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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

A portrait of William John Looby taken in 1910 while a member of the HMS Challenger

crew. Courtesy of Dr Lee Looby.

W J Stoker 1 Aust Naval & Mil 23

Address: 55 Charles St, St Kilda

Next of Kin:

Enlisted:

Embarked:

Rank: Stoker 1

born at Kensington Hill, 1891.

The Victorian and South Australian Contingents of the 1st Australian Navy and Military

Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) on parade, 1914. AWM 305442.

Although no embarkation roll seems to have been prepared for the first Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force that went to German New Guinea, William John Looby's name and address appeared in a list published in The Argus on 14 September 1914.

GERMAN NEW GUINEA. (1914, September 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7. Retrieved March 3, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10806307

Prior to the joining the RAN in 1914 he was in the Victorian Navy on a N.Z. ship called the Psyche, and also the Challenger.