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Yeates, Joseph Henry (28460)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~YAugust 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 27 years 6 months Enlistment Details: Friday, 17 March 1916 - Prahran, VIC Service Number: 28460            view online service record Address: c/o Post Office Narbethong, VIC Next of Kin: Ellen Ann Yeates (wife) c/o Post Office Narbethong, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 25 October 1916 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 1st Divisional Ammunition Column - 21st Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Monday, 12 May…

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Yelland, Henry Oswald (3480)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~YAugust 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 21 years 6 months Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 13 December 1916 - Albury, NSW Service Number: 3480            view online service record Address: Coolamon, NSW Next of Kin: Robert Yelland (father) Coolamon, NSW Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 24 January 1917 Ship: HMAT Anchises A68 Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion - 9th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Friday, 27 September 1918 Discharged: Saturday, 22 February 1919

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Yern, Charles William Harry (5243)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~YAugust 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC Age: 23 years 11 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 January 1916 - Bendigo, VIC Service Number: 5243            view online service record Address: cnr Union & Harvey Streets Golden Square, Bendigo, VIC Next of Kin: Hermina Augusta Ermel (mother) 8 Clifford Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Saturday, 1 April 1916 Ship: HMAT Suffolk A23 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion - 16th Reinforcements Fate: KIA:…

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Young, Clarence William (4337)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~YAugust 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 19 years Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 14 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 4337            view online service record Address: 84 Station Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Mary Ellen Young (mother) 84 Station Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 29 December 1915 Ship: HMAT Demosthenes A64 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion - 13th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Thursday, 12 June 1919 Discharged:…

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Young, George (453)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~YAugust 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 25 years 6 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 August 1914 - Albert Park, VIC Service Number: 453            view online service record Address: 100 Dow Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Blanch Young (wife) 100 Dow Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1914 Ship: HMAT Orvieto A3 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Tuesday, 5 October 1915 Discharged: Tuesday,…

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Young, Robert (1844)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~YAugust 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Hawthorn, VIC Age: 31 years 4 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 4 January 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 1844            view online service record Address: 17 Princes Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Edward Young (brother) 17 Princes Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 14 April 1915 Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion - 4th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Saturday, 11 March 1916 Discharged:…

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Young-Grant, Charles (1083)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~YAugust 5, 2014
Place of Birth: Daylesford, VIC Age: 25 years Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 10 November 1914 - Liverpool, NSW Service Number: 1083 view online service record Address: 1 Woodburn Street Redfern, NSW Next of Kin: Beatrice Young-Grant (wife) 1 Woodburn Street Redfern, NSW Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 22 December 1914 Ship: HMAT…

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Zieman, Ernest John (Depot/3534)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~ZAugust 4, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 22 years 11 months Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 4 April 1916 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: Depot/3534            view online service record Address: 36 Thistlewaite Street Albert Park, VIC Next of Kin: Albert Zieman (father) 36 Thistlewaite Street Albert Park, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Thursday, 21 June 1917 Ship: HMAT Suevic A29 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion - 9th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Monday, 31 March…

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A Kerosene Ship in Flames

Port Melbourne HistoryJuly 3, 2014
The Hilaria, a 1,500 ton two-masted ship from New York caught fire at Town Pier on the morning of the 7th July 1895. Earlier it had been ordered to an outer anchorage away from the pier as its manifest included a case of detonators as well as the usual general cargo including kerosene, rosin and other flammable materials.  The Captain had no…

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This is Where the Story Ends

People, Port Melbourne HistoryJune 26, 2014
In the story of our first settlers we often focus on the arrival in November 1839, their subsequent settlement at the Beach and those early years during the establishment of Sandridge but what of their later life? By 1853 Wilbraham and Caroline Liardet were living at the Chusan Hotel in Bay Street, which was owned by their sons, Frank and Hector. A…

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and work, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pay respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.