Wahroonga War Memorial
An honour roll was unveiled in December 1918 at the entrance of the railway station, then moved to the current memorial that was unveiled by Prime Minister Stanley Bruce on 28 February 1925.
Those who are remembered
Abel Henry Arford
Service number: 3957
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Holsworthy
Date of death: 25 February 1917
Place of death: France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Relationships: Son of Eliza Jane Ah Foo and the late George Ah Foo of Nundle (near Tamworth). Brother of Mary Phoo and George Albert Phoo of Nundle, Rose Arford of Tamworth, and Susan Fletcher Arford of Coonanbarra Road, Wahroonga. (Abel Arford’s surname was changed from Ah Phoo when he was in a State Home.)
Details: Killed in action.
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.
John Kemp Bruce
Service number:
Rank: Australian Army Chaplin 4th Class
Regiment: 3rd Auxiliary Army Hospital
Age: 64
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 9 February 1918
Place of death: At sea.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton.
Relationships: Husband of Margaret Jane Whitson, father of John and James.
Details: John Bruce was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and became a Presbyterian minister. He emigrated to Australia in the 1890s to serve as minister in Nowra. In 1898 he became the first minister of St John’s Presbyterian Church, Wahroonga. In 1906 he became Moderator of the General Assembly and was instrumental in the establishment of Burnside Homes, North Parramatta. He died of heart failure following influenza on board a hospital ship, the “Dunluce Castle”, on the way home from Britain.
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.
Edward Moore Carter
Service number: 344
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers
Age: 29
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Date of death: 23 July 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta
Relationships: Son of Herbert James Carter and Antoinette Charlotte Carter of “Garrawilla”, Kintore Street, Wahroonga. He was brother of Lieutenant-Colonel H G Carter, Captain R B Carter, and Sister U M Carter.
Details: Carter was shot in the left leg at Gallipoli on 12 July 1915 and died of tetanus in Malta. He is also commemorated on the honour roll at St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga, and by a bell donated by his family to the War Memorial Carillon at the University of Sydney in whose regiment he had previously served.
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.
Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke
Service number:
Rank: Major
Regiment: Army Medical Corps, 34th Battalion
Age: 42
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 12 October 1917
Place of death: Passchendaele
Battle: Ypres
Memorial/cemetery: Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zoonebeke, Belgium.
Relationships: Son of Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke and Georgina Alice Clarke of North Sydney. Nephew of Gertrude Bessie Mann. Brother of William Branthwaite Clarke.
Details: A GP, he operated a practice from his home in “Terranora”, Lane Cove Road (now the Pacific Highway), Wahroonga. He joined the AIF as a Medical Officer in 1915, was appointed Regimental Medical Officer in 1916, and was promoted to Major in 1917. He was mentioned in despatches for “conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty” on the day of his death for remaining at his Regimental Aid Post attending the wounded, despite heavy bombardment. He was killed outright by a shell. He is also commemorated by a bell in the War Memorial Carillon at the University of Sydney, where he studied, and by a headstone at St Thomas’ Church in North Sydney, where his parents lived.
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.
William McNab Cooke
Service number: 5368
Rank: Sapper
Regiment: 14th Field Company, Engineers
Age: 34
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 27 October 1917
Place of death: Passchendaele
Battle: Passchendaele
Memorial/cemetery: Menin Road South Military Cemetery
Relationships: Son of David and Margaret Cooke of Glasgow, Scotland. Brother of Miss Isabella Cooke, of “Craigielea,” Coonanbarra Road, Wahroonga (who later married Stan Longley of Narellan) and Jenny Russell, of Newton Mearns, Scotland.
Details: Cooke was hit by a shell near Chateau Wood, Ypres.
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.
Charles Bernard Donaldson
Service number: 1341
Rank: Private
Regiment: 2nd Battalion
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Date of death: 20 July 1915
Place of death: Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery
Relationships: Son of George and Grace Gertrude Donaldson of Kintore Street, Wahroonga. Brother of Grace Gertrude Dorothea Donaldson of Vaucluse. Brother of John Ebenezer Donaldson who also died, and George Frederick Seyler Donaldson who survived and was awarded the Military Cross.
Details: Donaldson took part in the original Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915. Involved in sapping at “Brown’s Dip”, he was carrying a bag of dirt when struck in the head by a sniper’s bullet. He is also commemorated on the memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Wahroonga.
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.
Arthur Alfred Felton
Service number:
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 4th Battalion
Age: 21
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Date of death: 17 April 1918
Place of death: Strazeele, France
Battle: Battle of the Lys
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneuz Memorial, Somme France
Relationships: Son of Maurice Ernest Felton and Diana Maxfield Felton of “Arthursleigh”, Junction Road, Hornsby.
Details: Felton was shot through the head by a sniper while in the trenches. He is also commemorated on the Honour Roll of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga.
Image:Arthur Alfred Felton with the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion.
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.
Leslie Thomas Manning Fitzgerald
Service number: 2139
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment: 9th Battalion
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Atherton, Queensland
Date of death: 23 August 1916
Place of death: France
Battle: Somme
Memorial/cemetery: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Relationships: Son of John Timothy Fitzgerald and Mary Catherine Fitzgerald of Gilgandra. His mother established Eltham College in Cleveland Street, Wahroonga, in 1908.
Details: Leslie Fitzgerald died of wounds on the day he was admitted to the Field Ambulance. His cousin Harold Edward Fitzgerald died on the same day. His name also appears on the honour rolls of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga, and Beecroft Public School.
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.
Charles Wesley King
Service number: 373
Rank: Private:
Regiment: 17th Battalion
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Date of death: 27 August 1915
Place of death: Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Memorial
Relationships: Son of Charles and Esther King of Westbrook Avenue, Wahroonga. The family ran a taxi service in Wahroonga.
Details: King was killed during a charge at Hill 60. He is also commemorated on the honour rolls of Warrawee Public School, St John’s Presbyterian (now Uniting) Church, Wahroonga, and St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga.
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.
Neville Henry Lipscomb
Service number: 33
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: 37th Battery, 10th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
Age: 20
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 23 April 1917
Place of death: Ecoust, near Bullecourt.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Ecoust Military Cemetery, France.
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. Neville’s brother, Eric, was also killed in the war, and another brother, Frederick, was wounded.
Details: Neville Lipscomb had originally served in the Light Horse Ambulance at Gallipoli but then transferred to the artillery. He was killed by a shell while helping a wounded soldier. 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.
James Francis O'Donnell
Service number: 2236
Rank: Private
Regiment: 56th Battalion
Age: 23
Place of enlistment: Wahroonga
Date of death: 1 September 1918
Place of death: Peronne
Battle: Capture of Peronne
Memorial/cemetery: Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu.
Relationships: Son of James O’Donnell of Bundarra Road, Wahroonga.
Details: O’Donnell was killed by shell fragments while serving as a Company Runner. He is also commemorated on the Honour Roll of Warrawee Public School and the Hornsby War Memorial.
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.
Brien Colden Antill Pockley
Service number:
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Australian Army Medical Corps
Age: 24
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 11 September 1914
Place of death: Kabakaul, New Guinea
Battle: New Guinea
Memorial/cemetery: Rabaul War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea.
Relationships: Son of Dr Francis Antill Pockley and Helen Clare Pockley (née Hooke) of “Greystanes”, Burns Road, Wahroonga. Brother of John Graham Antill Pockley who also fell in the war.
Details: Pockley enlisted in the 1st Military and Naval Expeditionary Force sent to capture German New Guinea. During in Australia’s first battle of the war, he tended the wounds of a captured German officer and Australian Able Seaman Williams Williams. To protect the group from snipers, he gave his Red Cross armband to one of the soldiers carrying Williams’ stretcher. He then went forward and was shot. Both he and Williams later succumbed to their wounds, being the first Australians to die in the war. His bravery in giving up his armband was recognised by the award of a Mention in Despatches. He is also commemorated on the war memorial of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga. His first name is often misspelt “Brian”.
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.
William Bernard Ramsey
Service number: 6319
Rank: Private
Regiment: 4th Battalion, AIF
Age: 19
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 15 April 1917
Place of death: Near Hermies, France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
Relationships: Son of William Abraham Ramsey and Sarah Ann Ramsey of Cardinal Avenue, West Pennant Hills (who previously lived at Warrawee).
Details: Ramsey was shot through the head by a sniper during a counter-attack. He is also commemorated on the Honour Roll of St James’ Anglican Church, Turramurra.
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.
Thomas Mountford Rowley
Service number: 1726
Rank: Private
Regiment: 57 Battalion, AIF
Age: 24
Place of enlistment: Galong, NSW
Date of death: 16 March 1917
Place of death: France
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Relationships: Son of Reuben Thomas Rowley and Winifred Rowley of Lockvill Street, Wahroonga.
Details: Rowley died at a field ambulance of wounds received in action. He is also commemorated on the Honour Roll of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga.
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.
Arthur Edward Scrutton
Service number: 2971
Rank: Private
Regiment: 54th Battalion, AIF
Age: 34
Place of enlistment: Sydney
Date of death: 29 March 1917
Place of death: Between Bapaume and Cambrai.
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Grave unknown.
Relationships: Son of Robert Scrutton and Susannah Scrutton of “Koorawatha”, Cleveland Street, Wahroonga. Husband of Elsie Mabel Scrutton, also of Cleveland Street.
Details: Scrutton was killed either by machine-gun fire or a shell while on daylight patrol. He was buried where he fell. He is also commemorated on the Honour Roll of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Wahroonga, and a bell at Sydney University’s War Memorial Carillon.
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.
Frederick Herbert Joseph Swann
Service number: 3926A
Rank: Private
Regiment: 20th Battalion, AIF
Age: 19
Place of enlistment: Warwick Farm
Date of death: 5 August 1916
Place of death: Pozieres
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery, Somme France
Relationships: Son of Frederick Swann and Mary Agnes Swann. His father lived in Fiji, but his address at enlistment, and that of his mother’s, was “Delana”, Junction Road, Wahroonga.
Details: Swann was killed by a shell while capturing enemy trenches.
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.
Eric De Witte Talmage Walker
Service number: 1832
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion, AIF
Age: 21
Place of enlistment:
Date of death: 6 August 1915
Place of death: Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Battle: Gallipoli
Memorial/cemetery: Lone Pine Special Memorial
Relationships: Son of William and Jane Walker of “Linda Avenue”, Wahroonga/Normanhurst (this street is unidentified). Brother of Charles, William, Ruth, Frank, Frederick, Harold, Arthur, and Esther. The Walker family had established an orchard off Hinemoa Lane in Normanhurst in 1881. Esther married Percy Cardwell and lived in Normanhurst till her death in 1982.
Details: Walker was educated at Warrawee and Normanhurst Public Schools. He is also commemorated on the Warrawee Public School Roll of Honour.
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.
James Wooderson
Service number: 211A
Rank: Private
Regiment: 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF
Age: 27
Place of enlistment: Broadmeadow
Date of death: 15 May 1917
Place of death: Bullecourt
Battle:
Memorial/cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
Relationships: Son of Charles Wooderson and Fanny Louise Wooderson (nee Pithero) of Surrey, England. Husband of Alice Maud Wooderson of Isis Street, Wahroonga.
Details: Wooderson was killed in action. He is also commemorated on memorials in Turramurra Park and St James Anglican Church, Turramurra.