Private John Farrell, copy from Parramatta Soldiers, Cumberland Argus, 1920
Private John Farrell was one of three brothers who served in the First World War. Although John had been born in Wagga,…
John (also referred to as Maxwell John Berney in some war service correspondence) was the second son of Luc (Louis) Bernasconi of Jersey Street, Guildford New South Wales. He was born in Sydney…
John Bentley was a 35 year-old carter living in Ada Street Parramatta when he enlisted 4 March 1916.
His wife Florence Margaret was living at 2 Eva Terrace, off Elizabeth Street in Sydney. He…
Joseph Allport was working as a store man
and 22 years-old when he enlisted 24 July 1916. Although born in Parramatta Joseph’s uncle, who lived at 4 Charles Street, Erskinville, was listed as…
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…
Lance Bathie was a blue-eyed 29 year old iron moulder who served his apprenticeship with Bail and Co., Auburn,before he enlisted on 4 January 1915. He had a bird and rose leave tattoo on his…
Private Leslie Frost, copy from Parramatta Soldiers, Cumberland Argus, 1920
Private Leslie Frost, was the son of Mr Charles Frost, a butcher employed for many years by the well known …
In 1918 a cable message was received by the Cumberland Argus alerting them to the fact that a local boy, Lieutenant B. W. Billyard-Leake, had been awarded the Distinguished Service Order for ‘…
Lieutenant J B Bettington Jnr. was the grandson of the well known Parramatta pastoralist J B Bettington of ‘Oatlands’ in Dundas, Sydney. His mother was the daughter of another well known Colonial…
Lionel was a 29 year-old labourer living at Western Rd, May Hill, Parramatta
when he enlisted on the 16 August 1915. His wife Rachel Mabel was living in Woodville Road, Granville. In June he…