ANZAC Day 2024 Facebook Tim Bull MP Gallipoli 3.20am at Gallipoli and heading to the Dawn Service but had the chance to visit a few of our local boys yesterday and a few more today. Allan Davidson of Bairnsdale Tom Haylock of Bairnsdale William Scott of Omeo/Bruthen Basil Hooper of Orbost Alex Robertson of Bundalaguah Joe Terry of Flaggy Creek Tommy Dudderidge of Heyfield/Denison Keith Watt of Bairnsdale John Finch of Bairnsdale John Hancher of Omeo / Ensay Vern Brooks of Windsor who was teaching in East Gippsland Today I’ll be at Lone Pine after the Dawn Service and will catch up with: Ted Gunning of Bairnsdale Arthur Rawlinson of Bairnsdale Ern Pallot of Heyfield Edgar Wilson of Bairnsdale Eric Fethers of Bairnsdale Thomas Bell of Lakes Entrance There are many others who fell from our area but these are the men whose place of rest is known. A poppy will sit on the graves of all from the people of East Gippsland.
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3.20am at Gallipoli and heading to the Dawn Service but had the chance to visit a few of our local boys yesterday and a few more today. Allan Davidson of Bairnsdale Tom Haylock of Bairnsdale William Scott of Omeo/Bruthen Basil Hooper of Orbost Alex Robertson of Bundalaguah Joe Terry of Flaggy Creek Tommy Dudderidge of Heyfield/Denison
Keith Watt of Bairnsdale John Finch of Bairnsdale John Hancher of Omeo / Ensay Vern Brooks of Windsor who was teaching in East Gippsland Today I’ll be at Lone Pine after the Dawn Service and will catch up with: Ted Gunning of Bairnsdale Arthur Rawlinson of Bairnsdale Ern Pallot of Heyfield
Edgar Wilson of Bairnsdale Eric Fethers of Bairnsdale Thomas Bell of Lakes Entrance
There are many others who fell from our area but these are the men whose place of rest is known. A poppy will sit on the graves of all from the people of East Gippsland.
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191 Driver S Medley Joseph John Terry 4th Aust Light Horse 6 August 1915 Age 20
WW1 service medals embarkation post Dec 1915 - British War Medal, Victory Medal
Second Lieutenant AJ Robertson 11th BN Australian INF 6 August 1915 Age 23
WW1 - Commemorative Medallion, known colloquially as the "Dead Man's Penny", presented to families of the Fallen together with a scroll signed by King George V. Over one million minted.
1039 Private A MC K Davidson 8th BN Australian INF 15 August 1915
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8th Infantry Battalion pg 9 William Scott Service Number: 2008 SCOTT, William Last Rank: Private Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion Home Town: Bruthen, East Gippsland, Victoria Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 September 1915, age not yet discovered Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Service Number: 866 HAYLOCK, Thomas Enoch Enlisted: 25 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne Last Rank: Private Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion Born: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1884 Home Town: Paynesville, East Gippsland, Victoria Schooling: Bairnsdale State School, Victoria, Australia Occupation: Labourer Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 12 October 1915 Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row D, Grave 48 Headstone inscription reads: Remembrance is the golden chain time tries to break but in vain, Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Paynesville & District Honour Roll, Paynesville Pictorial Roll of Honor, Paynesville War Memorial
2008 Private W Scott 8th BN Australian INF 5 September 1915
866 Private TE Haylock 21st BN Australian INF 12 October 1915
Thomas Haylock
Service Number: 931 Enlisted: 9 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne Last Rank: Trooper Last Unit: 13th Light Horse Regiment Home Town: Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria Schooling: Not yet discovered Occupation: Miner
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Died: Died of wounds - shell wounds both legs, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 16 November 1915 Cemetery: Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row F, Grave 24, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
931 Trooper JH Finch 13th Aust Light Horse 16 November 1915 Age 38
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Service Number: 693 DUDDERIDGE, T A Enlisted: 1 October 1914, Creswick, Vic. Last Rank: Trooper Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment Home Town: Creswick, Hepburn, Victoria Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia Occupation: Farm labourer
Born: Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Died: Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915 Cemetery: Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row A, Grave No. 5, Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ma ff ra Shire Honour Roll, Rutherglen War Memorial
693 Trooper TA Dudderidge 8th Aust Light Horse 7 August 1915 Age 21
Tommy Dudderidge
Service Number: 824 WATT, K E
Enlisted: 8 January 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia Last Rank: Trooper Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment Born: Bairnsdale, Victoria, November 1893 Home Town: Kellerberrin, Kellerberrin, Western Australia Schooling: Guildford Grammar School Occupation: Farmer Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 11 July 1915 Cemetery: Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Guildford Grammar School War Memorial
824 Trooper K E Watt 10th Aust Light Horse 11 July 1915
Service Number: 378 Basil John HOOPER Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne Last Rank: Private Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion Born: Orbost , Victoria, Australia, 1895 Home Town: Mooroopna, Greater Shepparton, Victoria Schooling: Not yet discovered Occupation: Farm Hand
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 Cemetery: No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Row E, Grave 11, No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooroopna War Memorial, North Mooroopna State School & District No. 1612 Roll of Honour
378 Private B J Hooper 7th BN Australian INF 25/26 April 1915
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Service Number: 389 BROOKES Vernon Thomas Enlisted: 17 October 1914, Enlisted at Orbost Last Rank: Private Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion Born: Ballarat , Victoria, Australia, 1892 Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria Schooling: Smearton State School; Ballarat High School, Victoria, Occupation: School Master Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 Cemetery: No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Special Memorial, Grave 5 Headstone inscription
reads:Duty always Commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ballarat High School's Peacock Hall , No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Service Number: 1 552 HANCHER John Thomas Enlisted: 5 December 1914 Last Rank: Private Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion Born: Brunswick , Vic., 26 January 1892 Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria Schooling: Brunswick State School no 1213 Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915, aged 23 years Cemetery: Redoubt Cemetery, Helles I C 19, Redoubt Cemetery, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ensay War Memorial, Reedy Flat War Memorial
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John Basarin from Friends of Gallipoli
I will soon be doing a flying trip to Gallipoli for ANZAC Day and today at Parliament I met with John Basarin from Friends of Gallipoli who has provided me with seeds (the great grand trees of the original Lone Pine) to take back as gifts. (Yes customs has approved).
As best he knows, they are the first seeds to go back that are the descendants of those that were brought home by our diggers.
I will also be spending a day to visit the graves and special memorials of our East Gippsland diggers who rest on the Gallipoli Peninsula. I have worked with the F Friends of Gallipoli in the past to have descendent pines planted in local primary schools and they are hoping to run this excellent initiative again in the future.
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Comments Jenni Neilson Wish I were going with you..that would be a wonderful experience.
John Basarin Many thanks for your strong and continuing support Tim. Have a successful trip to Gallipoli.
Philippa DeVoil Safe trip Tim. Shayne Langley
On ya Bully
Top fan Frank Greenhalgh Great initiative, Tim. Safe trip! Paul Cantlay If you need any help with the seeds to local schools, happy to lend a hand Tim. I have Lots of top level contacts in the nursery industry in Melbourne Tim Bull MP Verified account Yesterday at 17:05 Shared with Public Pam Carr That would have been so special Lois Stephenson Fred & I have just finished watching full coverage now Villiers-Brettonneux. Very
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emotional as usual. Lest We Forget.
Johanne Toohey It is a very special place, and being there at dawn, in silence apart from the waves is something I will never forget.
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Leesa Thompson Great experience Tim Dale Pearce Thank you for representing us
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On my bucket list to attend on ANZAC Day
Top fan Keith Jane Caithness Great photos have just finished watching it here in Portland on tv after attending their beautiful service down here. Travel safe home back to us. Vivienne Lunt I was blessed to win a ticket in the 100 year anniversary ballot Tim . Amazing experience. Did you do Lone Pine as well?
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Verified account Vivienne Lunt yes absolutely
Top fan Dot Whadcoat Harvey I did see u Tim. Im now watching Villa Brett for my cousin who is playing the bagpipes there
Farewell to the Dardanelles - great trip to a truly special place, but keen to get home! #lestweforget2024
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Had an ANZAC service on the Regal Princess. Only 70 aussies and 19 kiwis outof3500 but a really beautiful ceremony and very respectful. For the 2 minutes silence it was dead quiet and the last post had everyone at attention. Bernadette Allman Gray Home is where the heart is, safe travels. Lois Stephenson Spent the day remembering my Dad & his service to our Nation. Fred & I watched the Dawn Service from Gallipoli as well as Villiers - Bretonneaux.....a most emotional day.
⚘️ Philippa DeVoil Safe trip home Tim. Merilyn Grattan It’s a very special place. When we were there in 2013 it was the quietness of the place that got me. It’s like if you made a noise you would disturb the souls of the men who died there from both sides.
Top fan Jill Coleman No place like home Tim
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8th Infantry Battalion (Vic) 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, AIF The 8th Battalion raised at Broadmeadows Camp north of Melbourne was the last of the four battalions raised in the second Brigade of the 1st Division; as depicted by its colour patch. The rectangle signifies the First Division. The red lower portion indicates the second brigade in the Division and the white upper the fourth battalion in the Brigade. On August 4 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany. Australia quickly followed the Mother Land’s call to arms. A rush of volunteers flocked to Victoria Barracks in Melbourne and to Broadmeadows Camp north of the city to enlist. From the city and suburbs clerks laid down their pens, shopkeepers and shop assistants walked out of their shops, solicitors paused with their briefs, workmen downed their picks and shovels and from the countryside bushmen, farmers, graziers, shearers, woodchoppers set out on by horse drawn buggy, by train, by horse and on foot starting their journey to join a new type of army - an all volunteer army - the Australian Imperial Force. They were assembled equipped and trained (many had served in the militia so army drill, shooting and field exercises were not new to them) and by late October the Great Convoy began assembling in ports around the country departing over the period 15-25 October 1914 bound initially for Albany in Western Australia to concentrate and pick up their escorts before crossing the Indian Ocean for the Middle East. The 6th Battalion landed at Anzac on 25th April 1915 as part of the second wave, led by Lieutenant Colonel William Bolton. In early May, the 2nd Brigade was transferred from ANZAC to Cape Helles the southernmost tip of the Peninsula, to help in the attack on the village of Krithia.
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The attack captured little ground but cost the brigade almost a third of its strength. The Victorian battalions forming the 2nd Brigade returned to ANZAC to help defend the beachhead, and in August the 2nd Brigade fought at the battle of Lone Pine. The battalion served at ANZAC until the evacuation in December. having served throughout the campaign. Following extraction to Egypt, it was split along with all of the Battalions in the 1st-4th Brigades to create cadres of experienced o ffi cers NCO and soldiers to form the basis of the new Battalions of the 4th and 5th Divisions. The 8th Battalions 'pup' Battalion became the 60th Battalion in the 15th Brigade in the 5th Division. In March 1916, the newly 'doubled' AIF began sailing for France and the Western Front. From then until 1918 the battalion was heavily involved in operations against the German Army. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozieres in the Somme valley in July 1916, where the AIF Divisions engaged (1st 2nd and 4th) formed the right flank of the British front. The 1st Division was committed to the attack on Pozieres village from 23 July, involving the reduction of the ‘Gibraltar’ blockhouse among other tasks. The enemy shelling was relentless and casualties mounted at a horrifying rate. Once the ‘Windmill’ was captured by the 2nd Division on 4th August and consolidated by the 4th Division, the direction of the Australian assault switched to Mouquet Farm, with the 1st Division leading once again. The aim was to outflank Thiepval, the main impediment and key objective of the British advance. The AIF Divisions had fought themselves to a standstill over five weeks; 23,000 casualties of whom 5,0000 were killed.After Pozieres the battalion fought at Ypres in Flanders then returning to the Somme for winter.
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1917 began with a German consolidation of their Front Line and an orderly withdrawal through what were called 'The Outpost Villages' through which they conducted a delaying defence. The AIF was tasked to follow this up and a series of engagements ensued, culminating in April with the first of two attacks on Bullecourt. First Bullecourt was an exclusively 4th Division attack which although successful in breaking in to the German line was not adequately supported and it subsequently failed. Second Bullecourt followed in May and involved the 1st 2nd and 5th Divisions. Tactically it was very similar to First Bullecourt with a break-in being achieved, the tanks failing - again - and inadequate artillery support because of di ffi culties getting the guns far enough forward. From a casualty perspective, it was Pozieres all over again. The 1st Division was reconstituted and reinforced during the period May -end July, when all of the AIF (for the first time including the 3rd Division) was committed to the Third Ypres campaign. The 1st Division was committed to fighting at Menin Road in late September 1917 and at Broodseinde Ridge on 4th October. The Third Ypres campaign bogged down in misery of 1st and 2nd Passchendaele in late October and November. The Battalion helped to repel the German Spring O ff ensive in March - April 1918 in Flanders. The
AIF had been sent south to bolster the British 5th Army which was crumbling io front of the German onslaught. Then it was realised that an attack was to be made in Flanders as part of ‘Operation Georgette’, towards the rail head of Hazebrouk, so the 1st Division was rushed back to be told by British General Harrington CoS British 2nd Army, on arrival at Hazebrouk station, that they (the 1st Division) were the only formed body of troops between here and the Channel Ports (Calais and Bolougne). javascript:; They became a rallying point around which other troops consolidated. and the Operation Georgette attacks were blunted. As a result, the Battle Honours Lys Hazebrouck and Kemmel were awarded. The troops of the 1st Division were later transferred south to the Somme once again to take its place in the Australian Corps consolidated under General Monash’s command, and to take part in the Great Allied o ff ensive, the "Last Hundred Days" campaign beginning on the 8th August 1918.
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Railway Wood Ypres Sector Officers and men of the 8th Battalion taking shelter behind a pillbox during an 'area strafe' at Railway Wood, in the Ypres Sector, whilst returning from the line. Identified, sitting at left, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) J O Pitt; Captain A G Campbell DSO. Front row: Lt T W Johnstone MC; Second Lieutenant P Lay MC DCM MM. Standing, left to right: 7150 Lance Corporal (LCpl) H J Gray, resting on shovel (killed in action 17 December 1917); 2936 Sergeant (Sgt) J T Pinchen MM; 2778 LCpl L A Scouller MM, behind Pinchen (killed in action 26 August 1918); 1111 Sgt J R Jorgenson; 6728 Pte R M Cullen. The soldier whose head can be seen top left is unidentified. Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres Date made 28 October 1917
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8th Battalion Football Team. This team were 1st Division premiers of the Australian Rules competition in 1917, 1918 and 1919. back row, from left to right :55107 Private (Pte) John Edward Baker from Gheringhap , Victoria; 971 Pte Harrie Ritchie Parsons from Buninyong , Victoria; Lieutenant (Lt) Albert Edgar Mackay DCM, from Violet Town , Victoria; 4225 Lance Sergeant Albert Hill MM from Warrnambool , Victoria; 5394 Extra Regimental Sergeant Albert Henry Hill from Healesville , Victoria; and 6976 Pte William John Carden from Collingwood , Victoria. Middle row, left to right: 3977 Pte George Joseph Jones from Carlton , Victoria; 5464 Lance Corporal Thomas George Spriggs from Dookie , Victoria; 941 Pte Leslie Gordon Mallett (Vice Captain) from Elsternwick , Victoria; 3831 Sergeant Leslie Gordon Kittle MM , from Shepparton , Victoria; 3317 Pte William Girdwood from Kensington , Victoria; 6012 Pte John Kevin Duffy MM , from Rochester , Victoria; 5362 Pte Joseph Michael Corfield , MID, from Abbotsford , Victoria; 7172 Pte Charles Winchcombe from Cobden , Victoria. Front row, left to right: 7007 Pte Reginald Walter Kent from Wonthaggi , Victoria; 3525 Pte George Henry King from Wonthaggi ; Major Robert Jonathan Wallis MC (Second in Command 8th Battalion) from Camberwell , Victoria; Lieutenant Colonel John Wesley Mitchell DSO and Bar , Croix de Guerre (Belgium) and MID on five occasions (Commanding Officer 8th Battalion) from Warracknabeal , Victoria; Lt Donald Webb Kennedy (Battalion Sports Officer) from Essendon , Victoria; 3243 Lance Corporal Edwin Falkiner Reynolds (Captain of the team) from Frankston , Victoria; and 958 Pte David Opie Morgan DCM , from Richmond , Victoria. Place made France 1919
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The 1st Division started the Amiens o ff ensive in reserve but was later committed to the left flank along the Somme, taking part in actions around Chipilly and Chuignes across the Somme towards Bapaume securing the right flank of the British Army while it advanced on Bapaume. It also allowed the 3rd Australian Division to cross the Somme and secure the Australian Corps northern flank for the attack on Mont St Quentin. The First Division finished its last phase of combat operations in the vicinity of Epehy on the approaches to the Hindenburg Line. After the 2nd Division attack on the Beaurevoir Line at Montbrehain on the 5th October, the AIF was withdrawn from the line to reinforce and refit following the accumulated losses it had sustained since 8th August. The Battalion along with the rest of the AIF, was resting 'out of the line' when the Armistice was declared on the 11th November 1918. The long process of repatriation and demobilisation began. For many, re-settling into civilian life after the turmoil of the battlefield was not a straightforward process. Many were beset with the legacy of multiple woundings, in some cases amputations, gassing and what we now know as PTSD. Many died young, it is a staggering statistic but 50% of the men who returned from the war were dead from multiple causes within 20 years, no doubt exacerbated by the onset of the Great Depression. The legendary Pompey Elliot took his own life during this time, exemplifying the fact that the e ff ects of the war did not discriminate by rank or station in life. Others lived on to lead very productive lives rendering further service to the community, marching every Anzac Day in memory of their fallen mates until they too succumbed to the passage of time. They had lived through 'The Broken Years', so vividly described in Professor Bill Gammage's superb book of the same name. During the course of the war, the Battalion's soldiers were awarded the following decorations: 3 VC; 10 DSO and 1 Bar; 33 MC and 6 Bars; 43 DCM; 32 MM, 1 bar; 4 MSM; 45 MID; 9 foreign awards Battle Honours and Campaigns ANZAC / Gallipoli (/explore/campaigns/1) - 25 April 1915 to 19 December 1915 Lone Pine (/explore/campaigns/3) - 6th August 1915 Pozières (/explore/campaigns/5) - 23 July 1916 to 4 September 1916 Mouquet Farm (/explore/campaigns/103) - 8 August 1916 to 5 September 1916 Second Bullecourt (/explore/campaigns/6) - 3 May 1917 to 17 May 1917 Menin Road (/explore/campaigns/26)- 20 September 1917 to 25 September 1917 Broodseinde (/explore/campaigns/18) - 4 October 1917 to 5 October 1917 Poelcapelle - 9 October 1917 2nd Passchendaele (/explore/campaigns/29) - 26 October - 10 November 1917
Hazebrouck (/explore/campaigns/80) - 12 April 1918 to 15 April 1918 Amiens (/explore/campaigns/14)- 8 August 1918 to 11 August 1918 Albert 1918 (incl Chuignes) 21 August 1918 to 23 August 1918 Epehy 2 October 1918 to 5 October 1918
Compiled by Steve Larkins 2013 - updated Dec 20 If you would like to contribute a more detailed unit history we would be pleased to hear from you. We are particularly interested to hear from unit associations. Contact admin@rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au (mailto:admin@rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au) Page 21 of 72
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Thomas Enoch Haylock
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Tom Haylock Thomas Haylock was a 30-year-old fisherman from Raymond Island, and being a member of the 21st Battalion, was sent to Gallipoli as a reinforcement. The ship he was travelling on was torpedoed by a German submarine, forcing the crew to take to the rescue boats, many of which overturned. The survivors arrived on September 7, but sadly, Thomas was killed on October 12, leaving his wife a widow, whom he married before embarking. He is buried at Shrapnel Gully Cemetery
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Son of Daniel and Elizabeth Haylock. Husband of Elsie M Haylock of 2 Molesworth St Coburg formerly of Raymond Island Paynesville Victori
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Page 23 of 72 Andrew's mother, Irene (nee Haylock) grew up on the family farm at Gravelly Point in the 1930s and lived most of her life, as did Andrew, on Raymond Island. Andrew attended Paynesville State School and Bairnsdale Technical School, was a member of the Paynesville Sea Scouts, was apprenticed as a shipwright at the Paynesville Slipyard, and later became actively involved in many local projects, most notably his contribution to the Paynesville Maritime Museum and to documenting the history of the Raymond Island ferry. Martin Richardson 19 March 2023 R.I.P. Andrew Bould. There are not many people who could trace their family history on Raymond Island back 100 years.
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www.spirits of gallipoli.com Serviceman:HAYLOCK, Thomas Enoch Serv no. 866 b 2 May 1884 - Bairnsdale VIC (6785) d 12 October 1915 m 2 March 1915 - VIC HAYLOCK, Elsie Maude (1st cousin) b 1887 - Charlton VIC Parents: HAYLOCK, Daniel F b 27 January 1839 - Great Thurlow, England d 5 March 1914 - Bairnsdale VIC m 27 August 1863 - Oamaru NZ TANNER, Elizabeth Ann b 6 March 1848 d 7 February 1916 - Bairnsdale VIC Siblings: HAYLOCK, William Henry b 13 March 1865 - Oamaru NZ d 3 December 1938 - Surrey Hills VIC m MacDONALD, Annie Margaret b Abt 1871 d 1954 - VIC HAYLOCK, William Francis b 1892 - Omeo VIC HAYLOCK, Reginald b 1895 - Omeo VIC HAYLOCK, Alice Marie b 1898 - Omeo VIC
d 10 September 1996 - VIC m 1925 FERRIS, Herbert b 1900 d 1967 HAYLOCK, Rupert Arthur b 1898 - Omeo VIC d 1898 - Omeo VIC HAYLOCK, Mildred b 1900 - Omeo VIC d 10 April 1992 Annie HAYLOCK, John Francis b 2 December 1866 - Oamaru NZ d 15 March 1867 - Oamaru NZ HAYLOCK, William Francis b 1892 - Omeo VIC HAYLOCK, Reginald b 1895 - Omeo VIC HAYLOCK, Alice Marie b 1898 - Omeo VIC d 10 September 1996 - VIC m 1925 FERRIS, Herbert b 1900 d 1967 HAYLOCK, Claudia b 1903 - Omeo VIC d 1975 - Kooyong VIC
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William Scott —Bruthen East Gippsland
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2008 Private W Scott 8th BN Australian INF 5 September 1915
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HA N CHER, John Thomas - Headstone in the Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli.
Son of William and Stella HA N CHER
Residential address at the time of enlistment was C/- J.H. Alexander of Mooroopna, Victoria Son of Charles Henry Hooper and Mary Hooper nee Roadknight of Orbost, Victoria Next of kin given as his brother William Roadknight Hooper of Mooroopna, Victoria who died of wounds on 5 April 1918 while serving with the 46th Battalion. William is buried in the Douellens Communal Cemetery Extension 1; Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 34. Later his sister Katherine Smith nee Hooper of Bairnsdale, Victoria was given as next of kin Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Also served in the cadets for about 5 years Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Basil John Hooper
Cut from a photograph of of soldiers of B Company, 7th Battalion. Pictured from left, 378 Pte Basil John Hooper, KIA 25 April and 374 John Strutten Carter, fatefully these two men are buried beside one another in N o.2 Outpost Cemetery at Gallipoli, in Graves E11 and E12 respectively. The third young soldier is 384 Lance Corporal Alexander Stewart Burton, who was later, killed in action on 9 August 1915, aged 21, at Lone Pine and was later posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine Trenches". Australian War Memorial P03318.017
Private Basil John Hooper 7th Infantry Battalion
Basil John Hooper John Strutten Carter
Alexander Stewart Burton
HMAT Hororata (A20)
Thomas Bell, from Lakes Entrance a signaller formally a telephonist
The HMAT A20 Hororata weighed 9,400 tons with an average cruise speed of 14 knots or 25.92 kmph. It was owned by the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 11 September 1917.
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Leslie Robert BROOKES High School Teacher
Private Vernon Thomas BROOKES School Master
Son of Robert Thomas and Agnes Brookes of 3 Fern Avenue, Windsor, Victoria formerly of Ballarat. Brother of Leslie Robert Brookes MID who returned to Australia on 20 December 1918 having served with the 21st Battalion Roll of Honour Circular mentions how he rode his horse for 60 miles from Wrangrabelle to Orbost to enlist 389 Private Vernon Thomas Brookes 7th Battalion of Duliston, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Hororata (A20) on 19 October 1914. On 25 April 1915, he was killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey, aged 22. He is buried in the No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. His brother, Second Lieutenant Leslie Robert Brookes served with the 21st Battalion, was awarded a mentioned in Despatches and returned to Australia on 20 December 1918assigned to the 7th Battalion and were both on board the Hororata, sailing to Egypt for training before heading to Gallipoli.
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Thommy Dudderidge
Cemetery with original grave markers at Ari Burnu on the Gallipoli peninsula. The large marker in the foreground marks the grave of six troopers of the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment killed in action on 7 August 1915. In Memory of Troopers Ages AH MORETO N 21 W TOSH 30 VE BLAKE N EY 21 (or 24) J A A N DERSO N 25 TA DUDDERIDGE 29 F L A’BECKETT 38 AWM H03984
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Attestation Paper of Persons Enlisted for Service Abroad
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Thomas Dudderidge Roll Of Honour Particulars
Roll of Honour name projection Thomas Alfred Dudderidge's name will be projected onto the exterior of the Hall of Memory on: • Wed 24 May 2023 at. 2:31am • Sat 08 July 2023 at 7:34pm
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Thomas Alfred Dudderidge's name is located at panel 6 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
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Particulars Required for Roll Of Honour of Australia in The Memorial War Museum
6,153 gross tons. Lb: 120.5 x 15.8 metres (Lbd: 395.5 x 51.9 x 27 feet). Coal powered triple expansion engine, 495nhp, 12 knots. Passenger/cargo steamship (refrigerated) built 1909 by Connell at Scotstoun for Australind SS Co, London. Employed upon the Western Australia service. Leased by the Commonwealth until 7 June 1917 27 June 1917 Torpedoed and sunk by submarine U-60 about 160 nm NW of Tory Island off coast of Ireland in 56.17N 12.42W (Manchester for Salonika, troops & stores). Eleven people lost From the Flotilla Australia Collection
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People at Paynesville & District Honour Roll
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Roll of Honour People at Meerlieu District Boys Pictorial
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Thomas Henry Bedggood 37th Infantry Battalion
29 Jan 1916: Thomas Henry BEDGGOOD Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 216, 37th Infantry Battalion, Sale, Vic. 3 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 216, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' 3 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 216, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne 7 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 216B, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 216B awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-07 8 Jul 1916: BEDGGOOD, James Involvement Private, 1874, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' 8 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 1874, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne 3 Jun 1916: BEDGOOD, George Nathaniel Involvement Private, 1134, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' 3 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 1134, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
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37th Infantry Battalion (Vic) 10th Brigade, 3rd Division, AIF The 37th Battalion was raised in Victoria at Seymour at was eventually to become the Puckapunyal base, and its initial complement was made up of men specifically recruited from the State's north east, Melbourne and Gippsland. It was to be the first of four Battalions forming the 10th Brigade, as denoted by its Colour patch; the eliptical shape denotes the 3rd Division, the red lower half the second brigade of the division and the black upper half the first battalion of that brigade. Battle / Campaign / Involvement If you have specialised knowledge of the unit and would to contribute more detail to the story on this site we would like to hear from you. We are particularly keen to hear from unit associations and keepers of unit heritage and traditions. Contact admin@vwma.org.au (mailto:admin@vwma.org.au) to find out how.
CAPTAIN W.J. SYMONS, VC, 37TH BATTALION
MEMBERS OF 'C' COMPANY AND 'D' COMPANY, 37TH BATTALION, TAKE PART IN THE MARCH PAST AS PART OF THE REVIEW OF 3RD DIVISION TROOPS BY KING GEORGE V. CAPTAIN W. J. SYMONS, COMMANDING OFFICER OF 'D' COMPANY IS THE MOUNTED OFFICER SALUTING. Australian War Memorial - Accession Number P00997.016 Maker Gale & Polden Ltd BULFORD, ENGLAND. 1916-09-27.
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Departure of HMAT Persic (A34) with members of the 37th Battalion bound for England.
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37th Battalion Band
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8th Light Horse Regiment
"The regiment that would eventually become the 8th Light Horse Regiment was formed at Broadmeadows camp in Victoria on 23 September 1914 as the 6th Light Horse Regiment. A reorganisation of the rapidly expanding AIF in early October resulted in the 6th being renumbered the 8th, and it became part of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade. It sailed from Melbourne on 26 September 1914 and arrived in Egypt on 2 April 1915." Light Horse units were deployed to Gallipoli to fight as infantry. The 3rd Light Horse Brigade formed the first wave of the ill-starred charge at the Nek in August 1915 The casualties were calamitous and the Brigade, understrength and its leadership weakened through loss, remained in largely a defensive role until the evacuation. "And so perished the 8th Light Horse" Original riders and mounts of the 8th Light Horse outside Melbourne in 1915 AWM
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8th Light Horse Regiment 30th Reinforcements
8TH LIGHT HORSE REGIME N T 30TH REI N FORCEME N TS
We had about one hundred yards to go, the first line starting from saps which are trenches in front of the firing line leading in the enemy’s direction. At twenty five minutes past four we stood up on the banquettes of our trenches and in a few minutes the crackle of musketry turned into a roar. Never have I [Captain Leslie Hore] heard such an awful sound and no wonder. We knew they had three machine guns trained on the Nek and quite possibly there more. Their trench must have had at least two hundred men. Judging from the number we had in ours more likely two hundred and fifty. Now a machine gun firs at top speed six hundred rounds per minute and a rifleman fifteen rounds per minute. So we had concentrated on a piece of land say two hundred yards long and one hundred yards deep no fewer than five thousand bullets per minute. Out went the first line and we waited for our word, by the time they had gone the first forty yards they were down to a man. What could one hundred and seventy five men do against that volume of fire? We saw our fate in front of us but we were pledged to go and to their eternal credit the word being given not a man in the
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second line stayed in his trench. As I jumped out I looked down the line and they were all rising over the parapet. We bent low and ran as hard as we could. Ahead we could see the trench aflame with rifle fire. All round were smoke and dust kicked up by the bullets. I felt a sting on my shoulder and remember thinking it could not be a hit or it would have hurt more. It bled a lot afterward but was only a flesh wound. I passed our first line all dead or dying it seemed and went on a bit further and flung myself down about forty yards from the Turkish trenches. I was a bit ahead of my men having got a good start and traveling lighter. I looked round and saw them all down mostly hit. I did not know what to do, the dirt was spurting up all around like rain from a pavement in a thunderstorm. Some bigger spurts near me were either bombs or pom poms. I could notice they were much bigger. The trench ahead was a living flame, the roar of musketry not a bit diminished. I was protected by a little, a very little fold in the ground and by a dead Turk dead about six weeks. I had looked round again and reckoned I could get about six men to follow and it would have been murder to take them on. Lastly the supports had not started and if they had, they were only one hundred and seventy five for the whole line, absolutely and totally inadequate. I made up my mind and started to shove myself backwards on the flat of my stomach. After going a few yards I felt a hard sting in my right foot but so long as my arms and chest were right I didn’t mind. I passed through our dead and fell into one of the saps and managed to limp out into one of the back trenches and lay down wondering how on earth I got out of it. My three subalterns were killed and I should say about seventy percent of my men. There were no live men near me when I started back except one who did the same as I did and I hope got back. Our Colonel was killed, one Major killed the other wounded, the only Captain (myself) wounded and ten subalterns killed and three wounded leaving two officers not hit, and about five percent of the men. And so perished the 8th Light Horse. [Captain L F S Hore, 8th Light Horse, letter, quoted in Cameron Simpson, Maygar's boys: a biographical history of the 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF 1914-19, Moorooduc, 1998]
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ANDREWS
KYLE KYLE KYLE
Albert Richard James Elias Oliver James
Richard Coveney
BALMER BALMER
Charles Roy
Thomas William
CALLINAN W
MASTERS
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MCDOUGALL Duncan Campbell
CLARKE
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MCNAUGHTON H MEREDITH E S
COCHRANE
John Emerson Arthur Leonard
DAHLSEN
RALSTON
James Gavan
FERRIS GLENN GREEN
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RIGBY
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RITCHIE
Frederick James
William Edward
ROSENBROCK Raymond George
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SAVAGE
Ernest James
GUTSELL
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HADFIELD Ernest George HALMSHAW Sharp Brearley HOWLETT L J (WW2) JEFFREYS Charles Roy JENNINGS William Irvine
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Henry George
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WESTWOOD Arnold Douglas
WILSON WILSON
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KOHLER George Henry
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Fawkner Cameron
Oliver James Kyle
James Elias Kyle
Albert Richard Kyle
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Goon Nure State School 22nd Infantry Battalion Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
7th Infantry Battalion Died: Motor Vehicle Accident, Bairnsdale 2 May 1929
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Arthur John
KINCAID KINCAID LINTON
Albert Edward Robert Francis
Charles Edward Claude Harris
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BUCHAN John CAMERON Norman
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John Edwin
MERRY MERRY MOLLER NAPPER NAPPER NAPPER NAPPER NICHOLL NICHOLL POOLEY
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John William
Francis
Frederick Campbell
John Phillip
Alfred Arthur
John Duncan Forbes
Keith Wentworth (DEPOT)
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Donald Allen John Murray
Thomas
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Frederick Ellis Charles Henry
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Robert Joseph Leo
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James David William
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Francis William
Percy
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Robert
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7th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division The 7th Battalion was raised as the third battalion in the second Brigade of the 1st Division; as depicted by
its colour patch. The rectangle signifies the First Division. The red lower portion indicates the second brigade in the Division and the brown upper the third battalion. The 7th Battalion was raised at Broadmeadows Camp north of Melbourne. The Battalion's Commanding Officer was the redoubtable and outspoken Howard 'Pompey' Elliot, a lawyer, citizen soldier and veteran of the Boer War.
On August 4 1914 Great Britain declared war on Germany. Australia quickly followed the Mother Land’s call to arms. A rush of volunteers flocked to Victoria Barracks in Melbourne and to Broadmeadows Camp north of the city to enlist. From the city and suburbs clerks laid down their pens, shopkeepers and shop assistants walked out of their shops, solicitors paused with their briefs, workmen downed their picks and shovels and from the countryside bushmen, farmers, graziers, shearers, woodchoppers set out on by horse drawn buggy, by train, by horse and on foot starting their journey to join a new type of army - an all volunteer army - the Australian Imperial Force. They were assembed, equipped and trained (many had served in the senior cadets and militia so army drill, shooting and field exercises were not new to them) and by late October the Great Convoy began assembling in ports around the country departing over the period 15-25 October 1914 bound initially for Albany in Western Australia to concentrate and pick up their escorts before crossing the Indian Ocean for the Middle East. The 7th Battalion landed at Anzac on 25th April 1915 as part of the second wave, led by their redoubtable commanding officer. But things got off to a bad start. Landing at North Beach, their landing point was overlooked by an Ottoman machine gun post which opened fire inflicting very heavy casualties and casuing some boats to drift off full of dead and wounded. A total of 5 officers and 179 soldiers were lost. In early May, the 2nd Brigade was transferred from ANZAC to Cape Helles, the suthernmost tip of the Peninsula, to help in the British attack on the village of Krithia. The attack captured little ground but cost the brigade almost a third of its strength. The 7th lost another 6 officers and 87 men with very little to show for it. The Victorian battalions forming the 2nd Brigade returned to ANZAC to help defend the beachhead, and in August the 2nd Brigade fought at the battle of Lone Pine in August. The 7th Battalion distinguished itself at Lone Pine in the August battles, with four VCs awarded.
CPL A.S. Burton, VC, MID (KIA), Lone Pine CPL (later LT) W. Dunstan, VC, MID*, Lone Pine LT (later CAPT) W.J. Symonds, VC, MID, Lone Pine LT (later MAJ) F.H. Tubb VC (KIA), Lone Pine
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