Private Lawrence Alfred Buckenara (known as Larry) was born on the 28th May 1897 in Norwood, South Australia.

He was one of nine siblings born to Thomas Lawrence Buckenara and Margaret Louisa Buckenara (nee Von Allworden). He was the second eldest child in the family.

Lawrence had a son to Annie Brown (1894-1968) His son was William Alexander Brown born 17th December 1915. Annie married in 1922. William lived to 1990.

Lawrence enlisted in August 1915. He worked as a labourer before he signed up.

He went to Egypt with the 7th Training Battalion and on the February 1916 joined the 10 the Battalion. In April the same year he left with the British Expeditionary Force to France.

At the beginning of September 1916, he was reported missing in action at Moquet farm.

At the Court of Enquiry in June 1917 it was found that he was killed in action.

He has No Known Grave – “Known unto God”.

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Clarence Louis Buckenara was born on the 8th August 1895 in North Adelaide, South Australia. He was 21 and working as Bookkeeper when he enlisted in February 1915. He lived with his parents and was the eldest of nine siblings born to Thomas Lawrence Buckenara and Margaret Louisa Buckenara (nee Von Allworden).

He joined the 5th Reinforcements, 11th Battalion as a Private and quickly was promoted to Corporal No 12 depot Company, then Sargeant in the 6th Reinforcements, 16th Battalion. Then in April 1915 he became sick with scabies and influenza.

He landed in Gallipoli in August 1915 and was admitted to hospital in Lemnos a couple of times due to sickness.

He left Gallipoli for Alexandria at the end of 1915 and went to France reverting to the ranks. He was again in and out of hospital while fighting in the field throughout 1916 and 1917. In April 1918 he rejoined the 7th Army Service Corps after leave, was again hospitalised with influenza and sickness and on the 5th September 1918 was awarded the Military Medal.

In January 1919 he marched out with his Infantry to England, returned to Australia and disembarked at Albany in April 1918.

In 1919 he married Ivy Lillian Shuttleworth (1895-1952).

They had six children, and they lived at 27 Normanby Rd until around 1933 when they moved out of the area.

He enlisted in WWII, W242991 as a Captain and spent his service time within Australia.

He died in Pinjarra ON 6th November 1975 and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetary.

Matthew David Montgomery Black was born on the 4th July 1888 in Mansfield Victoria to Thomas Black (1852-1913) and Margaret Black (nee Foote) (1857-1923). He had two sisters: Ruby Irene Ellen (1892-1987) and Margaret Myra Mary who died in 1915.

He boarded with the Morgan family in Central Ave.

He enlisted on the 26th August 1914 and left Fremantle in November 1914.

He joined the 11th Battalion Australian Infantry Forces and in March 1915 joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to Gallipoli. On return from Gallipoli he joined the British Expeditionary Force and went to France.

He rose through the ranks to 2nd Lieutenant of the 11th Battalion.

On the 10th August 1918 at the age of 30, he was “ killed instantaneously by an enemy sniper during an attack carried out by the Battalion”.

He is buried at the Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France.

Photo courtesy of Imperial War Museum

Private Robert Alexander Morgan was born in Ballarat Victoria to parents Robert Yolland Morgan (1868-1946) and Eleanor Archer nee Taylor (1868-1851). Robert was the middle child of three siblings; Eleanor Archer Morgan (1894-1976) and Samuel Alan Morgan (1902-1976) Robert’s sister and brother were both born in Perth. The family are listed as living in Central Ave from 1905.

Robert enlisted in March 1916 with the 53rd Depot. He was working as a Fitter and Turner Apprentice and had previous military experience.

He left Fremantle in January 1917, arriving in England in March and attending training at Rollestone, going overseas to France in October 1917 with the 19th Reinforcements, 28th Battalion. He went on leave from France in November 1918 but ended up in hospital in England with influenza for nearly a month, and then returned to his Battalion.
In March he was drafted to return to England and then to Australia in June 1919 and discharged two months later.

Robert returned to family home in Central Ave and continued his apprenticeship as a Fitter and Turner.

In 1921 he married Florence Muriel Barnard, and they moved to 59 Kennedy St, Mt Lawley where they lived for many years. The address changed in the 1960’s to 61 Kennedy St, but it is not clear if this was due to re-numbering of houses, or they moved. They were still living there when Robert died at the age of 84 and his ashes were scattered at Karrakatta Cemetery.

Robert’s family continued to live at 66 Central Ave and are listed still there until the deaths of Robert Yolland and Eleanor Archer.

Norman Leslie Ingram was born on the 11th March 1893 to parents George Ingram (1866-1935) and Miriam Rose (nee Jeffrey) (1872-1949). The family lived in Horsham Victoria before moving to Perth in the early 1900’s. They had five children, Norman being the eldest. Elsie Hazel (1898-1977) and Mabel Vera (1900-1925) were born in Victoria. John Jeffrey (1910-1922) and George Allan Glover (1914-1999) were born in Perth.

Norman Leslie Ingram was employed as a Wicker Worker when he enlisted in February 1916. As a Private he joined first the 53rd Depot then attended Signaling School before leaving for England with the 11th Reinforcements with the 11th Battalion in August 1916. He went to France in July 1917 with the 11th Infantry Battalion and remained as a soldier in the field until 1919 when he was returned to Australia in June 1919. He returned to his family home in Central Ave and went back to his former employment as Wicker Worker.

In 1925 Norman married Elizabeth Evelyn nee Hodgson (1899-1968) and they moved into 38 Venn St, North Perth.

They had two sons. John Leslie Ingram (1928-2010) and Ronald George (1930-2016).

The rest of the family had moved to 70 Seventh Ave by 1925.

Norman Leslie died on the 12th November 1961 and is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth.

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George William Larkin was born in Hurstville Sydney, NSW on the 22nd August 1892 to parents Henry Thomas Larkin (1859-1923) and Mary Jane Larkin (nee Spring) (1864-1958). He had three siblings who were also born in NSW. The family moved to Western Australia and moved into 69 Central Ave around 1915-1916.

Lieutenant George William Larkin applied to join the Australian Imperial Force with past military experience as a Sergeant in the 45th Depot Company on 31st October 1915 and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on the 20th of January 1916. He was also a Science Instructor at the State Schools.

He left Australia on the ‘Ascanius’ in May 1916, and joined his unit the 10th Reinforcements 28th Battalion in France in July 1916.

On the 5th August 1916 he was wounded in action in the field with a gunshot wound to his back, admitted to the field hospital and died from his wounds on the 7th August 1916.

He was buried at the Bologne Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Plot 2, Row A, Grave 48.

The family moved away from Central Ave around 1919. In 1923 Henry Larkin died in Gingin, Western Australia.

Photograph of George William Larkin taken at the Belmont Racecourse (Belmont Camp at the time) on 30th March 1916 before the 10th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion left for overseas on 1st April 1916.

Photo Courtesy of Ancestry,

Herbert (also known as Hubert in some official documents such as death and marriage certificates) Raymond was born in Northcote, Victoria in 1893 to parents Arthur Raymond (1867-919) and Christine (nee Bartholemew) (1867-1935).

He was one of five siblings. Laura the eldest, born 1890, George (1892) Herbert (1893), Albert (1897) and Arthur (1899).

Albert and Arthur both applied to enlist. Albert was refused when he tried to sign up in February 1916 because he “lacked strength and power in his right arm due to Infantile Paralysis.”

Herbert enlisted in March 1915. He was working as a carpenter. He initially left Australia for Gallipoli in September. Leaving Gallipoli in December 1915 for Alexandria, he suffered Frostbite and was hospitalised in Alexandria. In January 1916 he suffered from mild Jaundice and was again in hospital, then with Pyrexia.

In March 1916 he left for France to the field. In August he requested to revert to Private. Later he was in hospital again with swollen feet.

On the 4th March 1917 he was wounded in action with a slight gunshot wound to his back and he was transferred to England to Cheverley Park Hospital.

He took leave in England on the 6th February 1918 and was married on 16th February to Rosalind Edith Walker (1890-1990) in Cheverley, Newmarket. In September he proceeded again overseas.

Rosalind had been in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D) first in Cambridgeshire with the Red Cross and then in France for the duration of the war.

At the beginning of 1919 Herbert was granted leave to attend Polytechnic at Holloway to study Architecture.

He returned to Australia in October 1919 and was discharged in November

They had moved to Katanning, Western Australia by 1921 and then Albany and by 1960 were living in Tasmania.

They had three children.

Rosalind died on the 5th June 1980 and is buried with Hubert who subsequently died in 1985 at Carr Villa Memorial Park Launceston Tasmania.

Photo Courtesy Soldiers of Barrack Street

Private Arthur Raymond was born in Northcote, Victoria in 1899 to parents Arthur Raymond (1867-919) and Christine (nee Bartholemew) (1867-1935).

He was one of five siblings. Laura the eldest, born 1890, George, (1892) Herbert (1893), Albert (1897) and Arthur (1899).

Arthur enlisted first on the 12th May 1916 but was not accepted to serve due to his ‘inability to hop properly with hammer toes on both feet and ulcerating corns’.

He enlisted again in April 1917 and was accepted. He had been working as a Salesman.

He left Fremantle in July 1917, arriving at Plymouth two months later and marched into Dorrington. He left for France in February 1918 and joined the 11th Battalion in the field.

He was in hospital at various times during the year due to his hammer toe and on the 17th July 1918 was returned from France to Weymouth No 2 Company Depot.

He was discharged due to his Hammer toes and hyperflexion of his big toes (Turf Toe).

Arthur married Greta Victoria Heiden (1899-1993) in June 1921 and they had 5 children: Emily Laura (1925-1946), George Bevan (1927-2006), Brian Arthur (1934-1992), Lila Florence Lillian (1938-1981) and Bernard William (1940-2010).

Arthur died on the 4th June 1972 and is in the Memorial Garden at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth. Greta died in York (where she was born) on the 29th February 1993 and is buried there.

Private George Cleal was born on the 20th October 1877 in Clapham, Surrey England. He was the eighth of nine siblings born to Daniel Cleal (1806-1882) and Jane Elizabeth (nee Northcote) (1837-1909). He was the last one born in England as the family moved to Victoria in 1878, and the youngest child Harry was born in 1879.

George enlisted on the 15th January 1917 and joined the 3rd Railway Corps. He was 39 years old and working as an engine driver at the Western Australian Government Railways.

He had married Edith (nee Harling) (1899-1969) in 1910. They had one daughter, Caroline Edith, who lived at Central Ave until her marriage in 1935.

He left Australia on the 29th January the same year on A28 Militiades, disembarking two months later in England. He left for France joining the 5th Australian Broad Gage Railway Operating Company (A.B.G.R.O.C)

In April 1919 he was granted leave to attend non-military employment in Mechanical Drawing at London School of Arts.

He returned to Australia aged 42 in October 1919.

George and Edith remained living at the house in Central Ave until at least the 1950’s.

He died on the 2nd September 1954 and his ashes are in Karrakatta Crematorium Rose Gardens and his wife died on the 6th March 1969.

Private Peter John McInnes was born in Cue on 10th of September 1898 to George McInnes (1866-1952) and Honaria Mary (nee McDonagh) (1874-1941). He was the eldest of four siblings. He had two sisters; Elizabeth Mary (b 1900) and Mary Ita (1902-1977) and his brother, George Francis (1903-1992).

Peter John McInnes enlisted on the 21st January 1918. He was a Hardware assistant.

He left Albany on the SS Port Darwin in May 1918. En route to Suez he was admitted to hospital in Taranto, Italy.

He arrived in England at the end of July and was sent to the 5th Training Battalion.

In September 1918 he went overseas to France. At the end of October, he was admitted to field hospital with bronchitis and rejoined his unit about five days later.

In April 1919, he was recommended for return to Australia sailing home on the SS Ormonde in July for discharge. He returned to family home in Central Ave with his parents and siblings.

In 1938 Peter married Esther Marguerite Gallop (1917-1882). He had been working as a farmer in Toodyay since 1930. By 1940’s he, his wife, his first child and father had moved to Mukinbudin where they continued farming. Peter and Esther had three more children and were still on the farm in 1977.

Peter died on 4th January 1978.

Charles William Thomas Selby (known as just Charles) was born in 25th of August 1894), the eighth child to parents Harry James Selby (1858-1926) and Amelia Mary (nee Davis) (1863-1902). The other children were: Harry Ernest (b 1882) Maud (b 1884), James Henry Hathaway (1887-1921), Amelia (b 1889), Beatrice (b 1892), Albert (b 1893), Florence (b 1897), Ernest (b 1898) and Lily(b 1901).

The family was born in Lime House Middlesex, England.

Charles left England 1913 and settled in Perth with his eldest brother, Harry Ernest and Harry’s wife Rosetta (nee Harrison) (b 1884) at Lime House, Central Ave, Mt Lawley (near the corner of View St).

Charles enlisted on the 30th December 1915 with the 51st Battalion. He went overseas disembarking at Alexandria in April 1916 and arriving in Marseilles in June 1916.

He was wounded in the field in September 1916 with gunshot wounds to his fingers and right leg. He embarked to England to General Hospital Wandsworth.

Following discharge at the beginning of 1917 he attended School of Instruction for Nongovernment Organisations at Tidworth rising through the ranks to Lance Corporal with the 13th Training Battalion in August 1917. In September he re-joined his Battalion in France but was rejected as wounded.

He returned to Australia in July 1919.

In 1930 he married Charlotte Goddard (1898-1961), and they had one daughter June, born in 1931 who tragically died in her sleep at the age of 11 on the 8th August 1942 at Fitzroy Crossing, West Australia.