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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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* [[John Blake]]
 
* [[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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* [[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]]
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* [[Frederick Rawlinson]]
 
* [[William Rawlinson]]
 
* [[William Rawlinson]]
* [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
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* [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]]
 
* [[William Harold Raynor]]
 
* [[William Harold Raynor]]
 
* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
 
* [[Edward James (Ted) Rouse]]
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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]]
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* [[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 
* [[Joseph George Benton Snr]]
 
* † [[Walter Bell Blair]]
 
* † [[Walter Bell Blair]]
* [[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
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* [[Sydney Fenner Blencowe]]
* [[John McLeod Brown]]
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* [[John McLeod Brown]]
  
 
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
 
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]]
 
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
 
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]]
* [[Oswald Chorlton]]
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* [[Oswald Chorlton]]
 
* [[Francis Crowe]]
 
* [[Francis Crowe]]
  
|[[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
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* [[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]]
|[[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
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* † [[Walter Edward Dalziell]]
|[[Edward Augustus Davis]]
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* [[Edward Augustus Davis]]
|[[Frank Orlando Dawson]]
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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]]
|[[Lionel William Gibbs]]
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|[[Percy Goodall]]
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* [[Lionel William Gibbs]]
|[[Charles Gorringe]]
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* [[Percy Goodall]]
|[[John Richard Hall]]
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* [[Charles Gorringe]]
|-
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|[[William Joseph Hayden]]
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* [[John Richard (Jack) Hall]]
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* [[William Joseph Hayden]]
|[[Walter Robert Hayes]]
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* [[Walter Robert Hayes]]
|[[Walter Hayward]]
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* [[Walter Hayward]]
|[[Terry de Bohun Helm]]
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* [[Terry de Bohun Helm]]
|[[Thomas Hetherington]]
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* [[Thomas Hetherington]]
|[[Cecil Arthur Hill MM]]
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* [[Cecil Arthur Hill MM]]
|-
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* [[Harry Hodgson]]
|[[Harry Hodgson]]
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* [[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
|
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|[[Ernest Wright Holroyd]]
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* † [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
|† [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]]
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|[[Basil Kelley]]
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* † [[Basil Kelley]]
|† [[Arthur George Kettley]]
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* † [[Arthur George Kettley]]
|[[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
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|-
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* † [[Elmer Winfred Drake Laing MC]]
|[[Arthur Thomas Lester]]
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* [[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]]
|
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* [[Arthur Thomas Lester]]
|[[Beverley John Liddelow]]
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* [[Beverley John Liddelow]]
|[[George William Liddington]]
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* [[George William Liddington]]
|[[Ernest Edward Lockhart]]
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* † [[Ernest Edward Lockhart]]
|[[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
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* [[Thomas Herbert Ludlow]]
|[[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
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|-
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* [[Catherine Ann McGillivray]]
|[[George Wales McGillivray]]
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* [[George Wales McGillivray]]
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* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
|[[Jesse Thomas Manser]]
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* † [[Victor Henry Marshall]]
|† [[Victor Henry Marshall]]
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|[[Reuben Douglas Naughton]]
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* [[Reuben Douglas Naughton]]
|[[Edward Mordan Neale]]
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* † [[Edward Mordan Neale]]
|[[Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE]]
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* [[Reginald Alfred Nicholas MBE]]
|-
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|[[James Anthony Parker]]
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* [[James Anthony Parker]]
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* † [[Harry Pickard]]
|[[Harry Pickard]]
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* [[Arthur Pilgrim]]
|[[Arthur Pilgrim]]
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* † [[Hector Louis Polain]]
|† [[Hector Louis Polain]]
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* [[Joseph Pulford]]
|[[Joseph Pulford]]
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|† [[William Edward Reed]]
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* † [[William Edward Reed]]
|-
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* † [[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]]
|[[Lawrence Adrian Renou DCM]]
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|
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* [[Henry John Robert Saint]]
|[[Henry John Robert Saint]]
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* [[Henry Giles Schmidt]]
|[[Henry Giles Schmidt]]
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* † [[George Scrivener]]
|[[George Scrivener]]
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* † [[Roland Parker Shelley]]
|[[Roland Parker Shelley]]
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* [[Francis William Singleton]]
|[[Francis William Singleton]]
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* [[Josiah James Skinner]]
|-
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* [[John Donald Stalker]]
|[[Josiah James Skinner]]
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|
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* [[James Thomson MM]]
|[[John Donald Stalker]]
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* † [[Samuel Simpson Thompson]]
|[[James Thomson MM]]
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* [[George Thomson]]
|† [[Samuel Simpson Thompson]]
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* [[Arnold Thorp]]
|[[George Thomson]]
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* † [[Hubert Harris Thorp]]
|[[Arnold Thorp]]
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* [[Edward William Tink]]
|-
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|[[Hubert Harris Thorp]]
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* [[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]]
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|[[Edward William Tink]]
 
|[[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]]
 
|[[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]]
 
|[[Charles Franklyn Fuhrmann]]
 
|}
 
  
 
==Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
 
==Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
 
* [[John Alexander Adamson]]   
 
* [[John Alexander Adamson]]   
| † [[Herbert Wright Aldred]]
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† [[Herbert Wright Aldred]]
| [[Gerrie Anderson]]
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* [[Gerrie Anderson]]
| † [[Alexander Barnett]]
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| † [[Charles Barnett]]
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* † [[Alexander Barnett]]
| [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
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* † [[Charles Barnett]]
|-
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* [[Herbert Lewis Battams]]
|† [[Frederick James Bishop]]
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* † [[Frederick James Bishop]]
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* † [[Gordon Bishop]]
|† [[Gordon Bishop]]
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* [[William Michael Bowman]]
| [[William Michael Bowman]]
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| [[Bernard William Chatfield]]
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* [[Thomas Carberry MM MID]]
| [[John James Lynes Chester]]
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* [[Bernard William Chatfield]]
| [[John Harold Coffen]]
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* [[John James Lynes Chester]]
|-
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* [[John Harold Coffen]]
| [[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
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* [[Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi]]
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* [[Inez Clare Cronin]]
| [[Inez Clare Cronin]]
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* [[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis ]]
| [[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis ]]
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| [[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby ]]
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* [[Edward (Ted) Harry Darby ]]
| † [[Frank William Dowell]]
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* † [[Frank William Dowell]]
| † [[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
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|-
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* † [[Rudolf Eberhardt]]
|[[Charles Glyn Firns ]]
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|
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* [[Charles Glyn Firns ]]
| [[George Weston Firns]]
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* [[George Weston Firns]]
| † [[Hobart Douglas Firns MID]]
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* † [[Hobart Douglas Firns MID]]
| [[Osborne Fisher]]
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* [[Osborne Fisher]]
| [[Cyril Foxwell]]
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* [[Cyril Foxwell]]
| † [[Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild]]
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|-
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* † [[Rupert Arthur Kent Goodchild]]
| [[William Edward Clarence Green ]]
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* [[William Edward Clarence Green ]]
|
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* [[Frank Grundy]]
| [[Frank Grundy]]
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| [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
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* [[Edward Henry Hanrahan]]
| † [[Phillip (Harry) Harrison ]]
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* † [[Phillip (Harry) Harrison ]]
| † [[William Heath]]
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* † [[William Heath]]
| [[John Charles Hutchinson]]
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* [[John Charles Hutchinson]]
|-
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| [[Percy Francis Keenan]]
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* [[Percy Francis Keenan]]
|
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* [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]]
| [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]]
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* [[James Kirk]]
| [[James Kirk]]
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| † [[James Edward Laugher]]
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* † [[James Edward Laugher]]
| † [[Herbert George Lewis]]
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* † [[Herbert George Lewis]]
| [[Angus Lindt]]
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* [[Angus Lindt]]
|-
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* [[William (George) Lyster]]
| [[William (George) Lyster]]
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|
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* [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
| [[Francis Leonard Martin]]
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* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
| [[George Henry Martin MM MID]]
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* [[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
| [[Hallidon (Ernest) McAliece]]
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* [[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
| [[Patrick O'Connell McKenna]]
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* [[Alfred John Mitchell]]
| [[Alfred John Mitchell]]
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* [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
|-
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| [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]]
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* † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
|
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| † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]]
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* † [[William Edward Reed]]
| † [[William Edward Reed]]
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* † [[John Regan]]
| [[John Regan]]
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* [[Alexander Rupert Richardson]]
| [[Alexander Rupert Richardson]]
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* [[Hubert Lennox Richardson]]
| [[Hubert Lennox Richardson]]
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* † [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
|-
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* † [[William Edgar Rowe]]
| † [[Stephen Henry Robson]]
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* [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
|
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| † [[William Edgar Rowe]]
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* [[Frederick William Scott]]
| [[Francis Henry Ryniker]]
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* [[George Scrivener]]
| [[Frederick William Scott]]
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* [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
| [[George Scrivener]]
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* [[Frederick Selkirk]]
| [[Ernest Selkirk MID]]
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* [[William Henry Shade]]
|-
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| [[Frederick Selkirk]]
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* [[Samuel Edward Tate]]
|
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* [[Allan Leslie Thomas]]
| [[William Henry Shade]]
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* † [[Leslie Huon Truman]]
| [[Samuel Edward Tate]]
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| [[Allan Leslie Thomas]]
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* † [[Harold Watts]]
| † [[Leslie Huon Truman]]
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* [[George Wistlecraft]]
| † [[Harold Watts]]
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* [[William Charles Woodland]]
|-
 
| [[George Wistlecraft]]
 
|
 
| [[William Charles Woodland]]
 
|}
 
  
 
== Post WW1 arrivals in Serpentine-Jarrahdale==
 
== Post WW1 arrivals in Serpentine-Jarrahdale==

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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