see A names for introduction to the journal:
CAULFIELD War Memorial - IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

A ... B ... C ... D ... E + F ... G ... H ... I+J+K
L ... M ... N+O+P ... R+S ... T+U+V ... W+Y

any SOLDIER known to have died as a POW is indicated by *


HALL, POSSIBLY Charles William - Private 5835
- memorial has W. C. Hall
- served with 24th Battalion (Infantry)
- embarked from Melbourne 2 Oct 1916 on HMAT Nestor
- wife, Janet Hall, 17 Crimea St, St Kilda
- KILLED IN ACTION 5 Oct 1918 in France
this soldier to be verified & added to


HAMILTON, Arthur Nicholson - Private 12716
- born 1893 Malvern, Victoria 1 of 10 known children of William Herdman HAMILTON & Charlotte AITKEN
- enlisted in Sydney
- a Traveller of 'Clifton', Orrong Rd, Elsternwick
- served with 5th Australian Divisional Train
- embarked from Sydney 9 April 1916 on HMAT Nestor
- mother, W. H. Hamilton of same address (father's initials)
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS 2 Oct 1917 in France aged 37?
- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
* 5' 10", fresh complexion, blue eyes, auburn hair
* Arthur's brother, William Lockhart Hamilton (green eyes, black hair), served as Lieutenant 653 with 1st Divisional Train, embarking from Melbourne 19 Oct 1914 on HMAT Benalla. Mentioned in Despatches as Captain Hamilton on 9 April 1917 and again 7 April 1918. Served from 20 Aug 1914 - discharged 5 Aug 1920


HAMILTON, Charles Builth 'Bert'- Sergeant 937
- Middle name incorrectly spelled 'Builow' on original record
- born 2 April 1895 in Morwell, Gippsland to James Alfred HAMILTON & Elizabeth Jane SAMUEL
- enlisted from Melbourne, 17 Aug 1914 as a 19 year old Sergeant of Blackwood St, Murrumbeena (was a Cadet at Caulfield)
- Clerk with the Federal land tax department
- served with 5 Infantry Battalion
- embarked from Melbourne 21 Oct 1914 on HMAT Orvieto
- father, James A. Hamilton, same address, & Hemming St, Dandenong, & Templeton Street, Wangaratta, Victoria & 26 McKillop St, Geelong
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS 18 May 1915 at No.19 British General Hospital (Deaconesses? Hospital), Alexandria aged 20
- Grave 439 Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
* 6' 1", clear complexion, grey eyes, brown hair
* made Corporal Aug 1914, made Sergeant Sep 1914, made 2nd Lieut April 1915
* died from wounds received 12 May 1915 at the Dardanelles
* had a brother Trevor S. Hamilton


HAMMAND, Charles Eric - Driver 3325
- born Feb 1885 at Poowong, South Gippsland
- Farmer of Murrumbeena
- served with 7th Battery 3rd Brigade Australian Field Artillery
- embarked from Melbourne 11 Oct 1915 on HMAT Nestor
- mother, Catherine Mary Olsen, Murrumbeena
- KILLED IN ACTION 30 May 1918 in France aged 33
- Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, France
* 5' 6?", fresh complexion, blue eyes, black hair
* from the link as his name - Driver 3325, Charles Eric Hammand, 7th Battalion, of Murrumbeena, Vic. A farmer prior to enlisting in July 1915, Hammand embarked from Melbourne with the 11th Reinforcements on board HMAT Nestor (A71) on 11 October 1915. In February 1916 he was transferred to the 59th Battalion and in March to the 57th Battery Australia Field Artillery. He arrived in France for service on the Western Front in June 1916 and in January 1917, was transferred to the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade. Driver Hammand was killed in action in France on 30 May 1918. He was 33 years of age.
* transferred from 7th to 59th Battalion 26 Feb 1916
* had a sister, Susy Constance Hammand of Murrumbeena


HAMMOND, William Henry - Private 3117
- memorial has W. HAMOND
- born in Benalla, Victoria in 1888 to Charles & Sarah Hammond
- William was an Engineer
- served with the 22nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcements
- next of kin was his father at 3 Charles Street, Elsternwick
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS in Somme, France 30 Dec 1916 aged 28
- Grave 2, Row 1, Plot 1 at Guillemont road Cemetery


HANSEN, Frank - Private 4234
- born March 1889 in Melbourne
- a Market Gardener of 4 Koornang Rd, East Caulfield
- served with 13th Reinforcements, 8th Battalion, 102nd Howitzer Battery 2nd Brigade
- embarked from Melbourne 29 Dec 1915 on HMAT Demosthenes
- father, Hans Hansen of same address
- KILLED IN ACTION 1 Aug 1917 Zillebeke in Belgium while serving with the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
- Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium
* 5'2half, fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair
* brother of Lawrence Hansen below
* eye witness accounts
... Gunner Hansen, brother of Sgt L. Hansen 1401 1st Fld Art., was in my sub sect, and was killed on 1st or 2nd August last before Zillebeke, by 5'9 shell, and was buried by 3rd F.A. Battery men close to their then position, about 1 mile in front of Zillebeke. Gynner Hansen went forward with an Officer as a runner and did some tremendously good work uner very heavy fire, so mucj so that the Officer had made up his mind to recommend him for distinction, but on his way back he stopped and talking to some 3rd Battery, F.A.B. chaps and was killed


HANSEN, Lawrence 'Lawrie' - Driver 1401
- born Jan 1896 in Melbourne
- Driver of 4 Koornang Rd, East Caulfield
- served with 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery
- embarked from Melbourne 20 Nov 1914 on HMAT Shropshire
- mother, Margarita Mary Hansen, of same address
- KILLED IN ACTION 30 Sep at Westhoek Ridge, Belgium
- buried Dickebysch Cemetery
- re-interred in The Huts Cemetery, Belgium
* 5'6", dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair
* brother of Frank Hansen above
* eye witness accounts
... Hansen was a Sgt in D. Subsection and was killed at night when we were going up to a position at Westhoek Ridge, by a piece of shell, he was holding an officer's horse when he was killed. A shell got him and killed him out right. I was about two teams behind him at the time. We took him back to the Wagon lines and he was buried next day at Dickebusch Cemetery. He was a fine chap, we were very sorry to lose him. He had a brother killed about a month before, a gunner in the same Battery
... he was only with us a short time. He was a thick-set fair man, clean shaven, about 30 or a little over, about 5ft 4 or 5
... he was a Serg, and one of the finest fellows, his brother was killed and buried in the same cemetery
... I saw him hit by a piece of shell and killed instantly at Menin Road, Ypres
... he was taking his gun into action during the Passchendaele advance when an H.E. shell landed alongside him
* The Argus, 1 Oct 1915 HANSEN. - On the 30th September, at her residence,
Koornang road, Caulfield, Margarita Mary, beloved wife of Mr Hans Hansen, and loving mother of Jack, Mrs E. M. Cooper, Will, Alf (M.A.), Mrs R. Sinclair, Mrs B. B. Courtney, Mrs R. Westwood (N.Z.), Tom, L.-Corporal Fred, Driver Lawrence, Private Frank (on active service), Annie, and Dagmar, aged 83 years.
Dearly loved, deeply mourned.


HANSON, Rupert George Hanson MM - Private 30A
- memorial has C. R. HANSON
- born 1896 in Melbourne to James HANSON & Laura MILLS (not verified)
- attended Loorouga Road, School, Malvern, Victoria and Stoff's Business College
- Rupert was a Clerk
- enlisted 21 April 1915 from Caulfield
- served with the No 1 Australian General Hospital, 4th Field Ambulance
- embarked from Fremantle, WA 15 June 1915 on the 'Wandilla'
- next of kin was his mother of 12 Narong Road, Caulfield
details from his mother: "He was in charge of a ward at the Clearing Hospital Anzac Cove, and was one of the last to leave Anzac. He and a few others being chosen to stay behind till all troops had evacuated safely. On 4th July, 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux he won the Military Medal for rescuing wounded men continuously under very heavy shell fire and on 8th August at Hamel was recommended for a bar for the MM. While in our position of readiness on 8th August, .... suddenly dropped a very heavy barrage on our lines, and inthe face of that fire his courage and coolness in collecting and bearing away the wounded were magnificant, and at the battle a few days later he helped to carry many a wounded chap away through almost point blank artillery and machine gun fire. He was also recommended for the Crox de Guerre and a Commission. These are extracts from letters received from Col. McGregor, O.C. 4th Field Amb., and Capt Hunter 4th Field Ambulance"
- KILLED IN ACTION in France 16 Aug 1918 aged 22
- Grave 2, Row C, Plot II at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
BROTHER: Lieut G. C. Hanson served through the whole of the War with the 5th Light Horse Regiment.


HARRIS, B. A.
- this soldier to be added


HARRIS, George - Private 1754
- memorial has G. T. Harris
- born 1882, Bay Street, North Brighton - father Frederick Joseph Harris
- George was a Fruiterer
- also served in the South Africa War
- served with the 14th Battalion, 4th Reinforcements
- next of kin was his wife Mary Harris of Derby Road, Caulfield. Later moved to 15 Drysdale Street, malvern
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS 20 August 1915 at Gallipoli Alexandria Hospital aged 33
- Grave 15, Row J at Chatby War Memorial Cemetery


HARRIS, William Charles - Private 4131
- a Plasterer of Dunedin House, Balaclava Rd, Caulfield
- served with 22 Infantry Battalion
- embarked from Melbourne 7 March 1916 on HMAT Wiltshire
- father, Frederick Harris of same address
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS 22 July 1918 at France
- Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme


HARRISON, Charles Frederick - Private 630
- Clerk of 58 Gourlay St, Balaclava
- served with 24 Infantry Battalion
- embarked from Melbourne 10 May 1915 on HMAT Euripides
- mother, Margaret Harrison, 58 Gourlay St, Balaclava
- KILLED IN ACTION 3 May 1917 in France
- Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France


HARTLEY, George F. - Private 3989
- born Oct 1893 in St Kilda, Victoria to George & Lucy Hartley
- George attended All Saints Grammar School at St Kilda
- he was a Commercial Traveller
- he served in the Cadets and was a Sergeant in the reinforcements. When he joined the 23rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcements he was reduced to a Private
- next of kin was his father at 17 Raphael St., Caulfield
- KILLED IN ACTION 28 July 1916 in France aged 22
- no known grave
* eye witness accounts
... In Pozieres Wood at the end of July we were in trenches after the attack. The first division had taken Pozieres and the second division were taking the ridge. I saw Hartley with about seven other men bringing up rations. A shell dropped in the middle of them killing five and wounding two
The Argus (Melbourne), Saturday 30 July 1921 Sergeant G. Hartley, beloved eldest son of George and Lucy Hartley, loving brother of Ethel, Jock, and Lucy, of Raphael street, Caulfield, aged 22 years and 9 months.
One who always thought of mother;
A sweet young life who promised well
Perhaps 'tis better; who can tell
Though absent from amongst us
You are in our thoughts,
For those who loved you dearly
Will always feel your loss


HASTINGS, Arthur George Howard - Private 931
- born 1894 in Elsternwick to George Thomas HASTINGS & Mary LOMMON
- Arthur was a Carpenter
- enlisted 22 Aug 1914 from 2 Seymour Rd., Elsternwick
- was 1 year with Cadets & 2 years with the Citizen Forces
- 5' 6", dark brown hair, green eyes
- served with 5th Battalion, H Company
- next of kin, father, 2 Seymour Rd., Elsternwick. Moved to 70 Allison Rd., Elsternwick in March 1918
- KILLED IN ACTION 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli Peninsula aged 21
- was buried in Victoria Gully Cemetery No1, Gallipoli, about half a mile south east of Anzac Cove
- Plot 1, Row G, Grace 20 at Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey


HEARD, Albert Jack - Private 1685
- born 1888 at Horsham, Victoria, 7th of 9 known children of John Samuel HEARD (1853-1912) & Hannah Martha GRAHAM (1856-1945)
- he attended Casterton School
- he was a Government Printer
- served with the 21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements
- next of kin was his mother at 62 Orrong Rd., Elsternwick
- KILLED IN ACTION 17 September 1915 on board 'Southland' when torpedoed on way to Lemros Island aged 27
- Plot II, Row D, Grave 33 Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
BROTHER, Norman Ivor Heard died Belgium (next)


HEARD, Norman Ivor - Private 7015
- born 1895 at Noradjuha, Victoria, 9th of 9 known children of John Samuel HEARD & Hannah Martha GRAHAM
- attended Stalwell School & Hassetts Business College
- Norman was a Post Office Official (Letter Carrier)
- served with 6th Battalion, 23 Reinforcements
- next of kin was his mother at 62 Orrong Rd., Elsternwick
- WOUNDED in Belgium 21 Sep 1917, DIED 4 Oct 1917 aged 22
- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
BROTHER, Albert Jack Heard died at Gallipoli (above)


HERRON, Frederick Nicoll - Sapper 1714
- this soldier to be added


* HEYEN, Henry - Private 2701
- born 1894 at Dairy Creek, Heathcote, Victoria
- parents: Hermann HEYEN (1854-) & Eleanor SMITH (1851-)
- attended West Hawthorn State School, he became a Printer
- address 66 Maribyrnong Rd., Moonee Ponds, (parents address in 1915)
- served with 21st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Next of Kin: mother Eleanor Heyen at 14 Milton St., Caulfield East
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS (gun shot wound in head) at Velu, France 31 August 1916 aged 22 and was buried in the Wood Cemetery (Grave 509) at Velu
- Achiet-le-Grand, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
brother Lambert Hermann Heyen (1890-1963), Private 1186, served with the 38 Infantry Battalion
cousin John Matheson, Private 4147 served with 24 Infantry Battalion. He was living with his cousins and aunt at 66 Maribyrnong Rd. His mother was Mrs Helena Matheson of Heathcote, Victoria


HIBBS, Reginald Kenneth - Captain
- born 1892 in Moseley, Worcestershire, England
- arrived in Australia in 1910 aged 18
- this soldier to be added


HILL, R.
- this soldier to be added


HINDLE, Gilbert Harold - Corporal 3134
- memorial has G. H. HINDEE
- born Aug 1896 in Tallangatta, Victoria to Joseph Illingworth HINDLE (1865-1943) & Elizabeth Ann GILBERT (1863-1936)
- attended Tallangatta State School and later Caulfield State School and Technical School, Swinburn, Hawthorn
- Gilbert was a Carpenter/Builders Apprentice
- After completing Cadet training served 1 year in the 29th Light Horse and qualified for Corporal
- served with 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcements, 15th Machine Gun Battalion
- next of kin was father at 168 Bambia Road, Caulfield
- DIED OF HIS WOUNDS in Crobie, France 7 April 1918 aged 21.8
- Grave 7, Row A, Plot 1 at Vignacourt British Cemetery
NOTE His father, Joseph Illingworth Hindle was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, 1 of 15 known children of Joseph HINDLE & Mary Ann FILDES (both died in Victoria). He died at Tallangatta, Victoria. His mother, Elizabeth Ann Gilbert was born in Parramatta, Sydney (married there in 1890) and died in Caulfield, Melbourne


HODGES, Simeon Edward Jordan - Corporal 2378
- this soldier to be added


HOLST, Frederick Giffen - Private 2925
- this soldier to be added


HOOD, Harold Stuart - Private 4646
- this soldier to be added


HOOKS, Francis Thomas - Corporal 3505
- this soldier to be added


HOPE, H. L.
(possibly Harry Leslie Corporal 61)
- this soldier to be added


HOPE, William Lockhart Bronner - Corporal 3013
- this soldier to be added


HORTON, H.
- this soldier to be added]


HUGHES, Melville Rule - Captain
- born 1893, only son of Hugh HUGHES & Florence RULE
- educated at Elsternwick State School & obtained a scholarship entitling him to a term of 3 years at Wesley College. Melville was a resident Medical practitioner at the Melbourne Hospital for a year prior to war
- served with the Medical Officers Corps
- next of kin: father at 1 Staniland Grove, Elsternwick
- KILLED IN ACTION 20 March 1917 in Bapaume, France aged 24
- Grave 1, Row A, Bapaume Australian Cemetery
NOTE A rood screen, in memory of Captain Melville Rule Hughes, A.A.M.C., was given to St. Clement's Church of England, Elsternwick. The screen was given by Miss Rule in Dec 1927 and designed by Messrs. Gawler and Drummond, of Melbourne


HUGHES, John 'Percival' Conway - Private 3129
- born 1891 in Brighton, Victoria to Henry Edward HUGHES & Amy Beatrice FORES
South Australian Register, 23 Nov 1887 HUGHES-FORES ? On the 7th November, at St. Paul's, Adelaide, by the Rev. J. W. Owen, Henry Edward, son of Edward Hughes, of London W., to Amy Beatrice, daughter of Henry Fores, of London W. 3257
- John attended Oakfield State School
- he was an Orchardist, last address at Elsternwick
- served with 5th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements
- next of kin was his mother at 507 Neerim Rd., Murrumbeena
- KILLED IN ACTION 25 July 1916 in France aged 25
- Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France


HUON, Charles Denbigh - Company Sergeant Major 904
- born to John Francis HUON (1847-1907) & Sabina Jane DENBIGH (1860-1930)
- a Grazier of 'Bungoona' Houn, Victoria
- served with 4th Battalion (Infantry)
- embarked from Sydney 20 Oct 1914 on HMAT Euripides
- mother, Sabina Huon, 84 St George's Rd. Elsternwick
- KILLED IN ACTION 4 Oct 1917 in Belgium
- Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
* 5' 8?", ruddy complexion, brown eyes, black hair
* brother, Harold Paul Huon, Private 905, embarked with him on the Euripides
* sister, Ada Evaline Huon served as Staff Nurse, embarking from Melbourne 7 Sep 1917
* to get the name Houn (of Houn, Victoria) . Charles Denbigh Huon's father was John Francis Huon . HIS father was Paul Huon (1799-1849) . HIS father was Gabriel de KERRILEAU (1769-1828) from France who was a pioneer of Huon
* Charles's siblings:
* 1880 - 1890 Helen Beatrice Huon
* 1881 - 1961 Elsie Maude Huon
* 1883 - 1936 Arthur Francis Huon
* 1885 - 1971 Robert Edward Huon (twin with Winifred, 7 Nov 1885 - 17 April 1971)
* 1885 - 1971 Winifred May Huon (twin with Robert, 7 Nov 1885 - 9 Jan 1971)
* 1887 - 1955 Florence Isabel Huon
* 1888 - 1917 Charles Denbigh Huon
* 1890 - 1972 Harold Paul Huon
* 1892 - 1950 Ada Evaline Huon. Ada married Frank Bertram MacCASKIE 31 March 1919 in Ahmednagar India. A son, Frank Huon MaCaskie [1920-1943 died in WWII. Served with the 147 (The Essex Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery
* 1895 - 1977 John Francis Huon


HURLEY, John Cromwell - Lance Corporal 5931
- a Clerk of Orrong Rd, Armadale
- served with 22nd Battalion (Infantry)
- embarked from Melbourne 2 Oct 1916 on HMAT Nestor
- wife, Alice May Hurley, Rosella St, Murrumbeena
- DIED 3 May 1917 in France aged
- Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France


NOTES of INTEREST
All these soldiers were killed in action, or died of their wounds, whilst fighting on the fields. Hundreds of young men died from the effects of war after returning home from duty. Physical wounds were not the only problems they dealt with! Their stories should also be told but finding them will be harder ...

keeping with this 'Caulfield Theme' is a story of:
Bernard 'babe' Haines from Murrumbeena who enlisted at 14, sailed off to war aged 15 and was shot by Germans in the leg, requiring an amputation at the thigh when he was 16. He had 41 operations at Caulfield Hospital and died there in 1926.
He was 25 years old.
The Argus (Melbourne), 18 March 1926 EIGHT YEARS IN HOSPITAL
Military Patient's Death
General regret is expressed at the Caulfield Military Hospital at the death, on Tuesday afternoon, of Bernard Haines, who has been an inmate of the hospital for eight years. "Babe" Haines, as he was known, underwent 40 operations at the hospital, but was, nevertheless, one of the most cheerful patients, and was very popular with all. Shortly after the war broke out Haines enlisted, and sailed with the 20th Infantry Brigade of the A.I.F. He was then aged only 14 years, and for which reason that he was later referred to as "Babe." Soon after he landed in Egypt he was transferred to France, and at Bapaume, in 1917, after two years of service abroad, he was seriously wounded. It was found necessary to amputate one of his legs, and soon afterwards he returned to Australia, and was sent, eventually, to the Caulfield Hospital. He spent much of his time in the hospital in endeavouring to alleviate the sufferings of others. Soon after he entered the hospital he took woodcarving and art leather work as hobbies, and became very proficient in both.
Tho funeral will leave the home of Haines's parents in Newlyn street, Caulfield, for the Brighton Cemetery, this afternoon, at 3 o'clock.