5th/22nd Service Records

The following 154 men enlisted into the Australian Imperial Force in July 1915 and were assigned to the 5th/22nd Battalion. By clicking on the names you can explore their individual service records, summarised from the official records stored and digitised by the National Archives of Australia. The posting of these records on the project website is made with courtesy to the NAA. Through the ‘daily news’ in this project website you are able to follow their individual stories, from their initial training at Broadmeadows Camp and sailing on the RMS Osterley from Melbourne on 29th September 1915, to the trenches, battles, camps and hospitals of the Great War.

Regt No.	Surname	Given Names	Rank	Age	Profession	Status	Town
	Evans	David Gerald	2nd Lieut	25	Pastoralist	Single	Wangaratta
	Kilduff	Samuel Carty	2nd Lieut	24	Salesman	Married	Kew
2328	Archer	Edward Percival	Acting Sgt	25	Farrier	Single	North Carlton
2329	Carmody	William	Acting Cpl	26	Clerk	Single	Flemington
2331	Gardiner	John	Private	18	Labourer	Single	Woolsthorpe
2333	Gibson	William Robert	Private	37	Labourer	Single	Richmond
2334	Goodwin	Fred	Private	19	Motor engineer	Single	Westgarth
2335	Hunt	Oswald Philip	Private	22	Labourer	Single	Richmond
2337	Hayes	Alfred Edward	Private	39	Cab driver	Single	Richmond
2338	Hoobin	John	Private	23	Clerk	Single	Fitzroy
2339	Hogan	Maurice Joseph	Private	31	Railway porter	Married	Brunswick East
2340	Hosking	Herbert	Private	30	Japanner	Single	South Ballarat
2344	Middleton	Ellis Harwood	Private	30	Brassfinisher	Single	Moonee Ponds
2345	McDonagh	Patrick Francis	Private	43	Brewery bottler	Single	Collingwood
2346	McCormack	William Patrick Thomas	Acting Sgt	26	Boilermaker	Single	North Richmond
2347	McFarlane	John Charles	Private	18	Slaughterman	Single	Port Melbourne
2348	McLeod	John Crowle	Acting Sgt	29	Line foreman	Single	Surrey Hills
2349	McCarthy	John Edward	Private	33	Labourer	Single	Kensington
2351	McIntosh	John Henry	Private	18	Confectioner	Single	North Melbourne
2352	Ponton	Stephen Roland	Private	21	Labourer	Married	Albert Park
2353	Price	Claude Norman	Acting Cpl	23	Motor car tester	Single	Hawthorn
2354	Pierce	George Henry	Private	24	Driver	Single	Auburn
2355	Quinn	John Francis	Private	44	Wharf Labourer	Married	North Fitroy
2356	Quinn	Arthur Aloysius	Private	18	Labourer	Single	Richmond
2357	Robbins	Charles Arthur Laurence	Acting Sgt	22	Carpenter	Single	Mooroopna
2358	Rowan	John Thomas	Private	34	Driver	Married	Carlton
2359	Reynolds	Thomas Donald	Private	24	Storeman	Single	Hotham Hill
2360	Ross	James	Private	22	Labourer	Single	Hamilton
2361	Ramsay	Arthur Verdon	Private	41	Labourer	Widower	Williamstown
2362	Roberts	Albert Edward	Private	28	Stevedore	Single	Williamstown
2364	Roberts	William Henry	Private	34	Stevedore	Single	North Williamstown
2365	Richardson	Charles William	Private	30	Clerk	Single	Williamstown
2368	Simkin	James Lingard	Private	25	Driver	Single	Kew
2369	Simkin	Ernest	Private	23	Butcher	Single	Kew
2370	Saville	Frederick	Private	18	Labourer	Single	West Melbourne
2371	Symons	Emanuel	Private	24	Farmer	Single	Mildura
2372	Silver	Leopold Garnet	Private	29	Labourer	Single	North Williamstown
2373	Smith	William	Private	24	Confectioner	Single	Carlton
2374	Schinck	Norman Maxmillan	Private	22	Driver	Single	Port Melbourne
2375	Smith	Stanley Charles	Private	21	Labourer	Single	Clifton Hill
2377	Smith	Clarence Ronald	Private	22	Butcher	Single	Albert Park
2378	Scott	John Dougald	Private	24	Hardware assistant	Single	Essendon
2380	Savage	Edward	Acting Cpl	29	Farmer	Single	Cranbourne
2381	Smillie	Archibald	Private	21	Farmer	Single	Coburg
2382	Smith	Arthur	Private	33	Driver	Single	Windsor
2383	Smith	Walsworth	Private	38	Seaman	Single	Sailors Home
2384	Saxon	Francis Charles	Private	34	Miner	Single	Croxton
2385	Simons	Harland	Private	19	Labourer	Single	South Kensington
2386	Stuckey	Edward Newton	Private	35	Miner	Married	Spotswood
2387	Scriven	Joseph	Private	31	Fireman	Single	Newport
2388	Schwab	Cyril Henry	Private	18	File cleaner	Single	Camberwell
2389	Seddon	Robert Charles	Acting Cpl	19	Baker	Single	Auburn
2390	Silver	John	Private	23	Boot operative	Single	Collingwood
2391	Siddell	John William	Private	22	Driver	Single	South Northcote
2392	Sloss	Harry Stewart	Private	38	Labourer	Single	Port Melbourne
2393	Seccull	Ernest Howard	Private	18	Bricklayer	Single	Northcote
2394	Stephens	George Edwin	Private	18	Labourer	Single	Port Melbourne
2395	Sheehey	Walter Everard	Private	22	Grocer	Single	Albert Park
2396	Swift	Henry Percy	Private	23	Carpenter	Single	Sunbury
2397	Samways	Charles Robert	Private	19	Labourer	Single	Traralgon
2398	Strachan	Thomas Gray	Private	21	Farmer	Single	Corowa, NSW
2399	Sutherland	George Ashman	Private	18	Labourer	Single	Kyneton
2400	Sawyer	Charles Henry	Private	34	Cigarmaker	Widower	Kensington
2401	Sheldon	Sydney	Private	24	Salesman	Single	Moonee Ponds
2402	Smyth	George McDermott	Private	39	Drapers salesman	Married	Richmond
2403	Salter	William John	Private	25	Student	Single	Kerang
2404	Smith	William Harrison	Private	23	Butcher	Single	Kensington
2405	Snowden	Thomas	Private	21	Jockey	Single	East Caulfield
2406	Saunders	Wallace	Private	38	Labourer	Married	Brunswick
2407	Stevens	Ernest	Private	21	Driver	Single	Footscray
2408	Spicer	Edwin Alexander	Private	23	Labourer	Single	West Brunswick
2409	Sparks	Henry Thomas	Private	24	Labourer	Single	Kensington
2410	Scott	Percy Norman	Private	22	Boilermaker	Single	Footscray
2411	Sellwood	Leslie John	Private	21	Labourer	Single	Prahran
2412	Smith	Harold George	Private	19	Hairdresser	Single	Carlton
2413	Sullivan	Albert William	Private	18	Printers assistant	Single	Northcote
2414	Sharples	Robert Bertie	Private	27	Labourer	Single	Melbourne
2415	Shaw	Alic Miller	Private	25	Bus conductor	Single	Burnley
2416	Stevenson	Donald William	Private	20	Railway employee	Single	Richmond
2418	Skeehan	William Thomas	Private	19	Bottle blower	Single	Port Melbourne
2419	Skeggs	Frank	Private	20	Labourer	Single	Albert Park
2421	Temple	James	Private	34	Labourer	Single	Williamstown
2422	Thomas	Leslie Charles	Private	19	Carpenter	Single	Clifton Hill
2423	Thomas	Ebenezer	Private	20	Labourer	Single	Newport
2425	Trigg	Thomas Alexander	Private	28	Labourer	Single	Northcote
2426	Turner	Leslie Frederick	Private	18	Grocer	Single	Abbotsford
2427	Topliff	James	Private	19	Bricklayer	Single	East St.Kilda
2428	Tullett	Harry	Private	45(55)	Bricklayer	Married	East St.Kilda
2429	Tobitt	James	Private	44	Prospector	Married	Collingwood
2430	Thompson	Arthur	Private	33	Labourer	Single	Yarraville
2431	Tatnall	Percy Charles	Private	32	Labourer	Married	Hawthorn
2432	Tierney	William Henry	Private	28	Driver	Single	North Carlton
2433	Taylor	Leslie John	Private	20	Paper ruler	Single	Middle Park
2434	Taylor	George	Private	32	Ironmoulder	Married	Castlemaine
2435	Turner	Gilbert	Private	18	1insmith	Single	South Melbourne
2436	Thirlwell	William	Private	24	Carpenter	Single	Williamstown
2437	Thurstun	Albert Lionel	Private	43	Carpenter	Married	Albert Park
2438	Tripp	Gilbert Humphries Reid	Private	24	Miner	Single	Bendigo
2439	Trompf	Victor James	Private	21	Miner	Married	Mayborough
2440	Teichelmann	Neville	Private	20	Printer	Single	Abbotsford
2442	Vance	William James	Private	18	Railway porter	Single	South Northcote
2443	Veel	John Edward	Acting Cpl	31	Salesman	Married	Richmond
2444	Wilson	Ralph	Private	18	Grocer	Single	Kyneton
2445	Wells	Arthur	Private	20	Farmer	Single	Healesville
2451	Walton	Albert	Private	34	Brewery employee	Married	Collingwood
2452	Wilson	William	Private	31	Labourer	Married	Brighton North
2454	White	John	Private	22	Baker	Single	Essendon
2455	Ware	James John	Acting Cpl	19	Student	Single	Burwood
2457	Yule	Robert Oliver	Private	36	Missioner	Single	Richmond
2458	Ellis	Sydney Alexander	Private	25	Railway porter	Single	Brunswick
2459	Bishop	Albert Edward	Private	29	Salesman	Single	Parkville
2460	Bain	Donald	Private	27	Orchardist	Single	Longwarry
2461	Lamont	John Balfour	Private	23	Solicitors clerk	Single	Belfast
2462	Alliston	George Duncan	Private	24	Wickerworker	Single	West Brunswick
2463	Baker	Walter Ernest	Private	22	Saw miller	Single	1rentham
2464	Bolger	Francis	Private	40	Fitter	Widower	Kensington
2465	Bellis	Edgar Marcham	Private	31	Storeman	Single	Benalla
2466	Cox	James Henry	Private	18	Labourer	Single	Bendigo
2467	Carter	Alfred Nathaniel	Private	26	Driver	Single	Bunyip
2469	Edwards	Frederick John	Private	26	Farm hand	Single	Collingwood
2470	Faul	Herbert Thomas	Private	22	Labourer	Single	Bendigo
2471	Gordon	John	Private	41	Saw miller	Single	Yarra Glen
2473	MacDonald	Laurie	Private	19	Driver	Single	Footscray
2474	Martin	Claude Nelson	Private	19	Carpenter	Single	West Melbourne
2475	Myers	Robert James	Private	22	Farrier	Single	Dromana
2477	Sheldrick	Richard	Private	28	Bootmaker	Single	South Melbourne
2478	Wilson	Leslie Addinson	Private	20	Labourer	Single	Hamilton
2479	Wilson	John	Private	36(46)	Sailor	Single	Port Melbourne
2480	Gall	Lawrence Joseph	Private	28	Stevedore	Single	Newport
2481	Fenwick	George James	Private	22	Labourer	Single	North Williamstown
2482	Farrington	Harry George	Private	25	Labourer	Single	North Williamstown
2483	West	Harry	Private	23	Carpenter	Single	Kerang
2484	Yarrow	Albert James	Acting Sgt	31	Plumber	Single	Geelong
2485	Barr	Francis Norman	Private	19	Carpenter	Single	Clifton Hill
2486	Barton	Charles Edward	Private	21	Labourer	Single	Carlton
2487	Payne	Joseph Benjamin	Private	18	Carpenter	Single	Canterbury
2488	Robbins	Garnet Edward	Lance Cpl	20	Ironmoulder	Single	Mooroopna
2490	Myers	Ernest Samuel Gordon	Lance Cpl	24	Labourer	Single	Dromana
2491	Garner	Leonard Walter	Acting Cpl	19	Tailor	Single	Kew
2492	Sharples	John	Private	24	Labourer	Single	Melbourne
2493	Batton	Robert Elliot	Private	22	Driver	Single	Ararat
2494	Clack	William	Private	44	Grocer	Married	East Prahran
2495	Hennessey	Patrick	Private	38	Labourer	Single	Upper Tawnton
2496	Kendall	Charles Robert	Private	19	Labourer	Single	West Brunswick
2497	Kerr	Edward	Private	38	Labourer	Single	Northcote
2499	Phillips	Lewis Burdett	Private	44	Ships fireman	Single	North Melbourne
2500	Parry	Claude Herbert	Private	19	Labourer	Single	North Richmond
2501	Shave	Charles Cecil Edgerton	Private	23	Draper	Single	Richmond
2502	Sharples	Reginald James	Private	19	Farm hand	Single	Melbourne
2503	Horner	Thomas	Private	34	Labourer	Single	Upper Hawthorn
2504	Wakley	John	Private	36	Groom	Single	Melbourne
2505	Rout	Tasman	Private	27	Slaughterman	Single	Kensington
2506	Jones	John Robert	Private	37	Seaman	Married	Footscray
2507	Wardle	William Edward	Private	24	Coal wheeler	Single	Wonthaggi

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