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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.
 
   
 
   
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.
  
Throughout the British Empire 2,078,183 1914-15 Stars were awardedFew 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==
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* † [[William Barge]]
 
* † [[William Barge]]
 
* [[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
 
* [[Ronald Adolphous Julian Batt]]
* † [[Edward James Bell]]*|[[John Blake]]
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* † [[Edward James Bell]]
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* [[John Blake]]
 
* † [[Henry Bolton]]
 
* † [[Henry Bolton]]
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* † [[Frederick Douglas Atlee Bowra]]
 
* [[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]  
 
* [[Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle]]  
 
* [[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
 
* [[Richard William Thomas Boyle]]
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* [[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
 
* [[Walter Raymond Farnham]]
  
* [[Charles Maul Glover]]
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* [[Charles Maul Glover]]
* [[John Francis Grabham MM]]
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* [[John Francis Grabham MM]]
* [[Bertie Greenfield]]
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* [[Bertie Greenfield]]
  
 
* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
 
* [[Frederick Hobbs]]
* [[John Hobbs]]
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* [[John Hobbs]]
 
* [[Frederick George Hodges]]
 
* [[Frederick George Hodges]]
 
* [[James Owen Horrocks]]
 
* [[James Owen Horrocks]]
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* [[James Kershaw]]
 
* [[James Kershaw]]
  
|[[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
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* [[Edgar Leslie Livermore]]
  
 
* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
 
* [[Alexander Russell Main]]
* [[Harold V Marshall]]
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* [[Harold V Marshall]]
 
* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
 
* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]]
 
* [[Alice Maud Martin]]
 
* [[Alice Maud Martin]]
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* [[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
 
* [[William Clarence Martin DCM & Bar]]
 
* [[William John Martin (1278)]]
 
* [[William John Martin (1278)]]
* [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
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* [[Leonard Roy Matthews]]
 
* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
 
* [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]]
* [[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
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* [[Sydney Clarence Owen Matthews]]
 
* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
 
* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]]
 
* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
 
* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]]
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* [[Charles Edward Parkin]]
 
* [[Charles Edward Parkin]]
 
* [[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
 
* [[Frederick Thorneycroft Plant]]
* [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
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* [[Keith George Harman Podger]]
* [[Charles William Price]]
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* [[Charles William Price]]
 
* [[Henry George Price]]
 
* [[Henry George Price]]
  
 
* [[Thomas Edward Raine]]
 
* [[Thomas Edward Raine]]
|[[William Rawlinson]]
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* [[Frederick Rawlinson]]
|[[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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* [[William Rawlinson]]
 
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* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
|[[William Harold Raynor]]
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* [[William Harold Raynor]]
 
* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
 
* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
 
* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
 
* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
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* [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
 
* [[Edward Harris (Ted) Smith]]
 
* [[Hugh Henry Smith]]
 
* [[Hugh Henry Smith]]
* [[John Harold Rupert Smith]]
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* [[John Harold Rupert Smith]]\
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* [[John Alexander Spilsbury]]
 
* [[William Stephens]]
 
* [[William Stephens]]
 
* [[Harold Stinton]]
 
* [[Harold Stinton]]
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* [[William Archer Waller]]
 
* [[William Archer Waller]]
 
* [[Frank Erle Waters]]
 
* [[Frank Erle Waters]]
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* [[Stuart Alan Webb]]
 
* [[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
 
* [[Lawrence Hamill White MM]]
 
* [[James Murray Whiteley]]
 
* [[James Murray Whiteley]]
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== Post WW1 arrivals in the district==
 
== Post WW1 arrivals in the district==
 
* [[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
 
* [[Ivor Trehane Birtwistle]]
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* [[Harold Clare Brown MSM]]
 
* [[Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott]]
 
* [[Reginald Thomas (Reg) Cockshott]]
 
* [[Gordon Devereux MM]]
 
* [[Gordon Devereux MM]]
 
* [[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]]
 
* [[Spencer Gwynne DCM MID]]
* [[William (Bill) Hart]]
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* [[William John (Bill) Hart]]
 
* [[Robert George McLean]]
 
* [[Robert George McLean]]
 
* [[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
 
* [[Reginald Grove Sexty MID]]
  
 
==Canning==
 
==Canning==
{|
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|[[Samuel Thomas Lowth]]
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* [[Samuel Thomas Lowth]]
|
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|[[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
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* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
|[[]]
 
|[[]]
 
|[[]]
 
|[[]]
 
|-
 
|}
 
  
 
==Gosnells==
 
==Gosnells==
{|
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|[[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
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* [[Phillip Selwyn Allen]]
|
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|[[James Baillie]]
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* [[James Baillie]]
|[[Ernest Ball DCM]]
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* [[Ernest Ball DCM]]
|† [[Frank Ball]]
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* † [[Frank Ball]]
|[[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
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* [[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]]
|[[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
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* [[Clement Wilder Benporath]]
|-
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* [[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
|[[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
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* † [[Walter Bell Blair]]
|
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* † [[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
|† [[Walter Bell Blair]]
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* † [[John McLeod Brown]]
|[[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
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|[[John McLeod Brown]]
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* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
|[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
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* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
|[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
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* † [[Oswald Chorlton]]
|-
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* [[Francis Crowe]]
|[[Oswald Chorlton]]
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|
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* [[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
|[[Francis Crowe]]
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* † [[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
|[[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
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* [[Edward Augustus Davis]]
|[[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
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* [[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
|[[Edward Augustus Davis]]
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|[[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
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* [[Hilton Ward Ennis MID]]
|-
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|[[Hilton Ward Ennis MID]]
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* † [[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]]
|
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|[[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]]
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* [[Lionel William Gibbs]]
|[[Lionel William Gibbs]]
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* [[Percy Goodall]]
|[[Percy Goodall]]
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* [[Charles Gorringe]]
|[[Charles Gorringe]]
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|[[John Richard Hall]]
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* [[John Richard (Jack) Hall]]
|-
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* [[William Joseph Hayden]]
|[[William Joseph Hayden]]
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* [[Walter Robert Hayes]]
|
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* [[Walter Hayward]]
|[[Walter Robert Hayes]]
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* [[Terry de Bohun Helm]]
|[[Walter Hayward]]
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* [[Thomas Hetherington]]
|[[Terry de Bohun Helm]]
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* [[Cecil Arthur Hill MM]]
|[[Thomas Hetherington]]
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* [[Harry Hodgson]]
|[[Cecil Arthur Hill MM]]
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* [[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
|-
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|[[Harry Hodgson]]
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* † [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
|
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|[[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
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* † [[Basil Kelley]]
|† [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
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* † [[Arthur George Kettley]]
|[[Basil Kelley]]
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|† [[Arthur George Kettley]]
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* † [[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
|[[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
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* [[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]]
|-
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* [[Arthur Thomas Lester]]
|[[Arthur Thomas Lester]]
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* [[Beverley John Liddelow]]
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* [[George William Liddington]]
|[[Beverley John Liddelow]]
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* † [[Ernest Edward Lockhart]]
|[[George William Liddington]]
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* [[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
|[[Ernest Edward Lockhart]]
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|[[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
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* [[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
|[[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
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* [[George Wales McGillivray]]
|-
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* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
|[[George Wales McGillivray]]
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* † [[Victor Henry Marshall]]
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|[[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
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* [[Reuben Douglas Naughton]]
|† [[Victor Henry Marshall]]
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* † [[Edward Mordan Neale]]
|[[Reuben Douglas Naughton]]
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* [[Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE]]
|[[Edward Mordan Neale]]
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|[[Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE]]
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* [[James Anthony Parker]]
|-
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* † [[Harry Pickard]]
|[[James Anthony Parker]]
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* [[Arthur Pilgrim]]
|
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* † [[Hector Louis Polain]]
|[[Harry Pickard]]
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* [[Joseph Pulford]]
|[[Arthur Pilgrim]]
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|† [[Hector Louis Polain]]
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* † [[William Edward Reed]]
|[[Joseph Pulford]]
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* † [[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]]
|† [[William Edward Reed]]
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|-
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* [[Henry John Robert Saint]]
|[[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]]
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* [[Henry Giles Schmidt]]
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* † [[George Scrivener]]
|[[Henry John Robert Saint]]
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* † [[Roland Parker Shelley]]
|[[Henry Giles Schmidt]]
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* [[Francis William Singleton]]
|[[George Scrivener]]
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* [[Josiah James Skinner]]
|[[Roland Parker Shelley]]
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* [[John Donald Stalker]]
|[[Francis William Singleton]]
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|-
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* [[James Thomson MM]]
|[[Josiah James Skinner]]
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* † [[Samuel Simpson Thompson]]
|
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* [[George Thomson]]
|[[John Donald Stalker]]
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* [[Arnold Thorp]]
|[[James Thomson MM]]
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* † [[Hubert Harris Thorp]]
|† [[Samuel Simpson Thompson]]
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* [[Edward William Tink]]
|[[George Thomson]]
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|[[Arnold Thorp]]
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* [[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]]
|-
 
|[[Hubert Harris Thorp]]
 
|
 
|[[Edward William Tink]]
 
|[[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]]
 
|[[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]]
 
|[[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]]
 
|}
 
  
 
==Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
 
==Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
{|
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* [[John Alexander Adamson]]
| [[John Alexander Adamson]]
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† [[Herbert Wright Aldred]]
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* [[Gerrie Anderson]]
| † [[Herbert Wright Aldred]]
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| [[Gerrie Anderson]]
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* † [[Alexander Barnett]]
| † [[Alexander Barnett]]
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* † [[Charles Barnett]]
| † [[Charles Barnett]]
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* [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
| [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
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* † [[Frederick James Bishop]]
|-
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* † [[Gordon Bishop]]
|† [[Frederick James Bishop]]
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* [[William Michael Bowman]]
|
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|† [[Gordon Bishop]]
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* [[Thomas Carberry MM MID]]
| [[William Michael Bowman]]
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* [[Bernard William Chatfield]]
| [[Bernard William Chatfield]]
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* [[John James Lynes Chester]]
| [[John James Lynes Chester]]
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* [[John Harold Coffen]]
| [[John Harold Coffen]]
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* [[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
|-
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* [[Inez Clare Cronin]]
| [[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
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* [[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis ]]
|
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| [[Inez Clare Cronin]]
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* [[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby ]]
| [[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis ]]
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* † [[Frank William Dowell]]
| [[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby ]]
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| † [[Frank William Dowell]]
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* † [[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
| † [[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
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|-
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* [[Charles Glyn Firns ]]
|[[Charles Glyn Firns ]]
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* [[George Weston Firns]]
|
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* † [[Hobart Douglas Firns MID]]
| [[George Weston Firns]]
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* [[Osborne Fisher]]
| † [[Hobart Douglas Firns MID]]
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* [[Cyril Foxwell]]
| [[Osborne Fisher]]
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| [[Cyril Foxwell]]
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* † [[Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild]]
| † [[Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild]]
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* [[William Edward Clarence Green ]]
|-
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* [[Frank Grundy]]
| [[William Edward Clarence Green ]]
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|
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* [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
| [[Frank Grundy]]
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* † [[Phillip (Harry) Harrison ]]
| [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
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* † [[William Heath]]
| † [[Phillip (Harry) Harrison ]]
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* [[John Charles Hutchinson]]
| † [[William Heath]]
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| [[John Charles Hutchinson]]
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* [[Percy Francis Keenan]]
|-
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* [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]]
| [[Percy Francis Keenan]]
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* [[James Kirk]]
|
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| [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]]
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* † [[James Edward Laugher]]
| [[James Kirk]]
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* † [[Herbert George Lewis]]
| † [[James Edward Laugher]]
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* [[Angus Lindt]]
| † [[Herbert George Lewis]]
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* [[William (George) Lyster]]
| [[Angus Lindt]]
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|-
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* [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
| [[William (George) Lyster]]
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* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
|
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* [[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
| [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
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* [[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
| [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
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* [[Alfred John Mitchell]]
| [[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
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* [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
| [[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
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| [[Alfred John Mitchell]]
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* † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
|-
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| [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
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* † [[William Edward Reed]]
|
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* † [[John Regan]]
| † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
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* [[Alexander Rupert Richardson]]
| † [[William Edward Reed]]
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* [[Hubert Lennox Richardson]]
| [[John Regan]]
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* † [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
| [[Alexander Rupert Richardson]]
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* † [[William Edgar Rowe]]
| [[Hubert Lennox Richardson]]
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* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
|-
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| † [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
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* [[Frederick William Scott]]
|
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* [[George Scrivener]]
| † [[William Edgar Rowe]]
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* [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
| [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
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* [[Frederick Selkirk]]
| [[Frederick William Scott]]
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* [[William Henry Shade]]
| [[George Scrivener]]
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| [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
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* [[Samuel Edward Tate]]
|-
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* [[Allan Leslie Thomas]]
| [[Frederick Selkirk]]
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* † [[Leslie Huon Truman]]
|
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| [[William Henry Shade]]
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* † [[Harold Watts]]
| [[Samuel Edward Tate]]
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* [[George Wistlecraft]]
| [[Allan Leslie Thomas]]
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* [[William Charles Woodland]]
| † [[Leslie Huon Truman]]
 
| † [[Harold Watts]]
 
|-
 
| [[George Wistlecraft]]
 
|
 
| [[William Charles Woodland]]
 
|}
 
  
 
== Post WW1 arrivals in Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
 
== Post WW1 arrivals in Serpentine-Jarrahdale==

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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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