Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Pte Samual Matthews Memery is in this photo with two unidentified

soldiers. He is probably the private seated on the right. Taken  23 January

1916. He returned to Australia on 22 July 1917. Australian War Memorial

Collection.  http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/DA13485

Pte S M Memery is identified as being in the centre of this photo, taken prior

to embarkation on 29 October 1915.  Australian War Memorial Collection.

http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/PB0188

Memery S M     Pte    2086    Samuel Matthew             29 Inf Bn    25    Jockey    Single    C of E       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Heritage St, 8   

Next of Kin:    Memery, Samuel M, 8 Heritage St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    10 Aug 1915       

Embarked:     A64 Demosthenes 29 Oct 1915   

Relatives on Active Service:

Memery-H-V-Ag-L-Sgt-2084  brother

Memery-J-H-Pte-2085   brother

Murphy E H S Pte 3605 brother in law

Ryan C O Pte 2751 cousin DOW

Ryan V C M Pte 54 cousin

Private Samuel Matthew Memery.

BROTHERS FIGHT FOR FLAG
Three sons and a son-in-law of Mr. S. M. Memory, of 8 Heritage street,
Moonee Ponds, are serving with the Australian Expeditionary Forces.
Sergeant H. V. Memery is married, and his wife is living with her father,
Guard J. Grant, of Mount Alexandra road, Essendon. Each of Mr. Memery's

sons is well known in turf circles.

BROTHERS FIGHT FOR FLAG (1916, March 18). The Herald

 (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242322664

MOTHERS OF MEN.

The sacrifices made by some women in sending their sons

to serve the Empire are so notable that it seems fitting

that they should be made known to readers of "The Argus."

It is therefore proposed to give on this page the photographs

of mothers who have sent three or more sons to the front.

For this purpose I shall be glad to receive the portraits of

such mothers, with their full name and the names of their

soldier sons, together with particulars of their service.

MRS. MEMERY.
Mrs. Catherine Memery, who lives at No. 8 Heritage street,

Moonee Ponds, has three sons, all of them in the third

reinforcements of the 29th Battalion. Sergeant Vivian

Memery, aged 22; Private Samuel Memery, aged 25; and

Private John Memery, aged 19. Her son-in-law, Private

Edward Murphy, is in the 27th Battalion. She has also two

nephews on service; Sergeant Ryan, of the 7th Battalion,

was at the Gallipoli landing; Carlyle Ryan is in the A.M.C.

Mrs. Memery had also a son who died on service in the

Boer War, and a nephew who was killed in the Boer War.

The Argus 10 May 1916

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2099589

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall L-R

Ascot Vale State School

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

Welcome Home 7 Nov 1918