Queensland faces behind the headstones at St Mary's Churchyard Cemetery in Harefield, UK
By JOL Admin | 24 November 2015
With news just out of England that the Anzac War Graves in St Mary's Churchyard Cemetery in Harefield, Middlesex were thoughtlessly vandalised for the second time this year, it's important to reflect on the lives of those Australian soldiers interred in each grave. Behind each headstone is a story of bravery and ultimately sacrifice, leaving behind family and friends to mourn their loss. The cemetery contains the graves of 112 Australia soldiers (including one nurse), who were treated at the nearby Harefield Hospital. Here are the faces of some of the Queenslanders who are interred at St Mary's Churchyard Cemetery.
Oscar Harold Jones (enlisted in Brisbane)
Date of Death - 23/06/1918
Age - 25
Rank - Private with Australian Army Medical Corps 13th Field Ambulance
Son of George Edward Richard and Elizabeth Ann Jones, of Oxley, Queensland
Records - Commonwealth War Grave Record / National Archives of Australia dossier
Charles Herbert West (enlisted in Rockhampton)
Date of death - 06/11/1918
Age - 21
Rank - Sergeant with Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 42nd Battalion.
Son of George F. West, of Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia
Records - Commonwealth War Grave Record / National Archives of Australia dossier
William Lauderdale Lingley (enlisted in Roma)
Date of death - 05/11/1918
Age - 27
Rank - Gunner with Australian Field Artillery, 2nd Div. Ammunition Col.
Son of William and Alice M. Lingley, of Muckadilla Hotel, Muckadilla, Queensland
Records - Commonwealth War Grave / National Archives of Australia dossier
Joseph Hogarth (enlisted in Brisbane)
Date of death - 09/03/1918
Age - 39
Rank - Driver with Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 26th Battalion
Son of William and Ann Cuninghame Hogarth, of Balgownie, Cambooya, Queensland
Records - Commonwealth War Grave / National Archives of Australia dossier
John Thomas McCalla (enlisted in Bundaberg)
Date of death - 25/05/1919
Age - 23
Rank - Private of Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 41st Battalion
Son of Peter Gilbraith McCalla and Mary McCalla, of Queensland
Records - Commonwealth War Grave / National Archives of Australia dossier
Myles Sinnamon - Project Coordinator, State Library of Queensland
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