East Melbourne Historical Society
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Maurice Leo Nichamin was eighteen years old when he enlisted on 12/2/1917. He gave his occupation as Engineer, having done a four year apprenticeship with Kelly and Lewis in Bourke Street. He also had military experience, having been in the Cadets for four years, and with eightee...
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Subjects WW1 Family name NICHOLAS Given names Frank Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 Chatsworth Jolimont Square , Jolimont, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 546 Rank Lcpl Military units 6th Battalion, E Company
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born in East Melbourne, deserted
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Obituary and other items. Nina lived at 18/86 Hotham Street.
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Obituary and other items. Nina lived at 18/86 Hotham Street.
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Newspaper article describes aspects of living in East Melbourne and things to do as a tourist. For a scanned copy of this article see link below.
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Nina Stanton gives a local resident's view of living in East Melbourne. Nina was diector and curator of The Johnston Collection, a house museum in East Melbourne.
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Subjects WW1 Family name NIXON Given names Charles Stafford Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 72 Hotham Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 1089 Rank Dvr Military units 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
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Newspaper cutting about Jenny Kurg, grand-daughter of John Wren, infamous entrepreneur, and family feud. Jenny and her new partner, David Anthony (Tony) Woods, artist, lived in East Melbourne, with their children. From about 1971 they lived at 52 Gipps Street which was orignally...
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History of the Deaf Society from 1884-1984. Includes much information about Jolimont Square and conversion work undertaken. Photos. Index. The EMHS copy is in fragile condition and the image of the 1925 plan included here is one of the only internal pages available for scanning b...
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Obituary of Noel Goss who died on 25 May 2004. He lived at 157 Gipps Street. He was founding president of the East Melbourne Group Also a card from Richard Goss, Noel's son with photos of Noel Goss.
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Subjects WW1 Family name NOONE Given names Peter Francis Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 7608 Rank Pte Military units 5th Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
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Subjects WW1 Family name NORMAN Given names Arthur Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 202 Powlett Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 51663 Rank Pte Military units 3rd General (Victorian) Reinforcements
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Subjects WW1 Family name NORTH Given names William Nixon Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 484 Albert Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 562 Rank Pte Military units Machine Gun Company 2, Reinforcement 9
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Notes on the life of Dr Samuel Peacock comprise photocopied articles from Cyclopedia of Victoria and The Argus, plus some hand-written notes. Peacock was the subject of a notorious court case in which he was accused of causing a death by performing an illegal operation. After thr...
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Subjects WW1 Family name NUGENT Given names Peter Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 516 Albert Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 764 Rank Pte Military units 20th Battalion
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Michael was born on 2 June 1886 to Francis O'Brien and Mary Gertrude O'Brien (nee McSweeney) in Albury, NSW. He was one of 7 children, 4 brothers and 2 sisters. By 1904 the family was living in Geelong, where his mother remained until her death in 1941. Father Michael was serving...
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Claude Benedict O’Dee was the son of Frederick O’Dee and his wife, Katherine, and was born in East Melbourne on 8 February 1897. At the time of Claude’s birth Fred, as he was known, was assistant inspector of fisheries. In 1901 he became the founding president of the Victorian Pi...
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born East Melbourne, discharged under age
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Subjects WW1 Family name O'KANE Given names William Alexander Gender Male East Melbourne addresses Year 1914 52 Grey Street , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Military service WW1 Regimental number 3865 Rank Pte Military units 7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
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Patrick O'Keefe had no real connection to East Melbourne. His brother, whom he named at next of kin, worked at the Jolimont Railway Workshops, but he was born in Bendigo, worked as a carpenter and embarked to the war from Sydney. He gave his age as thirty on his enlistment form,...