IPSWICH - SUFFOLK
War Memorial
War Memorial
Ipswich is a town in Suffolk, set on the River Orwell
Edgar Rayner Bird is honoured on the Ipswich Memorial
Driver Edgar Rayner BIRD 11440
Born: St. Nicholas, Ipswich, Suffolk Enlisted: 11-10-1915, Holdsworthy, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Boundary Rider 5th Brigade Australian Field Artillery Departed Australia 15-1-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W. Died of Wounds: 7-11-1916 aged 27years Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Bird, of 31, Cromwell St., Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Resting: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 13 |
Private Stanley Frederick CALEY 4455
Born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Enlisted: 15-10-1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
5th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 28-1-1916 from Melbourne
Died of Wounds 15-12-1916, France aged 20years
Son of Edgar and Martha Caley, of 405, Bramford Rd., Ipswich.
Resting: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 43
Born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Enlisted: 15-10-1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
5th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 28-1-1916 from Melbourne
Died of Wounds 15-12-1916, France aged 20years
Son of Edgar and Martha Caley, of 405, Bramford Rd., Ipswich.
Resting: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 43
Private Harold Stanley CHANDLER 14656
Born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England Enlisted: 25-1-1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 13th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps Departed Australia 18-7-1916, from Fremantle Killed in Action 26-9-1917, Belgium Son of Henry & Susannah Chandler, 39 Priory St., Ipswich, Suffolk Resting: Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 182 |
Private Arthur Daniel DIXEY 5707
Born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England Enlisted: 20-2-1916, Perth, Western Australia Occupation prior to Enlistment: Butcher 16th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 18-7-1916, from Fremantle, Western Australia Died 22-9-1917 aged, Belgium 29years Son of Arthur and Alice Dixey, of 196, Foxhall Rd., Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Resting: Gwalia Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 79 |
Corporal George William EDMONDS 1577
Born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England Enlisted: 12-4-1915, Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to Enlistment: Baker 21st Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 28-6-1915 from Melbourne, Victoria Killed in Action 4-10-1917, Belgium aged 21years Son of George Gilbert and Emily Pearce Edmonds. Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 93 |
Private Thomas HAWKINS 358
Born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England Enlisted: 9-2-1915, Ouyen, Victoria Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farm Hand 23rd Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 8-5-1915, from Melbourne, Victoria Died of Wounds 10-11-1916, France Next of Kin: Brother - William Hawkins, 499 Wharncliffe Gardens, St Johns Wood, London NW, England Resting: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 99 |
Private John Thomas HEPBURN 652
Born: Stirling
Enlisted: 3-4-1916, R.A.S. Grounds, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Coachman
4th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 7-10-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W.
Killled in Action 4-10-1917 Belgium, aged 30years
Son of John Thomas and Jean Hepburn
Husband of Mary E. Hepburn, of 21, Francis St., Enmore, New South Wales
Resting: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 40
Born: Stirling
Enlisted: 3-4-1916, R.A.S. Grounds, New South Wales
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Coachman
4th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 7-10-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W.
Killled in Action 4-10-1917 Belgium, aged 30years
Son of John Thomas and Jean Hepburn
Husband of Mary E. Hepburn, of 21, Francis St., Enmore, New South Wales
Resting: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 40
2nd Air Mechanic Robert LAUCHLAND 1320
Born: Walsall, Staffordshire, England Enlisted: 18-3-1916, Townsville, Queensland Occupation prior to Enlistment: Telegraphist Australian Flying Corps, Australian Imperial Force Departed Australia 23-11-1916 from Melbourne, Victoria Died of Wounds 16-11-1917, Belgium aged 25years Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Lauchland, of Karilpa St., Brisbane, Queensland. Resting: The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 187 |
Private Charles Robert SAVAGE 4570
Born: Ipswich, Suffolk, England Enlisted: 14-9-1915, Adelaide, Sth. Aust. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer 10th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 7-2-1916, from Adelaide Died 7-5-1917, France Son of Sarah Savage, 44 Parliament Rd., Ipswich, Suffolk, England Honoured: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 60 |