Place of Birth: Annandale, NSW
Age: 26 years 1 month
Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 August 1914 - Albert Park, VIC
Service Number: 495 view online service record
Address: 16 Station Street Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin: Mary Ann Watson (mother) 19 Harold Street Newtown, NSW
Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 21…
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC
Age: 19 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 12 July 1915 - Broadmeadows, VIC
Service Number: 8757 view online service record
Address:
307 Esplanade East
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Emma Head (mother)
307 Esplanade East
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Friday, 28 January 1916
Ship: HMAT Themistocles A32
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 2nd Field Ambulance - 14th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 19 August 1919
Discharged:…
The story, as we first hear it, starts at six o'clock on Tuesday, 16 January 1917 when Andrew Healey, a discharged soldier, walks into the Port Melbourne Police Station and said "I have taken poison because I am friendless and out of work".
He then handed a small box containing a white powder labelled 'Poison' to the attending officers Sergeant…
Place of Birth: Brunswick, VIC
Age: 23 years 5 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 12 July 1915 - Ballarat, VIC
Service Number: 3549 view online service record
Address:
60 Humffray Street
Ballarat, VIC
Next of Kin:
Edith Annie Heathcote (wife)
60 Humffray Street
Ballarat, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 5 January 1916
Ship: HMAT Afric A19
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion - 8th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 29 May 1919
Discharged: Saturday,…
W A Heaton is listed on the Sandridge Marine Lodge Honour Board.
Place of Birth: Richmond, VIC
Age: 36 years 6 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 24 August 1914 - South Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 149 view online service record
Address:
84 Evans Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Christina Heckley (wife)
84 Evans Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Orvieto A3
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 8 June 1915
Discharged: Monday, 15…
T Heffernan, 364 Ross Street is included in a list of over 100 Port men who responded to a recruiting appeal in early 1916.
1916 'THEY SAY "YES."', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 26 February, p. 3. , viewed 30 Jul 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168274
Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC
Age: 24 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 20 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 2857 view online service record
Address:
69 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Minnie Hegarty (mother)
69 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 27 October 1915
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion - 6th Reinforcements
Fate:
DOW: Thursday, 20 July…
H M Hegarty is among the latest Port Melbourne recruits listed in the Standard on 3 June 1916.
1916 'RECRUITING.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 3 June, p. 3. , viewed 12 Aug 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166085
Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC
Age: 26 years
Enlistment Details: Friday, 21 August 1914 - Albert Park, VIC
Service Number: 1058 view online service record
Address:
69 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
M Hegarty (mother)
69 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 20 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Shropshire A9
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade - No 5 Battery
Fate:
RTA: Wednesday, 12…