John Hume Young
John Hume Young served with the 51st Australian Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force in WWI. His service number was 2760 and he held the rank of Private. He was killed in action in France on 28 January 1917 aged 41 and is buried in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France. His name is located at […]
Peter Wright
According to Bob Corby’s Footprints through Time book, Peter Wright became general manager of Wrights Limited in 1938.
Frederick Wright
In his Footprints through Time book, Bob Corby states that ‘Wrights Ltd emerged from F.W. Wright & Co. an agricultural machinery and produce business, established by Frederick Wright.’
Jimmy Woods
Pioneer aviator Jimmy Woods is now honoured with a plaque at Aerodrome Park in Maylands and by the Rottnest Island air terminal renamed as the Jimmy Woods Terminal in 1987. Our Frank Colquhoun collection includes: MHS/FC 189, a 1933 photograph of Jimmy Woods preparing to take off in his Gipsy Moth in an attempt to […]
Harry Wilson
Harry Wilson served with the 51st Australian Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force in WWI. His service number was 2030 and he held the rank of Private. He was killed in action in France on 2 April 1917 aged 31 and is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. His name is located at panel […]
Patrick Joseph Whelan
Patrick Joseph Whelan served with the 28th Australian Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force in WWI. His service number was 5113 and he held the rank of Lance Corporal. He died of wounds in France on 18 April 1918 aged 27 and is buried in Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France. His name is located at […]
Charles Gordon Wedd
Charles Gordon Wedd served with the 51st Australian Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force in WWI. His service number was 2330 and he held the rank of Sergeant. He was killed in action in France on 3 September 1916 aged 22 and is buried in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Picardie, France. His name is located at panel 154 […]
Harry Thomas Venville
We have Alma Venville’s Biographical Notes on Harry Thomas Venville. See our Harry Thomas Venville Flickr Album for digitised images and other digitised information.
Georgiana Alma Venville
When Mrs Georgiana Alma Venville was elected to the City of Stirling as a Councillor for the Maylands ward on 26 May 1973, she became the first female councillor elected to that city. She served as Councillor for the City of Sitrling’s Maylands Ward for a total of 18 years, retiring in 1991. On 26 […]
Constable Ullman
When Constable Ullman was appointed as the Maylands district constable on 1 July 1906, there was no purpose-built Police Station in Maylands. Constable Ullman therefore operated initially from a property in Eighth Avenue rented from Mrs Coxon for 15/- a week before moving to a property in Eighth Avenue rented from Mr Lannin for 15/- […]