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Arthur Macdonald Munro
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Arthur Macdonald Munro
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1888 Q1 Steyning, Sussex
Date and Place of Death: 1949 Victoria, Australia
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: Macdonald and Emelie (nee Boffin) Munro
Parent’s occupations: Wesleyan Minister (father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Occupation: Science Teacher and Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Chemist at Dorncok
Marital status: Married Maud Elizabeth (nee Hancock) 1913 in New Zealand
Children: Robert John Munro b.1914, Marguerite de Boffin Munro b.1915
Travels: New Zealand and Australia
Awards/recognitions: MA, AIC, FCS
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Aldenham School, Hertfordshire
Lieutenant OTC 1912
1914 Science Master living at Wellington NZ
Technical College Instructor in Blue Platter Teahouse, Island Bay, NZ in 1916.…
Alfred James Occleshaw
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Alfred James Occleshaw.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: September 19th 1888, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: 1969, Donvale, Victoria, Australia.…
Arthur Francis Parkin
ARTHUR FRANCIS PARKIN
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1891 Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 19 July 1971 Sydney, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Parents:
Arthur Coulson Parkin (1858-1939) married Elizabeth Eakins (1859-1951) 8 November 1882 at Chewton, Victoria, Australia.
Parent’s occupations: Arthur was a manufacturing chemist in Victoria, Australia.
Siblings: 5 siblings
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Masters degree in Science at Melbourne University.…
Reginald Ezra Parry
REGINALD EZRA PARRY
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 16 September 1889 Adelaide, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 19 March 1966 Perth, Western Australia
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Reginald was the youngest of three brothers. His siblings were
Francis Benjamin 1891-1953
Noel Arthur 1896-1984
Parents: Ezra Parry and Florence Marie Ellis
Parent’s occupations: Ezra was a Chemist
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
1912-1914 Ormond College, Melbourne, Australia
1915-1916 Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia
Occupation: Chemical Engineer
Place of residence at Gretna:
82 The Rand, Eastriggs.…
Stanley William Enos Parsons
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Stanley William Enos Parsons
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1897 Bega, NSW
Date and Place of Death: 27/09/1979 Belmont, NSW
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: George R and Mary R Parsons
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Occupation: Analytical Chemist.…
William Robert Poole
Married Selby Bald in June 1918 in Sunderland.
Selby Bald of Sunderland’s time in Dornock: Selby Bald lived in Sunderland and went to work at the Munitions Factory in 1916, age 18. She lived first at Timbertop Township for a short time until moving into private lodgings in Annan, at the home of a Mrs Halliday.…
Charles Wilfrid Roberts Powell
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Charles Wilfred Roberts Powell
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1892 Sydney NSW Australia
Date and Place of Death: 1965 Palm Beach NSW
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: Charles Edward and Maria Louisa (nee Roberts) Powell
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Univ of Sydney
Occupation: Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: Staff Quarters, Sarkbridge,
Job title at Gretna: Chemical Department at Dornock.…
Joseph Thomas Royal
JOSEPH THOMAS ROYAL
Date and place of birth: 6 February 1858 Richmond, Melbourne, Australia
Date and place of death: 8 August 1917 HM Factory Hospital, Gretna, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Nationality: Australian
Biography: Joseph grew up in Australia with his siblings
Lucy Ellen Royal 1852
Joseph Donald Royal 1855-1856
Parents: Joseph Royal married Sarah Harriet MacPherson 21 January 1852 Victoria, Australia
Parents occupation: Joseph was a Blacksmith
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: 1914 Electoral Roll Joseph was a Commission Agent
Place of residence at Gretna: Newfoundland House, Dornock, Eastriggs
Job Title at Gretna: Not known
Marital Status: Joseph married Charlotte Annie ‘Lottie’ Carter 1905 Victoria, Australia.…
Henry Percival Singleton
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Henry Percival Singleton
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 4th December 1895, Camperdown, New S Wales
Date and Place of Death: Date not known/ Australia
Nationality: Australian
Childhood : Brisbane
Parents: George Singleton and Maud(e) Evans Slade
Parents occupations : Stone Mason
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: University of Queensland – must have been immediately pre war
Occupation: Analytical Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status: Married to Annie O’Connor In Stockton , England
Children : Trevor James George Singleton
Maurice Edgar Singleton
Russell Percival Singleton
Travels : Only during war to England for Munitions work
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Mentioned twice in :-
Roy M.…
Arthur Thomas Stanley Sissons
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Arthur Thomas Stanley Sissons.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 22nd April 1888 in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: 30 June 1975.…
Garnett Slemen Skuthorp
GARNETT SLEMEN SKUTHORP
“Guy”
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth:
5 June 1879 Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
Date and Place of Death:
28 February 1944 Royal Ordnance Factory,
Abenbury, Wrexham, Dinbighshire, Wales.
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood: Guy grew up with his siblings, who survived to adulthood, in New South Wales, Australia:
Frederick John 1869-1871
Reginald Thomas 1870-1871
Oswald Tertius 1872-1935
Ida Clarine 1874-1934
Allan Lamrock 1876-1916
Margaret Marian 1882-1960
Parents:
Richard Tertius Skuthorpe married Elizabeth Jane Lamrock in Sydney 1868.…
William James Patterson Smith
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William James Patterson Smith
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1893 Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 1961 Footscray, Victoria
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: William and Christine (nee Paterson) Smith
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Chemist at Contact Sulphuric Acid Plant, Dornock
Marital status: F Smith
Children: N/K
Travels: UK
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Websites about the individual:
Encyclopaedia of Australian Science http://www.eoas.info
Further links, notes, and comments:
Forwarding address on Dornock Souvenir, c/o Agent General for Victoria,
Melbourne Place, The Strand, London WC2
Sailed on the “Devanha” 09/05/1919 from Devonport to Melbourne
Encyclopaedia of Australian Science
“William Smith was Raw Materials Superintendent at Commonwealth Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited during the mid-1900s.…
Thomas Murray Steele
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Thomas Murray Steele
Gender : Male
Date and place of birth : 7th September 1894 Corowa, New South Wales
Date and Place of Death: 23rd May 1989 North Ryde, New South Wales
Nationality: Australian
Childhood
Parents : Thomas Steele and Frances ( Fanny)nee Pilcher
Parents occupations : Presbyterian minister
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: University of Queensland
Occupation : Sugar Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status : Married
Children: Philip and Rosemary
Travels
England WW1 and N Zealand ( marriage )
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Positions held
Chemist
Trivia / any other information:
The ‘Arsenal’ in the strand: Australian chemists and the British munitions effort 1916–1919 , secondary sources
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Further links, notes, and comments:
https://australianmunitionsworkersww1.weebly.com/photos.html
https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/
Biography
Thomas Murray Steele 1894-1989
Thomas Murray Steele was born on 7th September 1894 at Corowa, New South Wales to Rev’d Thomas Steele and Frances ( Fanny ) nee Pilcher.…
Lancelot Frederick Norman Stutterd
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Lancelot Frederick Norman Stutterd
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 13th October 1891 Adelaide, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 14th April 1966, Oleanders Hotel, Grants Bay, Cape Town S Africa
Nationality: Born British Australian – naturalised to British Rhodesian
Childhood: Born in Australia, moved to Tasmania
Parents
Frederick Stutterd and Dorcas Elizabeth nee Marshal
Parents occupations : Not known
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: University of Tasmania 1916-17 BSc
Occupation: Metallurgist
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Marital status: Married
Children :One son
Travels: Extensive- Australia-Tasmania-England-Rhodesia-S Africa -New York.…
Matthew Ure
Information supplied through a Research Project led by Nigel Crompton
Name Matthew URE
DoB 8th February 1880
Place of birth Muiravonside, Stirlingshire
Parents William & Helen (Forsyth)
Parental Home Middlerigg Cottage, Muiravonside – 797 Garscube Rd, Glasgow
Siblings James, John, William, Agnes, Isabella and Peter
Spouse Jane Bailey
Date of Wedding 5 February 1901
Location 310 Scotland Street, Glasgow
Children William, John, Matthew (Daughter Mabel died 1905 aged 10 months
from accidental scalding)
Marital home(s) 294, Balgray Road, 1915 showing at Hillhead Cottage, Bankend Road
Dumfries
Employment Stoker/ fireman
1911 Census Working at Crichton Institute – Crichton did have its own fire service and Matthew may have served in this organisation.…
Richard Gaston Walker
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Richard Gaston Walker.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: Unknown place, possibly Australia.; 1893.
Date and Place of Death: 1965, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Biography
Childhood: Richard Gaston Walker grew up possibly in Australia or elsewhere. …
Mr Herbert Womersley
Herbert was born in Warrington, Lancashire in April 1899. He trained as a chemist in soap manufacturing, but from a young age his passion was entomology. Entomology is the study of insects, and Herbert wasn’t the first person in his family to be interested in the subject, his father, Fred, was an amateur lepidopterist.…
