Goldfields Heroes – The Dease Collection 2

The Boulder Boys

The following photographs are from the “The Soldiers of Barrack Street” collection and are  the collection of famed West Australian photographer Denis Dease who operated the Dease studio at 117 Barrack Street from 1898 to 1929. Dease was a prolific photographer of great importance.These photographs are all men with connections to Boulder. The full collection and access to service records can be viewed at:-  www.thesoldiersofbarrackstreet.com/

Second Lieutenant HUGHES, George Henry, 44th Battalion

Rank: Sergeant; later Second Lieutenant
Regimental Number: 459
Address: Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs Jane M Hughes, 33 King Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 24 January 1916
Unit Name: 44th Battalion
Date of Death: 08 June 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Place of Death: Messines, Belgium Year of Photo: 1916

George Henry Hughes

Private SMITH, James Greig, 44th Battalion

Rank: Private, Regimental Number: 864
Address: 107 Burt Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, H Law Smith, 107 Burt Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 21 January 1916, Unit Name: 44th Battalion
Date of Death: 4 October 1917, Cause of Death: Killed in action, aged 20
Place of Death: Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, Year of Photo: 1916

James Greig Smith

Sapper HANSSON, Frederick George, 3rd Tunnelling Company

Rank: Sapper, Regimental Number: 5337
Address: Boulder City,Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Hansson, 11 Perie Street, Boulder City, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 27 January 1916, Unit Name: 3rd Tunnelling Company
Date of Death: 16 January 1959, Cause of Death: No Record
Place of Death: Willagee, Western Australia, Year of Photo: 1916

Frederick George Hansson

Private BEST, Horace James, 4th Field Ambulance

Rank: Private, Regimental Number: 2431
Address: PO Boulder City, Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, J B Best, Bassendlar Crescent, West Guildford, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 02 March 1915,  Unit Name: 4th Field Ambulanc
Date of Death: 11 March 1983
Cause of Death: Not known. He was 94 years old.
Place of Death: Bridgetown, Western Australia
Year of Photo: 1915

Horace James Best

Sapper GAUGHAN, Robert William, No 6. Tunnelling Company

Rank: Sapper, Regimental Number: 4334
Address: Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: John Gaughan, 219 Pirie Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 22 February 1916
Unit Name: No.6 Tunnelling Company

Robert William Gaughan

Private HANCOCK, Maurice Ingram Vincent, 51st Battalion

Rank: Private Regimental Number: 1921
Address: 1 Sawells Terrace, Hamilton Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin:  Mother, Mrs Emma Jane Hancock, 44 King Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 4 April 1916, Unit Name: 51st Battalion
Date of Death: 1965, Cause of Death: Not known. 71 years old
Place of Death: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Year of Photo: 1916

Maurice Ingram Hancock

Driver SHAW, Arthur Percival, 28th Battalion; later 4th Field Company Engineers

Rank: Driver, Regimental Number: 2797
Address: 1 Salisbury Road, Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife: Mrs Ethel Mary Shaw, 1 Salisbury Road, Boulder, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 12 August 1915, Unit Name: 28th Battalion
Date of Death: 2nd November 1960
Cause of Death: Not known, he was 67 years old
Place of Death: Perth, Western Australia, Year of Photo: 1915

Arthur Percival Shaw

Corporal CURTIS, Sidney George, 2nd Tunnelling Company

Rank: Sapper; later Corporal, Regimental Number: 7100
Address: Boulder City, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, A Curtis, 19 Coolgardie Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 21 November 1916, Unit Name: 2nd Tunnelling Company
Date of Death: 02 April 1924, Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Place of Death: Edward Millen Home, Victoria Park (for Tuberculosis)
Year of photo: 1916-1917 (with his wife, son and mother)

Sidney George Curtis and Family

Private EASTWOOD, Stanley Stephen, 2nd Field Ambulance

Rank: Private, Regimental Number: 8301
Address: Great Boulder Hotel, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Steve Eastwood, 154 Bagot Rd, Subiaco, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 26 July 1915
Unit Name: 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital;later 2nd Field Ambulance
Date of Death: 27 June 1943, Cause of Death: No Record
Place of Death: Subiaco, Western Australia, Year of Photo: 1915

Stanley Eastwood

Private PALMER, Horace Kay, 11th Battalion

Rank: Private, Regimental Number: 6805,
Address: 16 Morgan Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs M A Palmer, 35 Milligan Street, West Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment Date: 31 July 1916, Unit Name: 11th Battalion; later Army Medical Corps
Date of Death: 27 February 1968, Cause of Death: Not known. He was 67 years old
Place of Death: Bayswater, Vic, Year of Photo: 1916

Horace Kay Palmer

Private PAYNE, Frank, 5th Pioneer Battalion

Rank: Private, Regimental Number: 3159
Address: Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Wife, Mrs C Payne, 19 Brown Street, Camperdown, New South Wales
Enlistment Date: 27 July 1916, Unit Name: 5th Pioneer Battalion
Date of Death: No Record, Cause of Death: No Record
Place of Death: No Record, Year of Photo: 1916

Frank Payne

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Moya Sharp

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My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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