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Born Sophia de Montmollin, in Neuchâtel, a French speaking town in Switzerland, Sophie was the eighth of sixteen children. Sophie grew up in an imposing town house and M. Montmollin was active in public affairs as befitted his noble birth, the family having been prominent citizen...
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Small, irregular collection of La Trobeana, Journal of the C.J. La Trobe Society Inc. Issues include: May 2009; March 2023; March 2025; July 2025: November 2025
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Newspaper and magazine articles giving publicity to Johnston Collection's re-arrangement by Lady Potter. Many photos. July 2004.
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Henri Joseph Lamande was born in 1884 in Majorca, Victoria. He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington. Ambroise was representative of Prunier and Company cognac, and, for a shorter period, of Roederer champagne. As such he made frequent trips around the country....
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Leopold George Lamande was born in 1883 in Maryborough, Victoria. He was the son of Ambroise Lamande and Kate, née Harrington. Ambroise was representative of Prunier and Company cognac, and, for a shorter period, of Roederer champagne. As such he made frequent trips around the co...
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Clarence Langford was the son of James Langford and his wife Blanche, nee Pope. He was 23 when he signed up to join the Australian Imperial Force. He was 5' 8" tall, a little above average for the time, a salesman by occupation and a member of the Church of England. He enlisted o...
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James Langley was forty when he volunteered for army service. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, an accountant, married, living with his wife Evelyn Ellen at 18 Jolimont Rd., East Melbourne. He enlisted at South Yarra on 18 June, 1917. He was a tall man, 5'11", with brown hair an...
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Matthew Lappin was born in Burnie Tasmania in May 1887. He enlisted on 20 July 1915, at the age of 28 years and 2 months. At the time, he gave as his address C% Mrs Emma Connors, 105 Victoria St., East Melbourne, perhaps a boarding house. He was, by occupation, a labourer, 5' 6"...
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Rupert Larking was a 29 year old Commercial Traveller from Albury when he enlisted on 27 November, 1915. Born in 1888, he was actually two years younger than his stated age and the eldest of four children of John G. Larking and his wife Adelaide.He had been married to Genevieve o...
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Brian Lockwood Larkins was one of twins born on 27 March 1899 to Margaret and William Larkins. He was the twin of Frank Lockwood Larkins and had two other brothers, William, born 1902, and Noel, born 1907, He also had two sisters, Beryl and Alice (died 1909). Along with his broth...
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Frank Lockwood Larkins was the twin brother of Brian Lockwood Larkins. The twins were born to Margaret and Walter Larkins on 20 March 1899. They had four sisters, but these are un-named in records. Frank Larkins left school at the age of thirteen to attend the new Royal Australia...
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William James Larkins was the son of William John Larkins, labourer, and Annie Teresa Browne. He was born in Richmond on 24 October 1898, only 16 years and 8 months at the time of his enlistment on 3 July 1915, rather less than the 18 years and 2 months he claimed. He was at the...
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Includes origin of the word 'larrikin' attributed to Constable John Stanton, who, in 1849 was at the Eastern Hill watchhouse. Victorian Historical Journal. October 2003. Pp.243-249.
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Leslie Scott Latham was born on 13 June, 1879 in Fitzroy to Thomas and Janet Latham (nee Scott) of Ivanhoe. He was educated at Scotch College and commenced a Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne University in 1897, residing at Ormond College. After completing his B.A. Leslie commenced s...
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Victor Reginald Lattimore was born on 24 May 1897 in Jolimont, the exact address, however, is not known. He was the son of Arthur Lattimore (1868-1915) and Louisa Augusta, nee Pay (1866-1948). Arthur has been variously described as a traveller, dairy salesman and grocer. When he...
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George Charles Lavall was, by occupation, a horsebreaker. Born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, he was 33 years and 6 months old when he enlisted, a married man, 5' 9 1/2 " tall, with blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was also identified by numerous scars on his arms, knees and abdomen,...
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Helen Ruth Lawrence (1883–1964) Helen Ruth Lawrence is one of the nurses from St Peter’s Church Eastern Hill, East Melbourne named on the honour boards commemorating parishioners who served in the Great War of 1914–18. Sister Lawrence enlisted in 1915 and served in Egypt and Fran...
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Percival Joseph Lawrence was born in Didmanton, Gloucester, England on 13 April 1892. He was the son of Joseph Lawrence. He arrived in Melbourne in November 1913 and settled in Bendigo. When he enlisted on 17 August 1914 he gave his occupation as grocer’s assistant. He was 5ft 10...
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Newspaper article about 131 Powlett Street, East Melbourne, scheduled for auction on 10 May 1980. (Photocopy).
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1 x A4 page of typed notes being names of lawyers extracted from Electoral Rolls of 1936, 1939, 1945 and 1955.
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Lancelot Luke Leake was born in Perth, Western Australia, in May 1890. At 25 years old, he enlisted, giving as his next of kin his wife, Jean Winifred Leake. He was well educated and and had a position as a Judge's Associate. His address in East Melbourne - 'Belmont', Clarendon S...
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Joseph Leary was aged 18 at enlistment, and working as a mechanic. His enlistment form is marked 'not to leave Australia until 19 years of age'. His next of kin and adoptive father was Thomas Henry Haig/Haigh, police constable, of 32 Jolimont Street, Jolimont. His parents were li...
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Newspaper clipping reporting that the restaurant and reception area in the Saville Hotel, 133 Jolimont Road, Jolimont, is for sale. Photo.
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Harold Lee was twenty-one years and five months when he enlisted at Melbourne on 7 July, 1915. He was a confectioner by trade and lived with his mother, Matilda Elizabeth Lee, a widowed dressmaker living at 9 Albert St., East Melbourne. After training with A Company, 10th Battali...