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11/06/2026

New Zealand born World War One Gallipoli veteran Lance Corporal Francis Patrick Kelly (Service No. 663), is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service for Australia.

We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 16 May 2026, along with a further 185 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of World War One veterans who served for Australia:
https://www.australianremembrancearmy.com/lutwyche-cemetery-unveiling-16-05-26

WWI service file: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3010557

Francis Patrick Kelly was born on 30 January 1890 in Auckland, New Zealand. His service record names his father, Joseph Kelly of Day Street, Auckland, as his next of kin.

Kelly enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Childers, Queensland, on 5 February 1915, stating that he was single and aged 25. On 29 June 1915, he embarked from Brisbane for overseas service aboard HMAT Aeneas.

In September 1915, he embarked from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Following the evacuation from Gallipoli, he disembarked at Alexandria from Mudros on 9 January 1916.

In February 1916, Kelly became seriously ill with pneumonia. He was admitted to the 7th Field Ambulance at Ismailia on 7 February 1916, transferred through casualty and stationary hospital care, and by 15 February 1916 had been admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, with severe pneumonia. He later passed through No. 1 Auxiliary Hospital at Heliopolis before being discharged to duty on 13 March 1916.

On 8 September 1916, Kelly was evacuated from A Company, 7th Training Battalion, to Fargo Hospital at Rolleston, England, with a leg injury. In November 1916, while serving in France, he suffered an injury to his left wrist and thumb, later described by witnesses as having been caused by the accidental explosion of a rifle gr***de near Montauban. The injury did not immediately take him away from his unit, and this absence of contemporary medical paperwork later complicated his pension claim.

By the end of the war, Kelly had risen to Lance Corporal and was serving with the 2nd Division Salvage Company. In early 1919, he was returned to England from France for repatriation. In April 1919, he embarked for Australia aboard the troopship H.T. Tras-os-Montes, and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 26 July 1919.

Following his return, Kelly was recorded as living at Beerburrum, Queensland. Through the 1920s and 1930s, he repeatedly sought recognition and assistance for his wartime injuries and illnesses, including his wrist wound, chest trouble, sinusitis and back condition. For several years, his pension was reduced and then cancelled.
Kelly’s later pension and repatriation records refer to ongoing chest complaints, paranasal sinusitis, dorsal osteoarthritis, and the left wrist and thumb injury. On 31 March 1937, after appeal, the War Pensions Entitlement Appeal Tribunal accepted the left wrist wound as due to war service, though other claimed conditions were not accepted as war-caused.

Lance Corporal Francis Patrick Kelly died on 25 March 1944 at Brisbane Hospital, aged 54 years, and was buried in Anzac Portion 7, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. His death certificate records his cause of death as rupture of cerebral aneurysm and subarachnoid haemorrhage, and his occupation as hairdresser.

His pension and repatriation records show that he remained single and had no children.

After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.

His identity and dignity have now been restored.

We have remembered him.

Lest We Forget 🌺

We received grant funding for this plaque from the Australian Government under the Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.

10/06/2026

Australian World War One Gallipoli veteran Driver Percy Harvey (Service No. 543), is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service for Australia.

We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 15 May 2026, along with a further 185 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
https://www.australianremembrancearmy.com/lutwyche-cemetery-unveiling-16-05-26

WWI service file: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4735758

Percy Harvey was born in Warwick, Queensland, on 8 December 1890. He enlisted at Enoggera, Brisbane, on 8 November 1914, giving his occupation as stockman. He embarked from Sydney on HMAT Persic on 21 December 1914.

Harvey served first with the Light Horse and reached Gallipoli on 29 July 1915. His time there was interrupted by illness: he was hospitalised at Lemnos with diarrhoea in August, returned to Gallipoli in September, and was again evacuated sick in October with debility. After treatment in Malta and England, he returned to Egypt in March 1916.

He then transferred to artillery service. Harvey became a Driver with the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, later serving with the 5th Field Artillery Brigade and its batteries, including the 105th Battery. He proceeded to France in March 1917 and remained connected with the artillery through 1917–18. In December 1917 he was hospitalised with haemorrhoids, the condition later accepted by the Repatriation Department as war-related.

Harvey was granted leave in the United Kingdom in August 1918, then returned to Australia on furlough from September 1918. He was discharged on 24 January 1919.

After the war, Harvey lived in Brisbane, including at 325 North Quay. By the 1950s his health had declined. Medical records note chest symptoms, swelling, shortness of breath, congestive cardiac failure, and senile dementia. In September 1955 he was admitted to Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, as a certified patient. He was described as confused, disoriented, and unable to care for himself.

Driver Percy Harvey died at Brisbane Mental Hospital on 2 November 1955, aged 64, after collapsing suddenly. He was buried two days later in Anzac Portion 8, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.

His cause of death was recorded as senile cardiovascular degeneration, with senile dementia as a contributing cause. The Repatriation Board later rejected the claim that his death was due to war service. After his death, the Public Curator administered his estate and asked military authorities whether Harvey had left a will or next-of-kin details in his Army records. No personal papers were found.

After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.

His identity and dignity have now been restored.

We have remembered him.

Lest We Forget 🌺

We received grant funding for this plaque from the Australian Government under the Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.

09/06/2026

Australian World War One veteran Temporary Sergeant David Samuel Corkill (Service No. 3041), is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service for Australia.

We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 16 May 2026, along with a further 185 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
https://www.australianremembrancearmy.com/lutwyche-cemetery-unveiling-16-05-26

WWI service file: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3421622

David Samuel Corkill was born on 2 February 1893 at Duaringa, Central Queensland, to Louis Corkill and Harriet Corkill, née Draper.

Before the war, David worked as a grocer at Duaringa. On 4 September 1916, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, aged 23 years, and single. His mother, Mrs Harriet Corkill of Duaringa, Rockhampton, Queensland, was named as his next of kin. He embarked for overseas service from Sydney, New South Wales, on 7 February 1917 aboard HMAT Wiltshire.

After arriving overseas, David passed through the A.I.F. training and depot system in Britain.

Although David had originally enlisted and embarked as an infantry reinforcement for the 41st Battalion, his later service took a different direction. His records show that he became connected with the Australian Army Pay Corps. The Pay Corps handled soldiers’ pay, allowances, accounts, records, transfers, and financial administration, particularly important during the long process of demobilisation after the war ended.

In 1918, while overseas, David married Beatrice Ann Stevenson in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. Together they later had four children: David, Mavis, Noel, and Patricia.

David remained overseas after the Armistice of 11 November 1918 and was not discharged until 12 June 1920, which indicates that his service continued through the post-war demobilisation period. Men serving in administrative roles such as the Pay Corps were often required after the fighting had ended, as the A.I.F. still had to manage the pay, records, movements, and return of thousands of soldiers to Australia.

After returning to civilian life, David continued working as a grocer and was later recorded as a Master Grocer. By 1936, he and his family were living at Inglis Street, Wilston, Queensland.

Tragically, David’s life ended suddenly on New Year’s Day 1936. He was knocked down by a motor car on Bowen Bridge Road and was taken to Brisbane Hospital, where he died, aged 42 years. His death certificate recorded the cause of death as fracture of the skull and injury to the brain, the result of an accidental motor car collision.

David Samuel Corkill was buried on 2 January 1936 at Monumental General Portion 5, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland.

After 90 years without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice. His identity and dignity have now been restored.

We have remembered him.

Lest We Forget 🌺

We received grant funding for this plaque from the Australian Government under the Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.

08/06/2026

Australian World War One veteran ER Staff Sergeant Maurice Nolan (Service No. 2376A), is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service for Australia.

We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 16 May 2026, along with a further 185 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
https://www.australianremembrancearmy.com/lutwyche-cemetery-unveiling-16-05-26

WWI service file: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8002487

Maurice Nolan was born on 7 September 1894 in Biggenden, Queensland, to Maurice Nolan and Mary Nolan, nee Collins.

Before enlistment, Maurice worked as a clerk and lived in Brisbane. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 31 December 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland. He was 21 years of age and single at the time of embarkation. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs Mary Nolan, of Ideraway, Gayndah, Queensland. Maurice embarked from Brisbane on 19 September 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Choon.

In October 1917 he was admitted to the 3rd Field Ambulance in France suffering from trench feet, then transferred through the military medical system to hospital in England. He was admitted to the 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, later transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, and then to convalescent depots.

His health difficulties continued into 1918. In January he was admitted to hospital with a gastric ulcer, and in February 1918 he was again admitted, this time with gastritis. He was later transferred to the 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, before being discharged in June 1918 to No. 1 Convalescent Depot at Sutton Veny.
While still overseas after the war, Maurice married Marie Nolan in October 1919 at Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England.

Maurice and Marie returned to Australia aboard the troopship Wahehe, which departed England in March 1920. They disembarked in Sydney in May 1920 and Maurice was discharged from the AIF in August 1920.

He died in Brisbane on 26 August 1927, aged 32 years. His death certificate recorded his occupation as insurance agent, and his causes of death as acute appendicitis, general peritonitis, and cardiac failure. The following day, he was buried in Monumental Roman Catholic Portion 1, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.

An obituary published in the Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser on Saturday, 27 August 1927, reported the death of Maurice in Brisbane after a short illness. He was described as the eldest son of Mrs Mary Nolan and the late Mr Maurice W. Nolan. The notice also recorded that his wife had predeceased him the previous year, and that he was survived by three young children. His death certificate recorded that his orphaned children, Edward, Maurice and Pauline, were aged 4, 3, and 1.

After almost a century without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.

His identity and dignity have now been restored.

We have remembered him.

Lest We Forget 🌺

We received grant funding for this plaque from the Australian Government under the Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.

07/06/2026

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07/06/2026

Australian World War One veteran Private John McMillan (Service No. 1699), is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service for Australia.

We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 16 May 2026, along with a further 185 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
https://www.australianremembrancearmy.com/lutwyche-cemetery-unveiling-16-05-26

WWI service file: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1956411

John McMillan was born in 1876 in Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to Robert McMillan and Catherine McMillan, née McDonald.

He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, on 3 January 1916, stating his occupation as bootmaker and nominating his wife, Mrs Emily McMillan of Nerang Street, Southport, Queensland, as his next of kin. On 20 April 1916, he embarked for overseas service from Sydney, New South Wales, aboard the SS Hawkes Bay.

After arriving overseas, Private McMillan proceeded to France and served with the 46th Battalion. In August 1916, he was wounded in action in France, suffering a gunshot/shrapnel wound to the upper extremities, including his right arm. He was admitted to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station and the 2nd Australian General Hospital, before being transferred to England aboard the hospital ship St Denis on 12 August 1916 and admitted to the 5th Southern General Hospital. He was discharged from hospital to Headquarters in October 1916, and in December proceeded overseas again to France.

Private McMillan continued to serve until 1918, when his health deteriorated. On 12 October 1918, he was evacuated on account of a breakdown, and on 31 October 1918 he was transferred from France to England. His records note premature senility as the reason for his return to Australia. He returned to Australia on the H.T. Somerset, embarking in December 1918 and disembarking in January 1919. He was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in February 1919.

Following his return to Australia, John McMillan is recorded as living in Queensland and working as a boot repairer.

Private John McMillan died on 1 August 1937 from cerebral degeneration, cerebral haemorrhage and exhaustion, aged 68, and was buried in Monumental General Portion 5, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.

John and Emily had six children, five of whom were living at the time of his death: Lucy, Robert, Jane, George and Frederick. One son had predeceased him.

After decades without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice. His identity and dignity have now been restored.

We have remembered him.

Lest We Forget 🌺

We received grant funding for this plaque and plinth from the Australian Government under the Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.

06/06/2026

A podcast episode about our work is coming soon with thanks to Real Life With Bel so stayed tuned for an update.

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06/06/2026

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06/06/2026

Australian World War One veteran Corporal John Lumsdane Foott (Service No. 213) is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery that we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service to Australia.

We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 16 May 2026, along with a further 185 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans: https://www.australianremembrancearmy.com/lutwyche-cemetery-unveiling-16-05-26

WWI service file: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4024033

John Lumsden Foott was born on 28 July 1881 at Surat, Queensland, to Henry Lumsdane Foott and Annie Mary Teresa Foott, née Grace. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 14 January 1915, with the Nominal Roll recording his enlistment date as 16 January 1915. At enlistment, he was single and employed as a miner, and he nominated his brother, James, as his next of kin. Foott embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on 12 May 1915 aboard HMAT Themistocles.

His service record shows that he joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli on 16 August 1915. Between October and December 1915, he had several short hospital admissions, returning to duty each time. On 7 December 1915, he was transferred to the hospital ship Glenart Castle, and on 11 December 1915, he was admitted to No. 1 Australian Hospital, Heliopolis, with rheumatism. He was discharged to the Overseas Base on 1 January 1916 and returned to duty with the 17th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 19 January 1916.

Foott embarked from Alexandria for the British Expeditionary Force on 17 March 1916 and disembarked at Marseilles on 23 March 1916. He later served through several Army Service Corps and depot postings, and his Nominal Roll records him as a Driver with the 1st Division Train. He was marked for return to Australia on 17 January 1919 and returned from Devonport aboard Cluny Castle on 23 March 1919, arriving from overseas on 22 May 1919. His final medical board recorded no disability or incapacity, and he was discharged as fit on 22 July 1919.

In his 5 January 1929 Repatriation statement, Foott claimed chest trouble and indigestion as due to war service, stating that both had affected him since discharge and that he believed they resulted from gas exposure in France. He said he had been exposed to gas several times but had not been evacuated for it.

Witness statements from January 1929 reported that Foott’s health had declined after discharge, with references to worsening general health, rheumatism, chest complaint, and a bad cough. Dr O. J. Dickinson stated that he first treated Foott on 4 August 1927 for cough, left-sided chest pain, coughing blood, and pleurisy at the right base. A similar attack occurred in August 1928, but no tuberculosis was then found.

Foott was admitted to Brisbane General Hospital on 21 January 1929 with weakness, shortness of breath, swelling of the legs and abdomen, and cough. Hospital reports noted prior severe influenza, followed by bronchitis, oedema, abdominal distension, weight loss, poor appetite, anaemia, respiratory signs, and an X-ray report referring to tuberculosis in both lungs. The recorded diagnoses or impressions included myocarditis, anaemia, possible pulmonary tuberculosis, mitral disease or insufficiency, oedema, and cardiac failure.

Corporal John Lumsdane Foott died at Brisbane Hospital on 14 March 1929, aged 47 years, from mitral insufficiency, anasarca, and cardiac failure. He was buried the following day in Monumental Roman Catholic Portion 1, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.

His death certificate recorded that he was not married.

After Foott’s death, Repatriation authorities reviewed medical and witness evidence but did not accept his death as due to active service. The Senior Medical Officer found insufficient evidence linking his fatal cardiac condition to his war service.

After almost a century without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.

His identity and dignity have now been restored.

We have remembered him.

Lest We Forget 🌺

We received grant funding for this plaque and plinth from the Australian Government under the Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.

05/06/2026

War graves, and their protection, are important because they help future generations understand the human cost and lasting consequences of conflict.

Over the past six years we have submitted the service records and causes of death of hundreds of veterans to the Office of Australian War Graves for assessment for official commemoration. To date, more than 100 of these veterans interred at Lutwyche Cemetery have been accepted as Official Commemorations, and their graves are now being formally marked and will be maintained in perpetuity by the Office of Australian War Graves.

Australian World War One veteran Private John Duffield Armstrong (Service No. 5751), is one of the previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery that has been accepted as Official Commemorations by the Office of Australian War Graves.

WWI service file: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3035571
OAWG Official Commemoration link: https://connect.dva.gov.au/commemsoawg/commemoration/viewCommemoration.html?commemorationId=NzYzODI1

John Duffield Armstrong was born on 23 September 1880 in Brisbane, Queensland, to George Armstrong and Martha Ann Armstrong, née Duffield.
On 18 December 1912, John married Sarah Deborah Hughes. Their daughter, Winifred, was born the following year.

John enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, Queensland, on 27 June 1917. At the time of his enlistment, he was 36 years of age, married, and working as a carpenter. He gave his address as Nundah, Brisbane, and nominated his wife as his next of kin.

On 8 May 1918, John embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, aboard the RMS Osterley for overseas service. He disembarked at Liverpool, England, on 10 July 1918. John proceeded from England to France in January 1919, and in February 1919 he was admitted to hospital in France with influenza. He rejoined his unit the following month.

In March 1919, John was attached to the Australian Graves Detachment, a specialised AIF unit tasked with the difficult work of locating, identifying, exhuming, and reburying fallen Australian soldiers across the Western Front. The detachment operated in 1919 and was later replaced by the Australian Graves Service, which continued the identification and reburial work until 1922, before the permanent care of the cemeteries passed to the Imperial War Graves Commission, now known as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

In August 1919, John proceeded from France back to England. He returned to Australia aboard the troopship Port Denison, embarking on 25 September 1919. The ship arrived back in Australia in November 1919, and John disembarked on 17 November 1919. He was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 11 December 1919.

Following his return to Australia, John settled again with his family at Nundah, Brisbane, and resumed his occupation as a carpenter.

Private John Duffield Armstrong died of stomach cancer on 1 November 1943, aged 63, and was buried in Monumental Portion 10, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.

In 2024, eighty-one years after his death, we received notification that our application for an official commemoration had been accepted by the Office of Australian War Graves for War Graves purposes.

His final resting place now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.

His identity and dignity have now been restored.

Lest We Forget 🌺

Many Australians are unaware that, unless specific eligibility criteria are met, returned service personnel are not automatically entitled to an official government-issued headstone or plaque at their place of interment. As a result, tens of thousands of Australian veterans lie in unmarked graves across the country.
Eligibility for official commemoration in Australia must satisfy one of the criteria outlined by:
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) – Criteria and qualifying service dates:
https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/blog/what-are-commonwealth-war-graves/
• Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) / Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) – Additional war grave eligibility criteria:
https://www.dva.gov.au/recognition/office-australian-war-graves/commemorate-our-war-dead/official-commemoration

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