Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 19 years 1 month
Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 7 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 3132 view online service record
Address:
315 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
M M Herrick (father)
315 Princes Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Thursday, 18 November 1915
Ship: HMAT Wiltshire A18
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion - 7th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Thursday, 8 May…

Shirley Videion recalls the shops in Graham Street before the construction of the Graham Street overpass:
Graham Street was blessed with milk bars. The two most preferred by our group when walking on a Sunday were McCarthy's next to the double storey house on the corner of Graham Street and Evans Street or McKenzie's on the other side of the Graham Station…

Today's post is prompted by the royal visit to Australia and the approach of Anzac Day.
The Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VIII, visited Melbourne in May 1920 on board the British warship HMS Renown.
He came to represent his father King George V to thank Australia for its part in the war.
His visit was eagerly anticipated with crowds…