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Meet the Borowski Family

People, Port Melbourne HistoryFebruary 21, 2025
by David F Radcliffe When writing Changing Fortunes in 2020, I could not find any photographs of the many people and families featured in the book. Through writing their stories, I came to know them, even though I had never ‘seen’ them. Just before Christmas 2024, Rudolph and Mary Borowski, who lived at 47 Spring Street East for nearly fifty years, suddenly…

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Cleland, Thomas William (696)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~CAugust 28, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 26 years 2 months Enlistment Details: Saturday, 12 September 1914 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 696            view online service record Address: 139 Clark Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: William James Cleland (father) 139 Clark Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 22 December 1914 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Tuesday, 1 July 1919 Discharged: Wednesday,…

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Dehn, James Herbert (364)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~DAugust 27, 2014
Place of Birth: Brunswick, VIC Age: 25 years Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 18 August 1914 - South Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 364 view online service record Address: 66 Danks Street Albert Park, VIC Next of Kin: Alice Dehn (mother) 66 Danks Street Albert Park, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Monday, 19 October 1914 Ship: HMAT…

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Hair, Alexander William (7228)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~HAugust 23, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 37 years 2 months Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 29 December 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 7228            view online service record Address: 134 Buckhurst Street South Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: Millicent Alice Hair (wife) 134 Buckhurst Street South Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Friday, 31 March 1916 Ship: HMAT Star of Victoria A16 Port: Sydney, NSW Unit: 5th Field Company Engineers - 5th…

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McFarlane, John Charles (2347)

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 18 years Enlistment Details: Monday, 12 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 2347            view online service record Address: 411 Nott Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: John McFarlane (father) 411 Nott Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Wednesday, 29 September 1915 Ship: RMS Osterley Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion - 5th Reinforcements Fate: RTA: Saturday, 4 December 1920 Discharged: Wednesday, 21…

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Menzies, John (753) aka Jock

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~MAugust 18, 2014
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC Age: 26 years 11 months Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 15 September 1914 - Melbourne, VIC Service Number: 753            view online service record Address: 172 Stokes Street Port Melbourne, VIC Next of Kin: A Menzies (father) 172 Stokes Street Port Melbourne, VIC Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 22 December 1914 Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38 Port: Melbourne, VIC Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion Fate: RTA: Wednesday, 20 November 1918 Discharged: Wednesday, 5…

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Wilcocks, James

Enlistments, WWI Centenary, ~WAugust 7, 2014
James Wilcocks is listed in the Nott Street School Honour Roll. Sergeant James Willcocks [sic] played with the Railway United Football Club and his parents lived in Bridge Street. 1918 'ITEMS OF NEWS.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 30 March, p. 2. , viewed 10 Aug 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88366586

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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.