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 176–200.

Railway employees lost in war
NameDesignationBranchMilitary unitEmployerDate of deathPlace of deathPDF
Gossage, George JohnLabourerCME2/4th Machine Gun BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways12 February 1942Malaya Open PDF
Gould, RobertRepairerCCENo.446 squadron (RAF)Western Australian Government Railways27 January 1944Germany Open PDF
Graham, John CharlesLabourerWay and Works51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways8 June 1917France Open PDF
Graham, MalcolmGuardConstruction28th Australian Infantry BattalionTrans-Australian Railway29 July 1916France Open PDF
Grant, Lionel AlexanderCleanerLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways22 February 1917France Open PDF
Gray, AndrewCleanerLocomotive11th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways22 July 1916France Open PDF
Green, Bryant Francis KingdomPorterTrafficNo. 51 Squadron (RAF)Western Australian Government Railways27 April 1943Germany Open PDF
Green, ZebulunRepairerCivil Engineers7 Employment CompanyMidland Railway Company of Western Australia Limited31 May 1943Queensland Open PDF
Grono, Percival CharlesCadetAudit16th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways2 September 1916France Open PDF
Grow, Guildford GeorgeGoods PorterTraffic2/7th Field RegimentWestern Australian Government Railways8 September 1940Western Australia Open PDF
Gunst, Frederick SamuelCleanerLocomotive4th Light Trench Mortar BatteryWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways11 April 1917France Open PDF
Hall, John PatrickStation Relief OfficerTrafficNo.40 Squadron (RAF)Western Australian Government Railways13 August 1943Sicily, Italy Open PDF
Hall, William HarrisonGangerCCE2/4th Machine Gun BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways17 July 1943Thailand Open PDF
Hallahan, William AlfredFiremanLocomotive51st Australian infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways26 June 1916France Open PDF
Halpin, Lester John TimothyFiremanLocomotiveHMAS NapierWestern Australian Government Railways8 March 1945Died at sea Open PDF
Hammer, Harold JamesPorterTraffic11th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways9 August 1918France Open PDF
Hamming, William HenryGuardTraffic11th Australian Infantry Battalion.Western Australian Government Railways & Tramways7 May 1917France Open PDF
Hammond, Frederick WilliamWashout AssistantLocomotive44th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways9 June 1917Belgium Open PDF
Hanson, John WaldemarPorterTrafficAustralian Field Artillery 11th BrigadeWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways14 October 1917France Open PDF
Harburn, JohnCadetLocomotive51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways16 August 1916France Open PDF
Hardwick, James Richard GeorgeCleanerLocomotive39th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways5 November 1918France Open PDF
Harms, CharlesBoilermaker's AssistantLocomotive28th Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways20 September 1917Belgium Open PDF
Harris, DonaldJunior ClerkAccounts & AuditNo.10 Squadron (RAF)Western Australian Government Railways21 September 1944Atlantic Ocean Open PDF
Harris, Ernest William (Lieut.)ClerkAccounts3rd Australian Machine Gun CompanyWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways5 May 1917France Open PDF
Hart, JosephRepairerWay and Works51st Australian Infantry BattalionWestern Australian Government Railways & Tramways5 April 1918France Open PDF