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Members of Parliament who served in World War I

NameHouseDate ElectedElectorateRecord of Service
Arthur Valentine Rutherford Abbott MLA 18 March 1939 - 1956 North Perth; Mt Lawley
  • Enlisted Perth - Australian Imperial Force, 26 May 1916.
  • Embarked for United Kingdom, 14 February 1917.
  • Served with 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (gunner) until August 1917.
  • Then served with Australian Flying Corps (air mechanic) until February 1918.
  • 2nd Lieutenant promoted to Lieutenant May 1918 (instructor).
  • Discharged 29 December 1919.
  • Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 1 October 1935.
  • On active list, 2 September 1939, Reserve 7 June 1940 and active list again 27 April 1942.
  • Served as Squadron Leader, staff and administration officer.
  • Discharged 24 September 1945.
  • Served in both WWI and WWII.
John Hugh Ackland MLA 15 March 1947 - 1958 Irwin-Moore; Moore
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 16 August 1916.
  • Served in France with 28th Battalion.
  • Private—acted as Corporal 1916, Lance Corporal 1918.
  • Wounded 5 June 1918.
  • On secondment in Agent-General’s office 1918–1919.
  • Discharged 25 November 1919.
Hugh David Andrew MLA 14 February 1953 - 1961 Victoria Park
  • Enlisted 5th Pioneer Battalion Australian Imperial Force, 15 June 1916, Private.
  • Served in England and France.
  • Returned to Australia 17 June 1918.
  • Discharged 4 September 1918.
Horace Thurston Berry MLA 9 September 1938 - 1947 Irwin-Moore
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force at Warwick Farm New South Wales, 16 August 1915, Second Lieutenant.
  • Promoted to Flying Officer, 16 December 1916.
  • Served in Egypt and France.
  • No. 8 Company, 1st Battalion, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion and 69 Australian Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
  • Discharged 20 September 1917.
Harry Edward Bolton MLA 28 June 1904 - 1919 North Fremantle
  • Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force, 23 February 1916.
  • Served with 59th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, 3rd Railway Corps in France.
  • Lieutenant.
  • Discharged 28 February 1919.
Lionel Lewin Carter MLA 12 March 1921 - 1924 Leederville
  • Enlisted 1st Australian Imperial Force, 7 September 1915.
  • Served with 16th and 48th Battalions Infantry and No. 4 Command Depot in Egypt and France.
  • Gained commission as Lieutenant 15 June 1916 - Captain 9 April 1917.
  • Wounded 1916 and 1918.
  • Awarded Military Cross, Passchaendale 1917.
Edwin Wilkie Corboy MLA 12 March 1921 - 1933  
  • Enlisted 1st Australian Imperial Force, 25 June 1915, Private and on occasions acting Corporal.
  • Served at Gallipoli and in France with 28th and 70th Battalions.
  • Wounded 29 July 1916 and 6 November 1917.
  • Discharged 13 December 1917.
  • Served in Both WWI and WWII.
James Cornell MLC 22 May 1912 - 1946 South
  • Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, 1st Australian Imperial Force, 17 March 1917.
  • Served in France in Tunnelling Company and on staff of the Australian General Base Depot.
  • Promoted Sergeant 25 January 1918.
  • Discharged 28 October 1918.
Cyril Richard Cornish MLC 13 June 1942 - 1946 North
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 2 December 1915 at Blackboy Hill.
  • Served with 44th Battalion in France, promoted Lieutenant 3 March 1918.
  • Wounded 8 and 14 September 1918.
  • Discharged 22 May 1919.
Aubrey Augustus Michael Coverley MLA 5 April 1924 - 1953 Kimberley
  • Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Bridgetown, 13 February 1915.
  • Served in Egypt in 10th Light Horse Regiment, promoted Corporal from 24 March 1917.
  • Wounded 20 April 1917.
  • Discharged 22 October 1917.
Leslie Craig MLC 20 January 1934 - 1956 South West
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 1 October 1914
  • 10th Light Horse Regiment, promoted Lieutenant 16 January 1915.
  • Served at Gallipoli, wounded 7 August 1915, left leg amputated.
  • Captain 10 February 1917, living in Wiltshire in September 1917.
  • Discharged 21 January 1918.
Harold Arthur Charles Daffen MLC 30 August 1947 - 1950 Central
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 6 October 1917.
  • Orderly corporal Dental Corps Royal Australian Army Medical Corps.
  • Also infantry and No 16 non-commissioned officer school troopship to Durban.
  • Discharged 17 January 1919.
  • Re-enlisted for Home Service Corps on 18 January 1919, Sergeant 26 June 1919.
Thomas Arthur Lewis Davy MLA 22 March 1924 - 1933 West Perth
  • Captain Royal Field Artillery 1915–18.
  • Distinguished war service in France and India.
  • State executive Returned Services League, honorary solicitor 1923–33.
Evan Morris Davies MLC 21 June 1947 - 1963 West
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 8 August 1917.
  • Served with 16th Battalion in France, Private.
  • Returned to Australia 12 July 1919.
  • Discharged 9 September 1919.
  • During World War II served with 5th Garrison Battalion 29 October 1940 – 31 December 1941, promoted Lance Corporal 19 March 1941.
  • Served in both WWI and WWII.
James Samuel Denton MLA 12 March 1921 - 1927 Moore
  • Enlisted 1st Australian Imperial Force, 8 August 1914 to 11th Battalion.
  • Captain 25 August 1914.
  • Major in charge D Company, 1 January 1915.
  • At Gallipoli, gained Distinguished Service Order.
  • Wounded 25 April 1915.
  • To France March 1916, temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Officer 11th Battalion 9 September–3 October 1916.
  • Three months home leave while wife terminally ill.
  • Commanding Officer 70th Battalion England.
  • Commanding Officer 49th Battalion March 1917–May 1918.
  • Wounded 26 September 1917 and 22 May 1918.
  • Mentioned in despatches (MID).
  • With 3 Training Battalion until January 1919.Awarded Distinguished Service Order.
  • Discharged 9 August 1919.
Victor Doney MLA 7 November 1928 - 1956 Williams-Narrogin
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 23 August 1915, 28th Battalion.
  • Served in France.
  • Severely wounded in France 29 July 1916.
  • Acting Sergeant 28 April 1917.
  • Discharged 22 June 1919.
Clarence Isaac Doust MLA 15 February 1936 - 1939 Nelson
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 12 August 1916.
  • Served in France with 1st Australian General Hospital, Lance Corporal.
  • Discharged 28 August 1919.
Archibald Gilchrist MLA 4 November 1914 - 1917 Gascoyne
  • Enlisted 1st Australian Imperial Force, 9 December 1915, Private.
  • Served in Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) with Base Medical Stores, Heliopolis, Egypt.
  • Discharged medically unfit.
Frank Guthrie MLA 25 March 1950 - 1955 Bunbury
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 14 September 1915.
  • Served as Private in 3/16 and 48th Battalions.
  • Lost leg as a result of wounds received, 13 January 1917 in France.
  • Discharged 3 December 1917.
Edmund Henry Hartley Hall MLC 22 May 1928 - 1965 Central
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 1918, appointed 2nd Lieutenant 14 August 1918, with Light Horse, did not leave Australia.
  • Discharged 1 December 1918.
Eric Michael Heenan MLC 22 May 1936 - 1968 North East
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 29 June 1918.
  • Served in W3 General Reinforcements, sailing in HMTS Boonah, last troop ship leaving Fremantle and arriving Durban 12 November 1918, one day after the Armistice signed.
  • Discharged 21 January 1919.
Austin Alvin Horan MLA 29 June 1904 - 1911 Yilgarn
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 9 August 1915 at Kalgoorlie.
  • Served in France and England with 6th Tunnelling Company, attached to 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company.
  • AIF depots in England.
  • Promoted Corporal 1 June 1916, Sergeant 14 May 1918.
  • Discharged 1 May 1920.
Walter Leonard (Taylor) Jones MLA 29 September 1917 - 1921 Fremantle
  • Enlisted 10 August 1915, New Guinea Guard, 4th Tropical Force Field Company.
  • Served at Rabaul, Sergeant 1 November 1916.
  • Discharged because of ill-health 16 May 1917.
(Sir) Charles George Latham MLC 14 December 1946 - 1960 East
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 15 March 1916, acting Corporal December 1916,
  • promoted January 1917; with 4th Training Battalion, 20th and 16th Battalions.
  • Served in France October 1917.
  • Wounded 8 March 1918.
  • Attached United States Army September – October 1918, Sergeant.
  • Discharged 16 August 1919.
Hugh Alan Leslie MLA 20 November 1943 - 1943 Mount Marshall
  • Served in South African Armed Forces in 1916 with Queens South African Rifles.
  • Immigrated to Victoria, Australia and then to Western Australia. He joined the Army in 1940 and was stationed in the Middle East.
  • Badly wounded at Tobruk, losing his right leg.
  • Discharged.
James Isaac Mann MLA 12 April 1930 - 1962 Beverley
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 9 December 1914.
  • Served with 10th Light Horse Regiment at Gallipoli and Egypt; promoted Sergeant 22 January 1916
  • Returned to Australia 25 December 1916.
  • Discharged 13 March 1917.
  • Returned to Western Australia 1919.
(Sir) (Robert) Ross McDonald MLA 8 April 1933 - 1950 West Perth
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 15 February 1916 in Victoria, 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery;
  • to United Kingdom in 1916 then to France and Belgium.
  • Served with 39th Battery and 119th Howitzer Battery, 4th Division Artillery; promoted Lieutenant 1 August 1917.
  • Discharged 2 November 1919.
(Sir) (Duncan) Ross McLarty MLA 2 April 1930 - 1962 Murray-Wellington
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 12 June 1916, Private.
  • Promoted Corporal 27 May 1916.
  • Served in France with 44th Infantry Battalion—Sergeant 30 Mar 1917; awarded Military Medal 25 January 1918; 2nd Lieutenant 1 May 1918, Lieutenant 1 August 1918.
  • Wounded in action 27 August 1918, returned to England then back to France 29 October 1918; arrived back at Fremantle 8 July 1919.
  • During World War II, Major and Commander 44th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps.
  • Awarded the Military Medal.
John Daniel Moloney MLA 8 April 1933 - 1936 Subiaco
  • Enlisted in Australian Imperial Force, 8 September 1914.
  • Served in Gallipoli and France in No. 3 Section Field Engineers, Corporal.
  • Wounded in France 25 September 1917, briefly invalided out.
  • Discharged 25 April 1919.
Newton Moore MLA 28 June 1904 - 1911 Bunbury
  • Commanded 18th Regiment Australian Light Horse 1901–08.
  • As Lieutenant-Colonel, commanded state branch Australian Intelligence Corps.
  • Agent-General for WA 1911–17 - recommended purchase of Savoy House as headquarters.
  • Command of depot for Australia and New Zealand troops at Weymouth, Dorset.
  • Appointed temporary Brigadier-General December 1915.
  • General commanding other Australian Imperial Force troops in Britain.
  • July 1916 – April 1917 in charge of AIF camps and depots, temporarily Major-General February 1917
  • Awarded: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).
Thomas (James) Moore MLA 28 April 1913 - 1913 Forrest
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 10 October 1916.
  • Served in France in 48th Battalion.
  • Promoted Lance Corporal 26 August 1917, Corporal 27 October 1917.
  • Wounded 5 April 1918.
  • Discharged 6 November 1918.
James Murray MLC 2 June 1951 - 1965 South West
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 12 March 1915.
  • Served in France with 27 Battalion, 7th Machine Gun Company and 2nd Machine Gun Company—promoted Lieutenant 25 September 1917.
  • Wounded 11 June 1918.
  • Discharged 17 July 1919.
Charles Frederic John North MLA 22 March 1924 - 1956 Claremont
  • Enlisted Royal Air Force (RAF), commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 8 November 1915 in Royal Flying Corps, Special Reserve Equipment Officer.
  • Lieutenant 1 June 1917, Lieutenant (Flying Officer) 12 January 1918, Lieutenant (Observer Officer) 11 June 1918, Captain 18 October 1918.
  • Discharged 12 June 1919.
  • During war flew DH6, AN9 and Armstrong Whitworth aircraft.
Bartholomew Cornelius (Con) O'Brien MLC 30 January 1901 - 1914 Central
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, Private in 11th Battalion, 15 November 1916.
  • Served in France.
  • Discharged 27 July 1918.
Alexander Hugh Panton MLC
MLA		 5 July 1919 -1922
22 March 1924 - 1930
2 April 1930 - 1951		 West Province
Menzies
Leederville
  • Served in Boer War 1899–1902.
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 21 January 1916.
  • Served in 44th and 51st Battalions in France and England, Private.
  • Wounded April 1918.
  • Discharged 4 September 1918.
  • Awarded: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1948).
Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker MLA
MLC		 12 April 1930 - 1933
22 May 1934 - 1954		 North East Fremantle
Metropolitan–Suburban
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 16 August 1914; 2nd Lieutenant, promoted Captain 20 July 1915 and Major 5 June 1916.
  • Served in Egypt with Imperial Camel Corps, Gallipoli with 16th Field Artillery and Belgium and France with 5th Division Artillery; aide-de-camp to General Officer Commanding 1st Division 6 June 1915.
  • Wounded and gassed in France 6 October 1917.
  • Mentioned in despatches (MID).
  • Awarded Distinguished Service Medal (DSO).
  • Volunteers Officers' Decoration (V.D.).
  • Discharged 9 July 1919.
George Potter MLC 22 May 1922 -1928 West
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force at Bellevue, 19 September 1914; 11th Battalion.
  • Served at Gallipoli, 2nd Lieutenant 1 July 1915, wounded 1 August 1915, Lieutenant 12 December 1915.
  • From 1916 adjutant and quartermaster at No. 8 Australian General Hospital, Fremantle.
  • Discharged 8 February 1917.
Richard William Price MLA 12 September 1909 - 1917 Albany
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 26 July 1915, 28th Battalion; 2nd Lieutenant 26 July 1915.
  • While in Egypt to 4th Division then served with 47th Battalion in France.
  • Gassed at Pozieres, invalided to England, October 1917.
  • AIF Depot Tidworth, January 1918 Adjutant N4 Command Depot, Hindcott.
  • Captain 12 November 1918.
  • Camp commandant 1919 then recreational training officer and in Demobilisation Department, adjutant of transport.
  • Discharged 6 September 1920.
  • Awarded:Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1919).
Alfred George Reynolds MLA 15 March 1947 - 1950 Forrest
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force at Brisbane, 3 September 1914 while still a student.
  • Served at Gallipoli and France in 3rd Field Ambulance Company.
  • Promoted Lieutenant/Corporal 29 October 1916.
  • Returned to Australia 8 October 1918.
  • Discharged 3 August 1919.
Hugh Lewis Roche MLC 22 May 1940 - 1960 South-East
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 11 January 1915.
  • Served with 10th Light Horse and Australian Pay Corps; Extra Regiment Corporal from 1 September 1916, Sergeant 1 February 1917, Extra Regiment Staff Sergeant 1 September 1917, Warrant Office Class I 15 November 1918
  • Returned to Australia after October 1919.
  • Discharged 14 February 1920.
Joseph Neon Rowberry (Sr) MLA 25 January 1958 - 1968 Warren
  • Served in World War I in France with 8th Royal Highland Scots, 51 Highland Division, Lance/Corporal Signals.
Athelstan John Henton Saw MLC 6 June 1915 - 1929 Metropolitan-Suburban
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 1 August 1916, Major.
  • Became senior surgeon of 14th Australian General Hospital based in Egypt.
  • Lieutenant Colonel 14 August 1916.
  • Discharged 31 July 1919.
Harrie Stephen Seward MLA 8 April 1933 - 1958 Pingelly
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 12 August 1915.
  • Served in 3rd, 58th and 49th Battalions; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 24 January 1917 and Lieutenant 15 July 1917, 60th Infantry Battalion.
  • Wounded Polygon Wood 26 September 1917.
  • Invalided to Australia.
Bartholemew Stubbs MLA 3 October 1911 - 1917 Subiaco
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 29 January 1916, 51st Battalion.
  • Second Lieutenant 8 August 1916.
  • Served in France, Belgium.
  • Killed in action in Belgium 26 September 1917.
  • Awarded the Military Cross.
  • Service Record
John Thomson MLA 12 March 1921 - 1924 Claremont
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 15 December 1915, 2nd Lieutenant.
  • Promoted Lieutenant 10 February 1916.
  • Served in France in 3rd Mining Company and 3rd Tunnelling Company.
  • Discharged 16 December 1916.
Lindsay Thorn MLA 12 April 1930 - 1959 Toodyay
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 7 October 1915.
  • Served with 1st Division Armoured Corps in Egypt and France as driver.
  • Returned to Australia 22 December 1918.
  • Discharged 4 April 1919.
Frederick Lytton Warner MLA 19 February 1933 - 1943 Mount Marshall
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 25 November 1916.
  • Served with 44th Battalion in France—promoted to Sergeant 4 January 1918.
  • Wounded 5 July 1918.
  • Awarded Military Medal when on 31 July 1918 ‘rushed the enemy machine gun positions putting the guns out of action’.
  • Discharged 10 September 1919.
William Henry Francis Willmott MLA 12 February 1938 - 1947 Sussex
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 5 April 1916.
  • Served with 16th and 32nd Battalions, Private.
  • Lost leg in France in action at Zonnebeke.
  • Returned to Australia 18 January 1919.
  • Discharged 18 April 1919.
Arthur Alan Wilson MLA 11 September 1908 - 1947 Collie
  • Enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 2 March 1917.
  • Served with 11th Field Company Engineers, transferred from Tunnelling Company's reinforcements, E.R./Sergeant.
  • Returned to Australia 16 March 1919.
  • Discharged 31 May 1919.
  • Awarded: Order of the British Empire.
Evan Alexander Wisdom MLA 3 October 1911 - 1917 Claremont
  • Major in Australian Imperial Force, 24 March 1915, Brigade Major 5th Australian Infantry Brigade (Staff Officer to General White at evacuation of Anzacs from Gallipoli) then served in France.
  • February 1916 Lieutenant-Colonel, commanded 18th Battalion.
  • Colonel and temporarily Brigadier General 1 December 1916, commanded 7th Infantry Brigade, temporary commander 2nd Division, July – August 1918, Liaison Division August – November 1918.
  • Wounded in France; in Branch 2nd Division (Movements and Quartering) Repatriation Department AIF.
  • Discharged 12 February 1920.
  • Received Distinguished Service Order (DSO) (1916), six times mentioned in despatches, Order of Danilo 3rd Class (Montenegro).
  • Awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) (1917); Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (1919).