was the youngest female convict, at 13, on the First Fleet.  She received seven years transportation at the Old Bailey in January 1787, for being accused of stealing clothes from the clog maker she was working for.  Elizabeth was on board the Lady Penrhyn for about three and a half months before the Fleet set sail.

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Honouring her WW1 Descendants

5133 Ronald Davie Private
12^th Infantry Battalion, 18^th Reinforcements, 13^th Rifts 28^th Battalion

Born 1893 Bothwell Tasmania
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 10 April 1916 in Tasmania, aged 23
Embarked for England at Fremantle 18 July 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Bee A48
Proceeded to France per SS Victoria 3 November 1916
Wounded in action in Belgium; in and out of War Hospitals in England
Embarked 18 July 1919 for Australia per HT Takada
Died 14 September 1956

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Sydney Hayes (elder brother to Tasman Francis Hayes)
Born 26 June 1888 Bothwell Tasmania to Joseph Lowe and Jane (Hastie) Hayes
Enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force, aged 27 years
Died 28 September 1974

498 Tasman Francis Hayes (brother to Joseph Sydney Hayes)
Depot Private, D Company, 6^th Battalion
Born 11 April 1891 Bothwell Tasmania to Joseph Lowe and Jane (Hastie) Hayes
Enlisted 20 August 1914 at Melbourne, aged 23
Tasman did not see action overseas but remained in Australia and served as a Depot Private

Information and photograph submitted by John Eyles

 

923 Alan Brooke Bailey (brother to Alan Brooke Bailey and Dr Guy Brooke Bailey)
Private / Driver 4^th Company AASC (Australian Army Service Corps)
Captain “C” Sec 7^th Field Ambulance
Born 16 January 1890 Albany Western Australia to George Herbert and Isabel Agnes (Gibson) Bailey
Occupation Orchardist)
Enlisted Brighton Tasmania 17 August 1914 aged 24
Next of kin father GH Bailey, Pirie Street New Town Tasmania
Embarked Melbourne 12 February 1915 aboard HMAT Runic A54
Admitted to Hospitals in Anzac and Middle East
Embarked Suez, December 1915 for Australia per HT Wandilla
Disembarked Melbourne 14 January 1916 and admitted to 5^th Australian General Hospital
Discharged Hobart Tasmania 1 August 1916
Died 22 October 1962 Launceston Tasmania.  Cremated Carr Villa Crematorium, Launceston Tasmania

Doctor Guy Brooke Bailey (brother to Alan Brooke Bailey and Roy Brooke Bailey)
Born 16 April 1883 Hobart Tasmania to George Herbert and Isabel Agnes(Gibson) Bailey
Guy Bailey studied medicine at Edinburgh University, Scotland.  In December 1914 Dr Bailey returned to Hobart after 12 months in London at St Bartholomew’s Hospital doing an extensive course of surgery and was for a time Assistant House Surgeon at Hobart General Hospital.  He also was in charge of Dr Gilbert Butler’s practise in Zeehan while he was for a time in England and was a surgeon attached to Zeehan District Hospital.
On 3 April 1915 at All Saints Church Hobart, he married Ida Douglas, daughter of the late Sir Adye Douglas and Lady Douglas of Battery Point Tasmania.  While at Zeehan, Dr Bailey was a very popular Doctor and was an enthusiastic footballer and an ardent cricketer, being a son of a member of the first Australian cricket team to go to England.

WW1
Captain (Medical Officer) MID
 7^th and 13^th Field Ambulance AMC
Enlisted 1 May 1915 aged 32
Next of kin wife Mrs GB Bailey, 101 Hampden Road, Hobart Tasmania
Embarked Brisbane Queensland 25 May 1915 aboard HMAT Ascanius A11
Service in the Gallipoli
Suffered a bout of enteric fever and being temporarily unfit for further service was returned to Australia on HT Themistocles to recuperate, though acting as ship’s doctor in the return voyage.  Back in Tasmania, he conducted medical examinations on enlistment and his signature may be found on many attestation papers.
Returned to Camp 1 March 1916
Re-embarked at Melbourne 16 March 1916 aboard Orsova for overseas service
Returned to France with the 13^th Field Ambulance and later as Regimental Medical Officer for the 52^nd Battalion
Mention in General D Haig’s Despatch I have the honor to submit the name of under-mentioned officer serving under my command, whose distinguished and gallant services, and devotion to duty, I consider deserving of special mention:  Captain Guy Brooke Bailey
For general good services during the operations near Pozieres between 28 August 16 and 2 September 16.   Lieut-Colonel John Basil St Vincent Welch, O.C. 13^th Aus. Fd. Amb.
(London Gazette 2 January 1917 and Commonwealth of Australia 29 June 1917)

Killed outright by H.E. Shell on 27 March 1917 when the battalion was going into the line in the night, near Lagnicourt.
Buried near the spot where he fell – about 500 yards beyond the village of Vaux.  A cross was erected over the grave
Re-interred to Vaulx Hill Cemetery, France (II.F.19)

 

 

802 Roy Brooke Bailey (brother to Alan Brooke Bailey and Dr Guy Brooke Bailey)
Trooper 3^rd Light Horse Regiment (1 to 10 Reinforcements (December 1914–September 1915)
Bombardier 6 January 1917
Corporal 1 December 1917
Born 1889 Albany Western Australia to George Herbert and Isabel (Gibson) Bailey
Occupation Clerk
Enlisted 4 December 1914 Claremont Tasmania aged 28
Next of kin mother Mrs IA Bailey, Newtown Tasmania
Embarked Melbourne 2 February 1915 1915 aboard SS Hessen A45
Service in France
Returned to Australia 16 December 1918 per SS Leicestershire
Discharged 18 April 1919
Died 25 January 1935.  Buried Longford Christ Church Pioneer Cemetery Tasmania

 

Stuart Galloway Gibson MC
Captain Medical Officer Australian Medical Army Corps, attached 56^th Battalion
Born 31 December 1892 Hobart Tasmania to George Henry and Jessie White (Galloway) Gibson
Occupation Medical Practitioner
Appointment 13 June 1916, aged 23
Next of kin father Dr GH Gibson, 177 Macquarie Street Hobart Tasmania
Embarked 8 August 1916 Sydney New South Wales aboard HMAT Ballarat A70
Service in France
Award Military Cross 3 October 1917
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  While he was in charge of a detachment at loading post the enemy opened a heavy bombardment.  Though nearly all the shelters were demolished, he continued at his work of removing casualties throughout intense shelling.  He set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty.
London Gazette 23 November 1917
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 7 March 1918
Returned to Australia on HT Irishman, disembarked 8 May 1919
Appointment terminated 13 September 1919
Died 1953 Tasmania

12389 Henry (Harry) Richard Hume (brother to William John Hume)
Gunner and Driver, 6^th Field Artillery Brigade, 3^rd Reinforcements
1 to 5 Reinforcements (November 1915-May 1916)
Later taken on strength of 2^nd DAC from Division Base Depot France
Born 3 July 1897 Pateena Tasmania to Albert Alfred and Dinah Hume
Enlisted 3 November 1915 Ross Tasmania, aged 18 years
Embarked 26 January 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles A32
Served in France
Returned to Australia June 1919 aboard HT Karagola
Discharged 22 August 1919; reason Demobilization
Died 12 August 1982 

 

1199 Richard Hume
Private 37^th Battalion D Company
Born 1894 Gowangardie Victoria to Henry James and Susannah Caroline (Block) Hume
Occupation Farm Labourer
Enlisted 8 March 1916, aged 24
Next of kin father Henry James Hume, Nalinga via Dookie Victoria
Embarked Melbourne 3 June 1916 aboard HMAT Persic A34
Service in France – Western Front
Killed in Action 28 March 1918
Buried Heilly Station Cemetery (Plot V11, Row A, Grave No 66), Mericourt-L’Abbe, France

Information and photographs on Richard Hume provided by Helen Fry

 

914 William John Hume MM (brother to Henry Richard Hume)
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, 10th Infantry Brigade 39^th Infantry Battalion “C” Company Born 29 October 1886 Longford Tasmania to Albert Alfred and Dinah Hume
Served for 12 months in the Longford Militia until it was disbanded
Enlisted 7 March 1916 Longford aged 29 years
Embarked 27 May 1916 aboard HMAT Ascanius A11
Promoted from Private to Corporal 13 September then to Sergeant 12 October 1917
Awarded Military Medal 23 October 1917 for conspicuous service in the Field, (France)  On 1^st October 1917, east of Ypes, he displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in action.  This N.C.O. showed marked courage and coolness and did most excellent work under heavy fire, both in reorganisation and in bringing rations forward to his men.  He also did splendid service in bringing in the wounded.  His courageous bearing at all times, had a wonderful effect on the spirits of his men

 

Returned to Australia June 1919 aboard HT Karagola
Discharged 14 August 1919; reason Demobilization
Died 8 May 1954 Wynyard Hospital, Tasmania

 

 

 

 

 

781 Arthur Lamph (enlisted as Charles Therwell)
Family story suggests his father disapproved of his enlisting, that is why he enlisted under an alias.
Corporal, “B” Company 19^th Battalion and AN & ME Force
Born 1895 NSW to Lilla Mary Whitchurch and Arthur John Lamph
Service in the Tasmanian Cadets
1^st enlistment 11 August 1914 in Sydney, discharged Sydney to 18 July 1915 (termination of period of engagement)
2^nd enlistment 25 March 1918 in Sydney, discharged 18 March 1917
Attested at Sydney 8 September 1919 for Home Service in No.4 AGH (POW Hospital)
Discharged 7 June 1921 Medically unfit, having lost both legs to war wounds
Drowned at Cronulla NSW 1 October 1933 in a boating accident due to his artificial legs

 

2380 Horace Edgar Saltmarsh (brother to Linden Roderick Saltmarsh)
Private, 40^th Infantry Battalion – 1 to 9 Reinforcements (July-October 1917)

Born 2 April 1896 Longford Tasmania to Lewis and Elsie Emma (Hume) Saltmarsh
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 12 September 1916
Embarked Melbourne 21 October 1916 aboard HMAT Port Melbourne A16

Killed in action 5 October 1917 in Belgium
Commemorated in the Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium.

 

On Tuesday evening the sad news was cabled to the Rev LT Tarleton, of Longford, that Private Horace Saltmarsh had died of gunshot wounds on October 5 at the 3^rd Australian Casualty Station in France.  Private Saltmarsh was the son of Mr Lewis Saltmarsh, of Epping.  Another son is serving with the colours in France.  This makes the 20^th boy from the Longford district that has made the supreme sacrifice

The Tasmanian Examiner 19 October 1917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4034 Linden Roderick Saltmarsh MM (brother to Horace Edgar Saltmarsh)
Private, 12^th Infantry Battalion – 9 to 12 Reinforcements (September-December 1915)
Born 27 February 1898 Longford Tasmania to Lewis and Elsie Emma (Hume) Saltmarsh
Occupation Jockey
Enlisted 4 September 1915, aged 18
Embarked Melbourne 21 October 1916 aboard RMS Orontes
Awarded the Military Medal 7 October 1918 for bravery in the field (France) At Mont De Merris near Strazeele on night of 30^th May 1918, Privates Saltmarsh and Reyolds, who accompanied Sergeant Turner on a patrol, rushed an enemy listening post, killed the occupants, captured a machine gun and brought it back to our lines.      signed Major-General, Commanding 1^st Australian Division

 

 

Returned to Australia 9 September 1919 ex Suevic
Discharged 5 November 1919
Died 25 May 1937

 

 

 

 

 

370 Barrett Leach Taylor (brother to Laurie Taylor and Ruth Taylor)
Private 12^th Battalion 3^rd Infantry Brigade
Born 30 July 1888 Epping Tasmania to James and Jane (Gibson) Taylor
Occupation Orchardist

Enlisted 29 August 1914 Brighton Tasmania aged 26
Next of kin James Taylor Weena Trevallyn, Launceston Tasmania
Embarked 20 October 1914 aboard HMAT Geelong A2
Service at the Dardanelles – wounded in action at Gallipoli
Died of wounds 26 May 1915 on board SS Clan McGillivary
Buried at sea 26 April 1915 off Gaba Tepe
Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Name is located at AWM Panel 67 in the Commemorative Area

 

979 Laurie Stewart Taylor (brother to Barrett Leach Taylor and Ruth Stewart Taylor)
Private 9^th  LHR (Light Horse Regiment) 6^th Reinforcements
Trooper 13^th Imperial Camel Corps 8 July 1916
Born 21 August 1892 Epping Tasmania to James and Jane (Gibson) Taylor
Occupation Framer
Six years senior Cadets Launceston Grammar School
Enlisted 1 February 1915 Broadmeadows Victoria aged 22
Next of kin mother Mrs Jane Taylor Exeter Tasmania
Embarked Melbourne 22 May 1915 aboard HMAT Afric A19
Service Gallipoli and Middle East
Invalided to Australia 23 September 1916 per HT Kanowna
Discharged 30 January 1917

Ruth Stewart Taylor (sister to Barrett Leach Taylor and Laurie Taylor)
Sister Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS)
Born 24 April 1880 Campbell Tasmania to James and Jane (Gibson) Taylor
Occupation Nurse – qualified Hobart General Hospital Tasmania
Enlisted 16 July 1915 aged 33

Group portrait of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) c1916, most of whom embarked from Australia on the Orsova during July 1915, outside the Ivanhoe Hotel London.  Ruth Taylor is amongst these nurses who are all named on the AWM photograph on-line

Nursing Sister on duty aboard No.2 Hospital Ship Kanowa leaving Egypt for Australia
Daily Telegraph, Launceston Tasmania, Thursday 25 November 1915
Sister Ruth Taylor (Trevallyn) returned to Launceston on a short leave on Tuesday having been one of the sisters in attendance on the wounded soldiers in the hospital ship from Egypt.  Sister Taylor has only a short time to spend here, returning to duty almost immediately.

Nursing Sister on duty aboard No.2 Hospital Ship Kanowna embarking Sydney NSW 22 December 1915
28 January 1916 Sailed from Suez per Kanowna – permanent staff Hospital Ship to 10 March 1916
Disembarked Melbourne 24 March 1917
Enlisted 25 April 1917 in the Australian Army Nursing Service at Show Grounds Moore Park NSW aged 35
Next of kin father Mr James Taylor Weena Trevallyn Launceston Tasmania
Embarked Sydney NSW 9 May 1917 aboard HMAT Ulysses A38
10 October 1917 Detached from Croydon War Hospital for duty with No.1 AAH
10 October 1917 Attached to 1^st AAH for duty from Croydon War Hospital
23 November 1917 Detached from attached duty with 2^nd AAH Southall (Pending embarkation to Australia on transport duty)
12 October 1918 Detached from 1^st AAH for duty with No.3 AGH Abeville France Returned to Australia 5 September 1919 per HT Prinz Ludwig as nursing staff Demobilisation 31 December 1918

The Mercury, Hobart Tasmania 6 September 1919 Sister Taylor from Sydney took over the emergency hospital at Sorrell.

Ruth Stewart Taylor died 18 January 1967

1569 Cecil Alexander Whitchurch
Private, 6^th Infantry Brigade, 23^rd Infantry Battalion, 1^st Reinforcements
Born 1895 South Yarra Victoria to Ernest Albert and Elizabeth (Burgess) Whitchurch Occupation Clerk
Enlisted 22 March 1915 Western Australia
Embarked Melbourne 8 May 1915 aboard HMAT Euripedes A14
Returned to Australia 1 November 1917
Married Perth WA in 1920

7449 David Cyril Ainslie Whitchurch
Driver, 8 FCE (Field Company Engineers) 3 to 5 Reinforcements (January-March 1916)
Born 7 November 1895 Southport Tasmania to David Lamp and Lavinia (Uren) Whitchurch
Occupation Bank Clerk
Enlisted 31 January 1916 Evandale Tasmania aged 21
Embarked Sydney 31 March 1916 aboard HMAT Star of Victoria A16

4275 David John Whitchurch (brother of Norman Chester Whitchurch)
Private, 21^st Battalion (Infantry)
Born 31 July 1892 to Percy Wickham and Henrietta Louisa (Bradshaw) Whitchurch
Enlisted Melbourne
Embarked Melbourne 7 April 1916 aboard HMAT Wiltshire A18
Died 3 May 1917 from a bullet wound to the head, just after capturing the first line at Bullecourt and was buried later where he fell.  Previously reported missing by AIF Headquarters on 6 December 1917
Cemetery or memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Villers-Bretonneux Area, France

1722 Frederick Alfred Whitchurch
Private, 2^nd 51^st Battalion
Born 3 March 1886, Pateena, Tasmania to Wickham and Harriet (White) Whitchurch
Enlisted Bendigo Victoria 4 September 1915.  Was at Williamstown and Broadmeadows Victoria before overseas from Fremantle aboard HMAT Aencas A60
Disembarked at Suez, May 1916.  Embarked to France 1916
August 1916 he embarked on hospital ship Brighton at Calais to Edmonton Military Hospital England with influenza; in and out of hospital and admitted sick again at Wiltshire on 11 February 1916.  Died 9 April 1917 Pneumonia Cerebis, Spinal Meningitis (isolation hospital) Salisbury, England
Buried Stratford Sub-Castle Cemetery, England, Grave No 111, Consecrated Portion

 

On 23 February 1923 his father received, by Registered Post, his Victory Medal.

(More than 5,000,000 were issued and bears the inscription The Great War for Civilisation).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10989 Frederick Edwin Whitchurch (brother of Gordon Whitchurch)
Gunner, 6^th Field Artillery Brigade
Born 1899 Young Town Tasmania to Rueben Richard and Annie Maria (Grace) Whitchurch
Occupation butcher on enlistment in Claremont Tasmania

 

 

Embarked Melbourne 5 January 1916 aboard HMAT Afric A19
Killed in action 14 August 1917
Buried Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Belgium

 

 

 

 

 

 

4638 Frederick William Whitchurch
Private, 59^th Battalion
Born 18 March 1888 Launceston Tasmania to Vivian Frederick and Martha Louisa (Priest) Whitchurch)
Occupation Labourer
Enlisted 2 August 1915, gave his brother Mr V Whitchurch as next-of- kin
Embarked Melbourne 28 January 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles A32
Returned to Australia 18 April 1916
Died 1965 Heidelberg Victoria

 

1839 Gordon Whitchurch (brother of Frederick Edwin Whitchurch)
Private, 26^th Battalion 2^nd Reinforcements
Born 31 May 1900 to Rueben Richard and Annie Maria (Grace) Whitchurch
Occupation Porter
Enlisted Claremont Tasmania 17 June 1915, aged 18
Embarked Melbourne 17 July 1915 aboard HMAT Orsova A67
Served in France.  Lost one arm and several fingers from other arm
Returned to Australia 24 September 1917 ex Demosthenes
Discharged 21 January 1918
Died 16 September 1942 Caulfield Repatriation, Victoria

 

8287 Horace Claude Whitchurch MM (brother to Cecil Alexander Whitchurch)
Gunner 17^th Battery, 6^th Field Artillery Brigade
Bombardier 1916
Born 1890 South Yarra Victoria to Ernest Albert and Elizabeth Ann (Burgess) Whitchurch
Occupation Motor Mechanic
Enlisted Melbourne 13 July 1915 aged 25
Next of kin father Ernest Albert Whitchurch, Redcliffe Road Belmont, Western Australia
Embarked Melbourne 22 November 1915 aboard HMAT Persic A34
Service in France
Awarded the Military Medal 12 December 1916 (For Bravery in the Field)
For conspicuous gallantry while repairing and maintaining telephone lines at FLERS, particularly on 2^nd November 1916, when he worked in the open under heavy fire for three hours.  On the night of 5^th November from 8 p.m. to midnight, he repaired lines continually broken by shells..  On the day and night of 8^th November 1916 and again on 24 November 1916, he rendered excellent service and showed a complete disregard to all risks while continuing to show great devotion to duty. 

Married Florence Eveline Dix on 30 December 1918 at Saint Matthias Church in Canning Town, London England
Returned to Australia with wife Florence per HT Konigin Luise, disembarking 2 August 1919 Fremantle Western Australia
Discharged 27 September 1919
Was a Building Contractor in Perth Western Australia

 

7350 James Vivian Whitchurch (brother to Frederick Alfred Whitchurch)
Private, 12^th Battalion 24^th Reinforcement
Born 12 April 1892 Launceston Tasmania to Wickham and Harriet (White) Whitchurch
Enlisted 25 October 1916 Derby Tasmania
Embarked Adelaide 10 February 1917aboard HMAT Seang Bee A48
Remained in England until he returned to Australia 15 February 1918

 

N74843 Leonard Archer Whitchurch
Unattached, 23/6^th Rifles
Born 23 August 1893 Launceston Tasmania to Archer Robert and Rosetta Marion (Price) Whitchurch
Occupation Labourer Groom
Enlisted 15 January 1917 Albury NSW
Stationed 22nd Depot Battalion Royal Park Camp Victoria Discharged Langwarrin Camp Victoria 3 October 1917, medically unfit
Died 1957

 

1043 Norman Chester Whitchurch (brother of David John Whitchurch)
Private, 13 LHR (Light Horse Regiment) 1 to 7 Reinforcements (June-November 1915)
Gunner, 2^nd Divisional Medium Trench Mortar Battery
Born 24 July 1890 Oatlands Tasmania to Percy Wickham and Henrietta (Bradshaw) Whitchurch
Occupation Farmer
5 years in the Tasmanian Rangers Latrobe ‘C’ Company
Enlisted Broadmeadows Camp 2 September 1915 aged 24 years
Next-of-kin wife Mrs Edith Whitchurch, Birchip Victoria

 

Embarked Melbourne 27 September 1915 aboard HMAT Hororata A20
Service in Middle East, England and France (4 years, 4 months) Returned to Australia 13 April 1919 ex Commonwealth
Died 14 September 1967 Melbourne

 

 

 

Information on Elizabeth Hayward’s WW1 descendants submitted by Verna Henderson