Cairns World War I Soldiers
“We Will Remember Them”
The Cairns Cenotaph WW1 Online Memorial commemorates and records the lives of the soldiers and nurses listed on the Cenotaph panels who died serving their country.
Details of their war service, biographical information, family history details, as well as photographs, documents and news items are provided for each soldier and nurse.
Cairns Cenotaph Information and Photographs
If you would like further information about this project contact our Project Team.
Research for this website, including writing the stories for the soldiers and nurses, sourcing the documents, photographs and news items, by Dell Deed, Kesley Court and Heather Cox. Cairns Cenotaph WW1 website content by Heather Cox. Photographs of the Cairns Cenotaph by Kesley Court. The original idea for the project by Aileen Park with initial research.
The soldier in the photograph above is: Harold Robert Lyne COLQUHOUN.
| Name | Rank | Date of Death |
|---|---|---|
| AINSCOW Ernest Austin | Private | 12-Aug-1917 |
| ALLEN Leonard James | Private | 1-Oct-1917 |
| BARKER Arthur | Private | 4-Oct-1917 |
| BASSETT Cornelius John | Private | 4-Jun-1917 |
| BECK Carl | Private, Trooper | 31-Oct-1917 |
| BENTE Henry Clifton | Private | 29-Apr-1918 |
| BETHERAS Stephen Richard | Lance Corporal | 29-Mar-1918 |
| BIRCH Thomas | Private | 2-Dec-1918 |
| BLACK Robert | Private, Trooper | 8-May-1918 |
| BLACKADDER William | Private | 26-Mar-1917 |
| BODEN Frederick Charles | Private, Gunner | 8-Nov-1918 |
| BOOKER Herbert Edward | Corporal | 8-Aug-1915 |
| BOUTLE Lawrence Rheuben | Private | 28-Mar-1918 |
| BOWERS John Charles | Lance Corporal | 29-Jul-1916 |
| BOYNS John Alexander | Private | 9-Jun-1918 |
| BRADSHAW Henry Graham | Private | 1-Sep-1918 |
| BRIDGE Herbert | Private | 15-Sep-1917 |
| BRIDSON Arthur Stewart Munro | Private | 24-Apr-1918 |
| BRODIE James Lawrence | Company Sergeant Major | 31-Jan-1917 |
| BROMHALL Arthur Clarence | Private | 23-Aug-1918 |
| CARD Albert | Private | 20-Sep-1917 |
| CHIMES George Henry | Private | 8-Aug-1915 |
| CLEGG Alfred Henry | Sergeant | 29-Jul-1916 |
| CLOAK William Frank | Private | 28-Mar-1918 |
| COCKREM Frederick (Fredrick) John | Private | 24-Apr-1918 |
| COLQUHOUN Harold Robert Lyne | Sergeant | 27-Aug-1915 |
| COOMBES Walter Durham | Gunner | 30-May-1918 |
| CORNFORD Henry George | Driver, Sergeant | 17-Oct-1917 |
| CROSSLAND Edward | Private | 29-Jul-1918 |
| DALZIEL George Robert | Private | 27-Mar-1918 |
| DAVIES Horace Archibald | Private | 17-Jul-1918 |
| DAVIES William John | Private, Trooper | 22-Dec-1917 |
| DENSLOW Edward | Private | 8-Aug-1915 |
| DWYER Thomas Snowy | Private | 25-May-1918 |
| EARDLEY Harold Willmott | Private | 1-Nov-1915 |
| ERSKINE Ernest | Private | 9-Oct-1917 |
| FISHER Henry Norman | Sergeant | 18-Sep-1918 |
| FOX Michael James | Private | 12-Apr-1917 |
| GALLAGHER Herbert Peter | Private | 26-Sep-1917 |
| GIBBINS Robert Henry | Private | 7-May-1917 |
| GILL, Arthur | Private | 7-Jun-1917 |
| GISLER Christian | Sapper | 21-Mar-1918 |
| GOFTON Harry | Private | 27-Mar-1918 |
| GOODFELLOW John Thomas | Private | 1-Nov-1917 |
| GOODMAN Pearl Stella | Staff Nurse | 6-Mar-1919 |
| GRANT Donald John | Private | 23-Jun-1916 |
| GRANT Lydia Wilhelmina Falconer | Sister | 1-Apr-1917 |
| GREEN Richard William | Sergeant | 17-Mar-1917 |
| HALL Roger (Rowdger) Nicholson | Private | 28-May-1918 |
| HANNEYSEE Percival John | Private | 4-Jul-1918 |
| HEALY Albert Kenneth | Private | 8-Aug-1918 |
| HEALY Jack Galloway | Lance Corporal | 11-Apr-1917 |
| HIDES John Gordon | Private | 7-May-1915 |
| HIDES Robert Craig | Private | 15-Apr-1917 |
| HILL John Lawson | Private | 25-Sep-1918 |
| HOBSON William Doyle | Sergeant | 16-Aug-1916 |
| HOCKING Joseph Francis | Lance Corporal | 13-Aug-1917 |
| HOLLAMBY Charles | Sergeant | 6-Jul-1918 |
| HOLLAMBY Walter Ernest | Private | 9-Aug-1916 |
| HOLMES Evan | Private | 13-Oct-1915 |
| HOLMES George Henry | Private | 18-Oct-1917 |
| HUDSON Frederick Arthur | Private | 25-Aug-1915 |
| HUME John David | Lance Corporal | 1-Feb-1917 |
| JARMAN William | Driver, Sergeant | 4-Jul-1918 |
| JESSOP Francis Phillip | Corporal | 9-Apr-1918 |
| JONES John Joseph | Private | 5-Aug-1916 |
| KELLY Frank | Private | 7-Sep-1918 |
| KENNETT Albert Edward | Sergeant | 31-Dec-1916 |
| KENNY William Thomas | Acting Corporal | 5-Aug-1916 |
| KERRIGAN Robert | Private | 15-Feb-1917 |
| KERSHAW James | Private | 2-Apr-1917 |
| KIRBY Edward Ashton Torrens (Terry) | Lance Corporal | 2-May-1915 |
| KIRKE Gilbert Shuttleworth | Second Lieutenant | 5-Aug-1916 |
| KNOX Thomas James | Private | 23-Aug-1918 |
| LAWSON George | Private | 25-May-1918 |
| LAWSON John | Private | 27-Aug-1918 |
| LEE Thomas Henry | Private | 2-Sep-1917 |
| LEHANE William Nicholas | Sergeant | 18-Sep-1918 |
| LEONARD Edward Ernest | Private | 5-Apr-1918 |
| LESWELL John (Jack) | Private, Trooper | 15-Oct-1916 |
| LINDE John Alfred Robert | Lance Corporal | 15-Oct-1917 |
| LOMAS Rowland Frank Eugene | Private | 29-Mar-1919 |
| LYNCH Bert Albert Alfonius | Private | 27-Apr-1918 |
| MACKENZIE (McKENZIE) Donald | Private | 23-Jun-1918 |
| MACKENZIE (MCKENZIE) William Hector | Private | 10-Aug-1916 |
| MAHER Charles Leo | Private | 25-Apr-1915 |
| MALE Albert | Sergeant | 29-Jul-1916 |
| MANN John Armstrong | Private | 25-May-1915 |
| MANSFIELD John William | Private | 8-Aug-1915 |
| MARETT Cubert Edward | Private | 5-Aug-1916 |
| MAYERS Horace Russell | Gunner | 23-Apr-1917 |
| McALLISTER David Henry John | Gunner | 8-Oct-1918 |
| MCCAFFERTY Edward Thomas | Sergeant | 23-Jun-1917 |
| McDOUGALL Archie | Corporal | 11-Apr-1917 |
| McDOUGALL John Francis | Private | 7-Jun-1917 |
| McINTYRE Alexander | Private | 18-Jul-1918 |
| McLEAN MacLEAN Alexander | Private | 29-Jul-1916 |
| MIDDLETON Thomas Ernest | Private | 19-May-1915 |
| MILLER Matthew | Private | 4-Oct-1917 |
| MISSINGHAM Walter James (AKA SOUTAR) | Private | 12-Aug-1917 |
| MOODY George Henry | Private | 9-Jun-1917 |
| MOODY Thomas Matthew | Private | 1-Sep-1918 |
| NELSON Frederick John | Private | 29-Apr-1917 |
| O’LEARY John | Private | 20-Sep-1917 |
| O’NEILL James Gordon | Second Lieutenant | 8-Aug-1918 |
| O’NEILL William | Sergeant | 21-Aug-1916 |
| OSBORNE Harold | Private | 20-May-1915 |
| PEAT William | Private | 1-Feb-1917 |
| PERKINS William Taylor | Private | 30-Apr-1915 |
| PETERS Ernest Henry | Private | 11-Jun-1917 |
| PETERSON Edward | Private | 3-Nov-1915 |
| PETERSON William Ernest | Private | 11-Jul-1917 |
| POWER Francis Washington | Private | 26-Apr-1917 |
| PREWETT Victor Edward | Driver | 26-Aug-1916 |
| PUNCHARD Walter | Private | 4-Oct-1918 |
| PYLE James William George | Sergeant | 29-Jul-1916 |
| QUIGLEY Thomas Joseph | Private | 27-Jan-1917 |
| QUINN Patrick Francis | Private | 16-Aug-1917 |
| RICHARDS Frederick James Archibald Archie | Sergeant | 16-Sep-1914 |
| RIGG Percy Reginald | Second Lieutenant | 1-Sep-1918 |
| SAUNDERS James Leslie | Company Sergeant Major | 1-Feb-1916 |
| SCRUTTON Arthur Edward | Private | 29-Mar-1917 |
| SEWELL John Thomas | Private | 27-Apr-1915 |
| SLADE Henry Arthur | Private | 5-May-1915 |
| SLATCHER Ernest William James | Private | 29-Jul-1916 |
| SMITH Charles Burston | Private | 1-Feb-1917 |
| STACE George Edward | Private | 14-Nov-1916 |
| STOREY Francis | Private | 5-Aug-1917 |
| SUTHERLAND George Arthur | Private | 1-Oct-1917 |
| TAYLOR William George | Private | 13-Apr-1918 |
| THOMAS Charles Llewelyn | Private | 4-Jul-1918 |
| TOLL Frederick Vivian | Private | 8-Aug-1915 |
| TOTTEN Robert Joseph | Private | 11-Apr-1917 |
| WALSH John Francis | Major | 28-Apr-1915 |
| WATERS Michael Loder | Lance Corporal | 4-Jun-1917 |
| WATTERS John Allen | Private | 5-Oct-1917 |
| WHITE Leonard Albert | Lance Corporal | 12-Oct-1917 |
| WOOLLEY Charles Russell | Private | 4 April 1917 |
| WOODS John Joseph Reginald | Private | 4-Oct-1923 |
| WOOLEY Alfred Richard | Lance Corporal | 21-Mar-1920 |