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Bamber, Edmond Andrew, 69481

Service No:	6948
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Address:	Coldstream
Date of Enlistment:	July 1,1918
Age at Enlistment:	20 years 6 mnths
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 6 ¾ in tall, 130lbs, blue eyes, fair hair, fair complexion
Next of Kin:	Father Thomas Bamber
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	18th RFTs. GSG
Embarkation Details:	None

Places and dates of service:

Edmund did not leave Australia but served 162 days at Broadmeadows.

Returned to Australia:	Not applicable
Discharge Date:	December 24, 1919 due to demobilisation
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	Not applicable
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Honour Roll, Coldstream and Yering War Memorial

Family Story:

Edmund was born December 17, 1897 Gruyere to Thomas Bamber, his mother was deceased at time of enlistment. He had siblings Henry Thomas (b) 1894 who also served ww1 (1885) Margaret (Maggie), Thomas and Alice. Edmund enlisted in 1918 but became very ill with influenza and so did not embark to war. He attended Yering primary School, and after the war he was on a Soldier Settlement block at Scoresby with his brother Henry, known as Harry. This was cancelled in 1927. Henry moved to Mordialloc as a horse trainer, and Edmund was an Estate Agent in Northcote 1933 (Trove newspapers) (Ancestry).

He married Katherine Beatrice Ebbs but it is not known if they had family, or where and when he died.

Bamber, Henry Thomas, 1885

Service No:	1885
Occupation:	Farrier
Address:	Coldstream
Date of Enlistment:	January 17, 1916
Age at Enlistment:	22 years 4 mths
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 5 ½ in tall, 123lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, medium complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father, Thomas Bamber
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	11th RFTS
Embarkation Details:	September 23, 1916 Melbourne on HMAT Pera A4

Places and dates of service:

1916 November 15: to Tidworth England.
1917 January 23: appointed shoeing smith.
1917 January 25: to Etaples France.
1917 February 8: transfer to 1st Anzac Light Horse France.
1918 November 6: sick (influenza) while on leave in England.
1919 March 4: Returned to Australia (medically unfit)

Service injuries: NIL

Returned to Australia:	May 16. 1919 Melbourne on the Dongala
Discharge Date:	August 18, 1919
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Honour Roll, Coldstream and Yering War memorial, Gruyere South State School Honour Roll

Family Story:

Henry (Harry) was born August 28, 1894 in Williamstown to Thomas Bamber, his mother was deceased at the time of enlistment. Harry had siblings Edmund (Eddie), Margaret (Maggie) Thomas and Alice. He found work with the railways until he enlisted 1916. He had also been working at his father’s blacksmith shop in Coldstream, and on return from the war Dame Nellie Melba took an interest and suggested he should be a trainer, giving him some of her horses for him to work.

Harry and his brother Eddie were granted a farm at Scoresby as part of the Soldier Settlement Scheme, this was given up in 1927. He moved to Mordialloc and had a home and stables “Rivette” (later sold in 1950s). He owned and trained a filly called Rivette and in 1939 was the first mare to win both the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup in one year. (Mountain View Newspaper June 1985)

He later lived in Nunawading for 27years with wife Eileen, he died May 7, 1985 aged 92 years and was buried at Templestowe Cemetery. Eileen died July 15, 1976 and is also at Templestowe.

Barnes, Cyril Freeman 21512

Service No:	21512
Occupation:	Postal Assistant
Address:	Lilydale
Date of Enlistment:	December 10, 1917
Age at Enlistment:	19 years 7 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 5in tall, 117lbs, brown eyes, dk brown hair, fresh complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father, Frederick Gough Barnes.
Rank on Enlistment:	Sapper
Unit Name:	3rd Div. Signal Co.
Embarkation Details:	February 28, 1918 Melbourne on HMAT Nestor A71.

Places and dates of service:

1918 April 20: to Liverpool England.
1918 May 22: to France – in the field.
1918 March 11: to London England.
1919 March 17: to France.
1919 April 7: to London England.
1919 April 30: (sick) to Grove Military Hospital Tooting, England.
1919 September 10: Promoted to T/2/Corporal.
1919 November 22: Returned to Australia.

Service injuries: NIL

Returned to Australia:	January 9, 1920 to Melbourne on the Aeneas
Discharge Date:	February 8, 1920.
Rank at Discharge:	T/2/Corporal
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal
Memorials:	Lilydale Presbyterian Church Memorial Roll, Shire of Lillydale Honour Roll

Family Story:

Cyril was born 1898 in Benalla to parents Frederick Gough and Charlotte (Lottie) Barnes.
When he enlisted in 1917 Cyril was working at the Lilydale Post Office, possibly renting in Lilydale as his parents lived in Kensington.

The electoral rolls state that he was a postal assistant in Newmarket after the war in 1921, then in 1931 he was in Kooyong and in 1949 in Melbourne. It is possible that he then went to Queensland and it is not known if he married and had family, or where or when he died.

Barnes, George Breedon, No number issued.

Service No:	No number issued
Occupation:	Orchardist
Address:	Seville
Date of Enlistment:	July 8, 1918
Age at Enlistment:	32 years 11 months
Marital Status:	Married
Physical Description:	5ft 8ins tall, 162 lbs,
Next of Kin:	Wife Myrtle May Barnes
Rank on Enlistment:	Not Applicable
Unit Name:	Not Applicable
Embarkation Details:	Not Applicable

Places and dates of service:

Not applicable

Returned to Australia:	Not Applicable
Discharge Date:	December 24, 1918 due to demobilisation.
Rank at Discharge:	Not Applicable
Honours/Medals:	Not Applicable
Memorials:	Seville Memorial

Family Story:

George was born June 23, 1885 in Collingwood, parents names not known. He was married to Myrtle May and they had four children. George died une 26, 1941 and was survived by his wife, who lived to the grand old age of 97years. She died, on December 1, 1986 living at the time in Bond Street Ringwood.

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Beavis, T.,

Bedbrook, Arthur Ernest, 750

Link to Arthur Bedbrook’s headstone.

Service No:	750
Occupation:	Groom/Gardener
Address:	9 McKay St. Coburg / Sandhurst Berkshire England
Date of Enlistment:	August 20, 1914
Age at Enlistment:	27 years 3 months
Marital Status:	Married
Physical Description:	5ft 7in tall, 11stn 3lb, blue eyes, light brown hair, fair complexion.
Next of Kin:	Ethel Nora Bedbrook
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	4th Division Train