynnum, Brisbane, but his embarkation record lists his mother as next of kin. (It also records him as living at the same address). His service record sheds no light on his use of an alias, except that his mother disapproved.

Lionel Ackers Parsons

Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 19
Place of enlistment: Epping, NSW
Date of death: 22 July 1916
Place of death: Poizieres, France
Battle: Poizieres, France
Memorial/cemetery: Villers Bretonneux, France
Relationships: Son of Neal and Edith Mary Parsons, of Pembroke Street, Epping, NSW.
Details: He was hit by machine gun fire during a charge and died on the German barbed wire.

Victor Ross Taylor

Rank: Driver
Regiment: 5th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
Age: 32
Place of enlistment: Epping, NSW
Date of death: 21 June 1917
Place of death: Near Bapaume, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Bapaume Australian Cemetery, France
Relationships: Son of William Mackie Taylor and Fannie Clara Taylor, of ‘Red Braes’, Victoria Street, Epping, NSW. Brother of William John and Cyril Gray Taylor, who also served.
Details: Hit by a shell when he went to find his brother William’s grave and was buried in the nearby cemetery. In fact, his brother wasn’t dead but rather was a prisoner of war.

George Rudolf Treherne (alias of Alfred Edwin Sims)

Rank: Private
Regiment: 31st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 36
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 6 November 1916
Place of death: The Somme, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Relationships: Husband of Rosina Treherne (or Sims), of 161 Monega Road, Forest Gate, London; father of Sidney Montague Sims.
Details: Died of a gunshot wound to the chest received on 27 October 1916 while carrying a message along a sunken road that the Germans were heavily shelling. An English-born travelling salesman, he named ‘Mrs Sims’ of the above address in London as his mother in his will. ‘Mrs Sims’ was in fact his wife. He stipulated that any monies be forwarded to her, but asked that his personal effects be sent to Miss L Passmore of ‘Thanet’, Surrey Street, Epping, NSW – presumably Lilian, the sister of Philip Passmore who is also commemorated on this monument. Added to the war memorial at a later date.

Frederick Wellisch

Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 31
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 26 April 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Albert and Kate Sophia Wellisch, of ‘Killetra’, Kent Street, Epping.
Details: Killed in action on the day after the landing at Gallipoli.

Henry Wright

Rank: Private
Regiment: 56th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 34
Place of enlistment: Epping
Date of death: 22 May 1916
Place of death: Goulburn, NSW
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Church of England Cemetery, Goulburn
Relationships: Son of Esther Wright, widow of Samuel Wright, who lived in Midson Road, Epping, and later at ‘Carra’, Railway Street, Epping, NSW.
Details: He enlisted on 13 March 1916 and died in the Depot Camp at Goulburn in May of pneumonia.

Henry Albert Campbell

Service number: 2082
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1 Pioneers Battalion
Age: 31
Place of enlistment: Maitland, NSW
Date of death: 9 November 1917
Place of death: Chateau Wood, near Ypres, Belgium
Battle: Passchendale, Belgium
Memorial/cemetery: The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Hugh and Rebecca Campbell; husband of Mrs. G. A. Campbell, Gosford, NSW
Civil employment: Stockman
Details: Henry Campbell was killed by enemy shell fire while going to the front to recover the body of a member of his company, he has no known grave. He was the brother of John W. S. Campbell a school teacher from Galston. His other brother Irvine Campbell also died in the war.

Image: Chateau Wood, near Ypres

Walter William Dumbrell

Service number: 348
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 41st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 33
Place of enlistment: Rockhampton, Queensland
Date of death: 19th April 1918
Place of death: North of the Bray to Corbie Road, Somme, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villiers-Bretonneux, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of David and Jane Dumbrell; husband of G. L. Bukowski (formerly Dumbrell), of Dobbs St., Mount Morgan, Queensland. NSW
Civil employment: Policeman
Details: Walter Dumbrell was born in Galston. He was killed by enemy shell fire.

Harry Finklestein

Service number: 540
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Galston, NSW
Date of death: 5th August 1916
Place of death:
Battle: Offensive around Pozieres
Memorial/cemetery: Villiers-Bretonneux, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of Lazarus and Rebecca Finklestein, Manchester, England
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Harry Finklestein was working in Galston. His Roll of Honour documentation states that “He willingly volunteered to fight. That justice and right must be fought for was his ideal. He left us his memory.”  The War Memorial lists his parents as living in England but his army papers say that he was born within the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was at war with Australia.

Godfrey Archibald Fuller

Service number: 29
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Parramatta
Date of death: 27 May 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Battle of Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Edward and Sara Ann Fuller of Galston Road, Dural.
Civil employment: Clerk
Details: Godfrey Fuller was the brother of Charles Fuller who was also killed in action.

Frederick Gartung

Rank: Private
Regiment: 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 18
Place of enlistment: Galston
Date of death: 3 November 1916
Place of death: Flers, Somme, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villiers-Bretonneux, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of Mrs. Susan Gartung, Galston, NSW
Civil employment: Orchardist
Details: Frederick Gartung was said to have drowned after falling into a trench full of water shortly before the Battalion went into action. He was the brother of Fedor Gartung, who died and Leopold who survived the war.

Wilfred George Harvey

Service number: 6280
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 37
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 5 May 1917
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Relationships: Son of Elisha and Emma Harvey; husband of Margaret Harvey, of The Mall, Hurstville, New South Wales. Born at Southampton, England.
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: Wilfred George was educated at Galston Public School. He died of a gun shot wound to the abdomen. On the memorial he is listed as Wilfred Harvey.

Arthur Horace Pugsley

Service number: 671
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 30
Place of enlistment: Portland, NSW
Date of death: 2nd May 1915
Place of death: Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of Henry and Kate E. Pugsley, of Wisteria, Galston, NSW.
Civil employment: Bricklayers Labourer
Details: Arthur Pugsley has no known grave.

James Ashton Taylor

Service number: 1824
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Arcadia, NSW
Date of death: 7th August 1915
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of James Ashton Taylor and Annie Taylor, “Rusholme”, Arcadia, NSW
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: His father also served in the A.I.F, enlisting at the age of 48 as a trainer for the Light Horse Infantry. Returned to Australia in 1916.

Leonard Haigh Brigg

Service number: 19496
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 2nd Field Squadron, Australian Engineers
Age: 32
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 20 October 1918
Place of death: Damascus, Syria.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria
Relationships: Husband of Winifred Ruth Brigg of Yardley Avenue, Waitara, NSW.
Civil employment: Carpenter
Details: Died of Malaria.

John William Carpenter

Service number: 665
Rank: Private
Regiment: 33rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 37
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 21 April 1918
Place of death: 19th Casualty Clearing Station France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Namps-Au-Val British Cemetery, Amiens, France.
Relationships: Son of Charles and Mary Carpenter; husband of Alice Ada Carpenter of Peats Ferry Road, Waitara, NSW.
Civil employment: Tram Guard
Details: Died of wounds after being gassed on the 17 April 1918. John William Carpenter was the eldest of four brothers who enlisted and the only one to be killed.

George Lewis Blake Concanon

Rank: Captain
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 34
Place of enlistment: Wahroonga, NSW
Date of death: 27 April 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. No Known Grave.
Relationships: Son of William Augustus Concanon and Elizabeth Lloyd Jenkins; husband of Evelyn Etta Concanon, of ‘Maylagh’, Cleveland Street, Wahroonga, NSW.
Civil employment: Independent means.
Details: Mentioned in Dispatches. Killed in action leading a bayonet charge against the Turkish lines. On the Hornsby War Memorial his surname is written as “Cocannon”.

Frank John Cozens

Service number: 3779
Rank: Private
Regiment: 30th Battalion Australian Infantry
Age: 35
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 29 September 1917
Place of death: Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Battle: Third battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. No known grave
Relationships: Son of Thomas and Ellen Maria Cozens, of "Laudo," St. Kilda Rd., Melbourne, Victoria
Civil employment: Electrical Engineer.
Details: Killed in action by a high explosive shell. His body was placed in a shell hole and subsequently lost. His Embarkation record gives his home address as care of Mrs. Gozzard, “Tirri Tirri”, Peats Ferry Road, Hornsby, NSW.
Image: Polygon Wood.

Ormond Fathers

Service number: 600
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 6 August 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli, Sulva Bay
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. No known grave.
Relationships: Son of Margaret Janet Clemson of Junction Road, Hornsby, and later of Wahroonga, NSW.
Civil employment: Carpenter.
Details: He was commemorated in the Sydney Morning Herald article entitled “The heroes of the Dardanelles” published 13 September 1915.

Reginald Gilmour Forbes

Service number: 1199
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Bondi, NSW
Date of death: 8 August 1918
Place of death: Aubigny. France
Battle: Second Battle of Amiens
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Amiens, France.
Relationships: Son of Robert and Sophia Forbes, of Ashley and Forbes Streets, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Labourer.
Details: Reginald Forbes was a regimental stretcher bearer and was killed in action on his way back to a dressing station after being wounded in the foot. One account claimed that he was shot by a German Prisoner of War.

James Septimus Grant

Service number: 16540
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 5th Field Company, Australian Engineers
Age: 36
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 2 June 1918
Place of death: Franvillers, Somme, France
Battle: Defence of Amiens
Memorial/cemetery: Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Relationships: Son of Samuel and Effie Grant; husband of Florence May Grant, of “Hadfield”, Hunter Street, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Engine Driver
Details: Killed in action by a high explosive shell while building a ration dump. He is said to have been awarded the Croix De Guerre.

Clifford Dawson Holliday

Service number: 4801
Rank: Private
Regiment: 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 20 July 1916
Place of death: Fromelles, France
Battle: Attack on Fromelles
Memorial/cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France. Relationships: Son of the Rev. Andrew Holliday, “Kelvin Lyn” William Street, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: University undergraduate
Details: Clifford Holliday was seriously wounded while holding a German trench. He was captured by the Germans and died later. His death was announced by the Royal Prussian War Office, Germany.

Sydney John Hotston

Service number: 2863
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 27
Place of enlistment: Perth, WA
Date of death: 14 October 1917
Place of death: Passchendale
Battle: Third battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Belgium
Relationships: Son of  Reverend Sydney and  Mrs. Sarah Hotston
Civil employment: Motor Mechanic
Details: Died of Wounds. At the Clearing Station it was reported that he had over 20 wounds to his body. The Embarkation record gives his father, the Revered S. Hotston’s, address as Balmoral Street, Hornsby, NSW.

Alfred George Inch

Service number: 6522
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 4 October 1917
Place of death: Flanders
Battle: Third battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Relationships: Son of James Stephen Inch and Jessie Emily Inch, of Junction Road, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Bank Clerk
Details: Alfred George Inch was killed in action during the Allies advance on an eight mile front on the 4th October 1917.

Edward Walter Jesperson

Service number: 5692
Rank: Private
Regiment: 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 37
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 15 April 1917
Place of death: Arras, France
Battle: Arras
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Amiens, France. No known grave.
Relationships: Husband of Mary Agnes Jesperson of 90 West Street, North Sydney, NSW.
Civil employment: Stone mason
Details: Killed in action during a German raid on the Australian trench lines. On his enlistment papers Edward Jesperson gave his address as Albert Street, Hornsby, NSW.

Clarence Stanley King

Service number: 2243
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Australian Field Artillery
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 31 July 1917
Place of death: Ypres, Belgium
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium
Relationship: Son of Joseph and Jane Elizabeth King, of Clarke Road., Hornsby, NSW
Civil employment: Carrier
Details: Killed in Action by a shell while bringing up ammunition to the front line at the Ypres – Roulers railway line.

D.D.E La Touche

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 32
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 6 August 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Gallipoli, Lone Pine Cemetery
Relationships: Son of Major E. N. Digges La Touche and Clementine Digges La Touche. Husband of Eva Digges La Touche of County Kerry, Ireland.
Civil employment: Clerk in Holy Orders
Details: Killed in action on the southern Lone Pine Plateau. He was shot in the intestines and died 12 hours later. His brother was killed at the battle of Loos in September 1915.

Dougald Mcdougall

Service number: 5637
Rank: Private
Regiment: 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Chatswood, NSW
Date of death: 5 November 1917
Place of death: Ypres Salient, Belgium
Battle: Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
Relationships: Son of Douglass and Elizabeth McDougall, of ‘Hill End’ Buller Road, Artarmon, NSW.
Civil employment: Hairdresser
Details: Killed in Action

Jack William Rainsford McLoughry

Service number: 3369
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 25 December 1916
Place of death: Guedecourt, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France
Relationship: Son of William and Mary Anne McLoughry, of Denison Street., Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Moulder
Details: Died of wounds after being shot by a German sniper.

William Mason

Service number: 1788
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 20 September 1917
Place of death: Menin Rd, Ypres Salient, Belgium
Battle: Third battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. No known grave.
Relationships: Son of Thomas Donaldson Mason, and Margaret Mason, of ‘Westoe’ Boundary Road, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Bricklayer
Details: Killed in action

Charles Miller

Service number: 4455
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 26
Place of enlistment: Penrith, NSW
Date of death: 18 August 1916
Place of death: Pozieres, Somme
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villers Bretonneux Memorial, Amiens, France
Relationships: Son of John and Laura Miller. Sister of Miss L. M. Miller of “The Manse”, Hornsby, NSW
Civil employment: Painter
Details: Killed in Action

James Francis O’Donnell

Service number: 2236
Rank: Private
Regiment: 56th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Wahroonga, NSW
Date of death: 1 September 1918
Place of death: Peronne
Battle: Capture of Peronne
Memorial/cemetery: Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Albert, France
Relationships: Son of James O’Donnell of Bundarra Road, Wahroonga, NSW.
Civil employment: Labourer
Details: Killed in action by shell fragments while acting as a Company Runner. He was also wounded on 2 April 1917

Sidney Ernest Parkes

Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 6th Australian Light Horse
Age: 36
Place of enlistment: Waitara, NSW
Date of death: 24 May 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
Relationships: Son of Mrs. Matilda H. Parkes of Peats Ferry Road, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Wool buyer
Details: Sidney Ernest Parkes saw four years active service in South Africa (The Boer War) with the New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
The “Roll of Honour” and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives his parents address as Parkes, New South Wales.

Leslie Victor Poll

Service number: 1989
Rank: Private
Regiment: 36th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 19
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 3 October 1917
Place of death: Belgium
Battle: Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. No known grave.
Relationships: Son of William James and Lilly Poll, The Avenue, Waitara NSW.
Civil employment: Railway Cleaner
Details: Killed in action, possibly during the German attack on the Menin Road close to the Polygon Wood.

William Harding Reid

Service number: 3201
Rank: Private
Regiment: 3rd Battalion Australian Infantry
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 15 April 1918
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Amiens, France. No known grave.
Relationships: Son of Eliza Reid and the late William Reid of “Surrey” Stephen Street, Hornsby, NSW. Brother of Osmond Reid of Hornsby.
Civil employment: Clerk
Details: Killed in Action

Richard William Royal

Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 12th Australian Light Horse
Age: 29
Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW
Date of death: 18 April 1916
Place of death: 3rd Australian General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Relationships: Husband of Mrs. Mona Royal of Nursery Street, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Musician
Details: Died of Meningitis. He had previously been wounded at Anzac Cove. The “Roll of Honour” gives his address as Redfern, NSW and his age as 40. The Embarkation Record gives his address as Hornsby and age 29.

Alfred George Semple

Service number: 6682
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 7th Field Company, Australian Engineers
Age: 27
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 4 October 1917
Place of death: Zonnebeke, Belgium
Battle: Third battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. No known grave.
Relationships: Son of Alfred and Sarah Semple. Husband of Ella H Semple, ‘Prestonia’ William Street, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Linotype operator with Fairfax & Sons, Sydney
Details: Killed in action by a shell while working with a wiring party. At the time of Enlistment Alfred Semple gave his address as ‘Telopea’ Peats Ferry Road, Hornsby.

Arthur Leonard Smith

Service number: 19
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
Age: 25
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 17 August 1916
Place of death: Pozieres
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La-Boissellle, France.
Relationships: Son of Arthur Edward and Elizabeth Smith of ‘Lenstanville’ Jersey Street, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Railway signalman
Details: Previously served in the Irish Rifles. He died during the German attack north-west of Pozieres. He was the brother of Sapper Stanley Lazelle Smith.

Michael Noble Smith

Service number: 523
Rank: Private
Regiment: 53rd Battalion, Australian Infantry 1st Battalion D Company.
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Coogee, NSW
Date of death: 19 July 1916
Place of death: Fromelles, France
Battle: Attack at Fromelles
Memorial/cemetery: Ration Farm Military Cemetery La Chappelle d’Armentieres, France.
Relationships: Son of  Walter and Ada Smith. Foster son of Lucy C Ravell of ‘Boomerang’, Greenhills, Narrabeen, NSW.
Civil employment: Boundary Rider
Details: Killed in Action. He had attended school in Hornsby and his Embarkation papers give his address as Mt Colah.

James Sutter Terras

Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 45th Battalion Australian Infantry
Age: 33
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 28 March 1918
Place of death: Dernancourt, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Albert, France
Relationships: Son of David and Mary Ann Terras; husband of Edith Bessie Terras of “Trevallyn”, Hunter Street, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: School Master
Details: Killed in action by a German sniper while crossing the Dernancourt to Albert railway line.

George Cadell Walker

Service number: 3977
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 13th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 19
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 11 April 1917
Place of death: Bellicourt, France
Battle: Repulse of the Allies at Bellicourt
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France. No known grave.
Relationships: Son of Thomas William and Mary Grace Walker of ‘Terrigal’, Rosemead Road, Hornsby, NSW.
Civil employment: Clerk
Details: Killed in action by a shell during the fighting east of Bellicourt (St Quentin), France.

Robert Colin Watson

Service number: 3642
Rank: Private
Regiment: 13th Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 27
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 20 September 1917
Place of death:
Battle: Third battle of Ypres (Passchendale)
Memorial/cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium. No known grave
Relationships: Son of Robert Watson of Ashley Street, Hornsby, NSW
Civil employment: Railway Fireman
Details: Killed in action

Ernest Charles Webb

Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 1st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 27
Place of enlistment: Hornsby, NSW
Date of death: 5 May 1917
Place of death:
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France. No known grave.
Relationships: Son of Alfred Ernest and Florence Antonia Webb of 9 Laurence St, Manly, NSW.
Details: Killed in action while taking supplies up to the front line. He was acting Regimental Quatermaster. On the Embarkation papers his fathers address is given as Junction Pharmacy, Hornsby, NSW.

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Charles Donaldson Asher-Smith

Service number: 6653
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion, AIF
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 9 October 1917
Place of death: Passchendaele
Battle: Passchendaele
Memorial/cemetery: Menin Gate Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.
Relationships: Son of Alexander Asher-Smith and Elsie Asher-Smith of “Alvah”, Burns Road, Wahroonga. (The surname is sometimes not hyphenated.)
Details: Asher-Smith was killed in action. He is also commemorated on the Honour Roll of Warrawee Public School, where he was educated, and St John’s Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church, Wahroonga.

Thuillier Lake Cardew

Service number: 2793
Rank: Private
Regiment: 54th Battalion, AIF
Age: 25
Place of enlistment: Eumungene, NSW.
Date of death: 19 or 20 July 1916
Place of death: Fleurbaix, France
Battle: Attack at Fromelles
Memorial/cemetery: VC Corner Australian Cemetery, Fromelles. He was listed as having no known grave but Thuillier’s remains have been identified from those recovered in the Pheasant Wood mass burial site outside Fromelles, and his remains are now located in the Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles. His dedication ceremony took place on 19 July 2017.
Relationships: Son of John Haydon Cardew and Clarissa Reynell Cardew, of “St Erme”, Ingram Road, Wahroonga.
Details: Cardew was killed by a German sniper while holding a captured trench. He is also commemorated on the Hornsby War Memorial and on a family memorial at St John’s, Gordon.

Frank Chamberlain

Service number: 5068
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion
Age: 18
Place of enlistment: Liverpool.
Date of death: 3 July 1916
Place of death: Wiltshire, England.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Tidworth Military Cemetery, England.
Relationships: Son of Francis George Baron Chamberlain and Florence Chamberlain of Kintore Street, Wahroonga, and brother of Annie, Mabel, Ruth, Olive, Reginald, Phoebe, Beatrice, Eric, and Renee Chamberlain.
Details: Chamberlain was only 17 when he enlisted but claimed to be 19 and 6 months on enlistment. He died of cerebro-spinal meningitis in the Tidworth Military Hospital, Wiltshire, in July having enlisted in January. His father had died 14 months earlier, and both these losses left the large family with no breadwinner. He is also commemorated on honour rolls at Warrawee Public School (where he was educated), Turramurra Park, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga, and St James Anglican Church, Turramurra, and on his father’s gravestone at St John’s Anglican Church, Gordon.

George Lewis Blake Concanon

Service number:
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry
Age: 33
Place of enlistment: Wahroonga, NSW
Date of death: 27 April 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.
Relationships: Son of William Augustus Concanon and Elizabeth Lloyd Jenkins; husband of Evelyn E. Concanon, of “Maylagh”, 15 Cleveland Street, Wahroonga, NSW.
Details: Concanon was killed in action leading a bayonet charge against the Turkish lines after being wounded four times in two days. He was mentioned in despatches as a result. He is also listed on the Hornsby War Memorial and on the honour roll of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga.

James Alexander McDonald Cormack

Service number: 22789
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 25th Battery, 7th Brigate, Australia Field Artillery
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Casula
Date of death: 23 July 1917
Place of death: Belgium
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Neuve-Eglise, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Relationships: Son of William and Elizabeth Cormack of Kintore Street Wahroonga.
Details: Cormack was killed in action. He is also recorded on the honour rolls of St John’s Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church, Wahroonga, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga, and Warrawee Public School where he went to school.

John Ebenezer Donaldson

Service number:
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 19th Battalion.
Age: 30
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 11 August 1916
Place of death: France
Battle: Somme
Memorial/cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Relationships: Son of George and Grace Gertrude Donaldson of Kintore Street, Wahroonga. Husband of Katherine Minnie Porter. Brother of Charles Bernard Donaldson, who also died, George Frederick Seyler Donaldson, who survived and was awarded the Military Cross, and Grace Gertrude Dorothea Donaldson.
Details: Donaldson served as a medical officer in the Australian Naval Expeditionary Force in New Guinea in 1914. After this force was disbanded, he re-enlisted as a Lieutenant, served in Gallipoli, crossed to France, and was promoted to Captain on 11 May 1916. He received a severe gunshot wound in his shoulder at Pozieres on 26 July 1916 and died of related broncho-pneumonia on 11 August.

Maurice Cameron Fergusson

Service number: 607
Rank: Corporal
Regiment: 13th Battalion
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Roseberry Park, NSW
Date of death: 4 May 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial
Relationships: Son of Reverend John James Foote Lumsden Fergusson and Margaret Taylor Fergusson. Brother of Ian Lumsden Fergusson of “Camasie”, Water Street, Wahroonga.
Details: Killed in action. Fergusson is also commemorated on the memorial of St John’s Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church and the honour roll of Beecroft Public School where he was educated.

Stanley Hughes

Service number: 116
Rank: Driver
Regiment: 1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
Age: 25
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 4 September 1918
Place of death: Sailly-Lorette on the Somme
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.
Relationships: Son of David and Emily Hughes of Normanhurst.
Details: Hughes and a friend were intending to fish using a trench mortar bomb when they accidentally detonated it.

Eric John Lipscomb

Service number: 2348
Rank: Private
Regiment: 34th Battalion
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Narrabri, NSW
Date of death: 16 May 1917
Place of death: Le Toquet, near Armentieres.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Plogsteert, Belgium.
Relationships: Son of William John Lipscomb and Jessie Fuller Lipscomb of “Nevilleton,” Pennant Hills Road, Normanhurst. The family ran a butcher’s shop in Wahroonga. Eric’s brother, Neville, was also killed in the war, and another brother, Frederick, was wounded.
Details: Lipscomb was killed by a shell on the front line. He is also commemorated on the honour roll of Warrawee Public School.

Colin Vernon McCulloch

Service number:
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 2nd Battalion, AIF
Age: 26
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Date of death: 11 April 1918
Place of death: Amiens
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France
Relationships: Only son of Percy Vernon McCulloch and Mabel Augusta McCulloch of “Entally”, Lane Cove Road (now the Pacific Highway), Warrawee.
Details: McCulloch and a number of others were killed by a shell loading trains at Amiens Railway Station. He is also commemorated by a bell in the University of Sydney War Memorial Carillon.

George Burgoyne Owen

Service number:
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 3rd Division Headquarters
Age: 33
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 5 November 1918
Place of death: France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Relationships: Son of Janet Maria Culver of “Rokesley”, Stuart Street, Wahroonga (his father, George Owen, having predeceased him and his mother having then married E W Culver).
Details: Owen was recommended for a Military Cross for his service as a Battery Captain in 1918 although it wasn’t granted. He died of pneumonia while serving as a Staff Captain. He is also recorded on the Honour Roll of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga.
Image: Captain George Burgoyne Owen taken with the 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade.

John Graham Antill Pockley

Service number:
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 33rd Battalion, AIF
Age: 26
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 30 March 1918
Place of death: Villers-Bretonneux
Battle: Villers-Bretonneux
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
Relationships: Son of Dr Francis Antill Pockley and Helen Clare Pockley (née Hooke) of “Greystanes”, Burns Road, Wahroonga. Brother of Brien Colden Antill Pockley who also died in the war. Husband of Nancy Julia Pockley (née Sargood) whose family lived at “Rippon Grange”, Water Street, Wahroonga.
Details: Pockley was shot when advancing under fire. He refused to be carried away until others were attended to and died where he fell. He is also commemorated on the war memorial of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga.

Arthur Charles Roe

Service number: 180
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Regiment: 1st Battalion, AIF
Age: 28
Place of enlistment: Kensington
Date of death: 6-9 August 1915
Place of death:
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Relationships: Son of R W and Mary Ann Roe of “The Laurels”, Cleveland Street, Wahroonga.
Details: Roe was killed in action, but the exact day of his death was not known. He is also commemorated by a Memorial Window at Wahroonga Methodist (now Presbyterian) Church and on the Hornsby War Memorial.

Alan Humphrey Scott

Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Regiment: 56th Battalion, AIF
Age: 26
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 1 October 1917
Place of death: Polygon Wood
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium.
Relationships: Son of Donald Allan Hyde Scott and Maria Caroline Scott of “Edgmond”, Lane Cove Road (now Pacific Highway), Wahroonga. Brother of Lieutenant Lee Scott, MC.
Details: Beginning service as a Lieutenant, Scott was rapidly promoted. He served with distinction with the 4th Battalion at Gallipoli. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for bravery in the attack on Lone Pine. At age 24 he was given command of the new 56th Battalion in France and was highly commended, being Mentioned in Dispatches three times. He was recommended for the Military Order of Savoy, Cavalier, an Italian award, but it wasn’t granted. He was killed by a sniper when the battalion was being withdrawn and he was showing his successor the front. His first name is sometimes misspelt “Allan”.
Image: Informal portrait of Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Alan Humphrey Scott (left) and Captain Anderson taken in Egypt.

Elliott Darcy Slade

Service number:
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 33rd Battalion, AIF
Age: 34
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Date of death: 30 March 1918
Place of death: Villers-Bretonneux.
Battle: Villers-Bretonneux
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneu Memorial, Somme, France.
Relationships: Son of John Elliott Slade and Ada Slade of “Ellerker”, Cleveland Street, Wahroonga.
Details: After serving with the Army Medical Corps on the Hospital Ship “Karoola” from 1915, he joined the Infantry, sailing to France in 1917. He was promoted to Lieutenant the same year. He was killed by machine gun fire during an attack on enemy lines. John Pockley, also from Wahroonga, was killed in the same action. He is also commemorated by the Honour Roll of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga.

Albert Charles Underwood

Service number: 2929
Rank: Private
Regiment: 60th Battalion, AIF
Age: 22
Place of enlistment: Warwick Farm.
Date of death: 19 July 1916
Place of death: Fromelles
Battle: Battle of Fromelles
Memorial/cemetery: V C Corner, Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, Nord, France.
Relationships: Son of B Underwood of Wellingbrough, Northhamptonshire, England, and brother-in-law of Fred J Wooding of Westbrook Avenue, Wahroonga.
Details: Underwood was shot while advancing on enemy lines.

William Winter

Service number: 770
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion, AIF
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Date of death: 3 October 1915
Place of death: Malta
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Addolorate Cemetery, Valetta, Malta
Relationships: Brother of Albert Winter of Brisbane (later Christchurch, New Zealand). His connection to Wahroonga is unknown: he was living in Brisbane on embarkation and this may not be the correct person.
Details: Winter received a gun shot wound in the chest at Gallipoli on 25 September 1915 and was evacuated to Malta, where he died.
Image: Private Winter's grave in Addolorata Cemetery, Malta.