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 451–475.

Railway employees lost in war
NameDesignationBranchMilitary unitEmployerDate of deathPlace of deathPDF
Troy, Leslie KeithCleaner4 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment RAAMidland Railway Company of Western Australia Limited29 October 1942Egypt Open PDF
Turnbull, JamesCleanerLocomotiveR.O.S. Details.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways21 February 1919France Open PDF
Uren, Alfred NicholasCarpenterWay and Works3rd Australian Tunnelling CompanyWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways11 August 1918France Open PDF
Verge, Francis JosephFiremanLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways6 November 1916France Open PDF
Vincent, Hubert Henry JamesShunterTraffic44th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways4 October 1917Belgium Open PDF
Wade, Hector WilliamCleanerLocomotive44th Machine Gun SectionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways30 March 1918France Open PDF
Waite, George WilliamRepairerCCE109 Convalescent DepotWestern Australian Government Railways2 December 1942Australia Open PDF
Walker, JackLocomotive driver16th Australian Infantry BattalionBunning Brothers24 September 1915Malta Open PDF
Walker, JohnTimekeeperStores (Railway Sawmills)32nd Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways20 July 1916France Open PDF
Walker, Thomas PhillipShunterTraffic11th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways9 April 1919Australia Open PDF
Walsh, GeorgeCadetAudit51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways2 April 1917France Open PDF
Walsh, Thomas HenryGuardTraffic11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways27 August 1918France Open PDF
Ward, Henry HoldfordPorterTraffic11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways3 May 1915At Sea Open PDF
Wardle, Thomas JohnFiremanLocomotive11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways31 May 1916France Open PDF
Wearn, Thomas CliffordMoulder's AssistantCME2/4th Machine Gun BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways20 November 1942Burma Open PDF
Welshman, Alfred CharlesApprentice MoulderLocomotive44th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways8 June 1917Belgium Open PDF
Wenn, William HenryFiremanLocomotive27th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways18 October 1917Belgium Open PDF
Werrett, Herbert StanleyPorterTraffic2/4th Machine Gun BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways14 February 1942Singapore Open PDF
West, Clarence Henry GuyPorterTraffic28th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways29 July 1916France Open PDF
Westcott, Charles Walter SamuelAssistant Station masterDoodlakine8 Division Company SignalsWestern Australian Government Railways7 February 1944Thailand Open PDF
Westcott, GeorgePorterTraffic6th WA Mounted InfantryWestern Australian Government Railways23 June 1901South Africa Open PDF
Wheeler, HarryBoilermakerLocomotive11th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways27 February 1917France Open PDF
Whitford, Allan PluisJunior ClerkAccounts & AuditNo.83 Squadron (RAF)Western Australian Government Railways9 May 1944France Open PDF
Whyte, Joseph ThomasDriverLocomotive43rd Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways8 June 1917Belgium Open PDF
Wilkinson, Leslie GeorgeClerkTraffic43rd Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways10 June 1917Belgium Open PDF