Enlistments in the Inner West

Close to 15000 men and women from the Inner West Council (IWC) Local Government Area, including the suburbs of Annandale, Ashfield, Ashbury, Balmain, Birchgrove, Camperdown, Croydon, Croydon Park, Dulwich Hill, Dobroyd Point, Enmore, Haberfield, Hurlstone Park, Leichhardt, Lewisham, Lilyfield, Marrickville, Newtown, Petersham, Rozelle, St Peters, Stanmore, Summer Hill, Sydenham and Tempe.

This site is dedicated to listing and capturing the stories of those men who fought in World War One and to capture stories, ephemera and memorabilia from families, friends, loved ones and historical enthusiasts. It is not just the men but also the women, who held full-time employment and raised families as their men went to war. The AIF database lists 1420 enlistments of individuals who went to war who either lived, were born or enlisted in the Inner West. We have endeavoured to include as many as we can find on this website. The numbers reach closer to 15000 once you add the Australian Flying Corps, the Royal Australian Navy, nurses and other medical staff.  

The service details of Inner West residents can be viewed by searching their names under the suburb in which they lived at the time of their enlistment using the index below. This information draws on the profiles create for the AIF Project (UNSW, Canberra).

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