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Hosking, Arnold Kingsley
Arnold Hosking (Service No 305) was born in Wollongong, N.S.W. and attended school there. He also served for 9 years in junior and senior cadets and 37th Militia.When Arnold enlisted...
Host, Walter Joseph
Walter Host (Service No 702) was born in Berry, N.S.W. and attended Kiama Public School. As a young man, Walter had joined the Berry Cadets, serving as a 2nd Lieutenant....
Hotchkis, John McGeachie Henderson
John Hotchkis (Service No 383) was born in Greta, NSW in 1890.At enlistment John was single, 25 years old, worked as an electricians assistant and lived in Clifton, N.S.W. He nominated his...
Hotchkis, James Hilton
James Hotchkis (Service No 1564) was born in Helensburg, N.S.W. in 1892. He enlisted in the AIF on 10 July, 1915, at the age of 22 years and 11 months. He was a single man and worked as an...
Hotchkis, Daniel Stewart
Daniel Hotchkis (Service No 1565) was born in Helensburgh, N.S.W. around 1896.At enlistment Daniel was single, 19 years old, employed as an electric motor driver and had served 4 years in the Senior...
Houghton, William
William Houghton (Service No 3798) was born in Durham, UK.William enlisted on the 28 August 1915, when he was 18 years old, his enlistment papers showing he lived at Keira Ville (Keiraville),...
Houghton, Richard
Richard Houghton (Service No 2340) was born in Durham, England, in November 1893 to Andrew and Mary Lizzie. The family arrived in Australia in 1913. When Richard enlisted he and his...
Hourigan, William James
William Hourigan (Service no 7757) was born in Tamworth, N.S.W.William married Ann Griffiths at Bowraville, N.S.W. in 1904.When William enlisted he was 39 years old, worked as a ...
Houslar, John Anderson
John Houslar (Service no 510) was born in Wollongong, NSW in 1897. At the time of enlistment in Nowra, NSW, John was single, 19 years of age, employed as a carpenter and had previously served 4...
Houslar, William Robert Powell
William Houslar (Service no 1210/1850) was born in Wollongong, NSW in 1895.At the time of enlistment, William was single, 20 years of age, employed as storeman and had previously served in the...
Houslar, Charles Stanley
Charles Houslar (Service no 5717) was born in Wollongong, NSW in 1898. At the time of enlistment, Charles was single, 18 years of age, employed as a council clerk and had previously served 4...
Howarth, David Thomas
Sergeant David Howarth (Service no. 359) was born in Lancashire England in 1887, and arrived in Brisbane with his family on 27th March, 1913. The family came to Port Kembla and as soon as war was...
Howarth, Livsey
Livsey Howarth (Service No 2172) was born in Lancester, England. Livsey's family emigrated to Australia in 1912.At enlistment Livsey was single, 25 years old, worked as a labourer and lived at...
Howden, William Sandiland/ Sandilands
William Howden (Service No 9549) was born in Whitekirk, Scotland.When William enlisted at the age of 30, he was living in Figtree, N.S.W. and single and working as a miner.William...
Howell-Price, Owen Glendower
Owen Glendower Howell-Price was born on 23 February 1890 in Kiama and was educated at Windsor Grammar School and Kogarah High School. A bank clerk before beginning training in agriculture...
Howes, Alfred Francis Sidney
Alfred Howes (Service No 7482) was born in Sydney, N.S.W. around 1897.Alfred was single and living & working as a farmer at Crooked River, Gerringong, N.S.W. when he enlisted...
Howes, Ernest Henry
Ernest Howes (Service No 2383) was born in Gunnedah, NSW.At enlistment Ernest was single, 21 years old, worked as a barber and lived in Wollongong; Ernest had served in the Militia.He embarked from...
Howie, Hugh
Hugh Howie (Service No 2683) was born in Troon, Scotland around 1881 and arrived in Wollongong, N.S.W., around 1913.At enlistment in Port Kembla, N.S.W., he was single, 35 years old and worked as a...
Hoy, Henry
Henry Hoy (Service No 1281), was born in Manchester, England, around 1885. He married Alice Mason in England in 1906, and arrived in Australia with his wife and child some time after.At...
Huggett, William
William Huggett (Service No 5125) was born in Braidwood, N.S.W. William enlisted after attending the Waratah March at Kiama, N.S.W. where he was living at the time. He was 19...
Hughes, Joseph
Joseph Hughes (Service No 7258) was born in Newcastle, N.S.W.At enlistment he was 36 years old, single, worked as a painter and lived in Bulli, N.S.W.Joseph embarked from...
Hughes, George Thomas
George Hughes (Service No 862) was born in Gosford, NSW about 1887. When he enlisted he was a single 27 year old railway porter from Corrimal, NSW. He embarked on HMAT A23 Suffock on 18th October...
Humberge, Robert
Robert Humberge (Service No 3758/ 3758A) was born in Melbourne, Victoria.At enlistment Robert was 27 years old and worked as a signalman. He and his wife, Maud Josephine, were living in Bourke...
Humphreys, Leslie Hugh
Leslie Humphreys (Service No 425) was born in Wallsend, N.S.W. in 1890. At Leslie was single, 24 years old, and worked as a farmer at Avondale, Dapto. He embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A8...
Humphreys, Harry Bolton
Harry Humphrey (Service No 2858) was the youngest of three brothers to enlist. He was born in Wollongong but went to school in Transvaal South Africa. At the time of enlistment he was a single 18...
Humphreys, Garfield Allan
Garfield Humphreys (Serial No 1936) was born in Wollongong, NSW and at the time of enlistment he was a single 29 year old accountant. He embarked on HMAT A69 Warialda with 3rd Reinforcements, 45th...
Humphreys, Robert George
Robert Humphreys (Service No 591) was born in Wollongong, NSW and attended the Wollongong Superior Public School. At the time of enlistment he was a single 25 year old carpenter. Robert embarked on...
Hunt, John Finton
Jack Finton Hunt (Service No 1883) was born in Sydney, N.S.W.At enlistment he was 22 years old, single, worked as a farm hand and lived in Wollongong, N.S.W.Jack embarked on...
Hunt, William Henry
William Henry Hunt (Service No 1347) was born on the 30th October, 1891, at Robbinsville near Bulli, later named Thirroul. He was the eldest son of George Charles Hunt (a coal miner) and Ellen...
Hunt, Prescott Henry
Prescott Hunt (Service No 3384) was born in 1896 at Helensburgh, N.S.W., and attended the Church of England School. His father was killed in an accident at Metropolitan Mine in Helensburgh, N.S.W....