Rank: Private
Service Number: 6537
Place of Birth: England
Address: 100 King Street(WW1: 186), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Edith Gertrude Ball
Enlistment Date: 31 October 1916
Unit Name: 2nd machine gun battalion
Age at Embarkation: 29
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Labourer
Date of Death: 4 September 1918
Place of Death: Mont St Quentin, France
Place of Burial: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 72), France
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2116
Place of Birth: Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria
Address: 9 Canning Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mrs Esther Alice Attwood
Enlistment Date: 10 March 1916
Unit Name: 11th Battalion
Age at Embarkation: 29
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Loco Foreman
Returned: 1 June 1919
1938 Old Colonist Passes. The death occurred yesterday morning of Mrs. Easter Alice Attwood, aged 89 years, of 9 Canning-road, East Fremantle Mrs. Attwood, who would have celebrated her 90th birthday in April, had been in Western Australia for 71 years, having arrived at the age of 18 in the Racehorse. On the vessel also was her future husband, and they were married at St. John's Church, Fremantle, shortly after their arrival. Her husband, who predeceased her some years ago, was attached to the military forces in Western Australia. Eight children and 32 grandchildren are living. (reference)
Family/military connections
ATTWOOD, Charles Alfred, Private, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
Resident of 9 Canning Road
1909 - 1927: Attwood, Mrs. E. A.
1933 - 1940: Hamilton, William & Charles, Alfred
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2116
Place of Birth: Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria
Address: 9 Canning Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mrs Esther Alice Attwood
Enlistment Date: 23 July 1915
Unit Name: 28th Battalion
Age at Embarkation: 43
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Storeman
Returned: 7 August 1915
1938 Old Colonist Passes. The death occurred yesterday morning of Mrs. Easter Alice Attwood, aged 89 years, of 9 Canning-road, East Fremantle Mrs. Attwood, who would have celebrated her 90th birthday in April, had been in Western Australia for 71 years, having arrived at the age of 18 in the Racehorse. On the vessel also was her future husband, and they were married at St. John's Church, Fremantle, shortly after their arrival. Her husband, who predeceased her some years ago, was attached to the military forces in Western Australia. Eight children and 32 grandchildren are living. (reference)
Family/military connections
ATTWOOD, William Hamilton, Private, 11th Battalion — Streets of East Freo
Resident of 9 Canning Road
1909 - 1927: Attwood, Mrs. E. A.
1933 - 1940: Hamilton, William & Charles, Alfred
