Passchendaele

Passchendael

Following the end of the First World War, the Australian government built thousands of new homes for returning soldiers and their families. In Hampton, 67 acres of farmland was carved off the Castlefield Estate to create a neighbourhood of close to 300 Californian Bungalow houses – one of the largest war service home developments in Victoria.

 

In streets named after battlefields on the Eastern and Western Fronts, veterans and war widows set down new roots, raised families and helped to build our Hampton community.

 

Passchendaele Street: Thirty-five Australians died for every metre of land seized during the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium, 1917. Soldiers fought through unrelenting artillery fire and mud so deep they struggled to stand. Nearly half a million people were killed over the fourteen-week offensive, including 38,000 Australians.

Five Australians, members of a field artillery brigade, passing along a duckboard track over mud and water among gaunt bare tree trunks in the devastated Chateau Wood, 29 October 1917. [AWM E01220]
View of the battlefield near Garter Point, in the Ypres sector, showing a stretcher party of Australians bringing in wounded along a duckboard track, 15 October 1917. [AWM E01127]
Australian troops on their way to the front line passing along the track from Bellewaarde Lake and Chateau Wood to Westhoek, 29 October 1917. [AWM E01187]

Lists of the original settlers.

Passchendale St

***Adams, Violet Eliza Mrs                     21 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 149 5W Population 3 Owner/ Occupier War Service Home – Mrs Violet E Adams = 1935 Ratebook. 1931 Electoral Roll – 1947 Sands & McD. Living at 204 Hampton St Hampton in 1928 Electoral Roll. In 1921 she married Ernest Austin Adams, son of Edward Austin Adams and Catherine (nee Coleman) He died at Heidelberg 1923 aged 26yrs. Issue ? He enlisted AIF in Adelaide, SA on 18.8.1915 as Pte No 2878 32nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement. Next of Kin: Sister, Mrs Clara Adams, Swan St Footscray, Vic. Unit embarked from Adelaide SA HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11.4.1916. RTA 8.5.1919. Military Medal (Source: Commonwealth Gazette. Date: 14.3.1919. War Service – Western Front. Mrs Violet Adams died at Camb (Camberwell ?) 1971 aged 79yrs, the daughter of John Hughes and Mary Elizabeth (nee Glover)     

Birch, Louis Edward                                 23 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1936 – Hampton State School Rolls. Occupation: Engineer. In 1919 he married Daisy Dorothy Drew, daughter of Henry Drew and Annie (nee Jenkins). Issue: Yvonne b 1927. Daisy died at Melbourne 1957 aged 64yrs. He died at Moorabbin 1976 aged 80yrs, the son of Edward Hall Birch and Mary (nee Yeoman).      

***Bischoff, Alice Ethel Mrs                   19 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 148 5 W & s.o. Population 2 Owner/Occupier War Service Home – Alice E Bischoff = 1935 Ratebook. Alice Ethel Bischoff was the widow of Carl Edward Sextus Bischoff, who died at Melbourne East 1923 aged 30yrs. He was the son of Theodore Albert Bischoff and Christina (nee Woodman). He enlisted 28.3.18916 Pte No 5547 22nd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement Next of Kin: Brother, Sydney T Albert Bischoff, Black Flat via Oakleigh, Vic. Unit embarked HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25.9.1916. RTA 28.3.1919. Mrs Alice Bischoff died at Melbourne 1973 (as Bishop), daughter of Meredith Powell and ? Woodman, aged 79yrs.           

***Bischoff, Carl Edward Sextus             (see Mrs Alice Ethel Bischoff, 19 Passchendaele St Hampton) AIF Service as Edward Bishop.          

 

Chandler, James Edward                          9 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1935 Ratebook – 1963 Sands & McD. Lot 143 4 W Population 2 Owner/Occupier = 1935 Ratebook. Occupation: Telephone mechanic. In 1932 he married Elsie Kathleen Golder Millgate. Issue ? James Edward Chandler died at Hampton 1967 aged 60yrs.  

Chivers, Charles William                          11 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1925 Electoral Roll – 1926 Sands & McD. Daughter Lilian b 1913 (mother Mary) enrolled at Hampton State School 28.10.1925 from Camberwell SS 3572.

Dove, John                                                27 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1926 Sands & McD. Occupation: Clerk. He died at East Brighton 1948 aged 73yrs?, the son of John James Dove and Mary (nee Kennedy) Wife: Ethel Mabel Wheelhouse, daughter of Francis Wheelhouse and Mary (nee Quin) died at Melbourne 1975 aged 72yrs. Issue ??      

***Doyle, Harold Bartholomew               15 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 146 4 W & s.o. Population 4 Owner/Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1926 – 1972 Sands & McD. Occupation: Carpenter/Postal linesman. In 1922 he married Grace Margaret Neil, daughter of Hugh Neil and Jessie (nee Perry). Issue: Ronald b 1923, Joy b 1926, both enrolled at Hampton State School. He enlisted 31.5.1915 Pte No 2579 5th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement. Next of Kin: Brother: H Doyle, Swan Walk, Chelsea, Vic. Unit embarked SS Makarini on 15.9.1915. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Driver, 5th Divisional Signal Company. RTA 19.2.1919 He died at Kew 1966 aged 75yrs. His wife died at Hampton 1979 aged 80yrs.          

Field, John                                                1 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 139 5 W Owner/Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1926 – 1967 Sands & McD. Occupation: Civil Servant. Wife: Lilian Margaret Brett, daughter of Robert Brett and Elizabeth (nee Wall) Issue ? She died at Hampton 1964 aged 59yrs. He died at Heidelberg 1971 aged 75yrs ?       

***Garrett, Frederick Ellis                       29 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1926 Sands & McD. Occupation: Grocer/Mechanic. In 1924 he married Muriel O’Olena Osburn Graves. Issue ? He died at Mont Park 1941 aged 43yrs, the son of John James Percival Garrett and Mary Ann (nee Orchard). He enlisted AIF 23.2.1916 Driver No 25982 Divisional Ammunition Column 3, Reinforcement 2. Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs M Garrett, 17 Lawrence St, East Brunswick, Vic. Unit embarked HMAT !67 Orsova on 1.8.1916. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Driver 6th Field Artillery Brigade. RTA 10.4.1919.

***Hayward, George William                   33 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1925 Electoral Roll – 1926 Sands & McD. Occupation: Engineer. In 1922 he married Ella Mary Morrison. Issue: Graeme, James. George Hayward enlisted AIF as Pte No 4456 2nd Field Ambulance, Section C on 15.2.1915. Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Clara Hayward, 16 Howitt St Hawksburn, Vic. Unit embarked HMAT A31 Ajana on 4.6.1915. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Lieut 23rd Battalion. RTA 15.1.1919. He died at Nathalia 1969 aged 77yrs. (his mother Mrs Clara Hayward died at Sandringham 1927 aged 73yrs).  

                                                                 

Higgins, Bertram James                            21 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1926 Sands & McDougall. Occupation: Bootmaker. In 1920 he married Elsie May Jones, daughter of Evan Jones and Ellen (nee King). Issue: Eileen b 1921 enrolled at Hampton State School 4.10.1926. He died at Flemington 1954 aged 69yrs, his wife dying at Ascot (Vale ?)1968 aged 75yrs.      

***Hayward, George William                   33 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1925 Electoral Roll – 1926 Sands & McD. Occupation: Engineer. In 1922 he married Ella Mary Morrison. Issue: Graeme, James. George Hayward enlisted AIF as Pte No 4456 2nd Field Ambulance, Section C on 15.2.1915. Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Clara Hayward, 16 Howitt St Hawksburn, Vic. Unit embarked HMAT A31 Ajana on 4.6.1915. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Lieut 23rd Battalion. RTA 15.1.1919. He died at Nathalia 1969 aged 77yrs. (his mother Mrs Clara Hayward died at Sandringham 1927 aged 73yrs).  

 

 

Hosken, Wheatley John                            11 Passchendaele St Hampton. Occupation: Baker. Wife: Mabel Phillipi, daughter of Fred Phillipi and Margaret Davis. Issue: Beryl b 1915 enrolled at Hampton State School 19.9.1926. He died at Maryborough 1971 aged 75yrs, the son of William Hosken and Agnes Pollock. His wife died at Beaufort 1953 aged 58yrs.       

Jones, Frederick Albert                             23 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 150 5 W Population 5 (tenant) = 1935 Rate book. (Owner Henry R Leach at 401 Malvern Rd Prahran) Occupation: Stationmaster. 1931 Hampton State School Rolls – 1935 Rates. He was born 1891 at Ballarat ?, the son of John Thomas Jones and Eliza Watts. In 1914 he married Carrie Matilda Ewart, born 1891 at Ballarat, the daughter of John Ewart and Caroline (nee Mason) Issue: Roma b 1915, Lois b 1919, Lorraine b 1924. Lois and Lorraine attended Hampton State School 18.11.1931. In 1936- 1941 Electoral Rolls he was living at 38 Crisp St Hampton. He died at Hampton 1960, aged 68yrs. His wife died at Hampton 1984 aged 92yrs.       

                                                                 

Leach, Henry Richard                               23 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 150 5 W & garage Owner/ Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1925 Electoral Roll – 1957 Sands & McD. Wife: Emily. Issue: Fredk b 1921, June b 1925, Henry b 1930 enrolled at Hampton State School. Henry Richard Leach was the son of Richard Leach and Wilhelmina (nee Roker). He died at Prahran 1971 aged 78yrs. His wife died at Brighton 1962 aged 67yrs, the daughter of Thomas Rainford and Emily (nee Wignall) They are buried together at New Cheltenham Cemetery 32’216’N. (1925 Electoral Roll has John James Grimster, tram employee living here also)           

Lee, Robert Edward                                  33 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 155 4 W Population 7 Owner /Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Rates. 1935 Rates – 1963 Sands & McD. Occupation: Baker. In 1930 he married Florence Georgian Elizabeth Lucy Moores. Issue: Shirley b 1931, Beverley b 1933, both of whom enrolled at Hampton State School. 

Marsh, Arthur                                            17 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 147 5W Population 5 Owner/ Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1926-1967 Sands & McD. Occupation: Carpenter. In 1920 he married Alice Gertrude Wormwell. Issue: Elsie, Fred b 1924, John b 1929, who enrolled at Hampton State School.

***Mason, Jack Lovett                             13 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 145 5 W Population 2 Owner/ Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1935 Rate Book – 1963 Sands & McD. Occupation: Engineer/Manufacturer. In 1926 he married Ada Avenel Marsh. Issue ?? He enlisted AIF 1/ 4 May 1916 Pte No 2785 46th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement. Next of Kin: Father, John Mason, 14 Queensbury St, North Melbourne, Vic. Unit embarked HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20.10.1916. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Sgt 46th Battalion. RTA 5.9.1919 Military Medal. Recommended 11.8.1918 (Source: Commonwealth Gazette No 61.) Date 23.5.1919. He died at Brighton 1970, the son of John Squire Mason and Annie (nee Lovett).    

McCutchan, Frank Ernest                         25 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 151 5 W Population 4 Tenant – 1935 Rates. 1941 Electoral Roll – 1957 Sands & McD living at 104 Linacre Rd Hampton. He was born at Richmond 1904, the son of Ernest Bryan McCutchan and Emma (nee Morrall). In 1932 he married Rona Violet Woodward, the daughter of Arthur Woodward and Dinah Mona (nee Crellin) Issue ?? Occupation: Carpenter. He died at Hampton 1955 aged 51yrs. His wife died at Brighton 1972 aged 67yrs.           

Moores, William Wilson                           31 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 154 5 W & workshop Population 3 Owner/Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Rates. 1926 – 1957 Sands & McD. Occupation: Carpenter. In 1922 he married Elfrieda Florence Payton, daughter of Samuel Payton and ? (nee Ball) Issue: Margery b 1925, Patricia b 1926 both enrolled at Hampton State School, Patricia from Hampton Park. He died at Heidelberg 1968 aged 75yrs, the son of William Moores and Georgian Elizabeth (nee Webb). His wife died at Eltham 1970, aged 77yrs.         

***Mouncey, Robert Boyd                       9 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 143 4 W 1925 – 1931 Electoral Roll. In 1929 he married Dorothy Flora Cameron, daughter of Donald Cameron and Ivanhoe (nee Ede) Issue ? Robert Boyd Mouncey enlisted AIF 22.8.1916. Pte 6826 Sapper Tunnelling Companies – Sept 1916 to Feb 1918 Reinforcements. Occupation: Miner at Kalgoolie, WA. Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs A Mouncey, 555 Punt Rd, South Yarra, Vic. Unit embarked RMS Omrah on 17.1.1917. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company. RTA 6.9.1919. He died at Heidelberg 1965 aged 73yrs. His wife died at Moorabbin 1966 aged 67yrs.         

Perrin, Charles Haddon Spurgeon            27 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1935 Hampton State School Roll. Living at 41 Grout St Hampton – 1941 Electoral Rolls. Occupation: Accountant. He died at Hampton 1950 aged 57yrs. He was the son of Frederick Walter Perrin and Ellen (nee Atkinson). In 1921 he married Ethel Rose Poole. Issue: William b 1925 who attended Hampton State School. Ethel Rose Perrin died at Park (Parkville ?) 1965 aged 64yrs ?? He enlisted 26.6.1916 Pte No 6609 14th Battalion, 21 Reinforcement. Next of Kin: Father, F W Perrin, Hopetoun Pde, Box Hill, Vic. Unit embarked HMAT A71 Nestor on 2.10.1916. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Pte 59th Battalion. RTA 19.6.1919.    

Poole, William Craig/William Henry       27 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 152 5 W & garage = 1935 Rates. 1935 Ratebook – 1941 Electoral Roll. Occupation: Clerk. In 1927 he married Vera Mabel Perrin. Issue: Lesley b 1930, Heather b 1933 who enrolled Hampton State School, Lesley from ‘Wallace’.      

Rogers, George                                         5 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1937-1940 (Hampton State School Rolls) Occupation: Patternmaker (1940) Issue: Jack b 1929, Sydney b 1933 both attended Hampton State School. George Rogers died at Heidelberg 1962 aged 61yrs, the son of Joseph Rogers and May Paulina Dohnt.

***Rudd, William Victor J                       11 Passchendaele St Hampton. 1935 Ratebook – 1963 Sands & McD. Lot 144 5 W Population 3 Owner/Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Rates. Occupation: Clerk. In 1926 he married Katherine Ruth Lord, daughter of Samuel Lord and Ruth (nee Constable) Issue ?? He enlisted 17.8.1914 Pte 850 6th Battalion, G Company. Next of Kin: E Rudd, Darlott St, Horsham, Vic. Unit embarked Transport A20 Hororata on 19.10.1914. RTA 17.9.1915. He died at Heidelberg 1961 aged 67yrs, the son of George Edward Rudd and Matilda (nee Herbert).   

Simons, John Bartlett                                29 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 153 5 W Population 3 1935 Rates – 1972 Sands & McD. Occupation: Lithographer. Owner/Occupier Mrs Ellen Elizabeth Simons = 1935 Rate book. In 1928 he married Ellen Elizabeth Reynolds, daughter of Thomas Reynolds and Elizabeth (nee ?) Issue ? She died at Prahran 1980 aged 75yrs.

***Smedley, John                                     7 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 142 5 W & s.o. Owner/Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1925 Electoral Roll – 1963 Sands & McD. Occupation: Telephone mechanic. In 1925 he married Phyllis Mary Davidson, daughter of John Davidson and Mary Jane ? Issue: Ray b 1926, Alan b 1929, Edwin b 1928, all attending Hampton State School. John Smedley enlisted 15.2.1917 Pte 46th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement. Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs A Smedley, 3 Little Miller St, Richmond, Vic. Unit embarked HMAT A71 Nestor on 28.2.1918. RTA 19.9.1918. John Smedley died at Dandenong 1972 aged 70yrs ? His wife died at Doncaster 1981 aged 82yrs.

 

***Spence, Archibald John                      5 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 141 5 W & s.o. & garage. Population 6 Owner/Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1925 – 1957 Sands & McD. He was born at Caulfield 1888, the son of Archibald James Spence and Mary Zeaman Yeoman ? In 1911 he married Christina Isabel Hurford, she died at Prahran 1923. aged 32yrs, the daughter of Wm Hurford and Jennie (nee Robinson) . He m2 Florence Rosa Jenkins, daughter of Francis Jenkins and Rosa ? She died at Windsor 1981 aged 85yrs. Issue: Irene b 1911, Archibald b 1917, Dorothy b 1922, Donald b 1929 (m2). All attended Hampton State School. He enlisted AIF 1.3.1918 2nd Lieut 6th General (Victorian) Reinforcements. Next of Kin: Wife: Mrs C Spence, 252 McKean St, North Fitzroy, Vic. Unit embarked from Sydney NSW on HMAT A30 Borda on 17.7.1918. Rank and Unit from Nominal Roll: Lieut 1st Machine Gun Battalion. RTA ?? He died at Queenscliff 1940 aged 51yrs, and is buried at New Cheltenham Cemetery 12’156’N.         

***White, Ralph William                          25 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 151 5W Owner/Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Rates. 1929 Hampton State School Rolls – 1935 Ratebook. Living at 12 Middleton St Black Rock 1936 Electoral Roll. (Occupation: Chairmaker) He was born 1899 at Northcote, Vic, the son of Robert Anthony White and Lily Livingstone (nee Page) In 1921 he married Annie Peebles, daughter of David Edward Peebles and Jean (nee Scott). Issue: Joyce 1922 (died infant), Marjorie b 1925, Ronald b ? both of whom enrolled at Hampton State School. He enlisted AIF 9/5 Feb 1918 Pte No 55496 6th General (Victorian) Reinforcements. Previous military service: 46th Infantry. Next of Kin: Father, R A White, Beach Rd Black Rock, Vic. Unit embarked from Sydney NSW on HMAT A30 Borda on 17.7.1918. RTA 23.7.1919.          

***Withers, Alfred John               3 Passchendaele St Hampton. Lot 140 4 W Population 3 Owner/ Occupier War Service Home = 1935 Ratebook. 1925 Electoral Roll – 1967 Sands & McD. He was born at Nhill 1888, the son of John Alfred Withers and Florence (Esther Olive Florence) Floyd. Wife: Margaret Irene (nee Brown), daughter of John Brown and Eva Julie (nee Turner). Issue: Dorothy b 1920 enrolled at Hampton State School 26.1.1926. He enlisted on 6/9 June 1916. Sapper No 6851 Tunnelling Companies – Sept 1916 to Feb 1918 Reinforcements. Address: Trafalgar, WA. Next of Kin: Father, J A Withers, Clayton, Vic. Unit embarked from Melbourne RMS Omrah on 17.1.1917.RTA 3.3.1919. He died at Heidelberg 1971 aged 75yrs. His wife died at Hampton 1964 aged 59yrs.