Bennett, Trevlyn Henry James
Berghofer, Raymond Keith
Betar, Michael
Bevan, William Joseph
Bicknell, Harry Harland
Billing, Terence Edwin
Birchall, John Edward James
⦻ Bishop, Kenneth Douglas
Bishop, Thomas Edward
Black, Peter Blackwood
Blackwood, Ronald William
Blades, Douglas John
Blinman, Charles John
Blinman, Ernest Percival
Blunden, Alan Leslie Frazer
Bonsor, John Leslie
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⦻ Prisoner of War
✞ Ultimate Sacrifice
Booler, Donald Joseph
Booler, Joe Kenneth
Booler, Roy William
Boone, Donald Patrick
Boone, Patricia
⦻ Boreham, Godfrey James
Borger, James Martin
Borthwick, Mollie
Bower, Colin Martin
✞ Boyd, Colin Francis
Boyle, James Gilbert
Bradley, Harold Thomas
Brasington, Phillip Howard
⦻ Brassel, John Daniel
Bray, Thomas Northcott
Breen, Patrick James
Bremner, Colin Alexander
Bremner, William Stuart
Briggs, Robert Graeme
Briggs, William Thomas
Bromley, Bertram David
Broughton, Christopher John
Brown, Alfred Randle Hulse
Brown, Cecil Gordon
Brown, Harold Edwin Aubrey
Brown, Herbert Oswald Jack
Brown, Jack
Brown, John
Brown, William Thomas
⦻ Brown, William Webster
Browne, Lionel John
Brunton, William Stanley
1st Australian Anti Aircraft & Fortress Coy
Royal Australian Engineers
Trevlyn Henry James Bennett
1 July 1910 - Silver Spur Queensland
6 August 2000 - Greenslopes Queensland
Rank: Sapper
Service No: NX187155
Religion: Church of England
38 Empire Street
World War II (22 January 1942 - 13 March 1946)
36th Infantry Battalion
Raymond Keith Berghofer
15 November 1919 - Leichhardt New South Wales
15 August 1980 - Guildford New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: N22000
Religion: Methodist
16 Hawthorne Parade
World War II (2 August 1940 - 7 January 1942)
Anti aircraft Search Light
Michael Betar
16 February 1920 - Orange New South Wales
13 August 1998 - Parramatta New South Wales
Rank: Sapper
Service No: N21998
Religion: Roman Catholic
61 O'Connor Street
World War II (2 August 1940 - 2 September 1943)
British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit
William Joseph Bevan
21 December 1914 - Casino New South Wales
1980 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Corporal
Service No: NX104374
Religion: Congregational
14 Nicholls Avenue
World War II (10 July 1942 - 25 January 1946)
HMAS Rushcutter
Harry Harland Bicknell
2 July 1920 - South Melbourne Victoria
17 February 1985 - Darwin Northern Territory
Rank: Able Seaman
Service No: 23609
Religion: Church of England
201 Ramsay Street
World War II (8 September 1939 - 19 March 1943)
Fortress Camp Hospital
Terence Edwin Billing
21 October 1912 - Ulverstone Tasmania
18 December 2006 - Ulverstone Tasmania
Rank: Private
Service No: DX914
Religion: Church of England
148 Hawthorne Parade
World War II (11 November 1942 - 14 August 1943)
HMAS Swan
John Edward James Birchall
6 May 1919 - Yarram Victoria
23 July 1963 - North Balwyn Victoria
Rank: Petty Officer
Service No: 21531
Religion: Church of England
24 Dalhousie Street
World War II (11 November 1942 - 14 August 1943)
2/1 Battalion
Stalag XIIIC & Stalag 383
Kenneth Douglas Bishop
22 July 1919 - Melbourne Victoria
21 September 1997 - Mt Waverley Victoria
Rank: Corporal
Service No: NX2806
Religion: Church of England
28 Stanton Road
World War II (2 November 1939 - 30 August 1945)
10th Battalion VDC P/T
Thomas Edward Bishop
30 March 1914 - Northampton England
19 July 1998 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: N251924
Religion: Baptist
44 Waratah Street
World War II (14 April 1942 - 20 April 1944)
HMAS Huon
Peter Blackwood Black
13 October 1917 - Glasgow Scotland
1995 - Unknown
Rank: Leading Sick Bay Attendant
Service No: S/3237
Religion: Presbyterian
7 Northcote Street
World War II (29 March 1940 - 16 September 1946)
4th Infantry Battalion
Ronald William Blackwood
14 September 1918 - Forest Lodge New South Wales
16 July 2009 - Wyong New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX121018
Religion: Methodist
12 Boomerang Street
World War II (2 August 1942 - 15 March 1946)
53rd Anti Aircraft Regiment
Douglas John Blades
6 December 1908 - Annandale New South Wales
1986 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Gunner
Service No: NX95946
Religion: Church of England
48 Walker Avenue
World War II (11 May 1942 - 4 March 1946)
3rd Vehicle Park Workshop
Charles John Blinman
14 April 1922 - Paddington New South Wales
12 November 1972 - Haberfield New South Wales
Rank: Craftsman
Service No: N185846
Religion: Church of England
23 Yasmar Avenue
World War II (9 October 1941 - 23 August 1945)
36th Australian Infantry Battalion
Ernest Percival Blinman
14 May 1924 - Sydney New South Wales
24 June 2005 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Corporal
Service No: NX172058
Religion: Church of England
23 Yasmar Avenue
World War II (29 April 1943 - 10 September 1946)
Z Australia Special Unit
Alan Leslie Frazer Blunden
14 May 1917 - Sydney New South Wales
25 April 1999 - Beecroft New South Wales
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: NX34212
Religion: Methodist
30 Ramsay Street
World War II (17 June 1940 - 15 October 1945)
36 Squadron
John Leslie Bonsor
30 July 1926 - Ashfield New South Wales
28 October 1996 - Taree New South Wales
Rank: Leading Aircraftsman
Service No: 165618
Religion: Methodist
52 Wattle Street
World War II (5 September 1944 - 16 August 1946)
37th Australian Infantry Training Battalion
Donald Joseph Booler
23 January 1927 - Petersham New South Wales
3 January 2012 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX180366
Religion: Roman Catholic
47 Hawthorne Parade
World War II (9 February 1945 - 18 July 1947)
7th Field Company
Joe Kenneth Booler
12 August 1923 - Daceyville New South Wales
1979 - Unknown
Rank: Sapper
Service No: NX172503
Religion: Roman Catholic
146 Alt Street
World War II (3 July 1943 - 5 July 1946)
2nd Artillery Training Regiment
Roy William Booler
18 March 1925 - Petersham New South Wales
Unknown
Rank: Gunner
Service No: NX172764
Religion: Roman Catholic
47 Hawthorne Parade
World War II (20 June 1943 - 20 June 1946)
Australian Army Pay Corps (AE)
Donald Patrick Boone
3 February 1912 - Rockdale New South Wales
8 March 1989 - Sans Souci New South Wales
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: NX44531
Religion: Roman Catholic
61 Boomerang Street
World War II (9 September 1941 - 8 November 1945)
2/2 Australian General Hospital
Australian Army Nursing Service AIF
Patricia Boone
23 August 1914 - Bexley New South Wales
Unknown
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: NX138760
Religion: Roman Catholic
61 Boomerang Street
World War II (20 October 1942 - 26 July 1946)
1st Company Australian Army Services Corps
Changi Malaya
Godfrey James Boreham
8 October 1911 - Aldershot England
25 May 1987 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Captain
Service No: NX35062
Religion: Church of England
48 Empire Street
World War II (18 July 1940 - 26 November 1945)
104th Advanced Depot Medical Stores
James Martin Borger
8 July 1926 - Leeton New South Wales
24 January 1992 - Haberfield New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: N480097
Religion: Roman Catholic
15 Empire Street
World War II (23 August 1944 - 5 March 1947)
HMAS Kuttabul
Mollie Borthwick
26 November 1921 - Sydney New South Wales
Unknown
Rank: Signaller
Service No: WR/1808
Religion: Church of England
7 Loudon Avenue
World War II (7 October 1943 - 7 October 1946)
2/5 Field Regiment
Colin Martin Bower
8 November 1914 - Ashfield New South Wales
19 August 2012 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: NX21043
Religion: Church of England
1 Logan Avenue
World War II (23 May 1940 - 7 December 1945)
1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion
Colin Francis Boyd
13 February 1924 - Cowra New South Wales
21 May 1945 - Kapooka New South Wales
Rank: Sapper
Service No: NX204475
Religion: Roman Catholic
55 Sloane Street
World War II (13 September 1944 - Accidental death 21 May 1945)
Colin Boyd was born in Cowra New South Wales on 13 February 1924, one of two children to Colin Boyd and Bridget Callaghan.
A mechanic assistant, he enlisted in Leichhardt NSW on 13 September 1944. He gave his address c/- Mr A Carr at 55 Sloane Street Haberfield.
Shortly after being marched into the traing centre HQ, he was admitted to the 114 Australian General Hospital in Goulburn NSW suffering from dermatitis of the feet on 23 November. He remained in hospital until 9 February 1945.
During his time in hopsital, he was A.W.L between 2100 and 2230 hours on 3 January, resulting in a 5/- fine.
Following his recovery is discharge, he reported to the Royal Australian Engineers in Kapooka NSW on 30 April.
On 21 May 1945, Colin was accidentally killed by an explosion.
A Court of Inquiry held on 11 June determined that he was accidentally killed by an explosion which occurred on duty. The Court could not determine any individual responsibility for the cause of the explosion.
Colin was laid to rest in the Wagga Wagga War Cemetery.
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5591260
Wagga Wagga War Cemetery - New South Wales
82 Australian soldiers
67 Australians died this day
2/1 Machine Gun Battalion
James Gilbert Boyle
6 January 1909 - Sydney New South Wales
21 November 1985 - Wollongong New South Wales
Rank: Lt Colonel
Service No: NX114
Religion: Church of England
39 Kingston Street
World War II (25 October 1939 - 5 April 1946)
35th Australian Infantry Battalion
Harold Thomas Bradley
8 March 1921 - Hobart Tasmania
1985 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX120594
Religion: Church of England
71 O’Connor Street
World War II (23 August 1942 - 29 March 1946)
HMAS Penguin
Phillip Howard Brasington
30 April 1902 - Bombala New South Wales
6 August 1981 - Concord New South Wales
Rank: Petty Officer Stoker
Service No: 11825
Religion: Roman Catholic
40 Wattle Street
World War II (23 August 1942 - 29 March 1946)
District Accounts Office NSW
John Daniel Brassel
30 May 1894 - Erskineville New South Wales
26 October 1953 - Kings Cross New South Wales
Rank: Warrant Officer Class 1
Service No: N65968
Religion: Roman Catholic
8 Turner Avenue
World War II (1 March 1939 - 7 February 1945)
World War I (1 October 1916 - 25 July 1919)
57th Australian Light Anti Aircraft Battery
Thomas Northcott Bray
21 January 1916 - Haberfield New South Wales
18 April 2013 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Corporal
Service No: NX87758
Religion: Methodist
78 Sloane Street
World War II (6 February 1942 - 21 September 1945)
3rd Prisoner of War Recovery Group
Patrick James Breen
10 November 1917 - Lismore New South Wales
23 July 1978 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX191332
Religion: Roman Catholic
48 Barton Avenue
World War II (22 November 1944 - 19 December 1946)
36th Australian Infantry Battalion
Colin Alexander Bremner
16 April 1918 - Summer Hill New South Wales
23 March 1964 - Haberfield New South Wales
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: N22026
Religion: Presbyterian
88 Ramsay Street
World War II (5 August 1940 - 14 October 1946)
36th Australian Infantry Battalion
William Stuart Bremner
16 April 1918 - Summer Hill New South Wales
Unknown
Rank: Private
Service No: NX155972
Religion: Presbyterian
88 Ramsay Street
World War II (5 August 1940 - 1 May 1946)
8th Australian Maintenance Platoon
Robert Graeme Briggs
17 February 1923 - Sydney Hill New South Wales
Unknown
Rank: Craftsman
Service No: NX143989
Religion: Church of England
48 Dudley Street
World War II (12 January 1943 - 6 March 1946)
2/8 Field Company
William Thomas Briggs
20 May 1896 - Tongan Islands
25 July 1970 - Haberfield New South Wales
Rank: Lt Colonel
Service No: NX12634
Religion: Church of England
48 Dudley Street
World War II (28 March 1940 - 26 October 1945)
World War I (20 April 1918 - 4 October 1919)
Aust Army Ordnance Corps Reinforcements
Night FARD
Bertram David Blandford Bromley
26 November 1912 - Cootamundra New South Wales
15 March 1979 - Ararat Victoria
Rank: Private
Service No: N186736
Religion: Methodist
43 Parramatta Road
World War II (16 January 1942 - 22 January 1945)
3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company
Christopher John Broughton
3 January 1895 - London England
15 January 1955 - Neutral Bay New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX69223
Religion: Protestant
49 Rawson Street
World War II (13 March 1941 - 4 April 1941)
HMAS Platypus
Alfred Randle Hulse Brown
9 June 1920 - Shepparton Victoria
4 August 1985 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Sick Bay Attendant
Service No: 24133
Religion: Rpman Catholic
119 Parramatta Road
World War II (18 March 1940 - 13 August 1951)
Fortress Engineers FD
Cecil Gordon Brown
27 July 1916 - Armidale New South Wales
29 July 1973 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Sapper
Service No: N186922
Religion: Roman Catholic
116 Waratah Street
World War II (16 January 1942 - 4 October 1943)
2 Military District A/CS Office
467 Squadron
Harold Edwin Aubrey Brown
1 January 1922 - Sydney New South Wales
9 July 1968 - Wollongong New South Wales
Rank: Private / Flying Officer
Service No: N185663 / 422927
Religion: Church of England
17 Waratah Street
World War II (9 October 1941 - 10 June 1942, 15 June 1942 - 3 May 1945)
District Accounts Office NSW
Herbert Oswald Brown
25 January 1891 - Sydney New South Wales
26 June 1945 - Balmain New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: N270599
Religion: Church of England
44 Walker Avenue
World War II (19 May 1941 - 6 February 1945)
*
12th Reinforcements 2/24 Battalion
Jack Brown
29 December 1918 - Hobart Tasmania
Unknown
Rank: Private
Service No: VX80732
Religion: Church of England
May be the same person as John Brown below.
World War II (23 July 1942 - 21 June 1946)
*
123rd General Transport Company
John Brown
19 December 1919 - Toronto Canada
Unknown
Rank: Private
Service No: T26499
Religion: Church of England
* May be the same person as Jack Brown above.
119 Ramsay Street
World War II (1 May 1942 - 20 November 1942)
2/3 Australian Commando Squadron
William Thomas Brown
15 June 1916 - Arncliffe New South Wales
12 July 1982 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX201337
Religion: Roman Catholic
260 Hawthorne Parade
World War II (2 June 1943 - 10 April 1946)
1st Company Australian Army Services Corps
8th Division
Thailand & Java
William Webster Brown
5 November 1909 - Annandale New South Wales
18 October 1981 - Wyong New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX25639
Religion: Church of England
10 Hawthorne Parade
World War II (12 June 1940 - 28 December 1945)
2nd Guard Compound
Lionel John Browne
12 August 1921 - Armidale New South Wales
13 July 1985 - Auburn New South Wales
Rank: Corporal
Service No: N185678
Religion: Roman Catholic
19 Marion Street
World War II (17 October 1941 - 13 March 1946)
9th Australian Infantry Battalion
William Stanley Brunton
8 July 1917 - Omeo Victoria
29 October 1991 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: N22032
Religion: Roman Catholic
18 Barton Avenue
World War II (5 August 1940 - 20 March 1946)
2/1 Pioneer Battalion
Charles Edward Bryan
23 March 1910 - Marrickville New South Wales
15 June 1951 - Leichhardt New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX29118
Religion: Church of England
47 Empire Street
World War II (5 June 1940 - 2 February 1945)
16th Garrison Battalion
Adam Buchan
14 January 1894 - Edinburgh Scotland
1984 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Corporal
Service No: N105982
Religion: Church of England
12 Haberfield Road
World War II (17 February 1941 - 25 March 1946)
World War I (5 February 1915 - 4 August 1919)
1 Squadron
Douglas Raymond Buchan
2 September 1921 - Summer Hill New South Wales
30 April 2014 - Wellington New Zealand
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service No: 02253
Religion: Presbyterian
12 Haberfield Road
World War II (12 June 1941 - 21 March 1953)
10th Battalion VDC P/T
8th Australian Infantry Battalion
James Rutherford Buchan
23 October 1920 - Glebe New South Wales
3 September 2002 - Kincumber New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: N468483, NX202235
Religion: Presbyterian
18A Kingston Street
World War II (14 May 1941 - 24 August 1943, 8 September 1943 - 1 November 1946)
2/1 Survey Regiment Royal Australian Artillery
William Buchan
30 March 1916 - Sydney New South Wales
14 January 1979 - Sydney New South Wales
Rank: Gunner
Service No: NX53237
Religion: Presbyterian
18A Kingston Street
World War II (24 June 1940 - 2 November 1945)
2/15 Field Regiment
Geoffrey Irving Buckman
4 July 1912 - Bowraville New South Wales
18 January 1942 - Malaysia
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: NX24072
Religion: Church of England
22 Empire Street
World War II (3 June 1940 - Killed in action 18 January 1942)
Geoffrey Buckman was born in Bowraville New South Wales on 4 July 1912, one of two children to Jabez Buckman and Charlotte Eichmann.
The family moved to Drummoyne and then Haberfield around 1935.
A clerk, he enlisted in Paddington NSW on 3 June 1940. He gave his mother’s address as 22 Empire Street Haberfield.
Marched in to the Shoground training area on 10 June, he was taken on strength with the 1st Royal Australian Reigment. Five months later on 22 Novemebr he transferred to the 2/15 Field Regiment.
Geoffrey was appointed as Acting Sergeant on 30 June 1941, before promotion to Bombardier on 24 July. He embarked from Sydney five days late on 29 July.
He suffered a bout of illness at sea before disembarking in Singapore on 23 August.
The rank of sergeant was confirmed on 27 August.
Geoffrey was listed as missing in action on 25 January 1942. It was later confirmed that he was killed in action on 18 January 1942 on the Malay Peninsula.
He was interred at the Kranji War Cemetery.
Kranji War Cemetery - Singapore
24,000 Commonwealth soldiers
30 Australians died this day
129th Australian Brigade Workshop
Ivan Albery Buckman
13 February 1915 - Sydney New South Wales
25 April 1970 - Villawood New South Wales
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: NX116651
Religion: Methodist
22 Empire Street
World War II (10 September 1942 - 24 January 1946)
HQ Secretary
Lancelott Buckman
18 November 1908 - Nambucca Heads NSW
29 May 1969 - Newtown New South Wales
Rank: Gunner
Service No: NX17467
Religion: Methodist
22 Empire Street
World War II (27 May 1940 - 20 May 1943)
10th Battalion VDC P/T
George Charles Budd
7 June 1890 - Waverley New South Wales
18 March 1952 - Marrickville New South Wales
Rank: Private
Service No: NX186886
Religion: Church of England
31 Tillock Street
World War II (30 March 1942 - 30 September 1945)
World War I (28 October 1914 - 24 February 1919)
35th Australian Infantry Battalion
Thomas Percival Bull
18 August 1908 - Petersham New South Wales
2 December 1998 - Central Coast New South Wales
Rank: Corporal
Service No: NX136540
Religion: Church of England
14 Stanton Road
World War II (13 November 1942 - 12 March 1946)
Coastal Artillery Service
Cecil Burgess
8 March 1916 - Sydney New South Wales
15 October 1991 - Gorokan New South Wales
Rank: Lance Bombardier
Service No: N442363
Religion: Church of England
77 Waratah Street
World War II (12 January 1942 - 5 January 1945)
113th Convalescent Depot New Guinea Force
Clifford Harold Burgess
9 January 1915 - Armidale New South Wales
27 December 2007 - Newcastle New South Wales
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: NX191726
Religion: Church of England
61 Hawthorne Parade
World War II (19 February 1944 - 30 October 1944)
B Australian Naval Bombardment Troop
Norbert Thomas Burke
24 March 1918 - Wagga Wagga New South Wales
4 April 1952 - Concord New South Wales
Rank: Bombardier
Service No: NX141597
Religion: Roman Catholic
38 Barton Avenue
World War II (7 July 1942 - 27 March 1946)
Australian Army Tank Training Battalion
Cecil John Burniston
4 November 1912 - Camperdown New South Wales
10 July 1994 - Cronulla New South Wales
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: N251862
Religion: Church of England
28 Rogers Avenue
World War II (26 February 1942 - 12 July 1943)
Sources
Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com.au/
Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/
Australian War Memorial (Glossary) https://www.awm.gov.au/learn/glossary
Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/
National Archives Australia https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/defence-and-war-service-records
Department Veteran Affairs (Nominal Rolls) https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/ww2
Prisoner of War Memorial Ballarat https://www.powmemorialballarat.com.au/
Trove https://trove.nla.gov.au/
Virtual War Memorial https://vwma.org.au/
St David’s Haberfield 150 Years (Vincent Crow © 2020)
Tours of Haberfield Past and Present Part One (Vincent Crow © 2002)
Tours of Haberfield Past and Present Part Two (Vincent Crow © 2007)
Tours of Haberfield Past and Present Part Three (Vincent Crow © 2010)
Preserving Their Names 1914-18 - Ashfield History No 22 (Ashfield & District Historical Society / Ann O’Connell © 2020)