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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]]
 
−
| 
 
−
|[[William Barge]]
 
−
|[[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
 
−
|[[Edward James Bell]]
 
−
|[[John Blake]]
 
−
|[[Henry Bolton]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
 
−
|[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
 
−
|[[Henry Thomas (Harry) Brear]]
 
−
|[[Edward Briggs]]
 
−
|[[Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[William Buck]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
 
−
|[[Thomas Buckingham]]
 
−
|[[Albert George Bullock]]
 
−
|[[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
 
−
|[[Arthur Charles Cam]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Clarence Roy Champion]]
 
−
| 
 
−
|[[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]]
 
−
|[[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
 
−
|[[Frederick Lawrence Close]]
 
−
|[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
 
−
|[[George Sydney Cook]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Claude Francis Cooper]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Charles Henry Davis]]
 
−
|[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
 
−
|[[Frank William Dowell]]
 
−
|[[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
 
−
|[[Albert John Egan MID]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[John James Emery]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Richard Evans MM]]
 
−
|[[Frederick Fancote]]
 
−
|[[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
 
−
|[[Charles Maul Glover]]
 
−
|[[John Francis Grabham MM]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Bertie Greenfield]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Frederick Hobbs]]
 
−
|[[John Hobbs]]
 
−
|[[Frederick George Hodges]]
 
−
|[[James Owen Horrocks]]
 
−
|[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Albert Stephenson Jackson]]
 
−
|[[Henry Richard Keefe]]
 
−
|[[Patrick Wilford Kelly]]
 
−
|[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
 
−
|[[James Kershaw]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Alexander Russell Main]]
 
−
|[[Victor Henry Marshall]]
 
−
|[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
 
−
|[[Alice Maud Martin]]
 
−
|[[Francis Leonard Martin]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
 
−
|[[William John Martin (1278)]]
 
−
|[[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
 
−
|[[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
 
−
|[[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
 
−
|[[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]]
 
−
|[[William Henry Ottey]]
 
−
|[[Charles Edward Parkin]]
 
−
|[[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Keith George Harman Podger]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Charles William Price]]
 
−
|[[Henry George Price]]
 
−
|[[Thomas Edward Raine]]
 
−
|[[William Rawlinson]]
 
−
|[[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[William Harold Raynor]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
 
−
|[[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
 
−
|[[Robert Melville Salter]]
 
−
|[[Hector Lionel Saw]]
 
−
|[[Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
 
−
|[[Hugh Henry Smith]]
 
−
|[[John Harold Rupert Smith]]
 
−
|[[William Stephens]]
 
−
|[[Harold Stinton]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Arthur William Symonds]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[William George Tait]]
 
−
|[[John Edward Thomson]]
 
−
|[[Sidney Tugby]]
 
−
|[[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]]
 
−
|[[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[William Archer Waller]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Frank Erle Waters]]
 
−
|[[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
 
−
|[[James Murray Whiteley]]
 
−
|[[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
 
−
|[[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[James Winning]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Vernon Claude Witney]]
 
−
|[[George Young]]
 
  
−
|}
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* [[Leith John Newton Angelo]]
 +
 +
* † [[William Barge]]
 +
* [[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
 +
* † [[Edward James Bell]]
 +
* [[John Blake]]
 +
* † [[Henry Bolton]]
 +
* † [[Frederick Douglas Atlee Bowra]]
 +
* [[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
 +
* [[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
 +
* [[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
 +
* [[Henry Thomas (Harry) Brear]]
 +
* [[Edward Briggs]]
 +
* [[Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst]]
 +
* [[William Buck]]
 +
* [[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
 +
* † [[Thomas Buckingham]]
 +
* [[Albert George Bullock]]
 +
* [[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Arthur Charles Cam]]
 +
* [[Clarence Roy Champion]]
 +
* [[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]]
 +
* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
 +
* [[Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke]]
 +
* † [[Frederick Lawrence Close]]
 +
* [[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
 +
* [[George Sidney Cook]]
 +
* [[Claude Francis Cooper]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Charles Henry Davis]]
 +
* [[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
 +
* † [[Frank William Dowell]]
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* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Albert John Egan MID]]
 +
* † [[John James Emery]]
 +
* [[Richard Evans MM]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Frederick Fancote]]
 +
* [[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[Charles Maul Glover]]
 +
* † [[John Francis Grabham MM]]
 +
* † [[Bertie Greenfield]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
 +
* † [[John Hobbs]]
 +
* [[Frederick George Hodges]]
 +
* [[James Owen Horrocks]]
 +
* † [[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Albert Stephenson Jackson]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Henry Richard Keefe]]
 +
* [[Patrick Wilford Kelly]]
 +
* [[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
 +
* [[James Kershaw]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
 +
* † [[Harold V Marshall]]
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* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
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* [[Alice Maud Martin]]
 +
* [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
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* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
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* [[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
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* [[William John Martin (1278)]]
 +
* † [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
 +
* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
 +
* † [[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
 +
* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
 +
* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]]
 +
* [[William Henry Ottey]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Charles Edward Parkin]]
 +
* [[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
 +
* † [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
 +
* † [[Charles William Price]]
 +
* [[Henry George Price]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Thomas Edward Raine]]
 +
* [[Frederick Rawlinson]]
 +
* [[William Rawlinson]]
 +
* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
 +
* [[William Harold Raynor]]
 +
* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
 +
* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Robert Melville Salter]]
 +
* [[Hector Lionel Saw]]
 +
* [[Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott]]
 +
* [[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
 +
* [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
 +
* [[Hugh Henry Smith]]
 +
* [[John Harold Rupert Smith]]\
 +
* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]
 +
* [[William Stephens]]
 +
* [[Harold Stinton]]
 +
* † [[Arthur William Symonds]]
 +
 
 +
* [[William George Tait]]
 +
* [[John Edward Thomson]]
 +
* [[Sidney Tugby]]
 +
* † [[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
 +
 
 +
* [[William Archer Waller]]
 +
* [[Frank Erle Waters]]
 +
* [[Stuart Alan Webb]]
 +
* [[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
 +
* [[James Murray Whiteley]]
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* [[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
 +
* [[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]]
 +
* [[James Winning]]
 +
* [[Vernon Claude Witney]]
 +
 
 +
* [[George Young]]
  
 
== 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==
 +
 
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* [[Samuel Thomas Lowth]]
 +
 
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* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
 +
 
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==Gosnells==
 +
 
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* [[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
 +
 
 +
* [[James Baillie]]
 +
* [[Ernest Ball DCM]]
 +
* † [[Frank Ball]]
 +
* [[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
 +
* [[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
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* [[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 +
* † [[Walter Bell Blair]]
 +
* † [[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
 +
* † [[John McLeod Brown]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
 +
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
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* † [[Oswald Chorlton]]
 +
* [[Francis Crowe]]
 +
 
 +
* [[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
 +
* † [[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
 +
* [[Edward Augustus Davis]]
 +
* [[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Hilton Ward Ennis MID]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]]
 +
 
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* [[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]]
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* [[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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* [[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]]
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* [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
−
|[[Gordon Bishop]]
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* † [[Frederick James Bishop]]
−
|-
+
* † [[Gordon Bishop]]
−
|[[William Bowman]]
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* [[William Michael Bowman]]
−
|
+
 
−
|[[John James Lynes Chester]]
+
* [[Thomas Carberry MM MID]]
−
|[[John Harold Coffen]]
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* [[Bernard William Chatfield]]
−
|[[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
+
* [[John James Lynes Chester]]
−
|[[Inez Claire Cronin]]
+
* [[John Harold Coffen]]
−
|[[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis]]
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* [[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
−
|-
+
* [[Inez Clare Cronin]]
−
|[[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
+
* [[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis ]]
−
|
+
 
−
|[[Charles Glyn Firns]]
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* [[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]]
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* [[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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|[[
 
−
|[[Victor Henry Marshall]]
 
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|[[
 
−
|[[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[
 
−
|
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[William Edward Reed]]
 
−
|[[George Scrivener]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[
 
−
|
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[
 
−
|-
 
  
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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]]
  
−
|}
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== 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

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