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Roy Leslie Lyons

LYONS, Roy Leslie- – – – SPC 1908-1909DoB:- – 1898, East Ballarat, VICFather:- – James Lyons, 1105 Sturt Street, BallaratMother:- – Frances, nee HooleyRoy Lyons attended St Patrick’s with his brothers who also enlisted in the AIF -“ Herbert Arthur (SPC 1903-1909) and James Edward (SPC 1899-1904). Roy was a keen cricketer while at SPC.Service…

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James Edward Lyons

LYONS, James Edward- – – – SPC 1899-1904 DoB:- – 1888, East Ballarat, VIC Father:- – James Lyons, 1105 Sturt Street, Ballarat Mother:- – Frances, nee Hooley James Lyons attended St Patrick’s with his brothers who also enlisted in the AIF -“ Herbert Arthur (SPC 1903-1909) and Roy Leslie (SPC 1908-1909). James was Dux of…

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Herbert ‘Bert’ Arthur Lyons

LYONS, Herbert- -‘Bert’ Arthur- – – – SPC 1903-1909 DoB:- – 1892, East Ballarat, VIC Father:- – James Lyons, 1105 Sturt Street, Ballarat Mother:- – Frances, nee Hooley Bert Lyons attended St Patrick’s with his brothers who also enlisted in the AIF -“ James Edward (SPC 1899-1904) and Roy Leslie (SPC 1908-1909). As well as…

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William ‘Bill’ James Macavoy Locke

LOCKE, William James -‘Jack’ Macavoy- – – – SPC 1907-1911 DoB:- – 14 Aug 1894, St Kilda, VIC Father:- – Samuel James Locke Mother:- – Bessie, nee Macavoy In the College Annual of 1916-1917, there was an extensive report about Jack Locke’s experiences at Gallipoli: -‘Captain W J Locke, who was known as the -popular…

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Leo Paul Little

LITTLE, Leo Paul- – – – SPC 1906-1910 DoB:- – 22 February 1892, Bacchus Marsh, VIC Father:- – David Armstrong Little Mother:- – Annie Margaret, nee Hanigan All five brothers from the Little family were boarders from Bacchus Marsh: Tom, David, Jack, Leo and Gerald. In the College Annual of 1910, it was reported that…

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Gerald Thompson Little

LITTLE, Gerald Thompson- – – – SPC 1904-1907 DoB:- – 14 January 1890, Bacchus Marsh, VIC Father:- – David Armstrong Little Mother:- – Annie Margaret, nee Hanigan All five brothers from the Little family were boarders from Bacchus Marsh: Tom, David, Jack, Leo and Gerald. Gerald passed his Matriculation year with the following subjects: English,…

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David Little

LITTLE, David- SPC- – – – 1908-1912 DoB:- – – – – – – 1893, Bacchus Marsh, VIC Father:- – – – David Armstrong Little Mother:- – – – Annie Margaret, nee Hanigan All five brothers from the Little family were boarders from Bacchus Marsh. In his Matriculation year of 1912, David achieved passes in…

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Thomas Leydon

LEYDON, Thomas- – – – – SPC ? DoB:- – 1897, Sydney, NSW Father:- – John Leydon Mother:- – Catherine Service No:- 1556 Rank:- – Private Unit:- – 18th Battalion On 13 April 1915, Thomas Leydon enlisted in the AIF. He put his age at 22 years, but he was really only 18 years old….

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Alfred Lennon

LENNON, (sometimes Lennan) Alfred- – – – SPC 1896-1899 DoB:- – 1887, Armidale NSW Father:- – James Lennan Mother:- – Catherine Alf Lennon was a boarder at St Patrick’s from Melbourne. Despite being young for the Senior football team, -‘many of the Juniors showed fine form, notably A Lennon -¦’ Service No:- 822 Rank:- –…

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Nicholas Lenaghan

LENAGHAN, Nicholas- – – – SPC 1894 DoB:- – 1876, Tourello, VIC Father:- – Daniel Lenaghan Mother:- – Eliza, nee Maloney Service No:- 878 Rank:- – Trooper Unit:- – 4th Australian Light Horse Brigade Nicholas Lenaghan enlisted on 11 November 1914, aged 38 years and 11 months. He was a single man, who worked as…

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