WA Railway Employees lost in war

Rail Heritage WA honours all who have served in war to defend our country and our values. We have worked to identify WA railway employees who enlisted in wars, and particularly those who died as a result of their service.

For example, in the first World War WA railwaymen responded as willingly as other citizens, and over the next four years a total of 2184 men were given leave to enlist. Unfortunately, 346 of these men lost their lives as a result.

Information on these men from both government and private railways has been researched by Rail Heritage WA volunteers.

489 records found. Showing 376–400.

Railway employees lost in war
NameDesignationBranchMilitary unitEmployerDate of deathPlace of deathPDF
Pritchard, James RhysCall BoyLocomotive20th/28 Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways2 April 1918England Open PDF
Prosser, GeoffreyFiremanLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways1 November 1917France Open PDF
Purser, John JosephLabourerCivil28th Australian Infantry BattalionMidland Railway Company of Western Australia Ltd1 September 1918France Open PDF
Ramage, George Robert AdamGuardTraffic2/4th Machine Gun BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways24 September 1943Burma Open PDF
Randell, Raymond KeithClerkAccounts52nd Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways4 September 1916France Open PDF
Redfern, WilliamCleanerLocomotive2/28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways14 September 1941Libya Open PDF
Reid, Charles PlanteCadetTraffic4th Division, Australian Field ArtilleryWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways12 December 1917Australia Open PDF
Reid, SolomonRepairerWay and Works2nd Battalion Grenadier GuardsWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways15 September 1916France Open PDF
Rickey, Frederick JosephHead ShunterTrafficAustralian Railway Operating Division DepotWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways14 February 1919France Open PDF
Roberts, Alfred WilliamJunior PorterTraffic32nd Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways20 July 1916France Open PDF
Roberts, James AlbertRepairerWay and Works3rd Australian Pioneer BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways29 September 1918France Open PDF
Robertson, FrederickFiremanLocomotive11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways26 December 1917England Open PDF
Robertson, Lewis AlexanderCleanerLocomotive11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways20 August 1916France Open PDF
Robinson, Richard HerbertStrikerLocomotiveAustralian Army Medical CorpsWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways1 April 1918France Open PDF
Rodda, Arthur WilliamStoremanCME2/4th Machine Gun BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways20 February 1945Thailand Open PDF
Rodgers, William Anthony JordanJunior WorkerCMENo. 24 SquadronWestern Australian Government Railways23 March 1945Western Australia Open PDF
Roger, AlexanderMotormanTramways44th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways22 August 1918France Open PDF
Rogers, Arthur WilksCleanerLocomotive16th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways8 May 1919Australia Open PDF
Ruddock, Harold Edwy ColstonClerkWay and Works28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways22 November 1915Egypt Open PDF
Ryder, Arthur HenryRelief OfficerTraffic28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways1 June 1918France Open PDF
Sadler, Horace HenryRepairerCCE2/11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways20 April 1945Germany Open PDF
Sanderson, Reginald FrederickFiremanLocomotive3rd Field Ambulance.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways1 March 1919England Open PDF
Sansum, Arthur HaroldClerkTraffic48th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways14 August 1916France Open PDF
Sargant, Harold MarcusCleanerLocomotive43rd Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways18 April 1918France Open PDF
Savage, WilliamCleanerLocomotive51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways26 September 1917Belgium Open PDF