William Frederick Mawson was born in 1893 to Frederick William and Mary Mawson. Prior to the war, William was employed for 5 years as a carpenter with his older brother John who was a partner in Garrett & Mawson, architects and builders of Box Hill. At the age of 22, he enlisted on the 15 July 1915 and was assigned to the 5th Field Company of Engineers, training as a sapper. William served for nearly 2 years and was killed in 1917, only months before the end of the war whilst putting up barbed wire at Oestoik. His body was brought back the 4 miles from Oestoik to Lille Gate, Ypres in Belgium. William wrote a diary, the original of which was donated to Anzac House by his great-nephew John Howden. This diary was borrowed by the Surrey Hills Historical Society for the exhibition 'Gallipoli and beyond' mounted in Boroondara libraries and council spaces during 2015. The diary was then transcribed by Sandra Dexter and limited copies were printed by the Surrey Hills Historical Society. This framed photo authenticates the identification of this soldier whose photo was taken by the Darge company (Dasey1498) and uploaded to the Australian War Memorial online collection, but initially mis-idetified as Manson. His name appears on the panels of names on The Shrine in the Surrey Gardens and a profile of him is included in Sandra Dexter's book 'People of The Shrine' launched on Remembrance Day 2025. Framed photograph of soldier within fabric inset, embroidered with English and Australian flags, white ribbon at base of green wreath which surrounds photo. frederick william mawson, mary mawson, surrey hills, garrett & mawson, william frederick mawson, carpenter, 14 bona vista avenue, architects, world war 1, world war, 1914-1918, diaries, sandra dexter

654 pages, black and white photos, some colour and sepia photos, index of namesnon-fictionA reference source chronicling the World War 1 service of the people remembered on the Surrey Gardens Shrine.

Four Mawson sisters: Beatrice, Harriett, Muriel and Ethel all trained as nurses. Date of photograph is unknown but believed to be before 1915 when Ethel married and would have ceased working. They were 4 of 5 daughters born to Frederick and Mary Mawson who migrated to Victoria, arriving on 1st July 1882 on the sailing ship Holmsdale. By 1892, the family had moved to 4 Bona Vista Avenue, Surrey Hills where they remained for 25 years. Beatrice worked on transport duty ships during WW1, ferrying wounded troops from France to England. On the return voyage to Australia, the ship was sunk by a mine in Bay of Bengal, but she survived. Muriel and Harriet also served during WW1 in English Military hospitals and returned to Australia on 15 March 1919. It is believed that Ethel worked with aboriginal health. Their brother John Mawson designed and built 'Holmsdale' over 2 blocks of land in 257-259 Union Road as a convalescent and rest home to be run by Muriel and Harriet. It opened in 1936 with Beatrice also joining and closed in the mid-1950s. Holmsdale was converted into 3 flats with the three sisters living in one flat for the remainder of their lives and the other flats rented out to provide them with an income. Beatrice died in 1975, Harriet in 1976 and Muriel in 1979. Beatrice, Harriett and Muriel's names were added to the list of names on The Shrine in the Surrey Gardens when the panels were updated at the time of the 100 year anniversary of WW1. The photo is also reproduced in the book 'People of The Shrine' by Sandra Dexter. This was launched on Remembrance Day 2025. Their younger brother William Frederick Mawson was killed in action in Belgium aged 24 years. His name also appears on The Shrine and in the book. Wooden framed photograph of 4 women in white nurses uniforms. Frame has wire hanger on rearOn front: LaFayette Melbourne On back: Telephone 7231 Central/T.S. Glasier & Co. Pty. Ltd./Gallery of Art/Picture Frame Manufactuers, &c,/Union House/284-6 Little Collins Street/No. 8071 Melbourneholmsdale, frederick mawson, mary mawson, 4 bona vista avenue, surrey hills, nursing, 1892, harriett mawson, ethel mawson, muriel mawson, winifred mawson, john mawson, 257 union road, ww1, beatrice mawson, world war 1, world war, 1914-1918

WWI – Local Information (folder 2) 1. Surrey Honor Roll. Opening of the Shrine. 5 April 1918 – copy of. 2. Reporter Box Hill, Friday, 27 October 1916. 2 pages. 3. Mapping our ANZACS list of people taken from National Archives of Australia. 4. Australian Imperial Force Attestation Paper of Persons Enlisted for Service Abroad for Herbert Gordan Smith. 5. Letter from Sue Barnett to Bernie Nitschke re: Soldiers of the Surrey Hills Shrine. (no date). Letters to Ms Sue Barnett from Burnie Nitschke, Deputy Principal and History teacher, Luther College, dated 17 February 1999,17 August 1999, 24 August 1999 and two lists of people killed. 6. Photocopy of Australian Army Nursing Service Seniority List, July 1918. (9 pages single sided) 7. A4 photocopy of G. Jackson 8. John Robert Gray listing from Australian Commonwealth Military Forces 9. Boroondara Remembers Traffic Signal Box Painting Project November 2015 A4 book. 12 pages double sided. 10. ANZAC Day brochure Monday, 25 April 2018, the Hon Josh Frydenberg. 11. DL sized brochure ANZAC Day, 25 April 2021 12. ANZAC Day in Boroondara article. Boroondara Bulletin April 2022. 13. A4 poster for Surrey Hills ANZAC DAY service Thursday, 25 April 2019. 14. DL sized brochure for ANZAC DAY, Monday 25 April 2022 15. Black and white photo of John Stevens Gawler, wife Ruth Miller and children Ruth Stevens Galer, Dorothy Lina Gawler 16. Frederick William Mawson – SERN 3073 (1983 – 1917) biography. 17. Bus Tour ‘Touchstones to WWI in Balwyn, Camberwell, Canterbury and Surrey Hills’ booklet. Friday, 24 April 2015. 18. Investigation into the Mont Albert Avenue of Honour by Helen Doxford Harris OAM, Master of Arts (History). 5 pages single sided. 19. Record of Military Service and identifying information for Fawcett Dinsdale Head, Gordon Alick Head, Rowland Henry Jack Head, William Walter James Head taken from People of the Shrine by Sandra Dexter. 20. “Digging in on avenue” newspaper article. The Herald Sun 4 February 2023. wwi, ww1, world war 1, anzac