CRAIG, Frederick Colin, Sapper, Divisional Signal Company 4

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 15958

Place of Birth: Fremantle Western Australia

Address: 59 (117 WWI) King Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, James Phillip Craig,

Enlistment Date: 19 June 1916

Unit Name: Divisional Signal Company 4, Reinforcement 7

Age embarkation: 18

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Clerk

History

Driver Frederick Colin Craig

Driver Frederick Colin Craig (15958) was born at Fremantle in 1898 and was educated there. He left Fremantle on the 9th November, 1916, and arrived in France on the 24th May, 1917. He was in action until the 12th November, 1919, when he was invalided to England. He arrived back in Australia on the 14th March, 1919.

Australia’s Fighting Sons of the Empire

JOHNSTON, William James, Sapper, 11th Battalion

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 5114

Place of Birth: -

Address: Perth, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Brother, G Johnston

Enlistment Date: 4 November 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, July 1916 Reinforcements

Age embarkation: 40

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Carpenter/Pearler

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

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GARBUTT, Sydney Robinson, Sapper, October 1917 Reinforcements

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 20746

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales

Address: 39 Canning Road(WW1), East Fremantle

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Mary Garbutt

Enlistment Date: 20 September 1917

Unit Name: October 1917 Reinforcements

Age embarkation: 29

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Engine driver

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

Links: -

HISTORY

Parents Mary and Joseph Garbutt

39 Canning Highway

1913 - 1914: Garbutt, Joseph

1915 - 1935: Garbutt, Mrs. Mary

1914 Death On May 10, at his late residence, No 39 Canning-road, East Fremantle, Joseph Garbutt, of the Traffic Department, W.A. Government Railways, beloved husband of Nurse Garbutt, aged 57 years. (reference)

1915 Death On September 8, heart failure, Florence Matilda, beloved wife of Roger McKinnon, daughter of Mary and the late Joseph Garbutt, of ‘Hinton’, 39 Canning road, East Fremantle, and sister of Mrs. W. Stammers (Bullfinch) and Netta Garbutt, aged 25 years. (reference)

1934 Death On November 1, suddenly, at her residence, 39 Canning-road, East Fremantle, Mary Garbutt, widow of the late Joseph Garbutt, loving mother of Elizabeth (Mrs. W. J.Stammers, East Fremantle), Marie (Mrs. H. Abbott, Sydney, N.S.W.), Sydney (Auckland, N.Z.), and the late Florence (Mrs. R. McKinnon); and grandmother of Gwen McKinnon, Rita, Jack, Ella and Ken Stammers and Betty Abbott; aged 69 years. (reference)

FLINN, Bertram Marchant, Sapper, 6th Field Company Engineers

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 5543

Place of Birth: Lahore, India

Address: Alcester Gardens, Preston Point Road, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Alice Marchant Flinn

Enlistment Date: 15 October 1915

Unit Name: 6th Field Company Engineers, 2nd Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 20

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Marine engineer

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

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CAMBRIDGE, Thomas Luster, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 16752

Place of Birth: Patearoa, New Zealand

Address: Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Pricilla Cambridge

Enlistment Date: 28 April 1916

Unit Name: 4th Divisional Signal Company, Reinforcement 9

Age embarkation: 36

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Insurance agent

Date of Death: 20 December 1959

Place of Burial: -

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BEECROFT, Stewart Matthew, Sapper, 1st - 4th Signal Troops

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 21310

Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia

Address: Cottesloe, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, T Beecroft

Enlistment Date: 14 February 1917

Unit Name: 1st - 4th Signal Troops

Age embarkation: 18

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Telegraphist

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

Links: -

WRAY, Robert Allan, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 14992

Place of Birth: Tyrone, Ireland

Address: Hill and Holdsworth streets, Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, James Wray

Enlistment Date: 19 January 1916

Unit Name: 4th Field Company Engineers

Age embarkation: 22

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Ironmonger

Date of Death: 26 September 1917

Place of Burial:

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O'NEILL, John, Sapper, September 1916 Reinforcements

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 5392

Place of Birth:

Address: 56 East Street(WW1: 84), East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Sister, Miss Mary O'Neill

Enlistment Date: 28 February 1916

Unit Name: September 1916 Reinforcements

Age embarkation: 34

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Iron dresser

Date of Death:

Place of Burial:

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Residents

1915 - 1919: O'Neill, John

LANDGREN, Robert Clarence, Sapper, Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron 1

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 17535

Place of Birth: Brunswick, Victoria

Address: East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, Andrew Gustav Landgren

Enlistment Date: 29 November 1916

Unit Name: Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron 1

Age embarkation: 23

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Railway telegraphist

Date of Death:

Place of Burial:

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JARMAN, Herbert George, Sapper, Divisional Signal Company 3

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 10845

Place of Birth: Brisbane Queensland

Address: Richmond Hill, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Ellis Jarman

Enlistment Date: 25 November 1915

Unit Name: Divisional Signal Company 3

Age embarkation: 23

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Civil servant

Date of Death:

Place of Burial:

Fate: Returned to Australia 16 May 1919

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BURNS, James, Sapper, No 1 Mining Corps

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 3592A

Place of Birth: -

Address: 44 Sewell Street(WW1: 100), East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Sister, Mrs C Witheridge

Enlistment Date: 23 November 1915

Unit Name: No 1 Mining Corps, 4th Reinforcements

Age embarkation: 26

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Miner

Date of Death: -

Place of Death: -

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HISTORY

1917 Mrs. W. H. Witheridge, of 100 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, received word on Friday that her brother, Sapper James Burns, now nine months in the trenches, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in action on the battlefield in France. (reference)

BRADY, Laurence, Sapper, 1st Signal Squadron Engineers

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 21436

Place of Birth: Sydney New South Wales

Address: 19 Bedford Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, L Brady

Enlistment Date: 30 May 1917

Unit Name: 1st Signal Squadron Engineers

Age embarkation: 21

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Postal official

Date of Death: 13 March 1961

Place of Burial: Fremantle Cemetery

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ALLAN, Norman Leslie, Sapper, 28th Battalion

Rank: Sapper

Service Number: 6289

Place of Birth: Hawthorn Melbourne, Victoria

Address: 52 East Street(WW1: 80), East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Violet Allan

Enlistment Date: 25 September 1916

Unit Name: 28th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation: 23

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Driver

Returned: 1st November 1919

Date of Death: 5 April 1960

Place of Burial: Fremantle Cemetery, Palmyra, Western Australia

History

1917 October 25th. Allan Married Florence Wood.

Allan was a resident of 52 East Street: 1910 - 1927