LANE, Edgar Murray Lane served in the 20th Australian Infantry Battalion in France from September 1916. He was killed in action 2 May 1917. A recount of his death from a digger friend was that “they were laying telephone cable in a trench in Bullecourt and were hit by a shell which blew him (Lane) and his assistant into a million pieces.” Lane has no known grave and is honoured on the Australian National Memorial wall at Villers-Bretonneux. (Julie Christiansen’s Great Uncle) | MADDISON Ralph James MADDISON Joseph Foster MADDISON Lionel Foster MADDISON William Stanley Of all the men in the family who served, only one came home, this was Ralph Maddison, and he died as a result of injuries. Ralph was gassed by the Germans in Pozieres in 1916 and was sent home in 1917 but died shortly after. Joseph Maddison was the youngest brother, aged 31. He was killed in Pozieres in August 1916 where he served with the 10th Battalion. Lionel Maddison was the oldest brother, 44. He was killed in Mouquet Farm in Aug 1916 while serving with the 4th Pioneers. William Maddison was the son of Lionel, aged 18. He followed his father to war, serving in the 27th Battalion. He was killed at the Menin Road/Gate in 1917. Joseph and Lionel are on the Australian National Memorial wall at Villers-Bretonneux and William is on the Menin Gate memorial in Ypres. (Relatives of Vicky Munday) |
MCKIE, Kenneth Clinton 1891 -1917 Mckie was a loving young man, the baby of seven siblings who had worked in the bank in Warwick and other rural sites. He attempted to enlist but had a severe mastoid problem and was not passed as fit. He then received white flowers in the mail. He then enlisted based on his brother’s medical tests (as they could do in those days). He was a lieutenant and passed away of wounds incurred during the battle of Menniners Ridge in 1917. He was 26-years-old. (Relative of Jenny Eggins) | MCCLUSKEY, Peter 1885 - 1956 McCluskey enlisted December 1914 in the 6th Light Horse regiment 55th Battalion. He departed Sydney 12 December 1914 and returned 14 May 1920. Peter served in Gallipoli, and the Western Front, Europe. He was wounded many times and returned to the front. He was awarded The Military Medal for Bravery, 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. (“He was my Grandfather and a brave man.” Colin Galbraith)
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MANDERSON, THOMAS 1889 - 1917
MANDERSON, Charles 1891 - 1918
In 1915 when Thomas was 26 and Charles was 24, news filtered back to Australia of the Gallipoli campaign. Patriotic fervour was at its peak and with the recruiting drives that the government was running, Thomas and Charles decided to enlist. In early October 1915 Charles and Thomas boarded a train at Booyal Station for Brisbane.
The brothers served in B Company 42nd Infantry Battalion, 11th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division, with Thomas' final rank Private and Charles' a Corporal.
Thomas was killed in the Battle of Messines, Belgium, described as 'missing' on 9 June 1917, before it was officially confirmed four months later.
Charles was killed in fierce 'hand-to-hand' trench fighting during the Battle of Mont St Quentin on 31 August 1918. (Relative of Kevin Manderson) | MARSHALL, William
William served in the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion. He was wounded in the Battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917 and died that day.
MARSHALL, Thomas Thomas served in the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion. He died of wounds on 9 November 1917 at Zonnebeke and is buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgian Flanders. (The Marshalls are relatives of Amirah Farrell)
MOON, William Lewry 1897 - 1982
Originally from Laidley, Queensland, Moon was 18-years-old when he enlisted. He served as a private in WW1 where his regiment, the 52nd Battalion, 9th reinforncement, fought in the Battlle of Villers-Bretonneux, Amiens, and Hamel as well as in the Somme, Pozieres and Bullecourt. He was gassed in the trenches but returned home to Australian and went on to serve in WW11 as a Captain of the 13th Battalion.
NICHOL, Edward 1893 - 1918 Private Nichol, of the 1st Australian Infantry Battalion in the Australian Imperial force, was killed in action on the 9 August 1918 on the Western Front and is buried in the Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France. Originally from Maryborough, he was 25 when he was died. (Nichol is the Great Great Great Uncle of James and Isabel Stevenson) |
NORTHFIELD, John Wilfred 1892 - 1966 Northfield was born in Wollongong. He enlisted on 10 July 1915 and was a private in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, serving in the Middle East. He married Martha Foreman three days prior to leaving the country. On return, due to his wife's ill health, he settled in Roma, Queensland and was a milk vendor for approximately 30 years until he was unable to continue working after having several strokes. He was survived by his wife and three daughters and several grandchildren. (Relative of Katherine Rayner) | O’HEA, Robert Steuart DOD 1916 Lieutenant O’Hea served in the 25th Battalion, enlisting in Brisbane on 28 July 1915. The day Lt O’Hea died, 29 July 1916, also marked the first of two advancements by the Second Division in the second part of the Battle of Pozieres. By the time the second division was relieved on 6 August, they had suffered 6,848 casualties. (Relative of Rosemary Phillips) |
PATCH, Francis Edward DOD 1917
Sergeant Patch served on the Western Front in France as part of the 14th Field Artillery Brigade. He was wounded at Messiness in June 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal (MM) for bravery in the field. Sgt Patch was killed in action on 29 September 1917, aged 28, whilst the brigade was moving from Ypres towards the front line near Hooge, Belgium. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium. (Relative of the Ingram family) | PAULSEN, Joseph William 1886 - 1940 Paulsen was a member of the AIF 3rd Battalion, 1st Reinforcements. He enlisted in October 1914 at the age of 28. The 3rd Battalion was raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked two months later. After undertaking more training in Egypt, the battalion was employed in the defence of the Suez Canal, before being committed to the Gallipoli Campaign. Paulsen returned home in May 1915 and was discharged due to illness. After spending six months in Australia he again re-enlisted in 1916. Joseph joined the 9th Battalion, 17th Reinforcements as a Quartermaster for the voyage back to England. He spent time at the army base in Etaples in France. He was sent home to Australia and discharged due to illness in July 1917. (Relative of Madi Paulsen) |
PAULSEN, Johann Christian 1879 - 1927 Paulsen enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in February 1916. He served as a member of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion C Company. He spent three months at Larkhill training on Salisbury Plain under their commander, Major-General John Monash. They were then deployed to France. The Pioneer Battalion were raised to meet the needs of both the engineers and infantry. They were trained in the provision of mobility support to get people, weapons, ammunition, rations and stores up to the front and casualties out. Roads and railways needed to be built, maintained and repaired. Johann took ill after two years service and was sent home in December 1917. (Relative of Madi Paulsen)
In early 1918, the battalion was heavily involved in turning back the German advance during the Spring Offensive, taking part in the fighting that took place around Dernancourt. It was at Dernancourt that the 47th Battalion found itself squarely in the path of the heaviest attack ever faced by Australians in any war. In May 1918 Archie Hurman was awarded the Military Medal. (Relative of Andrew Hurman) | PATERSON, William & Alexander The Paterson brothers served in the 26th Battalion. William was killed in action at the Somme on 5 November 1916 and was noted as missing by the Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files between 1914-18. His name appears on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux. (Great grandfather of Mark Gillies) |
PEAKE, Edward Robert 1882 - 1945 Private Peake enlisted and was sworn in on 28 August 1916. He was shipped to the UK on 27 October 1916 on Her Majesty's Australian Transport ship "Marathon" and disembarked in Plymouth on 9 January 1917. He was "marched in" to the 52nd Battalion and shipped to Le Havre, France on 3 July 1917. Private Peake saw action in late September 1917 during the Battle of Polygon Wood, and then in early 1918 was moved south to support an Allied defensive battle at Dernancourt. The 52nd also took part in an Allied counter-attack at Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918. As a result of heavy losses the 52nd Battalion was disbanded and Pvte Peake was transferred to the 49th Battalion, and subsequently took part in the Allied Hundred Day Offensive commencing in August 1918. He was wounded in action on 2 August 1918 and a week later was invalided to England, where he spent the next several months in hospital. After recovering, he departed the UK on "HMT Ceramic", arriving back in Sydney on 14 March 1919. He was discharged from the AIF and returned home to Brisbane. (Relative of the Peake family) | PEDLER, George 1893-1981 Pedler grew up in country South Australia and was the son of a farmer. He served in the 50th Battalion who were deployed to France. In 1916 he was injured while fighting near Etaples. His injures were minor but 10 months later he was more seriously injured fighting near Belgium. He was transferred to a military hospital in Chester, England. where he recovered. George returned to Australia in 1918, married his wife Sarah, and became a devoted father to his four children. For the remainder of his life he retained some shrapnel in his abdomen. He is buried in the Koolunga Cemetery in South Australia. (George was a talented musician who played the cornet in a brass band. No doubt he would thoroughly approve of the ‘Poppies and Poems’ concert.” - Natalie Pedler (George Pedler was Natalie’s husband’s grandfather)) |
PORTER, Albert Victor 1896 - 1957 Porter enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 27 November 1916. His unit was the 19th Reinforcement of the 25th battalion of the 2nd Division. He embarked from Sydney on 25 January 1917 for Davenport arriving April 1917. He was sent on HMAT Wiltshire which was a steam ship requisitioned by the government to carry Australian and New Zealand troops to Europe. He was appointed Lieutenant Corporal on 24 September 1917 after being sent to France. On 4 October 1917 Porter was shot in the middle of his forehead and right wrist and was left for dead on the battlefield on the France-Belgium border. When they came through to collect the bodies someone realised he wasn't dead and he was sent to England for treatment and recovery. After this he worked in the AIF depots and boarded HMAT Takada bound for Australia. He was formally discharged on 26 April 1919. (Relative of Anne Swalwell) | POTTER, Vincent Charles Potter, from Speedwell, district of Wondai, embarked on the "Melville" on 24 September 1914 for the Dardanelles and Joined the1st Light Horse Brigade Train - 5 Company Army Service Corps. He served in Gallipoli, arriving 26 April 1915. He was sent to England and hospitalised on 29 August 1915 . He also served in France, making 2nd Lieutenant on 27 September 1917 and was transferred to First Machine Gun Battalion on 22 December 1917. Potter made Lieutenant on 1 January 1918. He was wounded in action in France, with a gun shot would to his right shoulder on 11 September 1918. He recuperated in England and embarked for Australia on 4 December 1918, with his appointment terminated on 18 March 1919.(Relative of Olivia Hodkinson) |
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