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WW1 Soldiers 

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Enlisted or Born in Kanowna

Barclay James Billington : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Brisbane QLD ;
Next of Kin; Mother - Barclay Agnes
Barrett Thomas Frederick : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Blackboy Hill WA ;
Next of Kin; Father - Barrett James
Brown Warren Harward : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Perth WA ;
Next of Kin; Mother - Lovergrove Mary
Caldwell James : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Perth WA ;
Next of Kin; Father - Caldwell James Jonas
Caldwell John : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Perth WA ;
Next of Kin; Mother - Caldwell Charlotte
Creed Earl Timothy : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Perth WA ;
Next of Kin; Father - Creed Timothy
Haack William Henry : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Narrogin WA ;
Next of Kin; Father - Haack James
Hawkins John Michael [Morgan John Haigh] : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Perth WA ;
Next of Kin; Father - Hawkins Albert
Heenan Eric Michael : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Perth WA ;
Next of Kin; Father - Heenan Michael Joseph
Taylor George Charles : Place of Birth Kanowna WA ; Place of Enlistment Blackboy Hill WA ;
Next of Kin; Father - Taylor George

Researched by Dave Spain:-

1872 PTE James Bellington Johnstone Barclay was born in Kanowna on 29^th July 1899.  His Mother was Agnes Barclay and lived in Baroona Rd, Rosalie, Brisbane.   PTE JBJ Barclay had a fair complexion with grey eyes and auburn hair.  His religion was Presbyterian.  He was single.  He joined the 1^st Australian Imperial Force on the 9^th February 1916 at Brisbane, QLD, and was allocated to the 3^rd Reinforcements of the 49^th Infantry Battalion.

PTE Barclay embarked from Pinkenba, Queensland, on the 1^st May 1916.  He was on the HMAT D6.  This may have been the SS Mendi which sank after a collision in 1917.   He arrived in Alexandria on the 13^th June 1916.   He then was granted leave and after that leave, embarked for England on the 8th September 1916 on the SS Megantic and was billeted in Larkhill.  He was at Larkhill in August 1916.  During this time, he completed his training and was transferred.

He was allocated to the 41^st Infantry Battalion.  He proceeded overseas to France with the 41^st Battalion via Southampton on the 24^th November 1916.  He participated in several battles with the 41^st Battalion during the months of December 1916 to the month of September 1917.  He contracted severe Trench Fever (caused by body lice) in December 1917.  He was repatriated to hospital on the 27^th December 1917 and then embarked to England on the Hospital Ship, St David, for Edmonton, England.  On the 24^th April 1918 he was returned to Australia as medically unfit and discharged on the 7^th June 1918.  He returned to Australia on the HMAT A29 (SS Suevic).

He was entitled to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.  He was also granted a wounded badge.  He married Minnie Maud Barclay on the 11^th October 1927 in Sydney and they had a son.  Pte James Bellington Johnstone Barclay passed away on the 29^th December 1957.

World War Two Service

NX 96458 Pte James Barclay enlisted into the Volunteer Defence Organisation (VDO) and was allocated to the 16^th Garrison Battalion located in Hay, NSW, Number 6 Camp, on the 29^th May 1942 until the 5^th May 1944. He did  not serve in any operational area overseas.

He is entitled to wear the following badges and medals.  They have all been claimed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wounded/Sick Badge - The British War Medal, The Victory Medal - The Australian Service Medal 1939/45

 

 

 

 

PTE Thomas Barrett initially enlisted on the 27^th September 1916.  His Father’s name was James Barrett and lived in Leonora, Western Australia. He was born on the 30^th November 1899 at Kanowna.  He was 5ft 5 in tall (165cm). His Mother’s name was Mary.  He had tried to enlist at the age of 16 in 1916.  He was discharged when he arrived at Blackboy Camp in 1916.  He again tried to enlist with his parents’ permission in 1918 but due to war hostilities due to cease and him being still underage, he was declined.

He did not participate in war service overseas.

 

32539 Pte Warren Harwood Brown enlisted in the AIF on the 20^th September 1916 and was born on or about the 20^th July 1897 at Kanowna, Western Australia.  His Mother was Mary Lovegrove and his Father was Dr George Harwood Lovegrove and they resided in Mundaring, West Australia. He was 5ft 9 half inches tall (175 cm) and weighted 125lbs (57kg) and was of a fresh complexion with blue eyes and dark brown hair.  His religion was Church of England.  He was single.

At the time of his enlistment he was in Melbourne and was a University student. He enlisted into the 89^th Depot. He completed his training as an Artillery reinforcement and was allocated to the Field Artillery Brigade, 10^th Reinforcements as a Driver on the 5^th January 1917.   GNR WH Brown embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Osterley for Plymouth on the 10^th February 1917 and arrived on the 11^th April 1917.  He had been designated a Driver (Lance Bombardier). He was with the Royal Brigade Australian Artillery until he proceeded overseas with the 10^th Reinforcements of the 24^th Field Australian Artillery.  He arrived in France on the 15^th August 1917 and was transferred to the 8^th Australian Field Artillery Brigade on the 4^th September 1917.  Shortly after he was transferred to the 3^rd Divisional Artillery Corps.  On the 29^th November 1917 LBDR Brown was transferred from the 3^rd Divisional Australian Corps back to the 8^th Australian Field Artillery Brigade and he requested to be reverted to the rank of Gunner.  This was granted on the 4^th January 1918. 

It appears, he returned to Western Australia to enlist and revealed he had been with the Melbourne University Rifles Regiment for three months before enlisting. However, his mother grants permission for him to proceed with his enlistment to Artillery in Western Australia. He was still sent back to Maribyrnong, Victoria, for his embarkation to France.

32539 GNR Warren Harwood Brown participated in the Second Battle of Picardy (Battle of the Somme 1918) it was called Operation Michael and he died of wounds, received in action on the 20^th April 1918.  He was attended to by 10^th Field Ambulance.  Before he died he was transferred to 11^th Field Ambulance.  He had gunshot wounds(GSW) to his chest and abdomen. He is buried in Mericourt L’Abbe Communal Cemetery.  The Commonwealth War Graves Commission attends to his grave.  He was 19 years of age.

His Parents claimed his medals.

 

 

 

The British War Medal, The Victory Medal.  The Memorial Scroll.  The WW1 Memorial Plaque.

 

PTE James Caldwell was born in Kanowna on or about January 1899.  He enlisted in Perth, Western Australia, on the 23^rd March 1917.  His Father was James Jonas Caldwell and his Mother was Charlotte Caldwell.  They resided at 68 Padbury St, Perth.  It appears he increased his age by 1 year on his final enlistment medical.  He was 5ft 7inches tall (170cm) and weighed 148 lbs (68kg).  He was of fair complexion with grey eyes and light brown hair. His religion was Church of England.  His occupation was a shop assistant and he was single.

PTE J Caldwell embarked from Fremantle on the 29^th June 1917 and arrived at Plymouth on the 25^th August 1917 on the HMAT A30 (the Borda).  He attended basic training at the 13^th Training Battalion located at Codford in England.  He was trained as a Signalman. On the 5^th January 1918 he attended a course on signals with the 4^th Divisional Signals School at Codford. On completion of the course he was sent to Folkstone with the 12^th Training Battalion to reinforce the 49^th Australian Infantry Battalion on the 15^th April 1918.  He marched into the Australian Infantry Base Depot (AIBD) on the 19^th April 1918 located at Staples, France.  He was then transferred to Havre on the 20^th May 1918 and on the 26^th May 1918, he joined the 49^th Australian Infantry Battalion which was in the Somme area at that time. 

During a battle on the night of the 11^th August 1918, he received a gunshot wound to the back.  He was found on the battlefield and rescued.  He was carried to the 55^th Casualty Clearing Station and sent to the 47^th Australian General Hospital on the 13^th August 1918.  On the 24^th August 1918, he was sent to the 1^st Australian Infantry Depot on recovery.  PTE J Caldwell was returned to the 49^th Australian Infantry Battalion on the 11^th September 1918.  On the 29^th September 1918 he was detached to the 13^th Brigade Signals School located at Havre, France.  On the 4^th November 1918, he re-joined 49^th Australian Infantry Battalion at Havre.   On the 11^th November 1918, hostilities ceased. 

PTE James Caldwell remained in France until the 9^th March 1919 in the Havre area in France with the 49^th Infantry Battalion and then was attached to the AIBD.  He performed burial duties during this time.  He was repatriated to England on the 11^th June 1919.  On the 12^th July 1919 he embarked on the City of Exeter for Australia and disembarked in Fremantle on the 16^th August 1919.  On the 1^st March 1920, Pte James Caldwell was discharged in the 5^th Military District (Western Australia).

3638 PTE James Caldwell claimed his Medals and Badge.

 

 

 

The British War Medal and the Victory Medal. The wounded Badge.

 

6795 PTE John Caldwell was born in Kanowna on or about March 1900.   He enlisted in Perth on the 12^th March 1917.  His Father was James Jonas Caldwell and his Mother was Charlotte Caldwell.  They lived at 68 Padbury St, Perth. The parents moved to 143 Lake St, Perth, sometime in 1918.  It also appears that James and John Caldwell joined the AIF at about the same time. 

PTE John Caldwell was a clerk and was single.  His Religion was Church of England. He was 5ft 6 inches (159cm) tall and weighed 132lbs (60kg). He had a dark complexion with grey eyes and dark hair.  It appears PTE Caldwell increased his age by 1 year and his mother approved his request to serve overseas under the age of 19 in a letter to his Commanding Officer.

On the 29^th June 1917 he embarked on the HMAT A30 (the Borda) and disembarked at Plymouth England on the 25^th August 1917.  On the 26^th August 1917, he attended basic training with the 7^th Training Battalion followed by further training with the 6^th Training Battalion on the 11^th November 1917.  On the 7^th April 1918 he was sent overseas to the Australian Infantry Battalion Depot located at Havre in France and proceeded join his unit, the 28^th Infantry Battalion, on the 10^th April 1918.  During the following 4 months, Pte John Caldwell fought with the 28^th Infantry Battalion in several battles in the Bapaume, Saint-Quentin and Peronne area in France.  He was killed in action on Monday the 2^nd September 1918.  He is buried in the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension in the Somme Region of France.   

 

 

The British War Medal, The Victory Medal.  The Memorial Scroll.  The WW1 Memorial Plaque.

 

 

Pte Earl Timothy Creed was born at Kanowna, Western Australia on the 15^th January 1898.  His Mother, Annie Creed, resided in Leonora, Western Australia.  His Father was Timothy Creed and he resided in Buntine, Western Australia.  He was 5ft 6 inches (159cm) Tall and weighed 126lbs (59kg), he had a dark complexion with brown eyes and dark brown hair.  He was single, and his religion was Roman Catholic.  He was an Electrician.

He originally enlisted on the 24^th October 1917 and at that time stated his date of birth was the 15^th January 1899.  During basic training the Army Medical personal discovered he had a hernia and he was discharged medically unfit on the 3^rd January 1918.  On the 1^st November 1918 he again enlisted but was discharged, after completing his basic training, on the 24^th December 1918 due to Cession of Hostilities.  PTE ET Creed did not see War Service.

 

PTE William Henry Haack was born on the 13^th October 1900 at Kanowna, Western Australia.  His Father and Mother were James and Elizabeth Haack and they resided at Wickepin, Western Australia.  He was 5ft 7inches (162cm) tall and weighed 148 lbs (67kg).  He had a ruddy complexion with hazel eyes and fair hair.  He was single, and his religion was Church of England.  He was a Farmer.

He enlisted at Narrogin, Western Australia on the 7^th November 1918.  On completion of basic training he was discharged on the on the 5^th December 1918, as his “Services were no longer required in the AIF”.

 

4444 PTE John Michael Hawkins was born about February 1897 at Kanowna, Western Australia.  His Father was Albert Hawkins and resided in Marylands, Western Australia.   He was 5ft 7 inches (162cm) tall and weighed 117lbs (54kg).  He had a fresh complexion with brown eyes and sandy hair.  He was single.  His religion was Roman Catholic.  He was a labourer.

PTE JM Hawkins enlisted on the 2^nd November 1915 at Perth, Western Australia.  He completed his basic training at the 35^th Depot Battalion and was originally allocated to the 3^rd Artillery Brigade as a reinforcement, on the 11^th November 1915.  On the 27^th November he was transferred to A Company 4^th Depot Battalion and reallocated to the 14^th/16^th Reinforcements of the 48^th Infantry Battalion.  He embarked on the 12^th February 1916 with the 16^th Infantry Battalion on the SS Miltiades from Fremantle and disembarked at Port Suez on the 11^th March 1916.  On the 2^nd April 1916, PTE Hawkins was Taken on Strength with the 48^th Infantry Battalion at Serapeum and proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force in France.  He left on the HMT Caledonia on the 2^nd June 1916 from Alexandria and disembarked at Marseilles and proceeded by train to Havre, France.  He participated in several battles in the Somme Area in France with the 48^th Infantry Battalion.

On the 12^th August 1916 he received a gunshot wound to the right foot and was repatriated to England via the 26^th Australian General Hospital.  He embarked on the Hospital Ship Newhaven at Boulogne on the 13^th September 1916 and disembarked at Sheffield, England on the 13^th September 1916.  During his hospitalisation, he contracted severe Bronchitis and remained at the Wharncliffe War Hospital until the 20^th January 1917.  He was posted to the No 1 Command Depot located at Perham Downs in England on the 23^rd January 1917.  During this time, he decided to go AWOL and after considerable time surrendered himself.  He faced a District Courts Martial, but his sentence was rescinded providing he returned to his unit in the field.  Pte JM Hawkins also contracted several episodes of influenza and was admitted to the Military hospital at Sutton Veny where he remained until 21^st October 1917.  On the 24^th October 1917 he went AWOL again but this time when he was apprehended, he was sentenced to 1 year in Lewes Detention Barracks.  PTE Hawkins was detained from the 3^rd February 1918 until the 15^th August 1918. 

On the 17^th August 1918 he was returned to the 48^th Infantry Battalion in France.  On Cessation of Hostilities, his unit remained in France to assist with burial details.  He was in France from 11^th November 1918 to 6^th March 1919, during this time he became dangerously ill with the Influenza (Spanish Flue).  He was invalided to England from France from the 26^th March 1919.   He remained ill until 22^nd April 1919 and on the 21^st June 1919, he was returned to Australia on the Hospital Transport Konig Luise and disembarked at Fremantle on the 21^st July 1919.

After convalescing in the 5^th Military District Hospital, he was discharged on the 5^th September 1919.

NOTE: When he was on Convalescent Leave from 10^th November 1916, he met and married Marion Nina Dodds on the 19^th December 1916.  Marion Hawkins joined him in Australia in 1920.  They moved to Adelaide.  John and Marion had a daughter.  He died on the 30^th August 1963.  He is buried in the Garden of Remembrance in Adelaide.   

 

The British War Medal and the Victory Medal. The wounded Badge.

 

62817 PTE Eric Michael Heenan was born at Kanowna on the 29^th April 1897.  His Father was Michael Joseph Heenan and resided in Esperance, Western Australia.   PTE Heenan was 5ft 7 inches (162cm) tall and weighed 136 lbs (62kg).  He had a fresh complexion brown eyes and black hair.  He was single.  His religion was Roman Catholic.  His profession was a School Teacher.

Pte Heenan enlisted in Perth on the 29^th June 1918.  After completing his basic training at Blackboy Hill on the 22^nd July 1918, he was allocated to the 3^rd General service Reinforcements and embarked from Fremantle on the HMAT A 36 (Boonah) on the 29^th October 1918.  During the voyage, hostilities ceased, and the ship was recalled.  He contracted mild influenza and after a short time in quarantine at Woodmans Point he was discharged on the 21^st January 1919.  He is entitled to the British War Medal.

 

The Wounded Badge      The British War Medal

 

6650 LCPL George Charles Taylor was born at Kanowna about June 1896.  His Father was George Taylor and he resided at Kanowna.  He was 5ft 9inches (172.5cm) tall. He weighed 163lbs (75kg). He had a ruddy complexion with brown eyes and brown hair.  His religion was Presbyterian.  He was stockman and he was single.

LCPL Taylor enlisted at Kalgoorlie on the 3^rd January 1917.  On enlistment as a private he embarked on the HMAT A 28 (Miltiades) from Fremantle on the 29^th January 1917.  He disembarked at Devonport on the 23^rd March 1917 and was sent to the 7^th Training Battalion to complete his basic training.   After basic training he was granted leave and then was sent overseas to France on the 25^th September 1917.  He was allocated to the 28^th Infantry Battalion on the 10^th October 1917.  He participated in several battles with the 28^th Infantry Battalion until the 7^th November 1917.  He contracted Influenza (Spanish Flue). He was repatriated to Southampton Military Hospital until the 1^st April 1918.   After convalescing, on the 10^th April 1918, he was returned to the 28^th Infantry Battalion in France.  He continued with the Battalion until the 1^st September 1918, when he again fell ill with severe Bronchitis.  He was repatriated to Havre General Military Hospital in France. He served with 28^th Infantry Battalion until the 8^th January 1919. 

LCPL Taylor was transferred to 2^nd Divisional Australian Army Service Corps, on the 11^th January 1919 and promoted to LCPL on the 7^th February 1919.  he served with this unit in France until the 5^th April 1919.   LCPL Taylor was again admitted to the 1^st  Australian Divisional Hospital with Influenza on the 15^th April 1919.  He was repatriated to Australia on the City of Exeter on the 15^th July 1919 and disembarked at Fremantle on the 16^th August 1919.  He was discharged in Perth on the 31^st January 1920 after a long convalescence from Influenza.  

 

The British War Medal and the Victory Medal. The wounded Badge.