Western Australian 1st AIF Enlistments database

[Fedelmar]

WA 1st AIF ENLISTMENTS
Greetings everyone.
As many people know, I had a dream that we could have a ‘one stop shop’ of WA 1st AIF Enlistments.
That dream has been several years in the making and I am pleased to say that whilst still a ‘work in progress’ it is now available for public viewing.
Darryl Brady has very kindly agreed to host the database on his website;
https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/index.php
Over on the right hand side you will see the link to WA 1st AIF Enlistments, click on that and utilize the search boxes at the top of the column you want to use or the large search box at the top on the right hand side.
As the database is a ‘work in progress’ not all files have been completed which will result in an incomplete file.  If you would like to assist with this project, please contact me.
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WA 1st Australian Imperial Force Enlistments
by Sandra Playle - © 2023
Updates welcome to fedelmar AT hotmail DOT com
We have dedicated this database in memory of Gail Brealey from Manjimup WA. Gail was a tremendous supporter of the #WAAIF project and continued with her research right up until a few weeks before she sadly passed away due to cancer.
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[stevenbecker]

Mate,

one of my Grandfathers 

DUCKWORTH    Matthew    2464    Pte    10 LHR    17R to 3 LHTR 6-16 tos 13Co/3Bn 8-16 to hosp (malaria) 11-16 rtn to 4Co/1Bn ICC 2-17 T/att 3Co 5-17 to hosp (malaria) 8-17 to Res Co 9-17 rtn 5-18 to 14 LHR 7-18 to Dvr 5 LHFA 9-18 to UK leave 5-19 to NME UK motor engineer 7-19 RTA MU disability brothers George 28Bn KIA and Henry 12Bn The King's (Liverpool Regt) later WWII S/Sgt APayC District Accounts Office WA (W243671)     N/R    Farmer    20    Albany WA    28-2-16    RTA 6-10-19    Ancoats Manchester UK
 

They came out here around 1913

Both Mat and his brother George joined up and was KIA 3-9-18 at Mont St Quentin with 28Bn

Henry (KLR) moved to Australia after the war and died here I think at Kalgoolie.

[Fedelmar]

13 minutes ago, stevenbecker said:

Mate,

one of my Grandfathers 

DUCKWORTH    Matthew    2464    Pte    10 LHR    17R to 3 LHTR 6-16 tos 13Co/3Bn 8-16 to hosp (malaria) 11-16 rtn to 4Co/1Bn ICC 2-17 T/att 3Co 5-17 to hosp (malaria) 8-17 to Res Co 9-17 rtn 5-18 to 14 LHR 7-18 to Dvr 5 LHFA 9-18 to UK leave 5-19 to NME UK motor engineer 7-19 RTA MU disability brothers George 28Bn KIA and Henry 12Bn The King's (Liverpool Regt) later WWII S/Sgt APayC District Accounts Office WA (W243671)     N/R    Farmer    20    Albany WA    28-2-16    RTA 6-10-19    Ancoats Manchester UK
 

They came out here around 1913

Both Mat and his brother George joined up and was KIA 3-9-18 at Mont St Quentin with 28Bn

Henry (KLR) moved to Australia after the war and died here I think at Kalgoolie.

Thanks Steve ... his file hasn't been completed by the person doing the letter D but I added a couple of this from your post.

[stevenbecker]

Mate,

If you need any bio details on many of these blokes I have a DB on ALH and other units in Egypt/Palestine and Mesopot

While I have not had time to double check all for their details, here are a few from the 11Bn on record

ALLEN    Martin     7436    Pte    11Bn    25R to 3 Trg Bn UK 8-17 Tos 1-18 F&B (25 LH (WAMI) CMF 1 year)     25 LH    Grocer's assistant    29    Cottesloe Beach WA    5-3-17    RTA 18-7-19    Cottesloe Beach WA
ALLPORT    Allen Keith    1014    Pte    11Bn    7R tos 9-15 (G) disch 4-4-16 MU asthma (C Troop CSqn/25 LH (WAMI) CMF 2 years)    25 LH    Grocer    21    Wagin West WA    25-5-15    RTA 3-3-16    Wagin West WA
ANDREWS    Walter    1904    Pte    11Bn    5R Tos ACo 7-15 to BSqn/10 LHR 7-15 to L/Cpl 11-15 (G) to 3 LH Bde HQ 1-16 to Sgt Clerk Anzac MD HQ 9-16 to S/Sgt 10-16 to SQMS 1-19 to UK leave reported died from war service (British Welsh TF 12 months)    British TF    Bank clerk    22    Beverley WA    15-2-15    RTA 1-8-19 died 1-2-39    Carmarthen Wales
BEAVEN    Noel Wigley Hicks    2567    Pte    11Bn    8R Tos 12-15 (G) to 3Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to 12Bn 2-16 to 6 Sect/1 LH MGS 1-17 later WWII    N/R    Station Manager    28    Derby WA    26-5-15    RTA 15-5-19    Burra SA
BOND    Francis Patrick    3593    Pte    11Bn    11R (3286) NTOS disch 27-6-16 MU enteric relist 12R/ICC Tos 8-17 to 18Co/4Bn ICC 10-17 to 2 ASH 1-18 to 14 AGH 4-18     N/R    Farmlabourer / Linesman    19 21    Moojebing WA    19-6-15 31-3-17    RTA 21-1-16 RTA 19-1-19    Tambellup WA / Moojebing WA
CAREY    Patrick    2058    Pte    11Bn    5R Tos ACo 5-15 att 3 AGH on Murdos 10-15 (G) to Dtls camp 1-16 to Guard 2 ASH 8-16 to Guard 14 AGH 2-17 to 12Co/3Bn ICC 4-17 to 3 Trg Bn UK 10-17 rtn 11Bn 11-17 F&B    N/R    Horsedriver    30    Blackboy Hill WA    4-2-15    RTA 9-12-18    Maya WA
CLAYDEN    Norman Albert     881    Pte    11Bn    HCo (G) possibly killed by shell in trenches near Shell Green NKG listed on The Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli (C Troop CSqn/25 LH (WAMI) CMF) brother Ernest 11Bn PoW    25 LH    Mercantile clerk    22    Wagin WA    7-9-14    KIA 2-5-15    East Perth WA
CLIFFORD    Albert George    523    Sgt    11Bn    ECo to 9 platoon DCo? 1-15 to CSM 10-15 (G) prom 2/Lt ACo/51Bn 3-16 MC - for his actions at Mouquet Farm 13/16-8-16 F&B reported MIA killed by shell in operations by 13Bde at Mouquet Farm near Pozieres NKG listed on Villers Bretonneux Memorial France (18 LH (WAMI) to 25 LH (WAMI) CMF)    18 LH    Farmer    25    Donnybrook WA    19-8-14    KIA 3-9-16    Donnybrook WA
COOKSLEY    George    1738    Pte    11Bn    4R tos CCo 7-15 evac to (1 AGH) hosp (dysentry) 8-15 (G) rtn 1-16 to 1Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to AASC Trg unit UK 9-16 to 3 Trg Bn (11Bn) UK tos 11Bn 4-17 to L/Cpl 5-17 WIA 20-9-17 L/fingers -hand shrapnel at Glencorse Wood Menin Road & mentioned by Corps commander for his actions in operations rtn 3-18 to Cpl 5-18 to hosp (influ) 5-18 rtn 9-18 WIA 18-9-18 multiple shrapnel near Villerat on Hindenberg Line F&B died on battlefield buried Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension France    N/R    Miner    23    Leonora WA    18-1-15    DoW 19-9-18     Porlock Somerset UK
CORLEY    Anthony Purdon Hagarty        2/Lt    11Bn    ECo prom T/Capt DCo 7-15 (G) killed by Turkish sniper buried Shell Green Cemetery Gallipoli (Prov/2/Lt BSqn/25 LH (WAMI) 9-12-12 to OC B Sqn 1915 CMF) served as Government Medical Officer in Fiji in 1907    25 LH    Doctor    37    Pingelly WA    14-9-14    KIA 17-9-15    Pingelly WA / Fiji 
COVERLEY    Reuben John    3762    Pte    11Bn    12R tos 10 LHR 2-16 to 3 LH Bde HQ 1-17 rtn 10 LHR 4-17 to Dvr 1-19 brother Aubrey 10 LHR    N/R    Mill hand    22    Bridgetown WA    29-9-15    RTA 20-7-19    Bridgetown WA
CUMMING    James    1022    Pte    11Bn    FCo WIA 25-4-15 slightly at the Landing rtn 5-15 WIA 5-7-15 bad teeth shown wounded on Harris Ridge (G) to 3Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to T/Cpl KCo/CTC 9-16 to T/CSM 2-17 brothers Alan 1Bn, Ronald 23Bn, John/Robert 4 LHR, Richard 10 LHR and Alexander AFA    N/R    Labourer    22    Bridgetown WA    17-9-14    RTA 23-12-18    Bridgetown WA
DEVITT    John Edward    2862    Pte    11Bn    9R Tos 1-16 to 3Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 rtn CCo/11Bn 9-16 F&B killed in raid under Lt Vowles with 12Bn on Celtic Wood at Broodseinde NKG listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium    N/R    Labourer    22    Subiaco WA    19-6-15    KIA 7-10-17    Subiaco WA
DOLLING    Arthur Herbert    2861    Pte    11Bn    9R Tos DCo? 1-16 to 3Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to T/L/Cpl 2-16 revert to hosp (defective vision) 5-16 rtn to 4Co/1Bn 8-16 to L/Cpl 11-16 to hosp (malaria) 9-17 rtn 11-17 to hosp (malaria & pyrexia) 5-18 died of malaria at 26 CCS Ludd buried Ramleh War Cemetery Palestine AKA Andrew Herbert Dolling (A Troop BSqn/25 LH (WAMI) CMF 7 months)    25 LH    Farmer    22    Pengelly WA    25-5-15    DoD 18-5-18    Pengelly WA
DUKE    Edward Creswell    1534    Pte    11Bn    3R Tos ACo 5-15 (G) to CTU ICC 2-16 to 1 LHFA 3-16 to CSqn/02 LHR 3-16 to 3 trg Bn UK 9-16 deserted 11-16 disch in UK relist as Gnr R.Burt RGA (159686) British Army    N/R    Labourer    25    Helena Vale WA    5-12-14 5-5-17    disch UK 28-1-17    London UK
FINCH    Charles Hilling    3052    Pte    11Bn    11R Tos 1-16 to 51Bn 2-16 to 13 MG Co 3-16 (4 MG Bn) F&B to NME UK poultry farming married Winifred Locke at Lambeth London UK 22-3-19 shown as 4 LH MGS? later WWII    N/R    N/R    N/R    Blackboy Hill WA    23-6-15    RTA 28-9-19    N/R
FLEGELTAUB    Bertrand    1539    Pte    11Bn     3R Tos BCo 5-15 (G) to 3Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to L/Cpl 7-17 to 14 LHR 7-18 to Cpl 3-19     N/R    Labourer    30    Carlton Vic    24-1-15    RTA 24-7-19    Carlton Vic
GARDINER    Alfred William Gabriel     497    Pte    11Bn    7R DNE relist CCo/28Bn (1190) disch 3-2-17 MU mental (Boer War 4 QIB (163) (ASqn/7 LH (NSWL) CMF 2 years)     7 LH    Stationhand    40    Perth WA    31-5-15 1-6-15    RTA 13-12-15    Burwood NSW
GOODALL    Harry Arthur    1345    Pte    11Bn    2R tos ACo 4-15 to T/Sgt 8-15 revert L/Cpl 8-15 (G) to A/CQMS NCo/CTC 4-16 disch to Egyptian CTC prom 2/Lt RASC (British The Middlesex Regt Vols)    British TF    Foreman Saddler    37    Kellerberrin WA    6-11-14    disch 1-12-16 RTA 11-11-18    Hotham East Yorks UK
GOREY    Benjamin    3799    Pte    11Bn     12R Tos BSqn?/10 LHR 1-16 to 8 MVS 3-17 att 3 LH Bde HQ 4-17 to L/Cpl 5-18 to Cpl 11-18 to A/Sgt 5-19 later WWII AKA Benjamin Joseph Gorey brother Frank 10 LHR    N/R    Labourer    25    Midland Junction WA    23-8-15    RTA 10-7-19    Midland Junction WA
GOULD    John    2864    Pte    11Bn    9R tos BCo 1-16 F&B killed in raid under Lt Vowles with 12Bn on Celtic Wood at Broodseinde NKG listed on The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium Ex CSqn/10 LHR (410) DNE    N/R    Labourer    23    Perth WA    19-6-15 19-10-14     KIA 7-10-17    Longnor Staffordshire UK
GREEN    William    1767    Pte    11Bn    4R Tos DCo 6-15 (G) to Dent duties 2 AGH 1-16 to 4 AAuxH 2-16 to 2 LHTR 8-16 to 4 LHTR 2-17 to 6 Dent unit 3 LHFA 5-17 to 71 Dent unit 14 AGH 8-17 to S/Sgt 97 Dent unit ACFA 8-17 to AAMC Trg unit 4-18 WIA 16-1-19 R/knee accident play football to UK leave 7-19 (British TA 2 months)    British TA    Farmer    22    Perth WA    18-1-15    RTA 23-4-19    Coupleton Cheshire UK
HAYES    James Francis    1554    Pte    11Bn    3R tos ACo 5-15 (G) Admin 1 AGH Egypt 6-15 to RTO Rail Transport 5-16 to T/Sgt 11-16 to Pte 2Co/1Bn ICC 6-17 to CSqn/8 LHR 7-18 (88 IR (Perth) CMF) died in Australia    88 IR    Clerk    18    Highgate Hill WA    5-1-15    RTA 5-3-19 died 6-7-21    Highgate Hill WA
HOWE    Hedley Vicars    188    Pte    11Bn    BCo WIA 25-4-15 L/leg shot at the landing rtn 6-15 WIA 28-6-15 L/leg & back bomb on Boltons Ridge (G) to 3Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to T/Sgt 2-16 rtn 11Bn 5-17 prom 2/Lt 5-17 to bomb officer 3 Bde HQ 6-18 MID - for services during the war F&B to War Graves Unit Gallipoli 1-19 att War Records sect MID - For services to the AIF later WWII Maj Land HQ     N/R    Seaman    22    Wayville SA    9-9-14    RTA 2-4-19    Wayville SA
HUNT    Arthur Comber    2624    Pte    11Bn    8R Tos at Murdos 11-15 (G) to 2Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to L/Cpl 2-16 to APayC AIF HQ UK 2-17 to ER 2/Cpl 9-17 to ER Sgt 2-19 married in UK 28-4-18     N/R    Stockman    27    Claremont WA    23-6-15    RTA 18-12-19    Masterton NZ
HURRELL    William Henry    1961    Pte    11Bn    5R Tos CCo 6-15 (G) to 3Co/1Bn ICC 1-16 to CCo/11Bn 9-16 PoW 11-4-17 reported in fighting at Riencourt - Bullecourt F&B died pneumonia and meningitis in the Reserve Hosp Stuttgart II1 PoW camp Rollschuhbahn Stuttgart Germany     N/R    Plumber    28    Kalgoorlie WA    28-1-15    DoD 18-12-17    Payton Devon UK
INGLIS    Frederick    4651    Pte    11Bn    14R tos ASqn/03 LHR 3-16 killed at Romani buried Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Egypt brother Ken 43Bn KIA    N/R    Pastalist    28    Carnavon WA    16-8-15    KIA 4-8-16    Woodville SA
JOHNS    Benjamin Davies     2153    Pte    11Bn    6R Tos BCo 8-15 DCM & MID - for his actions in Leane's Trench at Holly Ridge 6-8-15 (G) killed during fighting in Leanes trench buried Shell Green Cemetery Gallipoli AKA spelled John (CSqn/25 LH (WAMI) CMF 4 years) cousins Joseph 28Bn KIA, Benjamin 44Bn and William and twins David and George 10 LHR    25 LH    Farm hand    26    Perth WA / Kojonup WA    7-4-15    KIA 6-8-15    Templeton Pembroke Sth Wales
JOY    Ivo Brian     919    L/Sgt    11Bn    HCo to DCo 1-15 (G) killed at the Landing NKG listed on The Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli (25 LH (WAMI) CMF) brothers Carl 48Bn and Lindsay AIF HQ    25 LH    Bank clerk    19    Katanning WA    7-9-14    KIA 25-4-15    Katanning WA
 

Edited 11 September , 2023 by stevenbecker

[Fedelmar]

Thanks Steve.
If you don't mind checking the 10th lads and letting me know if there is stuff that should be in there that isn't.  Database has a specific format and requirements as it is only designed as a starting point and if people want additional information that can gather that from the resources that are available.

Bright Blessings

Sandra

 

[frev]

Well done and congratulations Sandra

So great to see that all the hard work over the years by yourself and your team has finally come to fruition and is now available to the public.

Keep up the good work...

Cheers, Frev

[Fedelmar]

3 minutes ago, frev said:

Well done and congratulations Sandra

So great to see that all the hard work over the years by yourself and your team has finally come to fruition and is now available to the public.

Keep up the good work...

Cheers, Frev

Thanks Frev.
It has been a long road (2014 it was started) and had a few hiccups along the way.  I am blessed to have a team of dedicated researchers and like any volunteer project it is always in need of more.
I am pleased that some of the volunteers knew little about our people and they have learnt so much more!
This is where your marriages come from ... when I am working on the database.
Bright blessings
Sandra

[Fedelmar]

If anyone is interesting in becoming a volunteer for this project ... I could do with a couple more 

We have completed 17 letters of the alphabet and the other 9 are about halfway through ... just need some help to 'knock it on the head'.

Many thanks