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Sydney Bertram Abbot
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): S.B. Abbott. (Sydney Bertram Abbott).
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Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 9th November 1889.…
Cyril Percy Callister
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Cyril Percy Callister.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: 16 FEBRUARY 1893 • Chute, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: 5 OCT 1949 • Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia.…
Thomas George Dippie
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Thomas George Dippie (2) (5) (6)
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1884, at Collingwood, Victoria, Australia (2) (5) (6)
Date and Place of Death: 1955, age 70, in Western General Hospital, Hillhead, Glasgow from a cerebral haemorrhage and bronco pneumonia.…
Arthur Gerald Eastick
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Arthur Gerald Eastick
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Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia (1) (3)
Date and Place of Death: 24/04/1922, The Red Lodge, Devonshire Place,
Eastbourne.…
Kate Eleanor Ferguson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Kate Eleanor Ferguson
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 4th August 1892, Longtown
Date and Place of Death: 1947, Victoria, Australia
Nationality: British ( mother Scottish)
Childhood: Eldest of 5
Parents: William and Sarah nee Dixon
Parents occupations: Station master
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Burgh By Sands Primary from 1905
Occupation: Nurse – VAD Red Cross
Place of residence at Gretna: S.…
Norman Daniel Ferguson
NORMAN DANIEL FERGUSON
Date and place of birth : 15 June 1882 Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Date and place of Death : 19 June 1948 New Town, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Nationality: Australian
Biography: Norman grew up in Australia with his siblings:
Parents: Daniel Ferguson and Ada Eliza Mickle
Parents occupation : Daniel was Chief Inspector of Distilleries.…
Frederick Fern Field
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Frederick Fern Field
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 18/01/1893 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 21/04/1959 Bentleigh, Victoria
Nationality: Australian
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: Frederick James Field and Septima (nee Ballard) Field
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: Cordite Staff Chemist, Mossband
Marital status: Lily Evelyn (nee Charters) 15/06/1921 Melbourne
Children: Dulcie May b.1920, Kenneth Frederick b.1922,
Alan Gerald b.1924
Travels: UK
Awards/recognitions: AMSM
Trivia / any other information:
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Arrived Plymouth 26/10/1916 on the “Euripides” from Melbourne
Forwarding address on Mossband Farewell, 21 Lansdowne Road,
East Melbourne, Victoria
William Ralph Jewell
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William Ralph Jewell.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: July 15th 1894, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Date and Place of Death: January 28th 1975, Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia.…
William John Kelly
See: The Australian contribution to HM Factory Gretna – Devils Porridge Museum
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): William John Kelly
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 28th October 1893 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Date and Place of Death: 7th July 1967 Sydney NSW
Nationality: Australian
Childhood: N/K
Parents: John Tonnor and Elizabeth (nee Robins) Kelly
Parent’s occupations: N/K
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Analysing Chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Chemist at Cordite Section, Mossband
Marital status: Married Daisy Gwendoline (nee Mortimer, formerly Hadfield)
Children: 3 sons.…
Albert John Marsden
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Albert John Marsden
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 13th June 1887, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (1)
Date and Place of Death: 17th December 1971, aged 84, Kallista, Victoria, Australia. …
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.…
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.…
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.…
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
Awards/recognitions:
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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.…
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.…
