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3 September 1915 : Lt William Darnell VC

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Parents Henry and Rose Ann. William enlisted, only age 15, in 1901 in the South African Rifles and went to Africa. He returned to Australia 12 years later, became an actor and married Elizabeth (née Smyth) in April 1906.  They lived at 'Maktau', Phillips Avenue, Murrumbeena, Victoria.  William enlisted when war was declared in August 1914 an…


29 February 1916 : 1990 Pte Arthur Moore

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Arthur was the youngest son of Henry Albert Moore (a farmer) and his wife Elizabeth (née Thirza) of Moore of Park House, Whatley, near Frome and the youngest of six children.  He was educated Warminster Grammar School. In Birmingham in 1891 his father ran a brass foundry, his mother was a coal merchant and his older siblings did various thing…