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 401–425.

Railway employees lost in war
NameDesignationBranchMilitary unitEmployerDate of deathPlace of deathPDF
Sayers, Albert HenryFiremanLocomotiveRailway Corps.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways15 December 1918Western Australia Open PDF
Schiff, William Andrew MMStowerTraffic16th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways28 July 1918France Open PDF
Scott, JamesPorterTraffic44th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways1 September 1918France Open PDF
Scott, Vernon AlexanderPorterTraffic51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways2 April 1917France Open PDF
Seddon, HenryTemp. PorterTraffic43rd Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways4 October 1917Belgium Open PDF
Sells, James PrideauxLifterLocomotive16th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways29 April 1917France Open PDF
Senior, AlfredPorterTraffic12th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways11 June 1918France Open PDF
Senior, Frank HaroldFiremanLocomotive8th Australian Field Artillery BrigadeWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways17 October 1918France Open PDF
Sharpe, GeorgeCleanerLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways2 March 1917France Open PDF
Shelley, Roland ParkerFiremanLocomotive2nd Australian Machine Gun BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways4 July 1918France Open PDF
Shepherd, Alfred HorwoodJunior WorkerCMEHMAS Sydney (II)Western Australian Government Railways20 November 1941Indian Ocean Open PDF
Short, Stanley ChloridePorterTraffic51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways3 September 1916France Open PDF
Shortland, Herbert LeslieCleanerLocomotive16th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways9 May 1915Turkey Open PDF
Slade, Frank ThomasLabourerWay and Works11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways10 August 1915Turkey Open PDF
Slater, Harry OsborneCadetAccounts16th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways2 April 1918France Open PDF
Slight, John WalterCleanerLocomotive16th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways12 December 1918Poland Open PDF
Smart, Robert BrownLifterLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways25 September 1917Belgium Open PDF
Smith, Alfred JohnJunior PorterTraffic4th Australian Machine Gun CompanyWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways11 April 1917France Open PDF
Smith, Arthur GeorgeStrikerLocomotive32nd Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways20 July 1916France Open PDF
Smith, Charles HaroldClerkTraffic51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways3 September 1916France Open PDF
Smith, Ernest JohnFiremanLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways10 June 1918France Open PDF
Smith, Harry AlbertLabourerWay and Works28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways30 June 1916France Open PDF
Spice, Theodore MorleyStrikerWay and Works11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways30 May 1916France Open PDF
Stannard, Joseph ErnestCleanerLocomotive11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways3 May 1915Egypt Open PDF
Stapleton, William WalterCleanerLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways26 March 1917France Open PDF