Collie Men Who Served

Men who served their King and Country

BAKER W     Probably Walter James enlisted with the Tooraweenah Kookaburras 12 January 1916 and was discharged medically unfit at Bathurst Depot.

BROAD A                  UNCONFIRMED

BROPHY Thomas Francis 2140 enlisted 3 June 1916 served with the 53rd and 19th Battalions. He returned to Australia 7 February 1919.

BROPHY F                UNCONFIRMED

CAMPBELL Colin 17961 enlisted 29 January 1917 and served with the Field Engineers. He returned to Australia 26 July 1919.

CHISHOLM Donald Sutherland 1714 enlisted 9 February 1916 and served with the 45th Battalion. He was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal. He was discharged on 9 December 1920 after studying farming in America

CHISHOLM Donald Sutherland 1714 of Pine Lodge Collie, enlisted 9 February 1916 and served with the 45th Battalion. He was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal. Donald was granted 12 months leave for agricultural purposes in America where he studied pig raising and irrigation farming. He returned to Australia from Vancouver and was discharged on 9 December 1920.

DARCY J                  UNCONFIRMED

FENTON Edward Victor 2572 enlisted 21 September 1914 and served on the Railway supply with the Australian Army Service Corps. He returned to Australia 5 July 1916.

HOBBS Thomas 1665 enlisted 8 January 1916 and served with 5th Machine Gun Battalion. He returned to Australia on 6 June 1918.

JONES H                   UNCONFIRMED

KILBY Robert 2119 enlisted on 6 September 1915 and served with the Medium Trench Mortar Squadron .He returned to Australia on 10 April 1918.

KILBY T                   UNCONFIRMED

MCNABB William James 1689 enlisted on 8 September 1915 and served with 1st Light Horse Regiment and 14th Field Artillery Brigade. He returned to Australia on 15 may 1919.

MCNABB John Thomas 1644 enlisted on 12 January 1916 and served with 45th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 17 March 1919.

MCNAMARA W      UNCONFIRMED

MCILVEEN Lawrence William 36463 enlisted on 3 January 1918 and served with 2nd Field Artillery Brigade He returned to Australia on 3 May 1919.

MEERS Clarence 6062 enlisted on 8 February 1916 and served with 3rd & 28th Battalions. He returned to Australia on 1 July 1919.

MEERS Samuel Edward Mac 6060 enlisted on 17 February 1917 and served with the 3rd Battalion. He returned to Australia on 17 March 1917.

MEERS Theodore James 6059 enlisted on 8 February 1916 and served with the 3rd Battalion. He returned to Australia on 31 March 1919.

MILLS Arthur Maeford 1700 enlisted on 12 January 1916 and served with the45th Battalion He returned to Australia on 15 May 1919.

MUNRO Gilbert Bertred 2463 enlisted on 25 January 1917 and served with the Camel Corps. He returned to Australia on 20 July 1919.

MURRAY Sydney 374 enlisted on 5 June 1915 and served with Siege Artillery Brigade. He returned to Australia 19 February 1919.

MURRAY Richard Theodore 39523 enlisted on 3 January 1918 and served with Field Artillery Brigade He returned to Australia on 19 August 1919.

O’CONNOR Patrick 1663 enlisted on 12 January 1916 and served with the 45th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 24 August 1918.

O’CONNOR Michael 1637 enlisted on 12 January 1916 and served with the45th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 8 April 1917.

O’CONNOR E Edmund 4888 enlisted on 3 August 1917 and served with the 1st Pioneer Battalion. He returned to Australia on 17 November 1919.

PATRICK Alexander William 6402 enlisted on 16 October 1916 and served with the 20th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 19 June 1919.

PATON Harry 2470 enlisted on 20 January 1917 and served with 12th Light Horse Regiment and the Camel Corps. He returned to Australia on 16 March 1919.

ROWCLIFF Leslie Herbert 4260 enlisted on 13 August 195 and served with 20th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 9 January 1920.

SKELLY E                            UNCONFIRMED

STEWART Frederick Ernest 39490 enlisted on 17 December 1917 and served with the Field Artillery Brigade. He returned to Australia on 20 July 1918.

STEWART G                        UNCONFIRMED

WARTLEY Michael Emmanuel John 2297 enlisted on 12 January 1916 and served with the 45th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 10 April 1919.

WRENNALL Harry 5921 enlisted on 24 May 1916 and served with 17th Battalion. He returned to Australia on 19 June 1919.

The servicemen named on the war memorial ‘who served their King and Country’ enlisted and marched with the Tooraweenah Kookaburras are Walter J Baker Depot, John Thomas McNabb 1644, Arthur Maeford Mills 1712 (known as Gundy) and Michael Emmanuel John Wartley 2297. However, W McNamara remains unidentified.

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