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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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==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]]
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* [[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
−
|[[Edward James Bell]]
+
* † [[Edward James Bell]]
−
|[[John Blake]]
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* [[John Blake]]
−
|[[Henry Bolton]]
+
* † [[Henry Bolton]]
−
|-
+
* † [[Frederick Douglas Atlee Bowra]]
−
|[[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]
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* [[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]  
−
|
+
* [[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
−
|[[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
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* [[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
−
|[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
+
* [[Henry Thomas (Harry) Brear]]
−
|[[Henry Thomas (Harry) Brear]]
+
* [[Edward Briggs]]
−
|[[Edward Briggs]]
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* [[Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst]]
−
|[[Harry Redcliffe Broadhurst]]
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* [[William Buck]]
−
|-
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* [[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
−
|[[William Buck]]
+
* † [[Thomas Buckingham]]
−
|
+
* [[Albert George Bullock]]
−
|[[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]]
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* [[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
−
|[[Thomas Buckingham]]
+
 
−
|[[Albert George Bullock]]
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* [[Arthur Charles Cam]]
−
|[[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]]
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* [[Clarence Roy Champion]]
−
|[[Arthur Charles Cam]]
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* [[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]]
−
|-
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* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
−
|[[Clarence Roy Champion]]
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* [[Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke]]
−
| 
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* † [[Frederick Lawrence Close]]
−
|[[Stanley Joseph Callow Champion]]
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* [[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
−
|[[Victor Norman Chandler MM]]
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* [[George Sidney Cook]]
−
|[[Frederick Lawrence Close]]
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* [[Claude Francis Cooper]]
−
|[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]
+
 
−
|[[George Sydney Cook]]
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* [[Charles Henry Davis]]
−
|-
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* [[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
−
|[[Claude Francis Cooper]]
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* † [[Frank William Dowell]]
−
|
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* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
−
|[[Charles Henry Davis]]
+
 
−
|[[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]]
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* [[Albert John Egan MID]]
−
|[[Frank William Dowell]]
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* † [[John James Emery]]
−
|[[Victor Emanuel Durling]]
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* [[Richard Evans MM]]
−
|[[Albert John Egan MID]]
+
 
−
|-
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* [[Frederick Fancote]]
−
|[[John James Emery]]
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* [[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
−
|
+
 
−
|[[Richard Evans MM]]
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* † [[Charles Maul Glover]]
−
|[[Frederick Fancote]]
+
* † [[John Francis Grabham MM]]
−
|[[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
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* † [[Bertie Greenfield]]
−
|[[Charles Maul Glover]]
+
 
−
|[[John Francis Grabham MM]]
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* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
−
|-
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* † [[John Hobbs]]
−
|[[Bertie Greenfield]]
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* [[Frederick George Hodges]]
−
|
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* [[James Owen Horrocks]]
−
|[[Frederick Hobbs]]
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* † [[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
−
|[[John Hobbs]]
+
 
−
|[[Frederick George Hodges]]
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* [[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
−
|[[James Owen Horrocks]]
+
 
−
|[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
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* [[Albert Stephenson Jackson]]
−
|-
+
 
−
|[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
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* [[Henry Richard Keefe]]
−
|
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* [[Patrick Wilford Kelly]]
−
|[[Albert Stephenson Jackson]]
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* [[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
−
|[[Henry Richard Keefe]]
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* [[James Kershaw]]
−
|[[Patrick Wilford Kelly]]
+
 
−
|[[Walter David Francis Kerridge]]
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* [[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
−
|[[James Kershaw]]
+
 
−
|-
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* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
−
|[[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
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* † [[Harold V Marshall]]
−
|
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* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
−
|[[Alexander Russell Main]]
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* [[Alice Maud Martin]]
−
|[[Victor Henry Marshall]]
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* [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
−
|[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
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* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
−
|[[Alice Maud Martin]]
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* [[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
−
|[[Francis Leonard Martin]]
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* [[William John Martin (1278)]]
−
|-
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* † [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
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|[[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
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* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
−
|
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* † [[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
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|[[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
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* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
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|[[William John Martin (1278)]]
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* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
−
|[[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
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−
|[[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
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* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]]
−
|[[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
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* [[William Henry Ottey]]
−
|-
+
 
−
|[[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
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* [[Charles Edward Parkin]]
−
|
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* [[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
−
|[[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
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* † [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
−
|[[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]]
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* † [[Charles William Price]]
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|[[William Henry Ottey]]
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* [[Henry George Price]]
−
|[[Charles Edward Parkin]]
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−
|[[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
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* [[Thomas Edward Raine]]
−
|-
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* [[Frederick Rawlinson]]
−
|[[Keith George Harman Podger]]
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* [[William Rawlinson]]
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|
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* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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|[[Charles William Price]]
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* [[William Harold Raynor]]
−
|[[Henry George Price]]
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* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
−
|[[Thomas Edward Raine]]
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* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
−
|[[William Rawlinson]]
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−
|[[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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* [[Robert Melville Salter]]
−
|-
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* [[Hector Lionel Saw]]
−
|[[William Harold Raynor]]
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* [[Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott]]
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|
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* [[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
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|[[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
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* [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
−
|[[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
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* [[Hugh Henry Smith]]
−
|[[Robert Melville Salter]]
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* [[John Harold Rupert Smith]]\
−
|[[Hector Lionel Saw]]
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* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]
−
|[[Euphemia Weir Huntley Scott]]
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* [[William Stephens]]
−
|-
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* [[Harold Stinton]]
−
|[[Amos Roy (Roy) Smith]]
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* † [[Arthur William Symonds]]
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|
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|[[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
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* [[William George Tait]]
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|[[Hugh Henry Smith]]
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* [[John Edward Thomson]]
−
|[[John Harold Rupert Smith]]
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* [[Sidney Tugby]]
−
|[[William Stephens]]
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* † [[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]]
−
|[[Harold Stinton]]
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|-
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* [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
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|[[Arthur William Symonds]]
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|
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* [[William Archer Waller]]
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|[[William George Tait]]
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* [[Frank Erle Waters]]
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|[[John Edward Thomson]]
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* [[Stuart Alan Webb]]
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|[[Sidney Tugby]]
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* [[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
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|[[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]]
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* [[James Murray Whiteley]]
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|[[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]]
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* [[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
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|-
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* [[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]]
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|[[William Archer Waller]]
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* [[James Winning]]
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|
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* [[Vernon Claude Witney]]
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|[[Frank Erle Waters]]
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|[[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
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* [[George Young]]
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|[[James Murray Whiteley]]
 
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|[[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]]
 
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|[[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]]
 
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|-
 
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|[[James Winning]]
 
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|
 
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|[[Vernon Claude Witney]]
 
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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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*[[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
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* [[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
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*[[Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott]]
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* [[Harold Clare Brown MSM]]
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*[[Gordon Devereux MM]]
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* [[Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott]]
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*[[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]]
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* [[Gordon Devereux MM]]
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*[[William Hart]]
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* [[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]]
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*[[Robert George McLean]]
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* [[William John (Bill) Hart]]
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*[[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
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* [[Robert George McLean]]
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* [[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
  
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==Canning==
  
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==Canning==
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* [[Samuel Thomas Lowth]]
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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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* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
  
 
==Gosnells==
 
==Gosnells==
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{|
 
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|[[Ernest Ball DCM]]
 
−
|
 
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|[[Frank Ball]]
 
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|[[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
 
−
|[[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
 
−
|[[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 
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|[[Walter Bell Blair]]
 
−
|-
 
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|[[John McLeod Brown]]
 
−
|
 
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|[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
 
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|[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
 
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|[[Oswald Chorlton]]
 
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|[[Francis Crowe]]
 
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|[[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
 
−
|-
 
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|[[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
 
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|
 
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|[[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
 
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|[[Hilton Ward Ennis MID]]]
 
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|[[Lionel William Gibbs]]
 
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|[[Percy Goodall]]
 
−
|[[Charles Gorringe]]
 
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|-
 
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|[[John Richard Hall]]
 
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|
 
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|[[William Joseph Hayden]]
 
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|[[Walter Robert Hayes]]
 
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|[[Walter Hayward]]
 
−
|[[Terry de Bohun Helm]]
 
−
|[[Thomas Hetherington]]
 
−
|-
 
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|[[Cecil Arthur Hill MM]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Harry Hodgson]]
 
−
|[[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
 
−
|[[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
 
−
|[[Basil Kelley]]
 
−
|[[Arthur George Kettley]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Elmer Winfrid Drake Laing MC]]
 
−
|
 
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|[[Beverley John Liddelow]]
 
−
|[[George William Liddington]]
 
−
|[[Ernest Edward Lockhart]]
 
−
|[[Cyril Lowth MM]]
 
−
|[[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
 
−
|-
 
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|[[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[George Wales McGillivray]]
 
−
|[[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
 
−
|[[Victor Henry Marshall]]
 
−
|[[Reuben Douglas Naughton]]
 
−
|[[Edward Nordan Neale]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[Reginald Alfred Nicholas]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[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]]
 
−
|[[Samuel Simpson Thompson]]
 
−
|[[George Thomson]]
 
−
|[[Arnold Thorp]]
 
−
|[[Hubert Harris Thorp]]
 
−
|-
 
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|[[Edward William Tink]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]]
 
−
|[[
 
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|[[
 
−
|[[
 
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|[[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
 
−
|-
 
−
|[[James Baillie]]
 
−
|
 
−
|[[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
 
−
|[[Edward Augustus Davis]]
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[
 
−
|[[James Thomson MM]]
 
  
−
|}
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* [[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
 +
 
 +
* [[James Baillie]]
 +
* [[Ernest Ball DCM]]
 +
* † [[Frank Ball]]
 +
* [[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
 +
* [[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
 +
* [[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 +
* † [[Walter Bell Blair]]
 +
* † [[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
 +
* † [[John McLeod Brown]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
 +
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
 +
* † [[Oswald Chorlton]]
 +
* [[Francis Crowe]]
 +
 
 +
* [[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
 +
* † [[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
 +
* [[Edward Augustus Davis]]
 +
* [[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Hilton Ward Ennis MID]]
 +
 
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* † [[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]]
 +
 
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* † [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
 +
 
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* † [[Basil Kelley]]
 +
* † [[Arthur George Kettley]]
 +
 
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* † [[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]]
 +
 
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* [[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
 +
* [[George Wales McGillivray]]
 +
* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
 +
* † [[Victor Henry Marshall]]
 +
 
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* [[Reuben Douglas Naughton]]
 +
* † [[Edward Mordan Neale]]
 +
* [[Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE]]
 +
 
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* [[James Anthony Parker]]
 +
* † [[Harry Pickard]]
 +
* [[Arthur Pilgrim]]
 +
* † [[Hector Louis Polain]]
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* [[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]]
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* † [[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]]
−
|[[Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild]]
+
* [[William Edward Clarence Green ]]
−
|-
+
* [[Frank Grundy]]
−
|[[James Kirk]]
+
 
−
|
+
* [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
−
|[[James Edward Laugher]]
+
* † [[Phillip (Harry) Harrison ]]
−
|[[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
+
* † [[William Heath]]
−
|[[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
+
* [[John Charles Hutchinson]]
−
|[[Osborne Fisher]]
+
 
−
|}
+
* [[Percy Francis Keenan]]
 +
* [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]]
 +
* [[James Kirk]]
  
−
== Post WW1 arrivals in the district==
+
* † [[James Edward Laugher]]
−
*[[George Bett]]
+
* † [[Herbert George Lewis]]
 +
* [[Angus Lindt]]
 +
* [[William (George) Lyster]]
 +
 
 +
* [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
 +
* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
 +
* [[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
 +
* [[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
 +
* [[Alfred John Mitchell]]
 +
* [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
 +
 
 +
* † [[William Edward Reed]]
 +
* † [[John Regan]]
 +
* [[Alexander Rupert Richardson]]
 +
* [[Hubert Lennox Richardson]]
 +
* † [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
 +
* † [[William Edgar Rowe]]
 +
* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
 +
 
 +
* [[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

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