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Whiter, Thomas Charles (11958)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: Williamstown, VIC Age: 30 years 3 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 14 February 1916 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 11958             view online service record Address: 6 Poolman Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Thomas Henry Whiter (father) 6 Poolman Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 5 June 1916 Ship: HMAT Afric A19 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 3rd Divisional Supply Column - Mechanical Transport Fate: RTA: Sunday, 13…

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Whitney, George Ames (4944)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: Morcombe Bay, England Age: 28 years 2 months Enlistment Details: Saturday, 28 August 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 4944            view online service record Address: 425 Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Elizabeth Whitney (wife) 120 Buckhurst Street South Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 7 March 1916 Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion - 15th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Sunday, 20 April…

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Whittaker, Allan (468)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC Age: 23 years Enlistment Details: Thursday, 27 August 1914 - Sydney, NSW Service Number: 468            view online service record Address: Westbourne Street Drummoyne, NSW Next of Kin: A Whittaker 43 River Street Yarraville, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Sunday, 18 October 1914 Ship: HMAT Afric A19 Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Thursday, 29 July 1915 Discharged: Wednesday, 12 January 1916 Allan Whittaker suffered a gun shot…

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Whittle, Albert William (11959)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: London, England Age: 23 years 8 months Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 29 February 1916 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 11959            view online service record Address: Freemason's Tavern, Beach Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Frederick C Whittle (father) 'Swan End', London Road Mitcham, London, England Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 5 June 1916 Ship: HMAT Afric A19 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 3rd Divisional Supply Column - Mechanical Transport Fate: RTA:…

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Whitton, Alfred James (3377)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland Age: 30 years 5 months Enlistment Details: Friday, 12 October 1917 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 3377            view online service record Address: All Nations Hotel, cnr Rouse and Nott Streets Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Alfred J Whitton (father) 38A New Street Edinburgh, Scotland Embarkation Details: Date: Saturday, 22 December 1917 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion - 8th…

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Why World War I?

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryAugust 7, 2014
Why Did Australia Get Involved? Our soldiers .. defending democratic rights and freedoms (The Age letters 27.4.2015) It is comforting to believe that the war that cost so many lives through death, through irreparable injury and through the loss of loved ones, was fought in a noble cause. It is devastating, even to us 100 years later, to face the possibility that…

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Wickham, Ralph (352)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: Brunswick, VIC Age: 26 years 6 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 7 June 1915 - Port Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 352             view online service record Address: 112 Albert Street Brunswick East, VIC Next of Kin: C Williams (sister) 112 Albert Street Brunswick East, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Friday, 16 July 1915 Ship: HMAT Demosthenes A64 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train - 2nd Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Wednesday,…

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Wilcocks, James

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
James Wilcocks is listed in the Nott Street School Honour Roll. Sergeant James Willcocks [sic] played with the Railway United Football Club and his parents lived in Bridge Street. 1918 'ITEMS OF NEWS.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 30 March, p. 2. , viewed 10 Aug 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88366586

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Wilcocks, Robert (3409)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
Place of Birth: Liverpool, England Age: 27 years 10 months Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 11 December 1917 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 3409            view online service record Address: c/o Mrs Devine, 216 Rouse Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: George Wilcocks (father) 44 Palatyne Street off West Derby Road Liverpool, England Embarkation Details: Date: Saturday, 2 February 1918 Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18 Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion -…

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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.