The quilt pays tribute to the memories of many courageous individuals who fought overseas during World War I, including those who lost their lives while fighting for their country and never returned home.
There are almost 1500 names on this quilt. If you would like to find a name:
(A - L or M - Z),
Daisy Bradshaw; M. Evans; M.L. Evans; Mrytle Goslin; I. Green; I. Hayter-Harris; J. Hewson;
A. Matthews; B. Matthews; Daisy Matthews
Martha Moffitt; R. Price; A. Sinclair; A. Smith;
A. Southam; D. Southam; C. Traynor; W.J. Veitch; F.J. Warren; R.R. Warren
Eadie Baker; L. Baker; J.C. Bonwick; Reg Bonwick; Ann Coxhead; A. Hare; Chas. P. Hare; W. Hare; Ida Lewis; Bobby Lyall; Cliff Lyall; Elsie Lyall; Harry Lyall; John Lyall; L. Lyall, Robert Lyall; Syd Lyall; W. Lyall; E. Mitchell; D. Renton; L. Renton; Ann Wallace
E.K. Bryson?; B.W. Curlewis; F.A. Curlewis; K. Curlewis Lt 14th Battalion; J. Fears?; R. Gibson Lt. 21st Battalion; J. Grant Lt 46th Battalion; E.I.L. Graves Cpt 11th F Amb; H. Graves QMS 45th Battalion AFA; R.R.R. Graves Gnr 45th Battalion AFA; R. Thomas; M.H. Mailer Cpt 11th F Amb; R.M. Oliver Lt. 24th Battalion; H.R. Orpen Lt 30th Battalion; L.R. Robinson; R.C. Robinson Cpl 7th Battalion; E.B. Simpson; M.W. Simpson; W. Chas Thomas Lt. 14th Battalion; Maddie I. Thomas 'Benelta' Essendon; W.E. Townsend Lt 6th Battalion
A. Campbell; E.W. Cilinto; H. Crawle; Geo. Dunn; M. Evans; Daisy Graham; C.D. Gruchy; Jessie Hall; E.S. Jackson; D. Lowsby; L. McAuliffe; A. McVitty; Hilda Meyer; V. Meyers; D. Millis; L. Millis; Stan Millis; Doris Muir; R.G. Muir; L.J. Muirhead, Gunner, 14th Battalion; H.W. Pearson; Eileen Reid; Irene Reynolds; T.J. Smith; Madge Stones; Elaine Taylor; Irene Taylor; Gladys Williamson; Jim Young
James Lithgow Muirhead
Service No. 2263; 14th Battalion / 59th Battalion / 58th Battalion; Enlisted 21.9.14;
22 year old Labourer from Williamstown;
Private, promoted to Lance Corporal, Gunner, Bombardier;
Served in Gallipoli & France;
Wounded in Action, Gallipoli, 13 August, 1915 – Gun shot wound thigh, France, 30 September, 1917 – Gun shot wound to left leg and arm;
Returned to Australia medically unfit 24 January, 1918; Discharged 29 August, 1918; Died of Wounds 5 September, 1919 in Caulfield Military Hospital
Ada Bear; A.E. Bear; Baby Bear; Hal Bear; L.F. Bear; Mrs J. Bear;
Maude Bear; N. Bear; Muriel Gordon; Chas G. Lew; Nellie A. Moore;
Grace Mothren?; Mary Norman; Ada Row; Heptizbah Row;
H.G. Stewart; N. Scrivener; Clive Tate
Emmie Bond; L. Carre; C. Chambers; Lita? Clarke; Billie Denis; A. Graham; Isobel Grimes; Netta Grimes; Wm. Grimes; Gwen James; Ruby Jones; Harriett Keartland; Laurie Keartland; Laddie & Rex; Linda Nevill?; N. O'Keefe; E. Parry;
J.E. Parry, 1st Division AIF;
Frank Teakle, 5th Battalion; H. Whitmore
Isobel Grimes, member of the 14th Battalion Comforts Fund Committee
William Grimes, husband of Isobel Grimes
John Ernest Parry; Service No. 1700; 5th Battalion / 14th Field Artillery Brigade; Enlisted on 17.8.15; 32 year old Bricklayer from Fitzroy; Served in Gallipoli, France; Private, promoted to Gunner, Bombardier, Corporal, Seargeant; Wounded in action, Ypres, 8 November, 1917 – Gas poisoning; Discharged 24 May, 1918
Alfred Frank Teakle; Service No. 2911; 5th Battalion; Enlisted 22.6.15; 29 year old Farmer and Grazier from Wandong; Served in Egypt, Gallipoli; Private; Died of illness, Pneumonia, Cairo, Egypt, 30 December, 1915
L. Bragge; M. Burke; ? Cattlin; H. Cattlin; Private E.K. Dunn; C.C. Herbert; F. Herbert; K.V. Herbert; M.G. Herbert; L. M. & A. Howden; A.E. Kerr; M. Marsley; A.D. Mathews; I.E. Mathews; Moira O'Brien; Thelma O'Brien; E. & C. Roediger; C.D. Ryan; E. Simpson; M. Skinner; A.W. Smart; Martha Smart; Albert? Smith; C. Thomson; E. Wallis
Edward Keith Dunn; Service No. 7499; 14th Battalion, 25th Reinforcements; Enlisted on 6.8.17; 18 year old Bootmaker from Malvern; Private; Served in France; Discharged 20 August, 1919
Pte L. Bloore, 60th; Sgt H. Bond LH; Pte C. Brown 6th; Pte B. Buckland 2?; Pte P. O’Connell 8th; Pte C. Filling 14th; Pte J. Girvan 22; Pte G. Hall 22Ëš; Pte D. Jackson 58;
Cpl W. Johnston M.M.; Pte C. Lambourn, 2?; R. Last A.F.C.; Gnr Lee 1st F.A.; M. Mann; Gnr; A. Moffatt M.M.; Gnr G. Moir 2Ëš F.A.; Pte. T. Noble 57; Sgt C.L. Whitby M.M. 46th; Cpl C. Wilson M.M. ENG; Sgt E. Wynne 58th
H. Betts; N. Betts; E. Bevan; E. Carr; E. Carr; F.P. Carr; H.I. Carr;
Lil Carr; M. Carr; Muriel Carr; A. Dartnell; Nancy Dartnell; G. Edwards;
D. Foster; H. Green; J. Hayward; A. Hirst; W. Hirst; O. Lewin;
Baby Moore; F. Needham; Ola?; F. Regan; M. Reid; Sarn?; L. Sealey;
M. Thompson; E. Wardrop; M. Woodhouse
F. Bateson; E. Bowers; S. Busby; C. Dawbarn; Grace Dawbarn; H. Dawbarn; Lorna Dawbarn; M. Donnelly; Ella Fletcher; Harold Fletcher; I. Fletcher; Mavis Fletcher; P. Fletcher; Beryl Johnson; G. Johnson; L. Johnson; J. Joyce; Jimmy Joyce; S. Joyce; B. Scullion
P. Bain; E. Bowler; T. Bowler; T. Bulliver; R. Cleland; T. Cleland; G. Hamilton; L. Hamilton; J. Hill; T. Donovan; M. Leggett; G. Mann;
R. Menzies; J. Miller; D. Ryan; H. Self; E. Tracey; G. Tracey; C. Tesseyman; J. Williams;
E. Barclay; M.E. Cray; A. Griffith; L. Griffith; E. Hedges; Captain A. Jacka V.C. M.C.; Lieut W. Jacka; Driver S. Jacka; F. Kettle; J. Kirby;
Geo. F. Laver; M.I. Laver; Captain W.G. Laver; Captain D.R. Macdermid; M. MacDonald; E. Pestell; I.H. Pestell; M. Pestell; E.W. Riley;
E.H. Shaw; M.L. Shaw; Alan Smith; M. Waldron; Jessie Wynne
E.B. Connolly; L. Davis; F. Fairway; Essie Frankel; Harry Frankel; J. Frankel; Leo Frankel; Sol. Frankel; Eileen Higgins; H.L. Lyall; ?.M. Lyall; Alfred Millis; Alice Millis; Arthur Millis; Billie Millis; E.A. Millis; F.M. Millis; Frank Millis; Frank O. Millis; Jean Millis; Nellie F. Millis;
Laurie B. Millis; Harold Moore
A. Brown; C. Brown; J. Clark; F. Coultas; J. Coultas; M. Farley; D. Griffiths; Pvte. R. Holton; C. Hutchinson; C.L. Hutchinson;
M. Hutchinson; S. Hutchinson; A. Marshall; M. Meikle; Gunner W. Smythe; B. Stewart; H. Swannell; M. Swannell; Lieut. H.W. Thompson; J. Thompson; J.C. Thompson; A. Thornburn; Driver B. Voss; M. Wallace
Sgt. A. Aird; Pte. A. Broadbent; A. Craven, 2nd A.M; Pte. J. Fair; Sister M. Grant?; Cpl. A.J. Hancock, 2nd A.M., F. Lukin; Captain W.G. Lush M.C.; H. Miller 2nd A.M.; Captn. J.A. Mitchell MC; Lieut. B. Nielson; Sister I.H. Ogilvie; Driver N. Pride; Cpl. J.R. Stuber;
Pte. R. Sutherland; Driver D.H. Wallace; Gnr. D. Webster; Capt. W. Wolff; Gunner C.H.Z. Woinarsk, 2nd A.M., R. Young
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