Port Melbourne Cricket Club – Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

Tom Griffin

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryNovember 3, 2023

by David Thompson Thomas Griffin's grave at Lancefield Cemetery, 2024. Photograph by Daniel Brueckner. On Sunday, 8 Nov 1953 Port Melbourne Mayor, Cr E J Purchase with Crs J P Crichton and T G Douglas accompanied by the Port Melbourne Municipal Band attended the grave of the late Cr Tom Griffin at Lancefield. [1] This had become an annual pilgrimage since…

A Triumvirate of Test Cricketers by Terry Keenan

Free DownloadsOctober 17, 2023

Biographical details on Robert McLeod, Charles McLeod and James Kelly, three members produced by the PMCC who played for Australia. (PDF 1.4 MB) Compiled by Terry Keenan, President PMCC 1990-1993, to accompany a presentation to the Port Melbourne Cricket Club, 28 July 1993. With excerpts from Jack Pollard's Australian Cricket, The Game and the Players, Hodder and Stoughton 1982. Download…

A L Nathan of the London Hotel

People, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 17, 2023

by David Thompson A L Nathan. The Record, 23 January 1923. In December 1922, Alfred Lewis Nathan retired as publican of the London Hotel, Beach Street selling the hotel to Mrs Emily Elsie Cotter of the Wayside Inn, City Road, South Melbourne intending to take a trip to Europe in May the following year.[1] A L Nathan had taken over the…

Memorial to George Sangster

People, Places, Port Melbourne HistoryMay 6, 2022

by Margaret Bride Sangster Memorial. Photo: Janet Bolitho. Sangster Reserve occupies the small triangular piece of land behind the Port Melbourne Bowling Club between Princes and Nott Streets. The area includes a children's playground and nearby there is an art deco style electrical substation. Just inside the Nott Street entrance is this monument commemorating the life of George Sangster, once a…

Crockford, Edward Clifford Howson (Lieutenant)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~CAugust 28, 2014

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 23 years 11 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 10 May 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: Lieutenant view online service record Address: 183 Beaconsfield Parade Albert Park, VIC Next of Kin: Edward Charles Crockford (father) 183 Beaconsfield Parade Albert Park, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 1 August 1916 Ship: HMAT Orsova A67 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 58th Infantry Battalion - 4th Reinforcements Fate: DOW: Sunday, 11…

Pinkerton, Walter (4755)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~PAugust 15, 2014

Place of Birth: Brisbane, QLD Age: 30 years 8 months Enlistment Details: Monday, 24 January 1916 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 4755 view online service record Address: c/o Port Melbourne Cricket Club Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Lilian Agnes Pinkerton (wife) c/o Port Melbourne Cricket Club Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 4 April 1916 Ship: HMAT Euripides A14 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion - 12th…

Tom Griffin

A Triumvirate of Test Cricketers by Terry Keenan

A L Nathan of the London Hotel

Memorial to George Sangster

Crockford, Edward Clifford Howson (Lieutenant)

Pinkerton, Walter (4755)

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