Monument list
| no. | family surname | full name | birth year | age | burial year | image name | GPR ref. | view no. | request no. | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addison | Henry James Addison | 1921 | 23 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936718 | 21 | 1 | Service No. 413936. Royal Australian Air Force. Born 19th July 1921 in Watson Bay. NSW. Accidental death 4th May 1944 on Hammond Island , Queensland , Australia while flying with Flying Officer Sydney Larner PORTER. Buried at the Townsville War Cemetery. Son of Jonathan and Josephine Catherine Addison , of Rose Bay , New South Wales. |
| 2 | Akie | Moear Akie | 1906 | 39 | 1945 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936690 | 7 | 1 | Service No. Q85059 Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Enlisted 14th June 1941. Died of illness on Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia 24th February 1945. Buried in the Murray Island Cemetery , Murray Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Son of Aseep (or Akee) and Kaigod Akie; husband of Largod Akie , of Murray Island. |
| 3 | Appel | Chester Louis Appel | 1919 | 23 | 1942 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936733 | 18 | 1 | United States Army Air Force. Enlisted 23rd October 1940 - U.S. Army Air Forces , 30th Bomber Squadron , 19th Bomber Group , Heavy. Born 16 July 1919 Washington , USA -Died 3rd November 1942. Memorial - Honolulu Memorial. Son of Fred John Appel and Mary Etta Apel |
| 4 | Baxter | Charles Baxter | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936734 | 12 | 1 | United States Army Air Force | |||
| 5 | Bond | Bond | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936735 | 28 | 1 | United States Army Air Force | |||
| 6 | Brown | Colin James Norton Brown | 1916 | 26 | 1942 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936703 | 11 | 1 | Service No. PM3526. Royal Australian Navy. (H.M.A.S. Moreton) Born 23 July 1916 in Hay , NSW. Died 24th April 1942 at Thursday Island from burns when a tin of Methylated sprits exploded while lighting a stove. Buried at Townsville War Cemetery , Qld Son of William and Annie Brown; husband of Martha Brown , of Randwick , New South Wales. |
| 7 | Crocker | George Abraham Crocker | 1922 | 21 | 1943 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936705 | 11 | 1 | Service No. VX86490. Australian Army Units. Enlisted 1941. Born 5th September 1922 at Coolamon , NSW. Died of illness on Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia , 3rd May 1943. Buried at Townsville War Cemetery , Townsville , Queensland , Australia. Son of Abe and Clara Crocker , of Coolamon , New South Wales. |
| 8 | Curr | Francis Lawrence Curr | 1920 | 24 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936719 | 21 | 1 | Service No. 404005. Royal Australian Air Force. Enlisted 26th April 1940. Born 21st June 1920 in Brisbane , QLD. On the night of 24th September 1944 the aircraft (Tiger Moth) he was piloting went missing on a flight between Daru and Horn Island. Also on board were W.O. Neil Draper KELLAS and W.O. Anguau DE LAS. No bodies were recovered. Memorial at Port Moresby Memorial , PNG. Son of Frederick Carlton Curr and Maude Alice Curr , of Corinda , Queensland. |
| 9 | Davidovitz | Joseph Davidovitz | 1914 | 28 | 1942 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936706 | 6 | 1 | Service No. NX17457. Australian Army Units. Enlisted 27th May 1940 (Served as Joseph DAVIS).1943 Born 15th March 1914 in Sydney , NSW. Killed in action during air raid on Horn Island 30th April 1942. Buried at Townsville War Cemetery , Townsville , Queensland , Australia. Son of Bernhardt and Elizabeth Davidovitz , of Bellevue Hill , New South Wales. |
| 10 | Day | Bablo Day | 1907 | 36 | 1943 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936691 | 13 | 1 | Service No. Q85081. Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Enlisted 25th June 1941. Born 5th December 1907 , Murray Island , Qld. Died of illness 1st January 1943 , Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Buried Murray Island Cemetery , Murray Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Son of Beskak and Wagai Day , of Murray Island. |
| 11 | Dunn | John Norman George Dunn | 1907 | 37 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936720 | 9 | 1 | Service No. 28046. Royal Australian Air Force. Enlisted 20th May 1940. Born 31st October 1907 at Port Pirie , S.A. Missing believed killed 22nd August 1944 during a flight near Boigu Island , Queensland. Memorial at Sydney Memorial , Rookwood , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Son of John Henry and Eva Gertrude Dunn; husband of Jessie Lucy Dunn , of St. Kilda , Victoria. |
| 12 | Edmonds | Cedric John Edmonds | 1922 | 22 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936723 | 14 | 1 | Service No. 419802. Royal Australian Air Force. Born 18th August 1922 at Heidleberg , Victoria. Died on 23rd March 1944 while on flight operations west of Gove N.T. Memorial on Northern Territory Memorial , Adelaide River , Northern Territory , Australia. Son of Henry Clatworthy Edmonds and Ina Eliza Edmonds , of Heidelberg , Victoria. |
| 13 | Gaigai (gagai) | Noah Gaigai (gagai) | 1905 | 38 | 1943 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936692 | 8 | 1 | Service No Q85429. Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Enlisted 1st October 1942. Born 13th June 1905 on Badu Island , QLD. Died - Pulmonary T.B. 29th July 1943. Buried at Badu Island Cemetery. Son of Gagai and Kubi Gagai , of Badu Island; husband of Kosam Gagai , of Badu Island. |
| 14 | George | Benny George | 1917 | 28 | 1945 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936693 | 11 | 1 | Service No. Q272370. Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Enlisted 17th September 1943. Born 22 July 1917 at Weipa , Qld. Died of injuries 8th September 1945 , Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Buried at Thursday Island Cemetery , Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Son of Waukmatha and Ethel George; husband of Celia George , of Thursday Island.. |
| 15 | Gibia | Ialiaiti Gibia | 1925 | 19 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936694 | 8 | 1 | Service No. Q304675 Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Enlisted 6th September 1942. Born 1925 on Saibai Island , Qld. Died of Pulmonary T.B. Buried at Saibai Cemetery , Qld. Son of Gibia and Dansipi Gibia , of Saibai Island , Torres Strait. |
| 16 | Gray | Leslie Gray | 1923 | 20 | 1943 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936707 | 11 | 1 | Service No. VX85871. Australian Army Units. Born 11th March 1923 at Ultimo , Victoria. Died of injuries received 31st October 1943 on Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Buried at Townsville War Cemetery , Townsville , Queensland , Australia. Son of Leslie and Violet Victoria Gray , of California Gully , Victoria. |
| 17 | Griffiths | Thomas Bonham Griffiths | 1923 | 21 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936724 | 16 | 1 | Service No. 428387. Royal Australian Air Force , Enlisted 10th October 1942. Born 30th November 1923 in Newcastle , NSW. Fatally injuried in an aircraft accident at Horn Island , Torres Strait , QLD. 23rd Fgebruary 1944. Buried at the Townsville War Cemetery , Townsville , Queensland , Australia. Son of Leslie James Griffiths and Doris Vera Griffiths , of Glen Davis , New South Wales. |
| 18 | Hatcher | Ivor Clarence Hatcher | 1923 | 20 | 1943 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936725 | 11 | 1 | Service No. 417183. Royal Australian Air Force. Enlisted 31st January 1942. Born 3rd May 1923 at Gawler S.A. Killed in action during a flying battle 8th September 1943 off Merauke , West New Guinea , Indonesia. Memorial at Port Moresby Memorial , Port Moresby , Papua , Papua New Guinea. Son of Gilbert Roy Christopher and Florence Myrtle Hatcher , of Gawler , South Australia. |
| 19 | Hicks | James Ernest Hicks | 1909 | 35 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936695 | 9 | 1 | Service No. QX28436 Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Born 18th Jan 1909 in London , UK. Died of illness in Cairns , Qld 23rd January 1944. Buried at Cairns Cemetery , Cairns , Queensland , Australia Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hicks; husband of Florence Ilma Hicks , of Warwick. |
| 20 | Idai | Daunau Idai | 1926 | 18 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936696 | 10 | 1 | Service No. Q85339. Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Born on Saibai Island , Qld. Died 2nd January 1944 on Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia.Buried at Saibai Island Cemetery , Saibai Island , Queensland , Australia. Son of Daunau and Bagau Idai , of Saibai Island , Torres Strait. |
| 21 | James | Jimmy James | 1912 | 33 | 1945 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936697 | 8 | 1 | Service No. Q272364 Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Enlisted 17th September 1943. Born 10th September 1912 at Weipa , Qld. Death by suicide 13th September 1945 on Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Buried Thursday Island Cemetery , Queensland , Australia. Grave 1529. Husband of Ida James , of Thursday Island. |
| 22 | Joseph | David Emanuel Joseph | 1920 | 24 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936708 | 7 | 1 | Service No. VX85886. Australian Army Units , Enlisted 8th July 1942.Born 12th November 1920 at Caulfield , Victoria. Died of a Cerebral hemorrhage 9th August 1944 on Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Buried Townsville War Cemetery. Son of Philip Ralph and Doris Joseph , of Caulfield , Victoria. |
| 23 | Kellas | Neil Draper Kellas | 1912 | 32 | 1944 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936709 | 13 | 1 | Service No.VX75426. Australian Army Units. Born 8th June 1912 at Trafakgar , Victoria. On the night of 24th September 1944 the aircraft (Tiger Moth) he was travelling in went missing on a flight between Daru and Horn Island. It was piloted by Flying Officer Francis Lawrence CURR. Also on board was W.O. Anguau DE LAS. No bodies were recovered. Memorial on Port Moresby Memorial. Son of Robert and Sophie Kellas; husband of Nancy Fayle Kellas , of Kew , Victoria. |
| 24 | Matthowa | J C Matthowa | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936736 | 7 | 1 | United States Army Air Force | |||
| 25 | Mau | Warusam Mau | 1917 | 29 | 1946 | id: 2021 (4 images) | 936698 | 10 | 1 | Service No. Q304606. Torres Strait Light Infantry Bn. Died of illness 16 May 1946 on Thursday Island , Torres Strait , Queensland , Australia. Buried Cowal Creel Cemetery. Son of Abai and Sabui Mau , of Muttee Head; husband of Kaidai Mau. |
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