Hamilton Fire Brigade Roll of Honour

Hamilton Fire Station. Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/399013

The Hamilton Fire brigade originally unveiled their WW1 Roll of Honour at the Hamilton Fire Station, then in Gray Street. The fire station has since moved and the roll of honour now hangs at the station in Cox Street. Click on underlined names to read more.

WILLIAMS, Lancelot Hamilton (Spr) 

4th Field Company, Australian Engineers

BROKENSHIRE, Joseph (Cpl)

58th Australian Infantry Battalion

KEEGAN, Roderick James (Pte)

39th Australian Infantry Battalion

TOLEMAN, Kenneth (2nd Lt)

46 Australian Infantry Battalion

HENRY, Horace James (Lt.) 

26th Australian Army Service Corps Company 

TOLEMAN, Kenneth (2nd Lt.)

46th Australian Infantry Division

RANKIN, Duncan Stewart (Cpl.)

6th Australian Field Artillery

WILLIAMS, Lancelot Hamilton (Spr.)

4th Field Company, Australian Engineers

GREED, Edward John

N/A

COULTER, Herbert (Pte.)

10th Australian Field Company Engineers

BROKENSHIRE, Joseph (Cpl.)

58th Australian Infantry Battalion

WALL, John Albert (Pte.)

8th Australian Infantry Battalion

FORT, Donald Gilbert (Pte.)

8th Australian Infantry Battalion

KEEGAN, Roderick James (Pte.)

39th Australian Infantry Battalion

DIWELL, George (Pte.)

8th Australian Infantry Battalion

BRAITHWAITE, Carson Ripley (Pte.)

57th Australia Infantry Battalion

NORTON, John Edward (Pte.)

8th Australian Infantry Battalion

HODGES, John Alexander (Gnr.) 

4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade

BRUDENELL, Francis

N/A

RANKIN, Robert Hopetoun (Dvr.)

Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery 

LUCAS, Norman M.in.D. (Lt.)

2nd Anzac Mounted Regiment

RYAN, James (Tpr.) 

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment

NELSON, John Michael M.C. (Lt.)

31st Australian Infantry Battalion

STEWART, Ernest (Pte.)

58th Australian Infantry Battalion

McDONALD, John (Spr.)

10th Australian Field Engineers or JOhn McColl

BUTTON, Robert Frank (Pte.)

4th Depot Battalion

MASTIN, William Albert M.M. (Dvr.)

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment

CULL, William Ambrose I.S.M. (2nd Lt.)

22nd Australian Infantry Battalion

LODGE, Augustus Bernard D.S.O. (Capt.)

8th Australian Infantry Battalion

HALEY, Edwin John (Pte.) 

14th Australian Infantry Battalion

KENNETT, William (Lt.)

8th Australian Infantry Battalion

LEGEND:  † = THESE MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE, 2ND LT = 2ND LIEUTENANT, CPL = CORPORAL, DSO = DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, DVR = DRIVER, GNR= GUNNER, ISM = ITALIAN SILVER MEDAL FOR MILITARY VALOUR, LT = LIEUTENANT, MC = MILITARY CROSS, MID = MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, MM = MILITARY MEDAL, PTE = PRIVATE, SPR = SAPPER, TRP = TROOPER