World War One | Parramatta History and Heritage

The City of Parramatta Research and Collection Services, along with a team of dedicated volunteers, compiled the biographies of 1,962 soldiers, seamen and nurses from the Parramatta District – the culmination of a four-year project. These stories of dedication, courage and loss are featured in articles listed on this page. For the publications, please click on publications.

World War One

Parramatta’s Memorial to Their World War One Soldiers – The Prince Alfred Square Memorial

World War One (1914 – 1919)

World War One – Red Cross Society, Parramatta Branch

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Alexander Hugh Hamilton

Gallipoli Diary, 11 July 1915, … on the element of surprise

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Percy Freeman

World War One – War Chest Society, Parramatta

World War One – Joseph Cook and the Peace Treaty at Versailles

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Ormond Julian Lake

World War One – Voluntary Aid Detachment, Parramatta

World War One – Weapons of War – Submarines Part 1

World War One – Parramatta Soldier – Alexander Finlayson

The Indian Mountain Battery and Mule Corps, Gallipoli, 1915

World War One – Parramatta Nurses – Edith Danson Rush

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – John Alexander Hutchinson

Alexander Robertson – Parramatta Soldier – Killed in Action

World War One – Parramatta Nurses – Sister Edith Faber

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Alexander Bransdon Gamack

Australian Nurses in World War One, Arthur Butler

Ian Hamilton Gallipoli Diaries – ANZAC Landing, 25 April, 1915

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Arthur John Ormes

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – William Ashcroft

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Private Francis Bede Kennedy – Died of wounds

World War One – The Maori Battalion and New Zealand Brigade

World War One Cartoons – SATAN’S PARTNER – Raemaeker

Sergeant Barber, Battle Of Hangard Wood, Villers-Bretonneux, France, April 1918

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Alexander Richardson Kyle

World War One – Battle of Fromelles – Parramatta Soldiers – George Folkard captured by the Germans

World War One - William Castles - Darug Soldier

World War One – Battle of Beersheba

Account of the Gallipoli Landing by Ernest Herrod

World War One, first successful gas attack, Second Battle of Ypres

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – William Ashcroft

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Arthur John Ormes

World War One – Parramatta Soldier – Thomas Cranney – Killed in action

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Lance Bathie

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Arthur James Mills

World War One – Parramatta Soldiers – Andrew George Christian