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Cahill, Francis Roy, 12269

Service No:	12269
Occupation:	Draper
Address:	Cahillton Coldstream
Date of Enlistment:	November 11, 1915.
Age at Enlistment:	18 years 3 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 5¾ in. tall, 8stn 9lbs, blue eyes, fair hair, fresh complexion.
Next of Kin:	Father, Richard Cahill
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	10th Field Ambulance
Embarkation Details:	June 20, 1916 Melbourne on HMAS Runic.

Places and dates of service:

1916 August 10: to Plymouth England.
1916 October 5: sick (tonsillitis) to 10th Brigade Hospital England.
1916 November 24: to France.
1917 January 4: sick (colitis) to 7th General Hospital France.
1917 July 5: transfer to 11th Field Ambulance France.
1917 August 1: sick ( colitis) to 11th Field Hospital France.
1917 August 3: transferred to 22nd General Hospital Camiers, France.
1917 August 8: transferred to England to 3rd Southern General Hospital (ibcolitis and Phthisis).
1917 August 21: transferred to 3rd AA Hospital Dartford England.
1917 October 31: Returned to Australia.

Service injuries: NIL

Returned to Australia:	December 30, 1917 on HT Barrima (medically unfit).
Discharge Date:	February 1, 1918
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Honour Roll, Gruyere Honour Roll, Gruyere South State School Honour Board.

Family Story:

Roy was born in 1897/8 at Coldstream to parents Richard Cahill and Ellen Beatrice Anderson. He never married, and died in Brunswick on July 27, 1928, and was buried in the Lilydale Cemetery RC2 lot 273.

His father Richard died on November 9, 1931 and his mother Ellen died on November 3, 1954. Both are buried in Lilydale Cemetery. He also had a brother Stuart who died September 27, 1963.

Campbell, Charles Ewing, 1149

Service No:	1149
Occupation:	Orchardist
Address:	c/o Post Office Kilsyth
Date of Enlistment:	October 27, 1914
Age at Enlistment:	29 years 6 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 5in tall, 10stn 7 lbs, grey eyes, brown hair, medium
Next of Kin:	Father: Archibald James Campbell
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	8th Btn
Embarkation Details:	December 22, 1914 from Melbourne on HMAT McGilvarry.

Places and dates of service:

1915 February: Suez Canal Egypt
1915 April 25: landing Gallipoli
1915 April 25: wounded at the landing – Gunshot wound – right foot (top of foot).
1915 April 30: Alexandria Hospital, Egypt
1915 June 20: Manchester Hospital, England

Returned to Australia:	April 22 1916 to Melbourne on “Suevic”
Discharge Date:	August 23, 1916 – Medically Unfit
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	914/1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials:	Kilsyth Memorial Hall Honour Board, Shire of Lillydale Honour Roll, Croydon War Memorial.

Family Story:

Charles was born 1890 Armadale (Victorian Birth Register) in 1885 (Service Records) to parents Archibald James Campbell and Elizabeth Anderson Melrose. It is not known if he married and had any family. In 1967 Charles was living in Adelaide, when requesting a Gallipoli Medal. He died in 1968 at Camberwell aged 78 years.

Campbell, D.,

Campbell, Victor Rosmond, 60897

Service No:	60897
Occupation:	Farmer
Address:	Silvan, Victoria
Date of Enlistment:	May 9th 1918
Age at Enlistment:	19 years and 6 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	Victor was 5 ft 5 ½ inches, weighing 115 lbs, with brown hair, blue eyes and medium complexion
Next of Kin:	John Campbell, 31 Drummond St Carlton, was his father, but later a guardian was appointed: Mrs Agnes Benham of ‘Alisa’ Buckley St Essendon.
Rank on Enlistment:	Private
Unit Name:	5th Battalion; then 1st Australian Divisional Train.
Embarkation Details:	August 31, 1918

Places and dates of service:

1918, November 14 to 1919, January 25: England
1919, January 29 to 1919, April 26: France

Returned to Australia:	November 24, 1919
Discharge Date:	December 9, 1919
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	British War medal; Victory Medal
Memorials:	Shire of Lilydale Honour Roll

Family Story:

Victor Rosmond Campbell was born at Macclesfield, South Australia on October 14, 1898, to John C. Campbell and Elizabeth Bridget O’Keefe. Mrs Agnes Benham (Dr Rosamund Agnes Benham of Silvan) was later made his guardian. On March 15, 1923 Victor changed his name by Deed Poll from Victor Rosmond Campbell to Victor Rosmonde Benham.

Also in 1923, Victor married Amy Minnie Norah Luckhurst (1901-1983). In December of 1924 and of 1926 The Argus carried In Memoriam notices: In loving memory of Dr Rosamund Benham who passed to the higher life 11.12.1923.

Victor Benham died at Lilydale, Victoria in 1982.

Cassell, E.,

Cassidy, George Frederick, 19225

Service No:	19225
Occupation:	Railway employee
Address:	‘Sandhurst’, Seville, Victoria
Date of Enlistment:	March 12, 1917
Age at Enlistment:	18
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	George was 5 ft 8 inches weighing 142 lbs, with fair hair, blue eyes and a fresh complexion.
Next of Kin:	Mrs Emma Cassidy, mother; Father deceased by 1917
Rank on Enlistment:	Sapper
Unit Name:	Special draft reinforcements, Signals service (Egypt); Later 4th Light Horse Regiment.
Embarkation Details:	September 3, 1917 from Sydney on HMAT Kyarra

Places and dates of service:

1917, October 19 – 1919, June 15: Egypt.

Returned to Australia:	July 25th 1919 on the Essex
Discharge Date:
Rank at Discharge:	Private
Honours/Medals:	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Memorials:	Shire of Lillydale Honour Board

Family Story:

George Frederick Cassidy was born in 1899 at Ringwood, Victoria. He was the first Lilydale station staffer to enlist.

A letter to his mother from overseas was published in the Lilydale Express August 23, 1918.

He appears in the Indi Electoral Roll 1922-1927 His mother Emma died aged 82 on June 14, 1946 at her residence Beenak Rd, Seville. Her death notice lists children: Gladys Victoria (Mrs Hesserman) and George Frederick; as well as grandchildren John, Ramon, Jim, Eddie and Lorna.

Casson, John Hulbert, 21

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Service No:	21
Occupation:	Railway Employee Loco
Address:	Kilsyth
Date of Enlistment:	October 12, 1914
Age at Enlistment:	21 years 8 months
Marital Status:	Single
Physical Description:	5ft 6in tall, hazel eyes, light brown hair, fair
Next of Kin:	Father Ostle Casson
Rank on Enlistment:	Sergeant