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Biographies The biographies which follow were compiled from a variety of sources over twelve years. The Australian War Memorial (AWM) collection provided the major sources: Nominal Roll of the AIF Roll of Honour Commemorative Roll Embarkation Rolls Letters to the British Red Cross re Australian Servicemen Decorations and Awards Other sources used: N.S.W. Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Index Records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorials and Rolls of Honour in the City of Canterbury Casualty lists, Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and Daily Telegraph (DT) “Anzac Memorial Roll of Honour”, published in 1920-21
The “Roll of Honour, Canterbury District” listed in the biographies is a printed list of unknown provenance published after the war, and is not to be confused with the missing timber Honour Roll which was mounted in the old Canterbury Town Hall. The 39th Infantry mentioned in some of the biographies was the local military training unit The Military Area Rooms were first in Wilson Avenue, Belmore, then moved to the comer of Canterbury Road and Liberty Street The Training Orderly Rooms were on Canterbury Road, at Canterbury. “Returned to Australia” is actually the date on which the serviceman was listed to return home from Britain or elsewhere, not the date of arrival in Australia- The 31st October 1919 was the date on which the Nominal Roll ceased recording date of return to Australia. Lesley Muir April 2002