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A’Beckett, Malwyn Hayley Major DSO

Service No:	Major
Occupation:	Grazier
Address:	Silvan and 59 Sutherland Rd. Armadale
Date of Enlistment:	May 12, 1916
Age at Enlistment:	44 years
Marital Status:	Married
Physical Description:	5ft 8in tall, 10stn 2lbs
Next of Kin:	Wife Mary Edith A’Beckett
Rank on Enlistment:	Captain
Unit Name:	44 Btn
Embarkation Details:	June 6, 1916 from Melbourne on HMAT Suevic A29

Places and dates of service:

1916 July 21: to Plymouth England
916 August 30: Promoted to Major
1916 September 25: on command to School of Instruction England.
1916 November 26: to LeHaure France.
1917 October 4: wounded in action – in the field Belgium.
1917 November 17: to hospital sick (myalgia).
1918 January 22: Appointed Companion of Distinguished Service Order.
1918 April 7: Mentioned in Despatches (by Sir Douglas Haig).
1918 October 30: Mentioned in Despatches.

Service injuries: 
1917 October 4: wounded in the field Belgium ( not specified) remained on duty.

Returned to Australia:	to Melbourne on HT Marathon, December 24, 1918.
Discharge Date:	February 13, 1919.
Rank at Discharge:	Major
Honours/Medals:	Distinguished Service Order Medal, Mentioned in dispatches twice, British Service Medal, Victory Medal.
Memorials:	Silvan Honour Board

Family Story:

Family Story: Malwyn was born in Prahran on January 4th 1872, his parents are not known. He married Mary Edith and family is not known. His death and burial place is not known.
His 1932 address was “Larnoo” Parker Rd. Silvan.

Ackerman, Alfred Charles No Service Number

Service No:	No service number – shown as HS Home Service
Occupation:	Labourer
Address:	John Street Lilydale
Date of Enlistment:	February 26, 1917
Age at Enlistment:	39 years 5 months
Marital Status:	Married
Physical Description:	5ft 5 ½ in tall, 136lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion
Next of Kin:	Agnes Mary Ackerman
Rank on Enlistment:	Driver
Unit Name:	Transport Unit Home Service
Embarkation Details:	Not applicable

Places and dates of service:

Remained in Australia.

Returned to Australia:	Not applicable
Discharge Date:	May 21, 1919
Rank at Discharge:	Driver
Honours/Medals:	Not applicable
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Memorial Board, Methodist Church of Lilydale Honour Board

Family Story:

Alfred was born in 1878 at Charlton Somerset England. He married Agnes Mary and they lived in John Street Lilydale and they had two children. He was given dispensation to stay in Australia because his wife was seriously ill and he had children dependent on him. He worked as a driver with the transport unit home service. Very little has been found about his family or his death.

Ackerman, G.

Aitken, N.

Aitken, R.

Aitken W.

Albury S.

Allen, George Henry 3006

Service No:	3006
Occupation:	Labourer
Address:	Cave Hill Rd, Lilydale, Victoria
Date of Enlistment:	July 20, 1915
Age at Enlistment:	25 years
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5 feet 6 inches, 10 st 1lbs, chest 34 36 ½ inches, eyes brown, hair black
Next of Kin:	Father Charles Allen
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	8th Battalion
Embarkation Details:	November 20 1915, Melbourne, H.M.A.T. ‘Commonwealth’

Places and dates of service:

1915 July 21: 1st Depot Ball Seymour.
1915, November 19: Departed Melbourne.
1916 July 26: Admitted to 5th General Hospital, with Gunshot wound Buttock.
1916 July 28, Admitted to Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital , Harbourne, Birmingham and Discharged August 28, 1916.
1917 May 13, Transferred to England.
1917 April 29: Wounded in action 2nd Occasion.
1917 May 3: Admitted to 5th General Hospital, with gunshot wound left arm.
1917 May 13, Transferred to England.
1917 June 5: Discharged from Greve Military Hospital Richmond.
1917 October 25: Killed in Action, in the field Belgium. Buried Australian Section, 3rd Echollon G.H.Q., British Expeditionary Force.

Returned to Australia:	N/A
Discharge Date:	N/A
Rank at Discharge:	Private at time of death
Honours/Medals:	Memorial Plaque, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Scroll, 1914/15 Star.
Memorials:	Listed on Lilydale War Memorial; Lilydale Presbyterian Church Honour Board; Lilydale Rechabites Honour Board; Lilydale Fire Brigade Honour Board;and Shire of Lillydale WWI Honour Board.

Family Story:

George Allen’s mother was Edith Elizabeth Allen, 733 Burwood Rd Auburn Victoria.

Anderson, Arthur Frederick 3006

Service No:	3006
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Address:	Main St Lilydale
Date of Enlistment:	July 28, 1915
Age at Enlistment:	19 years 10 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5 feet 6 inches, 158 lbs, chest 35/38 inches, dark, eyes brown, hair brown.
Next of Kin:	Mother Elizabeth Anderson.
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	7th Battalion, Late 7/21 Battn
Embarkation Details:	October 15, 1915, Melbourne, HMAT Whiltshire.

Places and dates of service: 1916 January 13: 1st Gen. 180, Admitted Febucula at Helioplis,
1916 February 24: Alloted & proceeded to join 7th Battn ex Zeltoun.
1916 March 4: Joined 7th Battn at Serapeum.
1916 April 2: Arrived in France with the British Expeditionary Force.
1916 August 1: Appointed Lance Corporal ‘in the field’ France.
1916 August 10: Promoted Corporal, France.
1916 February 24: Taken on strength of 7th Battalion from 21st Battn.
1916 August 18: Reported Missing.

Service Injuries:
Died in the field. Buried Delville Wood Cemetery,5 ½ miles South/South West of Bapame, France. Plot 2 Row R Grave 2.

Returned to Australia:	Not Applicable
Discharge Date:	Not Applicable
Rank at Discharge:	Corporal at time of death.
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1914/15 Star, Memorial Scroll.
Memorials:	Lilydale War Memorial.

Family Story:

Not known.

Anderson, Joseph Ringland Captain MC

Service No:	Captain
Occupation:	Medical Practitioner
Address:	2 Highbury Grove Kew
Date of Enlistment:	May 1, 1917
Age at Enlistment:	22 years
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 10 ½ in tall, 154lbs, green eyes, brown hair, fair.
Next of Kin:	Father Rev. Joseph Ringland Anderson
Rank on Enlistment:	Captain
Unit Name:	Aust. Army Medical Corp.
Embarkation Details:	May 9, 1917 at Sydney on HMAT Ulysses.

Places and dates of service:

1917 July 29: to Plymouth England for training.
1918 February 2: to Boulogne France.
1918 February 3: posted to 3rd Australian Hospital in the field France.
1918 March 31: posted to 13th Field Ambulance France.
1918 April 16: posted to 45th Btn. France.