Maylands War Veterans: A to Z

Male youths out of loyalty and a sense of adventure joined the Australian Defence Force in World War I in large numbers to defend the mother country. The youth of Maylands was no exception.  Regrettably many died as the result of the battles they fought in.  Their names have been immortalised on the Maylands War Memorial which is located adjacent to the Old Police Station on Guildford Road.  Community members, who funded the creation of the war memorial, appear to have provided the 110 names listed on the memorial.

Research for Bob Corby’s book Soldiers of the Maylands Cenotaph WWI 1914-1918  showed that some of the names were recorded differently in official records held by the Australian War Memorial (AWM) and the National Archives of Australia.

Subsequently plaques acknowledging other campaigns and the participation of Indigenous people have been added to the memorial.

Please contact the Maylands Historical & Peninsula Association Inc via email on maylandshs@gmail.com if you have any information on other people who should be added to this list, or you can provide more information about one or more of the people on this list.

Click HERE to read about the history of the memorial.

Those named on memorial (in alphabetical order) are:

  • Ainsworth F (Corby suggests that the stonemason may have misread the ‘E’ for Private Elias (Jack) Ainsworth) as there is no F. Ainsworth associated with Maylands)
  • Arbon James
  • Arthur I (Corby suggests that the stonemason may have misread the cursive ‘T’ for Private Thomas Arthur as an ‘I’)
  • Banford FL (AWM records show Bamford, Frederick Ladbury)
  • Barnes C (his Place of Association on his military records was recorded as Guildford and not Maylands)
  • Barron C (his Place of Association on his military records was recorded as Perth and not Maylands)
  • Bleakley Harold (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Bleakley WN (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Bremner RAB (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
  • Bruce A (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Albert Edward Bruce or Private Alexander Havelock Bruce)
  • Buckenara LA (his Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
  • Burkett, CW
  • Burkett, R (His Place of Association was recorded as Narrogin)
  • Burrows H (His Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
  • Cadwallader Oliver Harry
  • Casey Harold Wilfred
  • Casey JJ (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Jeremiah Joseph Casey, whose next of kin lived in Bayswater, Western Australia)
  • Clayton W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Wallace Clayton (his Place of Association was recorded as Albany) as there are no other Clayton’s with connections to WA)
  • Crossley J (his Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
  • Dale A (Corby suggests this could be Dale CH whose father lived in Maylands or Dale WR, whose wife lived in Dudley Street, Maylands)
  • Davies Frank H
  • Dedman FC (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. His Place of Association was recorded as Mount Lawley)
  • Denney James Arthur
  • Denney John (James Denny and John Denny listed in the AWM records with same mother in Maylands so obviously brothers)
  • Dixon A (his Place of Association was recorded as Perth. According to Corby, Bayswater Cenotaph also lists Dixon A)
  • Dunnolly RC (According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Dunnolly RC)
  • Edmonds Edward
  • Edwards Edward Cyril
  • Edwards H A (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Alexander Albert Edwards)
  • Egan T (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Thomas Egan, whose father John Egan lived in Kennedy Street, Maylands)
  • Everett J (According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Everett J)
  • Foreman Cecil Wallington (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Ginger HJ (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Herbert George Reginald Ginger, whose Place of Association was listed as Bayswater, Western Australia. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph also lists Ginger HG)
  • Girvan J (Corby suggests this may refer to Private John Girvan whose place of Association was listed as Lion Mill, Australia, but whose wife Alice (formerly of Lion Mill) lived at 9 Cambridge Street, Maylands)
  • Grant RM (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Robert Hannibal Grant of Third Avenue, Mount Lawley. According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Grant RH)
  • Griffin AW (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Arthur William Griffin, whose Place of Association was listed as Subiaco, Australia, but who had a postal address in Ferguson Street, Maylands when he enlisted)
  • Grant John Percival
  • Hall Harold Ashley (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Hardey J (his Place of Association recorded as Perth. According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph also lists Hardey J)
  • Harding G (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Ted Harding of 4 Beaufort Street, Perth)
  • Harrindale R (Corby suggests this surname has been misspelled as there are no Harrindales recorded in official records)
  • Harrington, James William
  • Hawtin EH (his Place of Association was recorded as Perth.)
  • Healey John Scally
  • Herrington A (his Place of Association was recorded as Geraldton, but his mother, Mrs Sophia Herington, lived in Kathleen Avenue, Maylands)
  • Hodgson Harold
  • Hill A (Corby could find no definite link to Maylands for any serviceman with this surname)
  • Housley Edwin Leonard
  • Hume James
  • Jeffery Arthur Henry (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Arthur Henry Jeffery)
  • Jeffery J 
  • Jeffery William Thomas
  • Jenkin Henry Wilks (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916
  • Jenkin WH (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Jones T (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Terence Paton Jones, whose Place of Association was recorded as Busselton, but whose mother Mrs G Jones lived at 45 Seventh Avenue, Maylands)
  • Kay Harry (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916
  • Larkin CW (Corby could find no record of a CW Larkin and suggests this may be a confusion with GW Larkin or or could refer to Henry/Hewy Larkin, whose Next of Kin, Cecil Larkin, lived in Guildford)
  • Larkin George William
  • Leadon W (Corby suggests this surname may be a misspelling of Leeden or Leedam)
  • Lemon JM (Corby suggests this refers to private Jack Noel Lemon. whose Place of Association was recorded as Double Bay, but whose mother lived in Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley. According to Corby, the Mount Lawley Cenotaph lists Lemon JN)
  • Lewis ET (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916
  • Manson W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Walter Neil Emery Manson, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth, but whose Next of Kin had previously lived in Seventh Avenue, Inglewood)
  • Matthews James William
  • Meadows HC (his Place of Association was recorded as Bayswater. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph also lists Meadows HC)
  • McComish Arnold George
  • McInnerney, JA (Corby suggests this may refer to Private James Alexander McInerney, whose Place of Association was recorded as Kalgoorlie and whose father’s address was recorded as Main-street, Maylands)
  • McTaggart GS (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Sergeant George McTaggart who had an allottee, HC Leister, living in Eighth Avenue, Maylands)
  • McWhinney Stanley
  • McHutchinson T (his Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
  • Mills JG (Corby suggests this may refer to Private James Greenway Mills, whose wife Florence lived in Kirkham Hill Terrace, Maylands)
  • Mills B (Corby suggests this may refer to Major John Brier Mills, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth and whose wife Mary lived in Second Avenue, Mount Lawley)
  • Mitchell Henry Howard
  • Osterberg W (Corby suggests this may refer to Walter Hamilton Osterberg of Canning Bridge, who had a brother, nephew and niece living in Maylands)
  • Page Alexander Russell Robert
  • Page James William
  • Payne Charles Albert
  • Peacock Charles Ernest
  • Peacock David Harold
  • Pollard F
  • Pollard W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Vivian Pollard and the ‘V’ was misread as ‘W’)
  • Rapley Alfred William Henry (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Richards EW (This name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Robinson Clarence John
  • Ross C (Corby suggests this may refer to Colour Sergeant Herbert Clive Ross or 2nd Lieutenant Cyril George Ross)
  • Sandeman JA (Corby suggests this may refer to Private James Albert Sandeman, whose brother George Arnold Sandeman lived in Stuart Street, Maylands)
  • Scott, I (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Inglis Scott, whose Place of Association was recorded as Kalgoorlie, but whose wife Mrs A Scott lived in Crawford Street, Maylands).
  • Scryver H (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Harold Sydney Schryver, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth and whose father lived in First Avenue, Mount Lawley)
  • Secombe FW (The name  Seccombe F W appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Sergeant Frank William Seccombe, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth and who had a relative living in Second Avenue, Inglewood)
  • Seifkin Otto (Corby suggests this may refer to Bugler Otto John Siefkin)
  • Senior F (Corby suggests this may refer to Gunner Frank Harold Senior, whose Place of Association was recorded as Northam, but whose father lived in Crawford Road, Maylands)
  • Sharp, Stanley Hugh
  • Short LE (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Lieutenant Leslie Ellis Short, whose father James lived in Central Avenue, Maylands)
  • Shortland L (Corby suggests this may refer to Corporal Herbert Leslie Shortland, whose Place of Association was recorded as Subiaco, Australia
  • Shortland W (Corby suggests this may refer to Private William Shortland, whose father lived in Kennedy Street, Maylands)
  • Slater HL (Corby suggests further research is needed to identify this person)
  • Smith David (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916)
  • Smith HC (this name also appears in the Maylands Methodist Church Honour Roll 1914-1916. Corby suggests this may refer to Private Herbert Charles Smith, whose Place of Association was recorded as Cottesloe, but whose wife had lived in Bayswater)
  • Stroschien OE (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Otto E Stroschein, whose Place of Association was recorded as Wagin, but whose sister lived in Eighth Avenue, Maylands)
  • Sullivan T (Corby suggests this may refer to Sergeant Thomas Sullivan)
  • Thomas WE (Corby suggests further research is needed to identify this person)
  • Thorne Charlestone Harry
  • Thyer Walter Hervey
  • Todman EA (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Ernest Arthur Todman, whose Place of Association was recorded as Perth)
  • Tough A (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Alexander Tough, whose Place of Association was recorded as Bayswater. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph lists Tough A)
  • Theraway W (Corby suggests this may refer to John or Daniel Fereday. According to Corby, the Bayswater Cenotaph lists J and D Fereday)
  • Wedd Charles Gordon
  • Whelan Patrick Joseph
  • Wilson Harry
  • Webb W (Corby suggests further research is needed to identify this person)
  • Wing RM (Corby suggests this may refer to Private Ralph Wing, whose Place of Association was recorded as Melbourne, but whose father lived in Falkirk Avenue, Maylands)
  • Young John Hume

WWI servicemen with ‘Maylands, Perth, Western Australia’ shown as their place of association in AWM records, but not named on the Maylands War Memorial include:

Other WWI servicemen associated with Maylands but not on the War Memorial include

  • Ainsworth HJ
  • Cadwallader, CP
  • Everett J (James Seabrook) of 154 Railway Terrace, Maylands)

According to Bob Corby’s book Soldiers of the Maylands Cenotaph WWI 1914-1918, the five most common occupations prior-to-enlistment recorded for these men were:

  • clerks (13),
  • labourers (10)
  • farm hands (8),
  • blacksmiths (6), and
  • engine firemen (6).
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