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The 1914-15 Star is a crowned four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves, with the royal cypher at the foot and a central scroll inscribed 1914-15.  The 1914-15 Star is identical to the 1914 Star, except for the omission of AUG and NOV, and the scroll across the centre being inscribed 1914-15.
 
The 1914-15 Star is a crowned four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves, with the royal cypher at the foot and a central scroll inscribed 1914-15.  The 1914-15 Star is identical to the 1914 Star, except for the omission of AUG and NOV, and the scroll across the centre being inscribed 1914-15.
 
   
 
   
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The reverse of the 1914-15 Star is plain, except for the inscribed name and service details of the recipient. The medal is bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.  
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The reverse of the 1914-15 Star is plain, except for the inscribed name and service details of the recipient. The medal is bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. Throughout the British Empire 2,078,183 1914-15 Stars were awarded.  Few if any Australians were awarded the 1914 star.
  
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Throughout the British Empire 2,078,183 1914-15 Stars were awarded.  Few if any Australians were awarded the 1914 star.
 
  
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==Awarded to:==
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==Notes==
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Initially this medal was not intended for those who fought at Gallipoli. Instead it had been proposed that a 'Gallipoli Star', or 'ANZAC Star' would be given to Australian and New Zealand troops. However, there was unease in Britain that men from other Commonwealth nations would not be eligible and so, despite it having been approved by King George V, it was substituted with the 1914-15 Star.[2]
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In 1967 Gallipoli specific service was rewarded in Australia and New Zealand with the issue of a Gallipoli Medal (not intended to be worn) to those who were eligible, or their next of kin.
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References
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http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/h/h5.html
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The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History (Oxford University Press, Auckland, 2000), p.226
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 +
Names are listed below in alphabetical order by Local Government area:
  
 
==Armadale==
 
==Armadale==
−
{|
+
 
−
|[[Leith John Newton Angelo]]
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* [[Leith John Newton Angelo]]  
−
| 
+
−
|[[William Barge]]
+
* † [[William Barge]]
−
|[[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
+
* [[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
−
|[[Edward James Bell]]
+
* † [[Edward James Bell]]
−
|[[Frederick James Bishop]]
+
* [[John Blake]]
−
|[[Gordon Bishop]]
+
* † [[Henry Bolton]]
−
|-
+
* † [[Frederick Douglas Atlee Bowra]]
−
|[[John Blake]]
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* [[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]  
−
|
+
* [[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
−
|[[Henry Bolton]]
+
* [[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
−
|[[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
+
* [[Henry Thomas (Harry) Brear]]
−
|[[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
+
* [[Edward Briggs]]
−
|[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
+
* [[Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst]]
−
|[[Henry Thomas (Harry) Brear]]
+
* [[William Buck]]
−
|-
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* [[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
−
|[[Edward Briggs]]
+
* † [[Thomas Buckingham]]
−
|
+
* [[Albert George Bullock]]
−
|[[Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst]]
+
* [[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
−
|[[William Buck]]
+
 
−
|[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
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* [[Arthur Charles Cam]]
−
|[[Thomas Buckingham]]
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* [[Clarence Roy Champion]]
−
|[[Albert George Bullock]]
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* [[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]]
−
|-
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* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
−
|[[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
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* [[Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke]]
−
| 
+
* † [[Frederick Lawrence Close]]
−
|[[Arthur Charles Cam]]
+
* [[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
−
|[[Clarence Roy Champion]]
+
* [[George Sidney Cook]]
−
|[[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]]
+
* [[Claude Francis Cooper]]
−
|[[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
+
 
−
|[[Frederick Lawrence Close]]
+
* [[Charles Henry Davis]]
−
|-
+
* [[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
−
|[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
+
* † [[Frank William Dowell]]
−
|
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* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
−
|[[George Sydney Cook]]
+
 
−
|[[Claude Francis Cooper]]
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* [[Albert John Egan MID]]
−
|[[Charles Henry Davis]]
+
* † [[John James Emery]]
−
|[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
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* [[Richard Evans MM]]
−
|[[Frank William Dowell]]
+
 
−
|-
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* [[Frederick Fancote]]
−
|[[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
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* [[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
−
|
+
 
−
|[[Albert John Egan MID]]
+
* † [[Charles Maul Glover]]
−
|[[John James Emery]]
+
* † [[John Francis Grabham MM]]
−
|[[Richard Evans MM]]
+
* † [[Bertie Greenfield]]
−
|[[Frederick Fancote]]
+
 
−
|[[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
+
* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
−
|-
+
* † [[John Hobbs]]
−
|[[Charles Maul Glover]]
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* [[Frederick George Hodges]]
−
|
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* [[James Owen Horrocks]]
−
|[[John Francis Grabham MM]]
+
* † [[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
−
|[[Bertie Greenfield]]
+
 
−
|[[Frederick Hobbs]]
+
* [[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
−
|[[John Hobbs]]
+
 
−
|[[Frederick George Hodges]]
+
* [[Albert Stephenson Jackson]]
−
|-
+
 
−
|[[James Owen Horrocks]]
+
* [[Henry Richard Keefe]]
−
|
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* [[Patrick Wilford Kelly]]
−
|[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
+
* [[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
−
|[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
+
* [[James Kershaw]]
−
|[[Albert Stephenson Jackson]]
+
 
−
|[[Henry Richard Keefe]]
+
* [[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
−
|[[Patrick Wilford Kelly]]
+
 
−
|-
+
* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
−
|[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
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* † [[Harold V Marshall]]
−
|
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* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
−
|[[James Kershaw]]
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* [[Alice Maud Martin]]
−
|[[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
+
* [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
−
|[[Alexander Russell Main]]
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* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
−
|[[Victor Henry Marshall]]
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* [[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
−
|[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
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* [[William John Martin (1278)]]
−
|-
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* † [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
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|[[Alice Maud Martin]]
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* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
−
|
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* † [[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
−
|[[Francis Leonard Martin]]
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* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
−
|[[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
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* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
−
|[[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
+
 
−
|[[William John Martin (1278)]]
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* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]]
−
|[[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
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* [[William Henry Ottey]]
−
|-
+
 
−
|[[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
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* [[Charles Edward Parkin]]
−
|
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* [[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
−
|[[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
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* † [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
−
|[[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
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* † [[Charles William Price]]
−
|[[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
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* [[Henry George Price]]
−
|[[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]]
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|[[William Henry Ottey]]
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* [[Thomas Edward Raine]]
−
|-
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* [[Frederick Rawlinson]]
−
|[[Charles Edward Parkin]]
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* [[William Rawlinson]]
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|
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* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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|[[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
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* [[William Harold Raynor]]
−
|[[Keith George Harman Podger]]
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* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
−
|[[Charles William Price]]
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* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
−
|[[Henry George Price]]
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−
|[[Thomas Edward Raine]]
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* [[Robert Melville Salter]]
−
|-
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* [[Hector Lionel Saw]]
−
|[[William Rawlinson]]
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* [[Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott]]
−
|
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* [[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
−
|[[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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* [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
−
|[[William Harold Raynor]]
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* [[Hugh Henry Smith]]
−
|[[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
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* [[John Harold Rupert Smith]]\
−
|[[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
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* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]
−
|[[Robert Melville Salter]]
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* [[William Stephens]]
−
|-
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* [[Harold Stinton]]
−
|[[Hector Lionel Saw]]
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* † [[Arthur William Symonds]]
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|
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|[[Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott]]
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* [[William George Tait]]
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|[[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
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* [[John Edward Thomson]]
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|[[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
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* [[Sidney Tugby]]
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|[[Hugh Henry Smith]]
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* † [[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]]
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|[[John Harold Rupert Smith]]
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|-
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* [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
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|[[William Stephens]]
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|
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* [[William Archer Waller]]
−
|[[Harold Stinton]]
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* [[Frank Erle Waters]]
−
|[[Arthur William Symonds]]
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* [[Stuart Alan Webb]]
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|[[William George Tait]]
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* [[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
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|[[John Edward Thomson]]
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* [[James Murray Whiteley]]
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|[[Sidney Tugby]]
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* [[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
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|-
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* [[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]]
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|[[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]]
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* [[James Winning]]
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|
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* [[Vernon Claude Witney]]
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|[[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
+
 
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|[[William Archer Waller]]
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* [[George Young]]
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|[[Frank Erle Waters]]
 
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|[[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
 
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|[[James Murray Whiteley]]
 
−
|-
 
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|[[Vernon Claude Witney]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
 
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|[[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]]
 
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|[[James Winning]]
 
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|[[George Young]]
 
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|}
 
  
 
== Post WW1 arrivals in the district==
 
== Post WW1 arrivals in the district==
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*[[George Bett]]
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* [[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
−
*[[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
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* [[Harold Clare Brown MSM]]
−
*[[Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott]]
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* [[Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott]]
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*[[Gordon Devereux MM]]
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* [[Gordon Devereux MM]]
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*[[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]]
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* [[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]]
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*[[William Hart]]
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* [[William John (Bill) Hart]]
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*[[Robert George McLean]]
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* [[Robert George McLean]]
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*[[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
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* [[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
−
|}
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==Canning==
 +
 
 +
* [[Samuel Thomas Lowth]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
 +
 
 +
==Gosnells==
 +
 
 +
* [[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
 +
 
 +
* [[James Baillie]]
 +
* [[Ernest Ball DCM]]
 +
* † [[Frank Ball]]
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* [[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
 +
* [[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
 +
* [[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 +
* † [[Walter Bell Blair]]
 +
* † [[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
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* † [[John McLeod Brown]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
 +
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
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* † [[Oswald Chorlton]]
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* [[Francis Crowe]]
 +
 
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* [[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
 +
* † [[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
 +
* [[Edward Augustus Davis]]
 +
* [[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Hilton Ward Ennis MID]]
 +
 
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* † [[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Lionel William Gibbs]]
 +
* [[Percy Goodall]]
 +
* [[Charles Gorringe]]
 +
 
 +
* [[John Richard (Jack) Hall]]
 +
* [[William Joseph Hayden]]
 +
* [[Walter Robert Hayes]]
 +
* [[Walter Hayward]]
 +
* [[Terry de Bohun Helm]]
 +
* [[Thomas Hetherington]]
 +
* [[Cecil Arthur Hill MM]]
 +
* [[Harry Hodgson]]
 +
* [[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[Basil Kelley]]
 +
* † [[Arthur George Kettley]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
 +
* [[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]]
 +
* [[Arthur Thomas Lester]]
 +
* [[Beverley John Liddelow]]
 +
* [[George William Liddington]]
 +
* † [[Ernest Edward Lockhart]]
 +
* [[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
 +
* [[George Wales McGillivray]]
 +
* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
 +
* † [[Victor Henry Marshall]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Reuben Douglas Naughton]]
 +
* † [[Edward Mordan Neale]]
 +
* [[Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE]]
 +
 
 +
* [[James Anthony Parker]]
 +
* † [[Harry Pickard]]
 +
* [[Arthur Pilgrim]]
 +
* † [[Hector Louis Polain]]
 +
* [[Joseph Pulford]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[William Edward Reed]]
 +
* † [[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Henry John Robert Saint]]
 +
* [[Henry Giles Schmidt]]
 +
* † [[George Scrivener]]
 +
* † [[Roland Parker Shelley]]
 +
* [[Francis William Singleton]]
 +
* [[Josiah James Skinner]]
 +
* [[John Donald Stalker]]
 +
 
 +
* [[James Thomson MM]]
 +
* † [[Samuel Simpson Thompson]]
 +
* [[George Thomson]]
 +
* [[Arnold Thorp]]
 +
* † [[Hubert Harris Thorp]]
 +
* [[Edward William Tink]]
 +
 
 +
* [[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]]
  
 
==Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
 
==Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
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{|
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* [[John Alexander Adamson]]
−
|[[John Alexander Adamson]]
+
*  † [[Herbert Wright Aldred]]
−
| 
+
* [[Gerrie Anderson]]
−
|[[Alexander Barnett]]
+
 
−
|[[Charles Barnett]]
+
* † [[Alexander Barnett]]
−
|[[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
+
* † [[Charles Barnett]]
−
|[[Frederick James Bishop]]
+
* [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
−
|[[Gordon Bishop]]
+
* † [[Frederick James Bishop]]
−
|-
+
* † [[Gordon Bishop]]
−
|[[William Bowman]]
+
* [[William Michael Bowman]]
−
|
+
 
−
|[[John James Lynes Chester]]
+
* [[Thomas Carberry MM MID]]
−
|[[John Harold Coffen]]
+
* [[Bernard William Chatfield]]
−
|[[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
+
* [[John James Lynes Chester]]
−
|[[Inez Claire Cronin]]
+
* [[John Harold Coffen]]
−
|[[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis]]
+
* [[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
−
|-
+
* [[Inez Clare Cronin]]
−
|[[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
+
* [[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis ]]
−
|
+
 
−
|[[Charles Glyn Firns]]
+
* [[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby ]]
−
|[[Hobart Douglas Firns MID]]
+
* † [[Frank William Dowell]]
−
|[[George Weston Firns]]
+
 
−
|[[William Edward Clarence Green]]
+
* † [[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
−
|[[Frank Grundy]]
+
 
−
|-
+
* [[Charles Glyn Firns ]]
−
|[[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
+
* [[George Weston Firns]]
−
|
+
* † [[Hobart Douglas Firns MID]]
−
|[[Phillip (Harry) Harrison]]
+
* [[Osborne Fisher]]
−
|[[William Heath]]
+
* [[Cyril Foxwell]]
−
|[[John Charles Hutchinson]]
 
−
|[[Percy Francis Keenan]]
 
−
|[[Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[James Kirk]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[James Edward Laugher]]
 
−
|[[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
 
−
|[[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
 
−
|[[Osborne Fisher]]
 
−
|}
 
  
−
==Gosnells==
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* † [[Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild]]
−
{|
+
* [[William Edward Clarence Green ]]
−
|[[Ernest Ball DCM]]
+
* [[Frank Grundy]]
−
|
+
 
−
|[[Frank Ball]]
+
* [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
−
|[[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
+
* † [[Phillip (Harry) Harrison ]]
−
|[[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
+
* † [[William Heath]]
−
|[[Walter Bell Blair]]
+
* [[John Charles Hutchinson]]
−
|[[John McLeod Brown]]
+
 
−
|-
+
* [[Percy Francis Keenan]]
−
|[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
+
* [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]]
−
|
+
* [[James Kirk]]
−
|[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
+
 
−
|[[Oswald Chorlton]]
+
* † [[James Edward Laugher]]
−
|[[Francis Crowe]]
+
* † [[Herbert George Lewis]]
−
|[[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
+
* [[Angus Lindt]]
−
|[[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
+
* [[William (George) Lyster]]
−
|-
+
 
−
|[[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
+
* [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
−
|
+
* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
−
|[[Hilton Ward Ennis MID]]
+
* [[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
−
|[[Lionel William Gibbs]]]
+
* [[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
−
|[[Percy Goodall]]
+
* [[Alfred John Mitchell]]
−
|[[Charles Gorringe]]
+
* [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
−
|[[John Richard Hall]]
+
 
−
|-
+
* † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
−
|[[William Joseph Hayden]]
+
 
−
|
+
* † [[William Edward Reed]]
−
|[[Walter Robert Hayes]]
+
* † [[John Regan]]
−
|[[Walter Hayward]]
+
* [[Alexander Rupert Richardson]]
−
|[[Terry de Bohun Helm]]
+
* [[Hubert Lennox Richardson]]
−
|[[Thomas Hetherington]]
+
* † [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
−
|[[Cecil Arthur Hill MM]]
+
* † [[William Edgar Rowe]]
−
|-
+
* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
−
|[[Harry Hodgson]]
 
−
|
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|-
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|-
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|-
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[Victor Henry Marshall]]
 
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|[[
 
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|[[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
 
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|-
 
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|[[
 
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|
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[William Edward Reed]]
 
−
|[[George Scrivener]]
 
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|-
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|[[
 
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|-
 
  
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* [[Frederick William Scott]]
 +
* [[George Scrivener]]
 +
* [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
 +
* [[Frederick Selkirk]]
 +
* [[William Henry Shade]]
  
 +
* [[Samuel Edward Tate]]
 +
* [[Allan Leslie Thomas]]
 +
* † [[Leslie Huon Truman]]
  
 +
* † [[Harold Watts]]
 +
* [[George Wistlecraft]]
 +
* [[William Charles Woodland]]
  
−
|}
+
== Post WW1 arrivals in Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
 +
*[[George Bett]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Latest revision as of 19:40, 1 November 2023

WW1 1914-15 Star

Eligibility

The 1914-15 Star was awarded to servicemen and servicewomen who served between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915 in any "theatre of war". This included service at Gallipoli between 25 April 1915 and 31 December 1915, service in Egypt between 5 November 1914 and 31 December 1915, and service during the capture of German Samoa on 29 August 1914.

Those eligible for the medal must have "served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war" during the relevant dates of operations in that area.[1]

Description

The 1914-15 Star is a crowned four-pointed star with crossed swords and a wreath of oak leaves, with the royal cypher at the foot and a central scroll inscribed 1914-15. The 1914-15 Star is identical to the 1914 Star, except for the omission of AUG and NOV, and the scroll across the centre being inscribed 1914-15.

The reverse of the 1914-15 Star is plain, except for the inscribed name and service details of the recipient. The medal is bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring. Throughout the British Empire 2,078,183 1914-15 Stars were awarded. Few if any Australians were awarded the 1914 star.


Notes

Initially this medal was not intended for those who fought at Gallipoli. Instead it had been proposed that a 'Gallipoli Star', or 'ANZAC Star' would be given to Australian and New Zealand troops. However, there was unease in Britain that men from other Commonwealth nations would not be eligible and so, despite it having been approved by King George V, it was substituted with the 1914-15 Star.[2]

In 1967 Gallipoli specific service was rewarded in Australia and New Zealand with the issue of a Gallipoli Medal (not intended to be worn) to those who were eligible, or their next of kin.


References 

http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/h/h5.html
The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History (Oxford University Press, Auckland, 2000), p.226

Names are listed below in alphabetical order by Local Government area:

Armadale

Post WW1 arrivals in the district

Canning

Gosnells

Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Post WW1 arrivals in Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Notes

Initially this medal was not intended for those who fought at Gallipoli. Instead it had been proposed that a 'Gallipoli Star', or 'ANZAC Star' would be given to Australian and New Zealand troops. However, there was unease in Britain that men from other Commonwealth nations would not be eligible and so, despite it having been approved by King George V, it was substituted with the 1914-15 Star.[2]

In 1967 Gallipoli specific service was rewarded in Australia and New Zealand with the issue of a Gallipoli Medal (not intended to be worn) to those who were eligible, or their next of kin.

References

  1. ↑ http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/h/h5.html
  2. ↑ The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History (Oxford University Press, Auckland, 2000), p.226

External Links

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