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George Francis Clarke was a single 21 year old clerk
employed by The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) at the time of his enlistment[1]. Born in Paddington, Sydney on 18 December 1894, Clarke…
Before enlisting in September 1915, Sergeant George Veitch, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Veitch, of Barney street, Parramatta North, had held the position of junior clerk in the office of the Town…
They were called the “Fighting Ibbetts of Auburn.” Mr. and Mrs. T. Ibbett, of Bourke Street, Waterloo, formerly of Auburn had four sons. Out of a those four sons three answered the call of the Empire…
Private George Thomas Hemsley, 23 Battalion of Parramatta, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Argyllshire on 31 October 1916. He was killed in action at…
William Woodcock, of Church Street Ryde, received word in September 1915 of the death of his second son, George, aged 22 years of age. Born in Ermington and education at Ryde, George, left with the…
Gilbert Goldie Anschau (244) was a 29 year old clerk, who signed up in Newcastle but whose father worked as Postmaster at Parramatta.
Born in Lismore, new South Wales, he…
Gordon Wooster enlisted in November 1918 but did not embark.
Neera Sahni, City of Parramatta Council, Parramatta Heritage Centre, 2017
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Driver (later Gunner) Robert ‘Les’ Leslie Dick Moxham is the second son of the late State Minister Thomas Robert Moxham (Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly) and Mary Agnes Somers. Born in 1892,…
Mrs. Hannah S. Woodward, relict of the late Mr. George Woodward, of Wentworthville, where she has resided since 1885 and still resides, has displayed remarkable patriotism in the course of this great…
Sergeant Harry Didcote, prior to enlisting, was a resident of Wetherill Park. He left for Eygpt in May 1915.
In a letter published in the Cumberland Argus, Harry Didcote wrote to Mr. A. C. Bell…