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1601 Enlisted in Hobart TAS. DENHOLM Wilfred Allan (I2343)
 
1602 Enlisted in New Town TAS. DENHOLM Keith Laidlaw (I2346)
 
1603 Enlisted in Perth WA. Endured a very tough time while serving his country being wounded, shell shocked and having trench feet. Had several problems with military discipline but ended up promoted to 2nd. Cpl. (Temporary Cpl.). Married in England prior to his return to Australia. It appears that there was a child born to the couple while they were in transit to Perth WA. TEMPEST George Henry (I14753)
 
1604 Enlisted in Winnipeg MAN. Killed in Action a few days after arriving at the front in France. Lest We Forget. ALLIN Elton Culbert (I19571)
 
1605 Enlisted late in WWII, presumably following time in the Volunteer Defence Corps and his meritorious service in the AIF in WWI. STRICKLAND Luke (I2257)
 
1606 Enlisted on 15 Dec 1915. Digitisation iof these records is still in progress so a future check on progress would be advised. OKE Harry Lenard (I14642)
 
1607 Enlisted on 18 Mar 1941, discharge date unknown. SEIFFERT Stanley Edgar (I12436)
 
1608 Enlisted on 7 Jan 1960 in the Australian Army (No: 342848) as an Apprentice Radio Technician.

Saw active service between 11 May 1967 and 23 Apr 1968 as a Sergeant radar technician with Detachment, 131 Divisional Locating Battery Workshop, RAEME, part of the Australian Task Force at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. Discharged on 6 Jan 1969 with the rank of Staff-Sergeant. 
WALTER Frederick Lionel (I890)
 
1609 Enlisted on the same day as his brother Leslie James. Returned to Australia as an invalid after many admissions to hospital suffering from Myalgia and Erythema. His service was undoubtedly a very tough period of suffering. CHARLTON William Robert (I7246)
 
1610 Enlisted on the same day as his brother William Robert. Wounded in action on at least one occasion. CHARLTON Leslie James (I7245)
 
1611 Enlisted on10 Mar 1941, discharge date unknown. HUTCHINS Francis John (I15826)
 
1612 Enlisteed at Melbourne VIC. COTTON Leopold Reginald Frederick (I19010)
 
1613 Enlistment Date: 22 Mar 1942
Discharge Date: Unknown 
TREWIN William Frederick (I19790)
 
1614 Enrolled on 13 Feb 1923. HERD Brenda Lorraine (I1001)
 
1615 Eric Albert MAGOR (1915-1941) has no known grave but is remembered on his parents headstone in the Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham SA. MAGOR Eric Albert (I35128)
 
1616 Ethel May McKIM re-married Ernest Longworth DEVINE in 1935. WALLIS Ethel May (I19264)
 
1617 Ethel was going out with a young man who served during WWI but died while he was away on 22 Mar 1919, aged 30. JEWELL Elizabeth Ethel (I10665)
 
1618 Ettie Mountjoy "Joy" DANS was the daughter of Henry Howard DANS (1884-1967) and his wife Emma Elizabeth Mountjoy HEAL (1885-1946). DANS Ettie Mountjoy (I8186)
 
1619 Eucalypt, Wall Niche Dual/Single, U Niche 37 FARR Walter Edwin (I9296)
 
1620 Eunice "Nissie" WALTER (m.n. CHATFIELD, 1908-2010) lived to the age of 102 years and her father lived to 101 years. Family F193
 
1621 Extract from THE THIRTY-NINTH, The History of the 39th Battalion Australian Imperial Force written by Lieutenant-Colonel A.T. Paterson, DSO, MC, VD, pages 229-230.

"In this action Sergeant Edgar E. Walter distinguished himself. He was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. There is no better way to describing his bravery than by quoting in full the recommendation forwarded to headquarters:

10th. Aust. Infantry (ed. Brigade) 3rd. Australian (ed. Division)
39th Battalion AIF. 1007, Sergeant Edgar Ernest WALTER

"Near Cléry-sur-Somme (ed. in Northern France) on 31 August 1918, for most conspicuous gallantry in action.

During the advance his company was held up by strong machine gun fire and this N.C.O. called out his section and led them against the opposition. He out-distanced his men and joined by an N.C.O. from the 38th Battalion rushed the position and succeeded by bombing and rifle fire in silencing eight enemy guns and put the teams to flight - the guns were all captured.

Afterwards in a C.T. (ed. communications trench) they encountered a number of machine guns - again this N.C.O. was equal to the occasion and the crews not killed were captured.

Still later in a storming party Sergeant WALTER was once more doing splendidly with Corporal Grinton of 38th Battalion, this time these intrepid N.C.Os. captured three high velocity enemy guns. These incidents were carried out with the utmost coolness and utter disregard of personal danger and had a very inspiring effect on the Company which advanced successfully to the final objective."

(sgd.) J. Gellibrand MG (ed. Major-General, GOC 3rd. Division, AIF)

[It is interesting to note that the Corporal A.V. Grinton of the 38th. Battalion mentioned above was also awarded a DCM for his part in these heroic events. (ed.)]

The Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) was only awarded to NCOs and other ranks and was ranked second only to the Victoria Cross (VC) when gallantry in action was awarded. (ed.) 
WALTER Edgar Ernest, DCM (I768)
 
1622 Extract from Wikitree:

Bob Hockridge joined the AIF on 20 Oct 1914, Regimental No. of 280, and was assigned to B Company, 9th Australian Light Horse. Three days later he was made a Corporal, no doubt influenced by his two years with the B Company Infantry at Wallaroo. He was a big man, 6 feet tall and weighed 12 stone 8 pounds with a 38 inch chest. He was 26 years old when he enlisted. He embarked at Melbourne on H.M.A.T. A10 "Karroo" on 11 Feb 1915 and arrived at Galipolli on 16 May that year. On 17 July 1915 he was admitted to Hospital Anzac with Influenza. On the 24 July 1915 he died onboard the hospital ship H.S. Sicilia from typhoid. Records then show that he was buried at sea on 25 July 1915 between Gallipoli and Malta, the service conducted by the Rev. E. Teale, but later this was corrected by the Australian Graves Service which had records showing that he was buried at gravesite #26, Mudros East Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean, the service conducted by Captain Stirling. It was for a time believed that this was only a memorial site but the AIF later confirmed this to be his actual grave. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hockridge-57

Lest We Forget.
 
HOCKRIDGE Robert Charles (I31960)
 
1623 Extracted from Heritage Guide to Geelong College
http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/PIPER-Murray-Francis-1946-2017.ashx

PIPER, Murray Francis (1946-2017)

Murray Piper was a day student from 31 May 1950 to December 1964 at Geelong College. When he first enrolled he was resident at 56 Upper Skene St, Newtown, Geelong. At College, he was a member of the Library Committees of 1962 and 1963, the Library Council of 1964, the Pegasus Committee from 1962 to 1964, and Shannon House.

He worked for Travelcall and Thomas Cook in Sydney before returning to Melbourne to work for BTI Australia.

Murray Piper died on 5 July 2017, aged 71 years at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.

Sources Geelong Advertiser 15 July 2017. OGC 1959. 
PIPER Murray Francis (I3847)
 
1624 Extracted from the 2/2 Pioneer Battalion web site.
http://www.2nd2ndpioneerbattalion.com/profileFRAMESET.html

VX72603 FARAM, FRANCIS GEORGE. Submitted by Kaye Coles (daughter).

Background : Francis served in the second forming of the Battalion and fought in New Guinea at places like Nadzab and Lae. The following is a poem he wrote. Tsili Tsili and Nadzab are places the Pioneers were sent to in New Guinea during World War 2. Longbloke is the pseudonym that Francis George Faram wrote under.
_____

NADZAB

For months and months we marched around, we of the Pioneers,
In Vic's cold wet, New South's mild clime, and Queensland's Sunny cheer.

We spent three months in the blinking heat, out in the Golden West,
And we fair would bet that Strawberries Plain was worse than all the rest.

We tramped it here and we tramped it there, with sore and blistered feet,
We marched, at times, through rain and mud but, mostly blazing heat.

At various times they got us trucks, and, sometimes Yankee Jeeps,
But most times, even if we rode, 'twas with Frog-like Leaps.

Full half the trips were done on foot, much to our sore disgust,
The most we saw of Motor Trucks was their tailboard through the dust.

A thousand times we wondered where our feet would make us stray,
And then we landed in New Guinea that was a sorry day.

Days came and went; Nights did the same, in the Land where Boongs are rich
From place to place, and day to day, Lang's Circus changed its Pitch.

The General said 'For this new Stunt, I need a crack Battalion.'
And Joe Lang said, 'Each Man I have is as fit as any Stallion.'

'We haven't many Transport Planes; but there's a hell of a way to go'
'A thousand miles? Mere child's play.' Was the answer he got from Joe.

But the Divvy Major was listening in, and jumped to our defense,
The points he raised, you'd be amazed were only common sense.

'The time, he said, is far too short, and the track's a trifle hilly,
So we must relent and let them fly, they can was from Tsili Tsili.'

'I believe you're right,' the General said, 'but still it's a crying shame
If they don't go the whole way marching, they won't feel quite the same.'

'From the Waput to the Markham, is a paltry Fifty-five,
To them, that's just a saunter of four days, may-be five.'

So he came to see our Colonel, his opinion to consult,
And Joe Lang said, 'Now, look here Charlie, that's a flaming cold insult.'

'Five days for that short saunter,' and he chuckled loud with glee,
'Cor strike me pink, that's easy, My boys need only three.'

From that day for a week or so, the thought gives me the shivers,
They taught us how to pack our gear for the art of crossing rivers.

It was even shown on B.R.O's, typed out in the usual way,
'Wherever possible each man must cross at least one river a day.'

And now it's Unit History just what we suffered then
We crossed ten rivers daily, then crossed them back again.

We packed our gear a thousand times, in as many different ways,
And we could not get our boots dry for days and days and days.

At last we got the warning, to pack, once more, our gear,
But not to cross more rivers, of that we had no fear.

This time, it was 'fair dinkum' we had a job to do,
But they didn't tell us where it was, nor if we walked or flew.

They took us from the camp by Truck, down to the Moresby Drome,
And bunged us in the D.C.3's and we thought sweet thoughts of home.

Away we flew, as the Dawn-light grew, o'er green, but muddy plains
And the Jungle thick with Mud and Slime, passed far below those planes.

But we didn't mind that mud and slime, it was of something else we talked
We were moving camp to another place, and we didn't have to walk.

At last they set the Transports down, on the Drome at Tsili Tsili,
And we clambered out to gaze around at some scenery a trifle hilly.

On September 1, we started out, 'twas a day of sultry heat,
And the Boongs up front with Major K., set the pace with twinkling feet.

One grim warning was given us then, one thing to keep in mind,
No giving in or turning back, our Bridges were burnt behind.

The march was led by Company B, followed by H.H.Q.
H.Q. was next, then 'C' and 'D', with 'A' at the end of the Queue.

As we struggled on, the belief was born, in the minds of the men who knew
That the Trust the General had placed in us was founded well and true.

We climbed o'er mountains a thousand feet, and ridges even more
And struggled through swamps of mud and slime, and stumbled on logs galore.

The darkest thought that oft returns to my mind, as I ponder back,
There wasn't a man but cussed and swore, at the weight of his Haversack.

They dragged, they pinched, they held us back, the straps left our shoulders raw
They rubbed and sagged and pulled and dragged, till our bodies were stiff and sore.

But our hearts were true and pulled us through, to the end of each tortuous day,
And we didn't give up, or toss it in. That's not the Pioneer way.

When we start a job we carry it through, till it's finished and out of the way.
If it's done it's done, and there's nothing left to be done the following day.

At last we arrived at the closest point, some where on Markham's shore,
And our sleep that night was oft disturbed by the River's gurgling roar.

At Dawn next Morn we were on our feet, each Man ready to fight,
All thoughts, of peaceful days ahead, had gone with the fleeing night.

Each man wondered as we waited there, 'were the Japs on the other shore?'
'would we face, as we started off a Machine Gun's stuttering roar?"

'Had we been trained as we should have been? What would our Officers do?"
'Will I be first to fall by the way, or will it be Bill or Blue?"

These thoughts keep coming try, as we may, to think of more cheerful things,
But, to worry and fear, at times like this, will the mind more stubbornly cling.

But deep in our Hearts is the fondest love for Sweetheart, Mother or Wife,
And those wonderful thoughts determine us to cling to our share of Life.

LONGBLOKE
_____ 
FARAM Francis George (I143)
 
1625 Extracted from: Heritage Guide to the Geelong College
http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/FARAM-Francis-George-1914-1984.ashx

FARAM, Francis George (1914-1984)

Francis was born at Omeo, the son of the Rev Francis George Faram and Eva Beatrice Priscilla nee Rodgers. He attended Rushworth Higher Elementary School before attending Geelong College as a boarder from 1930 to 1931. His mother had died in 1929 the year before his College enrolment. At College, he was a member of the 3rd Football Team of 1931 and the 1st Cricket Team of 1931.

In 1939, he married Enid Margaret Walter, the daughter of Edgar Ernest and Catherine Isabella nee Crawford, of Hamilton. He enlisted on 19 January 1942 and served in the 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, in New Guinea (Nadzab, Markham Valley and Lae), and Morotai. He was discharged on 7 September 1945.

Sources: James Affleck, Geelong Collegians' at the Second World War. OGC1928. 
FARAM Francis George (I143)
 
1626 F2, Section 26, Row 2, Grave 01 JORY Amelia (I19699)
 
1627 F2, Section 26, Row 2, Grave 01 WALTON John (I19748)
 
1628 FA-HCWD*1***23 Interment of C.R. SMITH Eva Ada (I35744)
 
1629 FA-MET*A***413 TREWIN Thomas George (I19233)
 
1630 FA-MET*A***413 SWAYN Elizabeth Agnes (I19314)
 
1631 FA-MET*A***413 TREWIN Emily Elizabeth (I19315)
 
1632 FA-MET*C***4241 LITCHFIELD Edgar Joseph (I9914)
 
1633 FA-MET*C***4241 PETERS Elizabeth (I9931)
 
1634 FA-MET*D***942 MCKIM Herbert George (I19243)
 
1635 FA-MET*D***942 MCKIM Ernest (I19249)
 
1636 FA-MET*DA***643 MCKIM Maude (I19254)
 
1637 FA-MET*DA***643 PAIN Keith Philip John (I19277)
 
1638 FA-MET*DA***854, Methodist Section. WALTER Olga Avalon (I8667)
 
1639 FA-MET*DA***854, Methodist Section. MANSFIELD Albert Ernest Pomery (I8680)
 
1640 FA-PRS*D***4333 TROTTER Olive Pearl (I19147)
 
1641 FA-PRS*D***4333 WASSON William Alexander (I19148)
 
1642 FA-PRS*D***4333 WASSON Stanley James (I19160)
 
1643 Family in NZ CURTIS Winifreda Mary (I5758)
 
1644 FamilySearch death date shows 1981/1984. WOODYATT Gerald Trevor Prust (I30612)
 
1645 FamilySearch gives birth year of 1866. Headstone says 1868 if calculated. MOORE William Horace (I24117)
 
1646 FamilySearch records show burial place as Torrington Parva which appears to be an earlier name for Little Torrington. ARNOLL Elizabeth (I30392)
 
1647 FamilySearch supplied the full name, but in Cornwall OPC database her given name is listed as '--nor' (forename obscured in fold of book). CORNISH Honor (I26453)
 
1648 Farmed and lived at Gnarwarre. He was Church Secretary of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, and a member of the Barrabool Blue Ribbon Society, of which he was President in 1903-1905. Alfred, Emma and their family later moved to Hopetoun before moving back to Geelong where Alfred became a mill employee. PIPER Alfred Henry (I4365)
 
1649 Farmer of 200 acres. John (39), Maria (41, John B. (11), Elijah 9 and Louisa 4. WALTER John (I3417)
 
1650 Farmer of 220 acres. KITTOW Edward Peter (I977)
 
1651 Farmer of 300 acres. WALTER Charles (I9754)
 
1652 Farmer of 350 acres BRIMACOMBE William (I3139)
 
1653 Farmers son
"England and Wales Census, 1851," 
CHING Richard Walter (I7423)
 
1654 Father "Unknown" on Edwardian Index and record revised CHARLTON Roy Geoffrey (I7233)
 
1655 Father 'Unknown' on VIC Federation Index. SMALE Doreen (I4186)
 
1656 Father now a Warehouseman. GRIGG Lewis Edgar (I30094)
 
1657 Father unknown but possibly a Roger ALLIN WALTER Matilda Jane (I9909)
 
1658 Father Unknown on VIC Federation Index. SMALE John Alexander McLellan (I4185)
 
1659 Father's name shown as "Wylliame".
Residence: Woodeford. 
BONDE Katherine (I20797)
 
1660 Father's Occupation: Yeoman BRAY Julia (I32600)
 
1661 Father: Alexander HUIE, b. 29 Jan 1793 at Edinburgh MLN, d. 8 Jan 1852.
Mother: Eliza Gordon EDGAR, b. 6 Sep 1801, Belfast ANT, d. 23 Jul 1869, Geelong VIC.

The Barrabool Shire Council's Jubilee, compiled by Cr. W. Ham shows:
James HUIE listed as Shire Secretary, 1870-1877.

Probate records show James HUIE formerly of Ararat, VIC (where he was Shire Engineer) left all his estate to Samuel MORRIS who married Catherine McGILL the daughter of the first marriage of his wife Sarah to John McGILL. MORRIS was the Shire Engineer at Bannockburn, VIC and apparently had custody of the HUIE children as their mother had died earlier in 1877. At the time of his death he owned no real estate. 
HUIE James, CE (I3685)
 
1662 Father: Joseph WINN, Mother: Sophie JONES. Believed to have been at some time a British soldier on Norfolk Island. WINN George (I3679)
 
1663 Felicia, Garden 3, Bed 5, Shrub 02 WALTER Jean Catherine (I520)
 
1664 Felicia, Garden 3, Bed 5, Shrub 02 GRIFFITHS Gordon Duncan (I8824)
 
1665 Felicia, Garden 3, Tree 06 CHING Harold Walter (I6241)
 
1666 Felicia, Garden 3, Tree 06 MORRIS Stella Florence (I13662)
 
1667 Fell from a ladder. COLWELL John Randall (I16325)
 
1668 Find a Grave record states date of birth as 1 Jun 1890 in MAN. COURTICE Annie Evelyn Blanche (I24473)
 
1669 First given name sometimes Florence, Floretta and Flora. WALTERS Flora Isadora (I9662)
 
1670 First given name sometimes Lilly. GREENWOOD Lily May (I653)
 
1671 First given name sometimes: Dougald. COUCH Douglas A. (I23302)
 
1672 First Nations Tribe: Dakota CHASKE Nellie (I29681)
 
1673 Fitzsimons Lawn CARMODY John Edward George (I4299)
 
1674 Fitzsimons Lawn CARMODY Monica Teresa (I4302)
 
1675 Fitzsimons Lawn DREW Dorothy Emma Eugenie (I9707)
 
1676 Fitzsimons Lawn, Grave C/2304 CHARLTON Mabel (I4233)
 
1677 Fitzsimons Lawn, Grave C/2304 WATSON Edward Albert (I7221)
 
1678 Flying in Catalina aircraft. CLEMPSON Ivan Ernest (I42561)
 
1679 Followed by a memorial service at St. Nectan's Church, Stoke, Hartland DEV. WINCHCOMBE Leonard (I11300)
 
1680 Following a memorial service held at Kingsview United Church, Oshawa ONT. BAILEY Earl Gordon, QC (I5112)
 

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