MOTHERWELL - SCOTLAND
Sapper Thomas BAIRD 5426
Born: Largs, Ayeshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 15-7-1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Iron Driller (Boiler)
12th Field Company Australian Engineers
Died of Wounds 22-11-1916, France
Husband of Mary Baird, King Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Resting: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 23
Born: Largs, Ayeshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 15-7-1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Iron Driller (Boiler)
12th Field Company Australian Engineers
Died of Wounds 22-11-1916, France
Husband of Mary Baird, King Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Resting: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 23
Sapper William BULLOCH 2756
Born: Dalziel, Motherwell, Scotland Enlisted: 14-8-1916, R.A. Showgrounds, Moore Park, N.S.W. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Stone Mason 2nd Field Company Australian Engineers late 3rd Pioneers Battalion Departed Australia 9-11-1916, Sydney, N.S.W. Died of Wounds 31-12-1917, France aged 33years Son of William and Catherine Bulloch (nee Thomson) Husband of Jeannie D. Richardson (formerly Bulloch), Dubbo Keiran St., Waverley, N.S.W. Resting: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 23 |
Private Robert DEVINE 6240
Born: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 25-4-1916, Kiama, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner
Departed Australia 9-9-1916, from Sydney, N.S.W.
13th Battalion Australian Infantry
Died of Wounds 1-10-1918, France aged 33years
Son of Roberl and Agnes Grant Devine
Resting: Brie British Cemetery, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 68
Born: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 25-4-1916, Kiama, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Miner
Departed Australia 9-9-1916, from Sydney, N.S.W.
13th Battalion Australian Infantry
Died of Wounds 1-10-1918, France aged 33years
Son of Roberl and Agnes Grant Devine
Resting: Brie British Cemetery, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 68
Private John DURKIN 73
Born: Dalziel, Motherwell, Scotland Enlisted: 27-7-1915, Brisbane, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Slater 31st Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia: 9-11-1915 from Melbourne, Victoria Killed in Action 29-9-1918, France aged 32years Son of Peter and Margaret Durkin Husband of Lily Durkin, of 35, Front Ellers, Ulverston, Lancs., England. Resting: Bellicourt British Cemetery, Bellicourt, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 118 |
Lieutenant John Stephen FERGUSON
Born: 24-11-1891, Sydney, Australia Enlisted: 5-10-1915 Occupation prior to Enlistment: Architect 14th Field Company Australian Engineers Died of Wounds 27-7-1916, United Kingdom aged 24years Son of John Alexander & Victoria Elizabeth Ferguson, 69 George St. North, Sydney, N.S.W. Resting: St Marys Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 23 |
Private John MELROSE 2611
Born: 18 Aug 1887, Motherwell, Scotland Enlisted: 16-8-1916, Newcastle, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Engine Fitter 36th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 9-11-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W. Killed in Action 7-6-1917 Son of Robert & Margaret Melrose Husband of Annie Melrose, Doncaster Ave, Kensington, Sydney Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 127 |
Lance Corporal William Jeffrey MELROSE 1185
Born: 2 June 1889, Glasgow, Scotland Enlisted: 6-1-1916, West Maitland, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter 35th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 1-5-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W. Died 12-10-1917, Belgium Son of Robert & Margaret, Camp St., Motherwell, Scotland Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 125 |
Private Walter Gourlie REID 5171
Born: Motherwell, Scotland Enlisted: 18-11-1915, Brisbane, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 47th Battalion late 15th Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in Action 7-6-1917, Belgium aged 32years Son of William and Jane Gourlie Reid, of 106, Windmill Hill St., Motherwell, Scotland. Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 144 |
Private John ROBERTSON 1936
Born: Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 22-1-1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Iron Moulder
16th Battalion Australian Infantry
Killed in Action 7-8-1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey aged 35years
Son of John and Isabella Veitch Robertson
Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 81
Born: Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlisted: 22-1-1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Iron Moulder
16th Battalion Australian Infantry
Killed in Action 7-8-1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey aged 35years
Son of John and Isabella Veitch Robertson
Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 81
Lance Corporal Archibald Thomson SHARP 672
Born: Dalziel, Uddington, Lanarkshire, Scotland Enlisted: 25-2-1915, Liverpool, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Engineer's Fitter 5th Machine Gun Company, late 19th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 25-6-1915 from Sydney, N.S.W. Killed in Action 15-4-1917, France aged 24years Son of David Horn & Mary Thomson Sharp, of 5, Campbell Place, Halfway, Cambuslang, Scotland. Resting: Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France Honoured: Australian War Memorial Panel 179 Also honoured on Family Grave at Strathaven Cemetery, South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Lieutenant David Robert STEPHEN 463 M.C.
Born: Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland Enlisted: 3-12-1915, Perth, Western Australia Occupation prior to Enlistment: Railway Employee 44th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 6-6-1916 from Fremantle, Australia Killed in Action 28-3-1918, France aged 28years Son of David & Mary Ann Strachan Stephen, 38, James St., Ladywell, Motherwell, Scotland Resting: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 138 |
Awarded Military Cross - promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 191 dated 12-12-1918
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While in command of a patrol, he encountered two large parties of the enemy. He attacked each party in turn, captured some prisoners, and dispersed the remainder, without any casualties among his own men. He set a splendid example of courage and initiative.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While in command of a patrol, he encountered two large parties of the enemy. He attacked each party in turn, captured some prisoners, and dispersed the remainder, without any casualties among his own men. He set a splendid example of courage and initiative.
Corporal James Brown WATSON 700
Born: Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Enlisted: 22-8-1914, South Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter 5th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 21-10-1914 from Melbourne, Victoria Killed in Action 25-7-1916, France Son of E Watson, 49 Almada St., Hamilton, Scotland Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 45 Also honoured on Family Grave - Bent Cemetery, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland |