WWII Personnel

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World War II saw 1459 local people enlist and serve; 55 of them died whilst serving. The personnel were divided as follows:

  • Army 923 men (27 died) & 38 women (1 died)
  • Navy 97 men (6 died) & 2 women
  • Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 357 men (21 died) & 42 women


These figures are from the “Gawler WWII Honour Roll Board” completed by the Gawler RSL Sub-Branch in 2007 and the “Gawler WWII Enlisted Names” list on the “Gawler WWI Honour Roll Website”, created by researcher Beth Page.

It was over 50 years after the end of WWII before this comprehensive list was compiled as there was a lack of available, verifiable information (prior to online digitised records) and disagreements on the boundaries used to define the local district and the criteria used to determine who is local (born locally, resided locally, enlisted locally or had local next of kin). Whilst the Honour Roll indicates (using crosses) 24 personnel who died whilst serving, Beth Page’s more recent research has found that 55 did. Of those who died whilst serving, 22 are also commemorated on pavers in the Remembrance Garden at Pioneer Park, which were installed in 2015.


Click here to see photos and articles relating to WWII Personnel.

WWII Personnel - who died whilst serving

The following is a list of those who died whilst serving in WWII. The names are listed as written on the Gawler WWII Honour Roll Board (also with the date of death for those with commemorative pavers), followed by full name, service number and other notes. Service details were obtained from the Australian War Memorial Website and the Department of Veterans' Affairs Word War Two Nominal Roll Website.


ALDRIDGE J H [ALDRIDGE James Harding SX4024, Australian Army, Corporal, d. 20 Jun 1942, accidental drowning. Born 23 May 1918, Adelaide, son of James William Aldridge. Residing Gawler River at time of enlistment.][Honour Roll should have cross]

APPLEBEE R   23 Nov 1942 [APPLEBEE Reginald SX3400, Australian Army, Lieutenant, killed in action, Papua. Three months prior to his death, Lieut Applebee and Roma Radford, both of Gawler, had become engaged.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

BENNIE G R   31 May 1942 [sic - 14 Aug 1942][BENNIE George Ross 22359, Royal Australian Navy, died of illness, Sydney. Born 22 Mar 1919, Naverina [?] Nursing Home, Gawler, youngest son of John Towart Bennie, brother of next, sister Rosemary Bennie also served WWII (Nursing Sister)][1][2][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

BENNIE J S  30 Nov 1942 [BENNIE John Smith SX12507, Australian Army, Lieutenant, died of wounds, Papua. Born 8 July 1916, Mile End, eldest son of John Towart Bennie, brother of previous, sister Rosemary Bennie also served WWII (Nursing Sister)][3][4][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

BERRETT G W [BERRETT Gordon William SX30677, Australian Army, Private, d. 11 Oct 1943, killed in action, New Guinea. Born 4 May 1924, Sandy Creek, son of William Berrett.][Honour Roll should have cross]

BOSLEY T H R [BOSLEY Thomas Henry Rex SX9207, Australian Army, Private, d. 31 July 1943, illness, Burma. Born 30 Apr 1910, Gawler, son of John Henry Bainham Bosley.][Honour Roll should have cross]

BROWN G S   3 Feb 1945 [BROWN Gordon Scott 437490, RAAF, Flying Officer, killed in flying battle, Germany. Born 1920, son of Henry Wyndham Brown, married Margaret Heather Longmire at Tod Street Methodist Church 22 Dec 1943.][5][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

CASSON F [CASSON Florence Rebecca SFX13418, Australian Army, Sister Gp1, murdered 16 Feb 1942 whilst a Japanese POW, Banka Island, Netherlands East Indies. Born 6 Mar 1903, Victoria, daughter of Henry Casson and Mary. Her mother & NOK Mrs Mary Casson, was residing at Willaston at the time of Florence’s death. Her brother Pte. T H A Casson was a Japanese POW for three and a half years.][6][7][Honour Roll with cross]

CAUSBY W H   5 Nov 1942 [CAUSBY William Henry SX14398, Australian Army, Private, killed in action, Egypt. Born 1920, son of William Thomas Causby.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

CLUCAS F C [CLUCAS Frank Cottier 416932, RAAF, Pilot Officer, d. 20 Dec 1943, air operations, Naunheim, Germany.][Honour Roll with cross]

COX G F   23 Jul 1943 [sic C F][COX Christopher Frederick 407493, RAAF, Flying Officer, killed in flying battle, Crete, Greece. Born 1915, Gawler, son of Christopher John Cox Jnr.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

CUNNINGHAM L B [CUNNINGHAM Laurence Balerno SX25194, Australian Army, Major, d. 15 Nov 1945, RAAF transport plane crash, New Britain, Pacific Islands. Born 13 Feb 1900, Gawler, son of John Cunningham.][8][Honour Roll should have cross]

DALY G M [DALY Gerald Michael SX13848, Australian Army, Private, d. 10 Jun 1943, illness whilst POW, Thailand. Born 30 Jan 1919, Everly, WA. Connection to Gawler not known.][9][Honour Roll should have cross]

DALY R J [DALY Raymond John SX1366, Australian Army, Private, d. 23 Oct 1942, Papua. Born 16 Jan 1914, Edwardstown. Connection to Gawler not known.][Honour Roll should have cross]

DAVIS L G   10 Jan 1944 [sic 26 Oct 1942][DAVIS Lance George 407166, RAAF, Sergeant, killed in flying battle. Born 1914, son of George William Davis, worked at H.T. Brown Egg Factory, where his father was manager.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

DAWES L A [DAWES Lance Ashby SX11602, Australian Army, Corporal, d. 13 Jan 1945, illness, Borneo. Born 27 May 1916, Gawler, son of Arthur Gordon Dawes.][Honour Roll should have cross]

DAWKINS H B   22 Jul 1942 [DAWKINS Harry Blinman 280791, RAAF, Flight Lieutenant, died as Prisoner of War, New Britain, Pacific Islands. Born 1917, son of Harry Blinman Dawkins.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

EDEN J J [EDEN John Jerram 407496, RAAF, Pilot Officer, d. 14 Mar 1942, killed in flying battle, Burma. Born 18 Apr 1915, Moonta, son of James Eden, working on his father’s property at Sheoak Log at time of enlistment. Reported missing 1942, status not updated to presumed killed until 1946.][10][Honour Roll should have cross][Click here for an article with photo from The Advertiser 31 May 1946]

FORBY A C J   1 Mar 1942 [FORBY Jack 39764, RAAF, Aircraftman Class 1, killed in ground battle, Java, Netherlands East Indies. Born 21 Oct 1917, Gawler, son of Edwin James Forby.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

GALLAGHER R [GALLAGHER Robert William Francis ‘Bob’ 416947, RAAF, Warrant Officer, d. 13 Aug 1944, flying battle, Germany. Born 27 Feb 1916, Burra, son of George Walter Gallagher, attended Grade 7 at Gawler Primary in 1930 and was 2nd Dux.[11] Brothers Bob & George Gallagher, ‘formerly of Gawler’ both enlisted in 1941 (RAAF & AIF respectively) and a social was held for them at Braemer Station.[12] Whilst serving, Bob married Gladys Parker in Mar 1942 and had a son born Feb 1943 who he never got to see.][13][14][Honour Roll should have cross][Click here for a photo of Bob in uniform]

GEORGE K A   14 Sep 1942 [GEORGE Kevin Alfred Hayes SX4023, Australian Army, Acting Corporal, presumed killed, Papua. Born 5 Jul 1918, Gawler, son of Thomas Benjamin George.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

GOOD M R [GOOD Melville Ross 285324, RAAF, Flying Officer, d. 28 Aug 1943, killed in flying battle, Germany. Born 15 Oct 1918, Gawler, son of Ezekiel Norman Murray Good.][Honour Roll should have cross]

HALLIDAY A M [HALLIDAY Angas McFeat SX6304, Australian Army, Private, d. 1 Nov 1942, killed in action, Egypt. Born 12 Jun 1913, Gawler, son of Alexander Halliday.][Honour Roll should have cross]

HATCHER I C   8 Sep 1943 [HATCHER Ivor Clarence 417183, RAAF, Flying Officer,  86 Squadron, killed in flying battle, off Merauke. Born 3 May 1923, Gawler, son of Gilbert Roy Christopher Hatcher, before enlisting he worked on his father’s farm at Kangaroo Flat.[15] It was in his honour that the squadron mascot, the Thomson Foundry Eagle, was returned to the Town of Gawler.][16][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

HAYDON C W [HAYDON Clement William 407237, RAAF, Flight Lieutenant, d. 8 Apr 1943, killed in flying battle, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Born 5 Aug 1914, Gawler, son of William Richard Haydon. He attended Gawler High School and Roseworthy College, where he was recipient of a scholarship.][17][Honour Roll should have cross]

HAYES D L [HAYES Douglas Lionel 429952, RAAF, Flight Sergeant, d. 5 Apr 1945, killed in aircraft accident, Crowle, England. Born 16 Nov 1923, Gawler, son of Albert Roland Victor Hayes.][Honour Roll should have cross]

HILL D H   19 Nov 1941 [HILL Douglas Hugh 22600, Royal Australian Navy, Stoker, killed in action, HMAS Sydney (II), Indian Ocean. Born 20 Feb 1920, Hamley Bridge, son of Edward Elisha Hill, six months prior to his death he became engaged to Helen Colton, of Willaston.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver][Click here for an image of part of the article "Two Gawler Boys in Sydney Disaster" from the Bunyip 5 Dec 1941, or here to read the full article on Trove]

HORE S R   10 Jan 1944 [sic 17 Jan 1944][HORE Sydney Ross 416856, RAAF, Flight Sergeant, killed in flying battle, Mediterranean Sea. Born 16 Dec 1922, Kadina, SA, son of Sydney Hore. His family were residing at 5 Fifth Street Gawler South at the time of his death.[18] In 1948 a plaque with his name was unveiled by his sister, Mrs Loyla Debias, in the Gawler West Methodist Church, with which he had been associated for many years (plaque was for Sydney Jackson & Sydney Hore and unveiled by both of their sisters.)][19][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

JACKSON S E 3   Nov 1943 [sic 4 Oct 1943][JACKSON Sydney Edward 416679, RAAF, Flight Sergeant, killed in flying battle, Netherlands. Born 24 Nov 1922, Lincoln, England. In 1948 a plaque with his name was unveiled by his sister, Miss Grace Jackson, in the Gawler West Methodist Church, with which he had been associated for many years (plaque was for Sydney Jackson & Sydney Hore and unveiled by both of their sisters.)][19][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

KAVANAGH M L [KAVANAGH Martin Laurence SX15927, Australian Army, Private, d. 5 Nov 1942, killed in action, Egypt. Born 23 Jan 1922, Gawler.][Honour Roll should have cross]

KEANE M A [KEANE Maurice Archibald SX4656, Australian Army, Sapper, d. 26 Sep 1942, illness, Australia. Born 27 Mar 1911, Gawler, son of Archibald Charles Keane.][Honour Roll should have cross]

KNAGGS R C [KNAGGS Reginald Charles SX9837, Australian Army, Acting Corporal, d. 21 Nov 1942, iIllness, Papua. Born 6 Sep 1908, Largs Bay, SA, residing Rosedale at time of enlistment. He served as Scoutmaster in 1st Gawler Scouts for 19 years;[20] scout at the time David Kranz recalls the troop being informed of his death.][Honour Roll should have cross]

KUHLMAN W M   16 Jan 1945 [sic – KUHLMANN William Mortimer 19114, Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, died 18 June 1944 to 24 June 1944, at sea, Coral Sea, Pacific Islands.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

LLOYD S L [LLOYD Stuart Lindsay 416868, RAAF, Pilot Officer, d. 16 Mar 1945, killed in flying battle, Lae, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea. Born 14 Jan 1911, Gawler, son of Walter Bertram Lloyd (Walter was manager of Crosby’s boot department at the time of Stuart’s birth). The family relocated to Mount Gambier in 1912, by 1929 Stuart was working at the National Bank Naracoorte and in 1935 he married Dora Mary Ann (nee?).][21][Honour Roll should have cross]

MAYNARD B   1 Dec 1942 (on paver) & MAYNARD A G (Honour Roll without cross) & MAYNARD B G (Honour Roll with cross)(This is a duplication error because ‘Albert’ was known as ‘Bert’ – neither Australian War Memorial or Department of Veteran’s Affairs have records of a ‘B MAYNARD’ who died whilst serving) [MAYNARD, Albert George SX3688, Australian Army, Private, killed in action, Papua. Born 22 June 1914, Orroroo, son of George Maynard.[22] In 1934, Albert Maynard, 19, of Blanch Street Gawler, was passenger in a car hit by a passenger train at Dry Creek, he sustained concussion and facial abrasions.[23] His parents were residing in Blanch Street when they received the report that their “eldest son, Pte Bert Maynard, reported missing, is now reported killed in action”.][24][Honour Roll x 2 & Commemorative Paver]

McCORD D A [McCORD Donald Arthur 407560, RAAF, Warrant Officer, d. 27 Oct 1943, killed in a flying battle. Born 8 Jun 1921, Gawler, son of Donald Spence McCord][Honour Roll should have cross]

McKINNON V R   14 Apr 1945 [sic V H][McKinnon Vernon Horace SX10091, Australian Army, Private, died of illness, Borneo. Born 12 Feb 1916, Adelaide, father not listed on birth registration.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

MORONY M T [MORONY Michael Thomas SX2330, Australian Army, Acting Corporal, d. 26 Jan 1944, killed in action, New Guinea. Born 4 May 1917, Gawler, son of Michael Morony and Honora nee Fahey. Michel Marony Snr was the Willaston Hotel licensee; he died just prior to his son’s birth, widow Honora ‘Nora’ continued to run the hotel for a few years before remarrying (see Willaston Hotel). By the time Michael Thomas enlisted his mother had also died and he was residing at Millicent North, SA, where he worked as a labourer.][Honour Roll should have cross]

O’LEARY K J [O’LEARY Kenneth James S53517, Australian Army, Private, d. 9 June 1945, illness, Australia. Born 27 Apr 1923, Gawler, son of Joshua O’Leary, residing Wasleys at time of enlistment. He is also one of the 63 men and women listed on the Wasleys WWII Honour Roll – the only one who did not return – the roll at the Wasley’s Memorial Institute was unveiled by his sister Miss Agnes O’Leary on 1st August 1948.][25][Honour Roll should have cross, also Wasleys Honour Roll]

POLKINGHORNE D [POLKINGHORNE Dermott Moore SX1625, Australian Army, Corporal, d. 13 Sep 1940, cause of death accidental, England. Born 6 May 1918, Adelaide, son of Oswald Polkinghorne. Connection to Gawler not known.][Honour Roll should have cross]

RILEY C G [RILEY, CYRIL GREGORY 294687, RAAF, Flight Lieutenant, SURVIVED discharged 3 Mar 1945. Born Gawler 12 Sep 1900.][Honour Roll (correctly has no cross) but marked with a cross in “Gawler WWII Enlisted Names” list - probably because there was another C G Riley - Charles Guy Riley - who died whilst serving in RAAF.]

RONAN M J   11 Jun 1945 [RONAN, Maxwell John SX17325, Australian Army, Trooper, died as a result of injuries from an accident, Brisbane, QLD.[26] Born 8 July 1922, Gawler, youngest son of Joseph Michael Ronan, married Betty Williams on 25 Oct 1944,[27] brother of Laurie Ronan.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

RUDALL J G   28 Dec 1945 [RUDALL John Glasgow SX10394, Australian Army, Lieutenant, killed in action, Papua. Born 20 Jun 1920, son of Reginald John Rudall, brother of next.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

RUDALL P S   19 Nov 1942 [RUDALL Peter Sutherland PA2017, Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seamen, killed in action, HMAS Sydney (II), Indian Ocean. Born 31 May 1922, Gawler, son of Reginald John Rudall, brother of previous.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver][Click here for an image of part of the article "Two Gawler Boys in Sydney Disaster" from the Bunyip 5 Dec 1941, or here to read the full article on Trove]

RUDLAND H E [RUDLAND Harry Eric PA2817, Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Signalman, d. 8 Dec 1942, killed in sinking of HMAS Armidale. Born 13 Apr 1921, Gawler, son of Albert Edwin Rudland and nee Bernice Isabella Bunting.] [Honour Roll should have cross]

SAMS L J [SAMS Laurence James407834, Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, d. 26 Jul 1942, killed in flying battle, North West Europe. Born 4 Oct 1909, Hammersmith, England, son of Ethel Daisy Sams (she was licensee of the Old Spot Hotel from 6 Feb 1933 to 14 May 1939, then the Mt Bryan Hotel from 1940,[28] she was there in 1942 when she received the news that her son was missing)][29][Honour Roll should have cross]

SCHLEIN D [SCHLEIN Douglas Archibald SX9319, Australian Army, Private, d. 26 Jun 1941, killed in action, Syria. Born 26 Jan 1920, Lobethal, son of Archibald Charles Schlein. Residing in Williamstown in 1937, when aged 15, he hit a dog when riding his bike, causing him to fall and sustain head injuries; he was in a semi-coma for 23 days.][30][31][Honour Roll should have cross]

SHEARD L E [SHEARD Lauri Edwin 416369, RAAF, Sergeant, d. 22 Jul 1942, killed in flying battle, New Guinea. Born 9 Mar 1922, Gawler, son of Harold Llewllyn Sheard & grandson of Alfred Sheard.][Honour Roll should have cross]

SMITH H C C   16 May 1945 [sic 1941][SMITH Harry Charles Corston SX2489, Australian Army, Private, killed in action, Libya. Born 30 Oct 1912, South Africa, came to Australia as an infant, attended Gawler High School. Son of Mr & Mrs G H Smith of Twelfth Street, Gawler South, Harry was one of five brothers that enlisted in WWII.[32][33] Brother of next.][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver][Click here to see an article with photo, from the News 3 Jun 1941 about Harry]

SMITH R C C   25 Jun 1941 (SMITH Reginald Cairns VX14192, Australian Army, Private, killed in action, Syria. Born 18 Aug 1916, Cheltenham, SA, son of George H Smith, one of five brothers enlisted in WWII, brother of previous.[32][34] Educated at Gawler Primary and High Schools, Reg was following his trade as a carpenter in Melbourne, five months prior to his death he became engaged to Amy Evelyn Jones of NSW.][35][Honour Roll with cross & Commemorative Paver]

SPRATT P C [SPRATT Percival Charles SX981, Australian Army, Lance Corporal, d. 28 Dec 1942, killed in action, Papua. Born 3 Jan 1905, Wasleys, son of William George Spratt. Residing at Smithfield at time of enlistment.][Honour Roll should have cross][Click here to see an article with photo, from the News 4 Feb 1943]

STOECKEL O H [STOECKEL Oswald Ian Hamilton 417529, RAAF, Flying Officer, d. 6 Nov 1943, killed in flying battle, United Kingdom. Born 25 Apr 1923, Gawler, son of Oswald Hugo Stoeckel.][Honour Roll should have cross]

TEMPLER M R [TEMPLER, Maxwell Roy PA2466, Royal Australian Navy, Stoker 11 Class, d. 11 May 1942, accidentally killed in Sydney, aged 18, buried Two Wells Cemetery. Born 29 Apr 1924, Gawler, son of Roy Alfred Templer.][Honour Roll should have cross]

WHITE G S [WHITE Garet Sidney 407309, RAAF, Sergeant, d. 8 Dec 1941, killed in flying battle, Malaya. Born 2 Apr 1920, Gawler, son of Cornelius White.][Honour Roll should have cross]

WHITEHILL M E [WHITEHILL Maxwell Elliot 407022, RAAF, Flight Sergeant, d. 7 Jun 1942, killed in flying battle, Germany. Born 29 Apr 1913, Gawler, son of Herbert Adam Whitehill.][Honour Roll should have cross]

WILKINSON R G [WILKINSON Ross Gordon SX5215, Australian Army, d. 27 Oct 1942, killed in action, Egypt. Born 10 Dec 1919, Gawler, son of Thomas Gordon Wilkinson. Moved to Berri when he was an infant and residing there at time of enlistment.][36][Honour Roll should have cross]

WWII Veterans – who served & survived

In addition to the local personnel listed above who died whilst serving in WWII, the Gawler WWII Honour Roll lists the names of 1403 local personnel who served and survived. For a transcribed list of these names see the “Gawler WWII Enlisted Names” list on the “Gawler WWI Honour Roll Website”, created by researcher Beth Page. It is also possible to zoom in on the image of the Gawler WWII Honour Roll Board to look for the names of personnel you are researching (names are listed under the categories Navy, Army, RAAF, then Women’s Services - Navy, Army, RAAF).

Details of some of these personnel are provided below as the Gawler History Team has their photograph or information about them or their family. If you have a photograph of any other local veterans (especially in their military uniform) or information about them, please send it to information@gawlerhistory.com for inclusion on this site.


CHAPMAN L G [CHAPMAN Lloyd George 47229, Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, enlisted 11 Nov 1941, discharged 18 Dec 1945. Born 4 Apr 1917, Gawler, son of Thomas William Chapman, Lloyd was residing at Gawler at time of enlistment. He was a long time employee of Eudunda Farmers. Click here for Lloyd's memoirs and a link to photos]

CROSBY Cyril Thomas ‘Bing’ SX24339, Australian Army, Private, enlisted 1 Sept 1942 & discharged 23 May 1946. Born 11 May 1917, Kadina, SA, married Gawler local Evelyn Lily ‘Lil’ Mewett, moved to Gawler in 1954. [Note: C T Crosby is not listed on the Honour Roll as he did not move to Gawler until after WWII [Click here for more detail about Bing and a link to photos]

FRICK L J [FRICK Louis James ‘Lou’ SX16246, Australian Army, Private, 10/48 Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 12 Jan 1942, discharged 7 May 1946. He was training to become a paratrooper when the end of the war came. Born 11 Jan 1923, Cowell, SA, moved to Gawler Blocks aged 5.][Click here to read a 1983 article about Lou, ‘Parachuting to Plastering – Lou Frick – ‘part of the scene’ in Gawler’]

GALLAGHER George Henry Glanville SX13602, Australian Army, Private, discharged 4 Apr 1946. Born 4 Nov 1914, Burra, son of George Gallagher, brother of Robert ‘Bob’ Gallagher who was killed whilst serving in RAAF (see list above). George is not listed on the Gawler WWII Honour Roll. [Click here to see a photo of George in uniform].

LUCAS E R [sic E A][LUCAS Eric Arthur SX32046, Australian Army, Gunner, enlisted 14 Feb 1943, discharged 27 Oct 1944. Born 24 Jan 1919, Gawler, son of Albert Frank Lucas and brother of Cliff Lucas - labourer, residing Willaston at time of enlistment. Married Nancy Adeline Willison after the war. Incorrectly listed as E R Lucas on Gawler WWII Honour Roll]

MEWETT E L [MEWETT Evelyn Lily ‘Lil’ (CROSBY) 114715, Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman (Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF)), enlisted 31 Jan 1945, trained to become a teleprinter operator and worked at Melbourne H.Q. Telecommunications Unit, at Frognal, Camberwell, discharged 30 Apr 1946. Born 6 Sep 1926, Gawler, daughter of Alfred Mewett – after the war married Cyril Thomas ‘Bing’ Crosby.][Click here to read more about Lil, and for links to photos, memoirs of her WAAAF experience and her oral history]

NOACK E D [NOACK Eric Daniel SX37296 (S39875), Australian Army, Private, enlisted 15 Nov 1944, discharged 7 Nov 1945. Born 13 Dec 1920, Tanunda, son of Gottlieb Daniel Noack, residing Gawler at time of enlistment][Click here for more details about Eric].

NOACK O G [NOACK Oswald Gerald (Gerold), 116333S, Australian Army, enlisted 10 Jan 1942, then Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, enlisted 14 Oct 1942, discharged 24 Oct 1945. Born 27 Jan 1918, Eudunda, son of Emmanuel Johannes Noack, residing Gawler at time of enlistment. Married to nee Velma Ruth Corbell, daughter born 1 Oct 1942, just prior to RAAF enlistment. Is listed on WWII Honour Roll under 'Army' section.]

NOACK P T [NOACK Phillip Theodor 116223, Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, enlisted 30 Sep 1942, discharged 21 Dec 1945. Born 30 Jun 1923, Gawler, son of Wilhelm Daniel Noack, residing Evanston at time of enlistment. Click here for mor details about Phillip.]

NORMAN Ronald Herbert 'Ron' PA4815, Royal Australian Navy, Stoker, enlisted 31 Jul 1944, discharged 29 Nov 1946. Born 8 Apr 1926, Brighton, SA, son of Herbert Arthur Norman. Ron moved to Gawler in 1950s. [Note: Ron Norman is not listed on the Gawler Honour Roll as he did not move to Gawler until after WWII, he was a long standing member of the Gawler RSL - click here for more details about Ron and a link to photos]

RICHTER G [RICHTER Grayden SX21802, Australian Army, Private, enlisted 7 Jul 1942, discharged 23 Nov 1945. Born 2 Aug 1919, Reeves Plains, son of Martin Henry Richter.][Click here for more about Grayden and a link to photos]

RICHTER Melva Charlotte (MACKERETH Melva Charlotte) SF64857, Australian Women’s Army Service, Lance Corporal, enlisted 14 Apr 1942, discharged 24 Oct 1944. Born 12 Dec 1920, Wasleys, daughter of Henry Thomas Mackereth. Melva’s name does not appear on the Honor Roll due to the top secret nature of her service. [Click here to read more about Melva and her top secret role and for links to photos.]

RICHTER V J [RICHTER Joan SF64864, Australian Women’s Army Service, Lance Bombardier, enlisted 14 Apr 1942, discharged 23 Aug 1945. Born 9 Mar 1924, Reeves Plains, daughter of Martin Henry Richter.][Click here for a few more details about Joan on her father’s page]

RONAN D J [RONAN, Douglas Joseph 'Tommy' PA5043, Royal Australian Navy, Steward, enlisted 4 Dec 1944, discharged 6 Dec 1946. Born 24 May 1927, Gawler, son of John Patrick Ronan (nok Mary Ronan).][Click here for a photo of 'Tommy']

RONAN L B [RONAN, Laurence Bernard SX6671, Australian Army, Private, enlisted 24 Jun 1940, discharged 5 Apr 1945. Born 30 Aug 1919, Gawler, son of Joseph Michael Ronan.][Click here for more details about Laurie and links to photos]

WILLISON D G [WILLISON Donald Gilbert 154217, Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 1, enlisted 5 Dec 1944, discharged 28 Jun 1946. Born 21 Sep 1926, North Adelaide, son of Gilbert Gordon Willison. Residing Gawler at time of enlistment.][Click here for more information about the Willison family]

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Additional names & links are yet to be added to this list, including:

IFOULD John Bellchambers 'Jack'

EY, Sidney Louis 'Sid'

SWANBOROUGH Reg (in Gawler 20 years - later in life)

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  1. ↑ Family Notices (The Advertiser 29 Mar 1919) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5640462
  2. ↑ (Bunyip 11 Sep 1942) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96694534
  3. ↑ (Bunyip 9 May 1941) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96696371
  4. ↑ (Recorder 27 May 1940) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96332914
  5. ↑ (The Advertiser 22 Dec 1943) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48778802
  6. ↑ (The Advertiser 1 Jul 1944) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43210525
  7. ↑ (The Advertiser 22 Oct 1945) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48673622
  8. ↑ (The Advertiser 20 Nov 1945) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48678254
  9. ↑ (The Advertiser 12 Sep 1945) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48668687
  10. ↑ Private Casualty Advice (The Advertiser 31 May 1946) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74628463
  11. ↑ Gawler Primary School (Bunyip 19 Dec 1930) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96670655
  12. ↑ Social & Personal (Bunyip 4 Jul 1941) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96693983
  13. ↑ Family Notices (The Advertiser 3 Mar 1943) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48903630
  14. ↑ Private Casualty Advice (Burra Record 7 Nov 1944) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36153209
  15. ↑ (The Advertiser 4 Oct 1943) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48769511
  16. ↑ (Bunyip 3 May 1946) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96844257
  17. ↑ Roseworthy Scholarships (The Register News-Pictorial 10 Feb 1931) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54176623
  18. ↑ 5 Fifth Street Gawler South – Certificate of Title CT 1021/200
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 (The Kadina and Wallaroo Times 16 Apr 1948) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110163645
  20. ↑ “Long Service Scout Medals” (The Mail 20 Jul 1940) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55733999
  21. ↑ Mr W B Lloyd (Chronicle 6 Apr 1929) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87462898
  22. ↑ (The Advertiser 26 Jun 1914) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6422539
  23. ↑ “Amazing Escape at Dry Creek” (News 9 Mar 1934) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128853576
  24. ↑ (Bunyip 8 Jan 1943) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96864932
  25. ↑ WASLEYS HALL CROWDED FOR UNVEILING (Bunyip 6 Aug 1948) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96845882
  26. ↑ (Southern Cross 22 Jun 1945) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167784919
  27. ↑ (The Advertiser 23 Oct 1944) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/43225443
  28. ↑ East Midland Licensing District (The Northern Argus 5 Apr 1940) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97258814
  29. ↑ Private Casualty Advices (The Advertiser 13 Aug 1942) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48878540
  30. ↑ Injured Youth Now Conscious (News 16 Oct 1937) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131891977
  31. ↑ Cyclist’s Mishap (The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser 30 Sep 1937) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145866698
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 “Five Brothers Enlisted: One Killed in Action” (News 3 Jun 1941) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131414536
  33. ↑ (Bunyip 6 Jun 1941) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96692365
  34. ↑ (Bunyip 11 Jul 1941) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96695524
  35. ↑ (Weekly Times 25 Jan 1941) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224823995
  36. ↑ Service of Remembrance For Pte. R. G. Wilkinson (Murray Pioneer 19 Nov 1942) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108259568
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