Private Ray King, brother of C.S. King, attached to the 20 Battalion, lost four toes and the sight of one eye through the explosion of a Turkish bomb, which fell at his feet during fighting on Walker…
4198 Private Richard (Dick) William Fairweather, copy from Parramatta Soldiers, Cumberland Argus, 1920
Richard (Dick) Fairweather was born on 24 March 1885 at Parramatta. He was the third son of…
Richard Cutter, about 1915,
digital copy from photo-mechanical print in Parramatta District Soldiers, The Cumberland Argus, 1920
On 22 August 1914 Richard (Dick) John Cutter became the first…
Robert Arthur Sloan enlisted on 17 January, 1917 in the 13 Infantry Battalion (24-26 Reinforcement) February 1917 – March 1917, and embarked at Sydney on 7th February 1917 on board HMAT “Wiltshire”…
Robert was a 28 year-old engine driver/fireman at Clyde Engineering
works when he was one of the earliest to volunteer his services 22 August 1914. He was listed as being born in…
Robert F.C. Wilkinson, copy from Parramatta Soldiers, Cumberland Argus, 1920
Robert Wilkinson’s story is unusual in that after being discharged as being medically unfit he was one of the few…
Private Roy Byrnes, a shoeing smith, and son of Mrs Hannah Byrnes, Western Road, Parramatta. Joined 25 August 1914. Discharged 24 February 1919.
Peter Arfanis, Archivist, Parramatta…
Roy was born in Cookstown, Queensland where he worked as a stockman but he was also the brother of Mrs J Cassidy, Auburn.Private Hutson joined the 4 battalion, 12 reinforcements, force on…
Private R. S. Lohman, son of Mrs. S. Lohman, of Burnett Street, Granville, enlisted 10 April 1917, and was in the trenches by March, 1917. He was employed at the State Brickworks, Auburn. He belonged…
Roy Woodward, the youngest of the four fighting brothers and son of Mrs Hannah Woodward, well known Wentworthville patriotic worker, sailed on 24 January 1917 with the 33 Infantry Battalion…