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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

The Church at 170 Farrell St

Places, Port Melbourne HistoryAugust 19, 2022
by Margaret Bride 170 Farrell Street, 2022. Photograph by David Thompson. On the west side of Farrell Street is a wooden building with a sign Full Gospel Assembly, although by its neat garden and fence it is clear that it is a private house. What is its story? In 1885 West Sandridge was well developed, the blocks of land had been subdivided…

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Final Welcome Home

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryFebruary 14, 2020
Programme (photocopy) for the Final Welcome Home in the Graham Street Methodist School Hall on Saturday 14 February 1920. PMHPS Collection. At 8pm on 14 February 1920 the Graham Street Methodists conducted the Final Welcome Home to their Returned Soldiers in the Graham Street Methodist School Hall. Under the chairmanship of the Rev J Trathan, the programme opened with the doxology and…

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School Sports & Physical Training Display – 7 December 1918

Home Front Stories, WWI CentenaryDecember 7, 2018
Just because the war had ended didn't mean that the work of the local patriotic organisations was finished. In all probability,  preparations for the Combined Schools Sports and Demonstration advertised in the Port Melbourne Standard newspaper on 30 November 1918 would have been well advanced before the Armistice was signed but even so there was good reason to hold the event…

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Monkhouse, David (3402)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014
Place of Birth: Broadford, VIC Age: 25 years 7 months Enlistment Details: Saturday, 30 June 1917 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 3402            view online service record Address: 134 Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Ralph P Monkhouse (father) 134 Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 8 May 1918 Ship: RMS Osterley Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: Australian Flying Corps - January 1918 Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Thursday, 8 May…

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Monkhouse, John aka Jack (Lieutenant)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 23 years Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 August 1914 - Albert Park, VIC Service Number: Lieutenant            view online service record Address: 74 Nott Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: J R Monkhouse 74 Nott Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 20 October 1914 Ship: HMAT Shropshire A9 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade Fate: RTA: Saturday, 15 November 1919 Discharged: Sunday, 18…

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Monkhouse, Ralph (925)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014
Place of Birth: Broadford, VIC Age: 27 years 6 months Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 27 June 1916 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 925            view online service record Address: 134 Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Ralph P Monkhouse (father) 134 Bay Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 17 January 1917 Ship: RMS Omrah Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: Australian Flying Corps No 4 Squadron - Headquarters Flight Fate: RTA: Tuesday,…

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

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.