WW1 AUSTRALIAN CONNECTIONS WITH ST ANNS WELL ROAD
BETTS, HARRY
Rank: Private Service No: 1265 Date of Death: 8/05/1915 Age: 20 Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 8th Bn. Panel Reference: Panel 201 to 204 or 332. Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Mary Ann Congreave (formerly Betts), of 82, Pymin St., Nottingham, England, and the late William Betts. Of Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, England. Additional Information: 1911 he was aged 16 living with his parents and brothers Samuel George and Frank living at 2 Station Cottages, Castle Bromwich . He was a cotton factory worker 17th April 1914 he emigrated to Melbourne Australia (age 19) on the Indiapura. He was killed in action 8th May having taken part in the Gallipoli landing 25th April 1915 Remembered on
Service Number: 1319 Rank: Private Roll title: 8 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 6 Reinforcements (December 1914 - June 1915) Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918 Date of embarkation: 2 February 1915 Place of embarkation: Melbourne Ship embarked on: HMAT Clan McGillivray A46 Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
Herbert Arthur BROWNE Regimental number 578 Place of birth Nottingham England Religion Church of England Occupation Labourer Address 3 Lotus Street, Nottingham, England Marital status Single Age at embarkation 20 Next of kin Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Brown, 3 Lotus Street, Nottingham, England Enlistment date 2 January 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 21st Battalion, C Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/38/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915 Fate Killed in Action 5 October 1918 Place of burial Bullicourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row T, Grave No. 4), France Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 93 |
BROWN, THOMAS ARTHUR
Rank: Private Service No: 1903 Date of Death: 8/11/1916 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 28th Bn. Grave Reference: V. F. 18. Cemetery: HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE Additional Information: Son of Arthur and Annie Brown, of 9 Milk St., Nottingham, England. Remembered on St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Thomas Arthur Brown Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
William Arthur MILLER
Regimental number 2172 Place of birth Nottingham, England School Huntingdon Street High Grade School, Nottingham, England Age on arrival in Australia 30 Religion Methodist Occupation Plumber Address 6 Robinhood Terrace, Victoria Park, Nottingham, England Marital status Single Age at embarkation 34 Next of kin Father, W Miller, 6 Robinhood Terrace, Victoria Park, Nottingham, England Previous military service Nil Enlistment date 7 July 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 17th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/34/2 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 17th Battalion Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Lt A.S. Brown, C Company, 17th Bn, wrote: 'Dear Mrs Miller, ... I am the officer in charge of the platoon to which your son was attached and I have known him ever since he left Australia and was a Pte in the same tent with him at Tel-el-Kebir. On the night of the 2nd the Coy Lewis Gunners were detailed to act as a covering party in front of our trench and on the way out your son was sniped through the head and was killed instantly, his death was absolutely painless and he would not know anything about it....' Fate Killed in Action 3 January 1917 Place of death or wounding France Age at death 38 Place of burial No known grave Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 83 |
ODAM, HARRY
Rank: Private Service No: 1010 Date of Death: 24/10/1916 Age: 21 Memorial: VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 5th Pioneers. Family History Son of William and Emma J. Odam, of 49, Raleigh St., Nottingham, England. Siblings William, Albert Edward and Alice. 1901 census: parents and William (8) and Harry (5, born abt 1896) living at 7 Sandringham Terrace, Nottm. 1911 census: 44 Bangor Street, Alfred Street, Nottm; parents with William, Harry, Albert Edward (9) and Alice Mary (5). Harry departed London for Melbourne, Australia, on board SS Geelong (P&O) on 28 August 1913. The passenger list gives his age as 18 and trade as 'lace worker'. His brother, William, also served in the war. Employment/Hobbies Attended All Saints (Raleigh Street) Day and Sunday Schools and was a member of the 10th Nottingham (All Saints) Boys Brigade. He was a threader in the lace trade (1911 census). Extra Information Nottingham Post obituary (abridged) 18 Nov 1916: ODAM killed in action October 24th 1916, Private Harry Odam, Australian Imperial Force, age 21, son of Mr and Mrs Odam, brother of Eddie and Alice, also Will (France), 49 Raleigh Street Remembered on Nottingham - All Saints Church War Memorial as H Odam St Ann's Well Road Congregational Church War Memorial as H Odam St Ann's District Virtual Memorial War Memorial as Harry Odam Sources: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Nottinghamshire Great War Roll of Honour |
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Thomas Henry SEARS
Regimental number 2447 Place of birth Nottingham, England School Council School, Nottingham, England Age on arrival in Australia 18 Religion Church of England Occupation Labourer Address Helidan, Queensland Marital status Single Age at embarkation 19 Height 5' 5" Weight 127 lbs Next of kin Brother, William Sears, c/o Jack Doroughty, Flagstone Creek, Helidan, Queensland Enlistment date 25 April 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 9th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/26/2 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Sergeant Unit from Nominal Roll 49th Battalion Fate Killed in Action 7 June 1917 Place of death or wounding Messines, Belgium Age at death 22 Place of burial No known grave Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 149 Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: Thomas and Sarah SEARS, 43 Duncombe Street, Nottingham, England Other details War service: Middle East, Western Front Joined 9th Bn, Mudros, 18 November 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 4 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Transferred to 49th Bn, 25 February 1916. 5 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 12 June 1916. Promoted Corporal, 7 June 1916; Sergeant, 6 September 1916. On leave to England, 7 January 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 26 January 1917. To School of Instruction, 11 May 1917; rejoined unit, 13 May 1917. Killed in action, Belgium, 7 June 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
St Anns: Survived the war
1444 Henry Kirke White
1083 Leonard Miller
1785 Harold George Turner
1110 William Evans
306 Ernest Harrison Walker
3646 Harold Hill MM https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=137489
2446 Rupert Barrie DCM Father, Robert Barrie, 35 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham
586 John Henry Brassington St Anns NOK Miss F Brassington, Huntingdon Street Mansfield Road
960 Elijah Grain 16 Massey St. (Bad boy).
50973 John Harrison 47 Union Rd. (Deserter)
1088 Harry Golden (RTA disciplinary reasons)
2414 Arthur Hubert Hitchen (Med disch)
679 Arthur Jeffery. Daughter lived St Anns
369 William Morley Father, William Morley, 4 Seymour Street, Nottingham, England
1385 John Bernard Munns Waterloo and Hutchinson Sts recorded
176 Frank Edward Louis Ritchie MM https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=255994
1228 Bernard Scothern MM https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=268427
2934 William Sears St Anns
1249 William Henry Smedley St Anns?
2078 Frank Start Heskey St?
5459 William Charles Stanfield Blue Bell Hill
5518 Percy Tansley Pym St
318 Herbert Henry Lines St Anns 24 Carlton Rd
4192 Tom Major Bluebell Hills
5957 (or 1620) Thomas Henry Weston St Anns Father 223 Gt Alfred St Central
Horace NewsteadNottingham-born Sgt. Horace Newstead, 32nd Battalion Australian Imperial Force, was wounded at Fromelles on 19th July 1916.
The former sleeper hewer was the son of Eliza Ann Newstead, of 70 Dame Agnes Street, St. Ann's, Nottingham. He had enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, on 19th May 1915.
He was wounded in action again on 28th September 1917.
Click here for Ian Bates facebook posting about Horace Newstead and images
Horace was born 1891 and emigrated to Australia 1912
At the end of the war he returned to Perth Western Australia 28 Feb 1919
The former sleeper hewer was the son of Eliza Ann Newstead, of 70 Dame Agnes Street, St. Ann's, Nottingham. He had enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, on 19th May 1915.
He was wounded in action again on 28th September 1917.
Click here for Ian Bates facebook posting about Horace Newstead and images
Horace was born 1891 and emigrated to Australia 1912
At the end of the war he returned to Perth Western Australia 28 Feb 1919
Name:
William Evans
Residence:
Lotus St, Queens Tce
Regiment Name:
Australian AIF 55th bat
William Evans
Residence:
Lotus St, Queens Tce
Regiment Name:
Australian AIF 55th bat