Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 6294 (A)
Place of Birth: London, England
Address: Corner of George and Glyde St, East Fremantle
Next of Kin: Father, Jacob Budd
Enlistment Date: 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion
Age embarkation: 32
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Carpenter
Date of Death: 20 September 1917
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 749
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
Address: 'Katoomba', Reginald Street, Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia;
Preston Point Road East Fremantle WA (29/9/1920)
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Marie Neilson
Enlistment Date: 16 March 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, D Company
Age embarkation: 35
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Miner
Date of Death: 6 August 1916
Place of Burial: No known grave
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Real Name: RUTHERFORD Charles George
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 6875
Place of Birth: Ballarat, Victoria
Address: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Daughter, Miss Mary Ellinor Rutherford
Enlistment Date: 13 March 1917
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 44
Marital Status: Widower
Occupation: Carpenter
Date of Death:
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Sergeant
Regimental Number: 3756
Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia
Address: 33 Moss Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Mary Bateman
Enlistment Date: 15 November 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 25
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Clerk
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
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Sergeant VERNON BATEMAN
Sergeant Vernon Bateman (3756), 30 years of age, was born at Fremantle and educated at Scotch College. He enlisted November, 1916, and sailed in February, 1917, with 9th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion, later being transferred to the 51st Battalion. He served at Fromelles and Pozieres, etc., and in August he was temporarily put out of action with shell concussion. He returned home in May, 1919.
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Family/military connections
BATEMAN, Herbert Pearson, Private, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
BATEMAN, Horace William, Private, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
Brothers; Lance-Corporal WILLIAM HORACE BATEMAN (left), Lieutenant HERBERT PEARSON BATEMAN (middle), Sergeant VERNON BATEMAN (right). Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire
33 Moss Street, East Fremantle.
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 565
Place of Birth:
Address: Moss Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Mary Bateman
Enlistment Date: 15 March 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, C Company
Age embarkation: 22
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Clerk
Date of Death: 8 December 1915
Place of Burial: Ari Burnu Cemetery (Row H, Grave No. 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
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Lance-Corporal WILLIAM HORACE BATEMAN.
Lance-Corporal William Horace Bateman (565) was born at Fremantle and educated at the Scotch College, Claremont. He enlisted in April, 1915, and sailed two months later. He served with the 28th Battalion on Gallipoli, and was killed in action at Russell’s Top on December 8th, 1915. He was only 23 years of age at the time of his death.
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Family/military connections
BATEMAN, Herbert Pearson, Private, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
BATEMAN, Vernon, Sergeant, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
Brothers; Lance-Corporal WILLIAM HORACE BATEMAN (left), Lieutenant HERBERT PEARSON BATEMAN (middle), Sergeant VERNON BATEMAN (right). Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire
33 Moss Street
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 1956
Place of Birth: Coogee, Fremantle
Address: 90 Duke St(WW1: 188), Plympton (East Fremantle)
Next of Kin: Father, Alexander Johnson
Enlistment Date: 25 June 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 21
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death:
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regimental Number: 1502
Place of Birth: -
Address: Perth, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, A G Leeds
Enlistment Date: 3 February 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 19
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Clerk
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 5031
Place of Birth: Wandong, Victoria
Address: Lion Mill, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Henrietta Jones
Enlistment Date: 6 March 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 18
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Timber hewer
Date of Death: 29 March 1962
Place of Burial: Port Hedland Old Cemetery
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Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 4452
Place of Birth: Fremantle Western Australia
Address: Perth, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, William Bruce Johnson
Enlistment Date: 1 February 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 18
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Clerk
Date of Death: 10 July 1981
Cause of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 1957
Place of Birth: Port Adelaide, South Australia
Address: 280 High Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, William Daniel Johnson
Enlistment Date: 28 June 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 31
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death: 3 May 1917
Place of Burial: No known grave
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 446
Place of Birth: Newcastle New South Wales
Address: Preston Point Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, James Hunter
Enlistment Date: 8 March 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, C Company
Age embarkation: 24
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Tram driver
Date of Death:
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 4980
Place of Birth: Kilkenny, Ireland
Address: 40 Victoria Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Friend, Thomas Ahearne
Enlistment Date: 18 January 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 27
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Carter
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 6858
Place of Birth:
Address: Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs A McLaren
Enlistment Date: 14 October 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 25
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Miner
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 1759
Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia
Address: 51 Sewell Street(WW1: 111 ), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Robert Mitchell
Enlistment Date: 7 July 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 21
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Grocer
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
1914 - 1932: Mitchell, Robert
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 6030
Place of Birth: Edinburgh Scotland
Address: John Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Robert Hay Nestor
Enlistment Date: 8 May 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 23
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death:
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 7069
Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia
Address: East Fremantle
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Barbara Hicks
Enlistment Date: 11 May 1917
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 18
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Clerk
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 52000
Place of Birth: Ballarat, Victoria
Address: Subiaco, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, J Egan
Enlistment Date: 9 June 1917
Unit Name: 28th Battalion
Age embarkation: 27
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: School teacher
Date of Death:
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Lieutenant
Regimental Number: Lieutenant
Place of Birth: York, Western Australia
Address: 22 Addis Street(WW1), Kalgoorlie
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Marjory Grace Edmondson, c/o Mrs Siggs
Enlistment Date: 15 November 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Manual Training instructor
Date of Death: 2 September 1918
Place of Burial: Hem Farm Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 1), Hem-Monacu, France
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Lieutenant EDWIN EDMONDSON.
Lieutenant Edwin Edmondson, 28th Battalion, son of James and Louisa Edmondson, Palmyra, East Fremantle, was born at York, W.A. He was married on the 30th October, 1915, to Margery Grace Siggs, daughter of Caleb and Lilian Siggs, 50 Shaftesbury-street, Leederville, and has one child, Kenrid Edwin Edmondson. He enlisted on the 10th October, 1916, and embarked for England with the 16th Reinforcements, 28th Battalion. Early in 1917 he crossed to France, where he contracted trench fever and was sent to hospital. On his recovery he rejoined his unit, but was gassed at Ypres in October, 1917, and sent to Wandsworth Hospital. In 1918 he returned to France, and on the 2nd September, 1918, he made the supreme sacrifice at Mont St. Quentin, at the age of 28 years.
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EDMONDSON, Edwin. Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 6082
Place of Birth: Mount Gambier South Australia
Address: 40 Curedale Street, Beaconsfield, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Larenia Gertrude Gates
Enlistment Date: 20 July 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 33
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Engine driver
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 5458
Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia
Address: Beach St, Fremantle
Next of Kin: Father, John Murray
Enlistment Date: 29 April 1916
Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Age embarkation: 22
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Baker
Date of Death:
Place of Burial: -
Links: -
