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ribie Island Historical Society received a grant from Queensland Anzac Centenary Grants program to identify all enlistee’s inWW1 and WW2 who were born or lived on Bribie Island or Pumicestone Passage when they enlisted. From an original number of three WW1 enlistments, our research has now identified 18 from this area who answered the call. Considering that the population of Bribie Island in 1915 was about 40 and assume the same “up the passage” 18 is quite significant. So who were these men? Three of them paid the ultimate sacrifice…
Barry Clark Bribie Island Historical Society
MORE BRIBIE HISTORY The Historical Society have monthly public meetings at the RSL Club on the second Wednesday of each month commencing at 6;30pm. with interesting guest speakers on a wide range of topics. You can see many more photos and articles on our Blog Site at http:// bribieislandhistory.blogspot. com or contact us on bribiehistoricalsociety@gmail. com
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William GOSLING, c1898-1918, the youngest enlistee age 18y10m and a farmer when he enlisted 26 Bn 11 Sep1915. NOK living at Bribie Light keeper’s residence, North Bribie Island. He was KIA in France on 8 Aug 1918 and is buried VillersBretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. Alexander Thomas DAVIS 1892 – 1919, a fisherman when he joined 42Bn on 1 Oct1916 and served in France until seriously wounded 9 Jun 1918. He was evacuated to England and then Australia where he died of wounds on 5th May 1919. Arthur William STORR, 1899 – 1917, a surveyor's assistant when he joined 9Battalion (Bn) 14 Sep 1915, Tragically killed in action (KIA) France 26 Mar 1917 and remembered on the VillersBretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France. He gave his next of kin (NOK) address as “Bribie View, via Caboolture”. Arthur William STORR had two brothers also enlisted.
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Reginald Joseph CAMPBELL, 1896 – 1976
Harold Francis STORR, b1893. He was a plumber when he joined 15 Bn on16 Sep 1914. He gave his NOK address as “Donnybrook, via Caboolture, N.C.Line”. 15Bn landed Gallipoli 25 Apr 1915. He was wounded on 7 May 1915 treated in hospital at Mustapha and returned to his unit on 17 Oct1915. He remained with the Bn when it went to France and returned to Australia in Jul1919. Charles Allan STORR, b1896. He was a butter maker when he also joined 9 Bn 16Sep 1915. He returned home on 17 Jul 1919. He gave his NOK address Caboolture as “Bribie View, via Caboolture, N.C.Line”. Alan LAYTON, b1886 was the eldest enlistee at 37yo. He joined 4 Pioneer Bn on 29Nov 1916 and served in France. He was a storekeeper, married with family living on Bribie in 1916. Reginald Joseph CAMPBELL, 1896 – 1976, enlisted into the Navy 16 Apr 1917. It appears that he
