RUTHERFORD, Ralph Elliott, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment

Rank: Corporal

Regimental Number: 191

Place of Birth: Nhill, Victoria

Address: 170 Marmion Street(WW1), Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, Charles George Rutherford

Enlistment Date: 21 October 1914

Unit Name: 10th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron

Age embarkation: 21

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Labourer

Date of Death:

Place of Burial: -

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MOFFLIN, Percy Sutherland, Corporal, 10th Light Horse Regiment

Rank: Corporal

Regimental Number: 227

Place of Birth: Hamilton, New Zealand

Address: 36 Moss street(WW1), East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Father, Horace Mofflin

Enlistment Date: 21 October 1914

Unit Name: 10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron

Age embarkation: 35

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Drover

Date of Death: 16 June 1915

Place of Burial: Ari Burnu Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 2), Gallipoli, Turkey

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MORGAN, Charles Henry, Corporal, 11th Battalion

Rank: Corporal

Regimental Number: 4435

Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia

Address: Geraldton, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Alice Maud Morgan

Enlistment Date: 22 September 1915

Unit Name: 11th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement

Age embarkation: 27

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Shipwright

Date of Death: 22 July 1916

Place of Burial: No known grave

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History

Corporal Charles Henry Morgan

Corporal Charles Henry Morgan (4436) was born and educated at Fremantle and is 28 years of age. He enlisted in September, 1915, and on going into Blackboy was attached to the 11th Battalion. He sailed from Fremantle on the 13th February, 1916, per the s.s. Miltiades for Egypt. Later he was drafted to France, and took part in all fighting round Armentieres, Mouquet Farm, and Pozieres. He was killed at the latter place on the 25th of July, 1916.

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FURLONG, Alfred Herbert, Corporal, 16th Battalion

Rank: Private; Corporal 01/08/1915

Regimental Number: 335

Place of Birth: Casterfield, Victoria

Address: 15 Bellevue Terrace(WW1), Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs A F Furlong

Enlistment Date: 14 September 1914

Unit Name: 16th Battalion, D Company

Age embarkation: 23

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Blacksmiths striker

Date of Death: 3 February 1975

Place of Burial: Plaque in Western Australia Garden of Remembrance

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COLLINGS, Hubert Leonard, Corporal, Railway Unit

Rank: Corporal

Regimental Number: 883

Place of Birth: Mallala, South Australia

Address: 15 Hubble Street(WW1: 33), East Fremantle, WA

Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Annie Collings

Enlistment Date: 9 January 1917

Unit Name: Railway Unit, Section 3

Age embarkation: 34

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Locomotive driver

Date of Death: -

Place of Burial: -

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Corporal HERBERT LEONARD COLLINGS

Corporal Herbert Leonard Collings (883) was born and educated in South Australia. He enlisted on the 8th January, 1917, and after training at Blackboy Camp sailed for England on the 29th January, 1917. On his arrival there he went to Bordon Camp for further training and then crossed to France. He worked on the railways immediately behind the lines until the 25th April, 1919, when he left for Australia, arriving home on the 3rd August, 1919. He is at present employed in the W.A.G.R.” (Australia’s Fighting Son’s of the Empire pg64)

Brothers: Private GILBERT COLLINGS(left), Lance-Corporal NORMAN CLARENCE COLLINGS(middle), Corporal HERBERT LEONARD COLLINGS(right). Australia’s Fighting Son’s of the Empire

BATEMAN, Herbert Pearson, Private, 28th Battalion

Rank: Lieutenant

Regimental Number: 564

Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia

Address: 33 Moss Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Mary Bateman

Enlistment Date: 24 March 1915

Unit Name: 28th Battalion, C Company

Age embarkation: 30

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Barrister

Date of Death: 5 August 1916

Place of Burial: Pozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 16), Ovillers-La-Boiselle, France

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Lieutenant HERBERT PEARSON BATEMAN
Lieutenant Herbert Pearson Bateman (564) was also born at Perth and educated at the Scotch College, Claremont. He enlisted in April, 1915, and sailed in June of the same year. He served in Egypt and Gallipoli, leaving the peninsula at the evacuation. he embarked for France in March, 1916, and served with the 28th Battalion at Messines and Armentieres. He was later transferred to 7th L.T.M. Battery and fell at Pozieres August 5th, 1916, aged 32 years.

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Family/military connections

BATEMAN, Vernon, Sergeant, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo

BATEMAN, Horace William, Private, 28th Battalion — Streets of East Freo

Bateman Brothers. Herbert on the right.

33 Moss Street, East Fremantle.

BAIRD, John, Corporal, 32nd Battalion

Rank: Corporal

Service Number: 1211

Place of Birth: Linlithgowshire, Scotland

Address: Napoleon Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Margaret Baird

Enlistment Date: 19 July 1915

Unit Name: 32nd Battalion

Age at Embarkation: 35

Marital Status: Married

Occupation: Railway clerk

Date of Death: 1 December 1917

Place of Burial: Messines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 56), Belgium


 
 

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JARMAN, Ernest Hewitt, Corporal, 32nd Battalion

Rank: Corporal

Regimental Number: 866

Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland

Address: Richmond Hill, East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Ellis Jarman

Enlistment Date: 25 June 1915

Unit Name: 32nd Battalion, C Company

Age embarkation: 25

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Clerk

Date of Death: 20 July 1916

Place of Burial: No known graves

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History

Son of Richard Edward (deceased) and Elizabeth Ellis Jarman of "Ellisville", Richmond Hill, East Fremantle, WA. Born in Brisbane.

Reported missing in action 20 July 1916 following Battle of Fromelles. Court of Enquiry held 12 August 1917, pronounced KIA 20 July 1916.

Listed on Fremantle War Memorial. Plaque at Kings Park Honour Avenue.

Reference: WFDWA project by Shannon Lovelady

10 February 1918 Wills. Ernest Hewitt Jarman, late of Richmond Hill, East Fremantle, to Sydney Arthur Jarman. £756 (Reference)