Upcoming Last Post Ceremonies

The names listed below are those whose stories are told at the daily Last Post Ceremony at the Memorial.

The Last Post Ceremony is proudly supported by the RSL & Services Clubs Association, RSL Victoria, and RSL Queensland.

Each evening a Roll of Honour story is shared

Note: The Memorial reserves the right to make changes to this schedule at any time. If you plan on attending a particular ceremony, please contact the Last Post Ceremony team before making arrangements to avoid disappointment.

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September 2019

Name	Conflict	Service	Associated With	Last Post Ceremony Date
Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Rush	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Bundanoon, NSW	1 September 2019
Sergeant Melville Beckman Tyrrell	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Hughenden, QLD	2 September 2019
80th Anniversary Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany Flight Lieutenant John William Allsop	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Hawthorn, VIC	3 September 2019
Private Walter Leslie James Callaghan Private Horace William James Callaghan Private Stanley Owen James Callaghan	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Lithgow, NSW	4 September 2019
Private Richard Henry Bone	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Eaglehawk, VIC	5 September 2019
Captain Archibald Hewland Raymond	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Brisbane, QLD	6 September 2019
Gunner Jack Alexander Claude Kennedy Tyson	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Hay, NSW	7 September 2019
Driver Ernest Sydney Pilcher	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Pentland, QLD	8 September 2019
Lieutenant Albert Roy Retchford	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Kalgoorlie, WA	9 September 2019
Private Arthur Edmund Eyckens	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Beaufort, VIC	10 September 2019
105th Anniversary Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) lands on New Britain Able Seaman John Edward Walker	First World War	Royal Australian Navy	Sydney, NSW	11 September 2019
75th anniversary of the sinking of Rakuyo Maru Private David Charles Cripps	Second World War	Australian Army	Northampton, WA	12 September 2019
Flight Sergeant Arthur Hedley Jenkins	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Grafton, NSW	13 September 2019
105th Anniversary HMA Submarine AE1 lost off New Guinea Petty Officer Robert Smail	First World War	Royal Australian Navy	Melbourne, VIC	14 September 2019
20th Anniversary of INTERFET Private Leslie Allen	Second World War	Australian Army	Myalla, TAS	15 September 2019
Battle of Britain Flight Lieutenant Paterson Clarence Hughes	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Cooma, NSW	16 September 2019
Private Ewen Alexander Cameron	Second World War	Australian Army	Roseville, NSW	17 September 2019
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Frederick George Pitty Barbour	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Toowoomba, QLD	18 September 2019
Second Lieutenant John Clifford Peel	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Inverleigh, VIC	19 September 2019
Gunner Ivan Lee Olden Hatcher	Second World War	Australian Army	Melbourne, Vic	20 September 2019
105th Anniversary German New Guinea surrenders Captain Guy Owen Manning	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	21 September 2019
Private Leonard Ernest Bow	Second World War	Australian Army	Paddington, NSW	22 September 2019
Lance Corporal Ernest Charles Thomas	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Perth, WA	23 September 2019
Lance Sergeant Joseph Solomon	Second World War	Australian Army	Trentham, VIC	24 September 2019
Private Frederick James Sutton	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Bulahdelah, NSW	25 September 2019
Private James Brown	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Nanango, QLD	26 September 2019
Sapper Edward Charles Robson	Second World War	Australian Army	Tumut, NSW	27 September 2019
Lieutenant Norman John Browne	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Albury, NSW	28 September 2019
Private Harold William Burn George	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Perth, WA	29 September 2019
Pilot Officer George York	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Woollahra, NSW	30 September 2019

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October 2019

Name	Conflict	Service	Associated With	Last Post Ceremony Date
Private Francis Commins	Second World War	Australian Army	Randwick, NSW	1 October 2019
Sergeant Robert Edwin Berry	Boer War	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen		2 October 2019
Private James Brown	First World War	Australian Imperial Force		3 October 2019
Sergeant Frederick John Hilliar Alford	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Woodstock, NSW	4 October 2019
Air Mechanic Class II George Lonsdale Taylor	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Albury, NSW	5 October 2019
Private Edward Wilfred Potter Private Hurtle Francis Constable Potter Private Thomas James Albert Potter	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Yongala, SA	6 October 2019
Private Vincent Erle Brinkman	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	7 October 2019
Sergeant Norman Lyall Fartch	Second World War	Australian Army	Melbourne, VIC	8 October 2019
Private Valentine Montgomery Starkey	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Mangrove Creek, NSW	9 October 2019
Private Wilfred Campbell Bailey	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Tamworth, NSW	10 October 2019
Acting Corporal Leo Alphonsus O'Loughlin	Second World War	Australian Army		11 October 2019
Lieutenant Thomas Joseph Parker	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Melbourne, VIC	12 October 2019
Private Frederick Singleton Martin	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Orange, NSW	13 October 2019
Private Norman Richard Brown	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	14 October 2019
Lance Corporal George William Dodd	Second World War	Australian Army	Blacktown, NSW	15 October 2019
Sergeant Reginald Starr	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	16 October 2019
Flight Sergeant Moheddeen Abdull Ghias Howsan	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force		17 October 2019
Private Alban Wallace Munt	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	18 October 2019
Sergeant John Franklin James	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Brisbane, QLD	19 October 2019
Lance Corporal Arthur Andrew Brownlie	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Miles, QLD	20 October 2019
Corporal Percy William Geraty	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Armidale, NSW	21 October 2019
Lance Corporal John Logan	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Thirroul, NSW	22 October 2019
75th Anniversary Battle of Leyte Gulf				23 October 2019
Sergeant Clive Julius Kaeppel	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	24 October 2019
Corporal Ernest Hewitt	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	25 October 2019
Driver Allan Henderson	Second World War	Australian Army	Coburg, VIC	26 October 2019
Private Thomas Joseph Rogers	Boxer Rebellion	Colonial Military Forces		27 October 2019
Private Alexander Markham	Second World War	Australian Army	Sydney, NSW	28 October 2019
Private Frank Colin Apperly	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Melbourne, VIC	29 October 2019
Private Edward Howard Spencer	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Bendigo, VIC	30 October 2019
Private Allen Ethelbert Powell	Second World War	Australian Army	Sydney, NSW	31 October 2019

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November 2019

Name	Conflict	Service	Associated With	Date
105th Anniversary First AIF sails				1 Nov 2019
Trooper Frederick James Everett	Second World War	Australian Army		2 Nov 2019
Private James Archibald Randell	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Pentland, QLD	3 Nov 2019
Flying Officer Rolla Maxwell Cooke	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Artamon, NSW	4 Nov 2019
Private Thomas Henry Puddephatt	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Wodonga, VIC	5 Nov 2019
Ceremony Scheduled				6 Nov 2019
Private John Eric Gabrielson	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Little River, VIC	7 Nov 2019
Flight Sergeant Ronald Leslie Horstmann	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Swan Reach, SA	8 Nov 2019
105th Anniversary HMAS Sydney defeats SMS Emden				9 Nov 2019
Sergeant Mervyn James Headen Baillie	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Watervale, SA	10 Nov 2019
Remembrance Day Eulogy of the Unknown Australian Soldier				11 Nov 2019
Trooper Alfred William Gilmore	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Jamestown, SA	12 Nov 2019
Private Albert Charles Rogers	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Adelaide, SA	13 Nov 2019
Lance Corporal Alexander Robert Turner	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Ararat, VIC	14 Nov 2019
75th Anniversary Australian government approves sending of Australian Women's Army Service members overseas				15 Nov 2019
Corporal Charles Leslie Tasman Hey	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Devonport, TAS	16 Nov 2019
Lieutenant Neville Leonard Harpham	Second World War	Australian Army	Brisbane, QLD	17 Nov 2019
Private Frank Brown	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Unley, SA	18 Nov 2019
Sinking HMAS Sydney II Commander Lionel Sydney Dalton	Second World War	Royal Australian Navy	Sydney, NSW	19 Nov 2019
Private John William Dewsnap	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Melbourne, VIC	20 Nov 2019
Pilot Officer Tasman Leonard Williams	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Derby, TAS	21 Nov 2019
Sergeant Lewis McGee VC	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Avoca, TAS	22 Nov 2019
Flight Sergeant Ronald Frederick Waldon	Second World War	Australian Army	Beechworth, VIC	23 Nov 2019
105th Anniversary Formation of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)				24 Nov 2019
Private Henry Gordon Packer	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Mundulla, SA	25 Nov 2019
Private Harold Breedon	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	26 Nov 2019
80th Anniversary Inauguration of the Empire Air Training Scheme				27 Nov 2019
Private William George Taylor	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	28 Nov 2019
Captain Alexander Gair Cormack	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	29 Nov 2019
Private James Mylie	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Marrickville, Sydney, NSW	30 Nov 2019

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December 2019

Name	Conflict	Service	Associated With	Date
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Garrick Wilson	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Whittlesea, VIC	1 Dec 2019
Private Thomas Alfred Dearlove	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Terowie, SA	2 Dec 2019
Trooper Allan Gordon McMartin	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Kaimkillenbun, QLD	3 Dec 2019
Private John Leo McAviney	Second World War	Australian Army	Sydney, NSW	4 Dec 2019
Sergeant Zebulun Green	Second World War	Australian Army	Broome Hill, WA	5 Dec 2019
Private Rufus Charles Lansdown	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Teralba, NSW	6 Dec 2019
Private Henry James Schwebel	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Marrickville, Sydney, NSW	7 Dec 2019
Private Benjamin Adam Chuck	Afghanistan	Australian Army		8 Dec 2019
Private Pugh George Davies	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Brunswick, Melbourne, VIC	9 Dec 2019
Lieutenant John William Wheeler	Vietnam	Australian Army	Cremorne, NSW	10 Dec 2019
Private Leslie Walter Day	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW	11 Dec 2019
Private Horace Edward Young	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Mornington, Mornington Peninsula, VIC	12 Dec 2019
Flying Officer Clifton Stuart Dunn	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Rylstone, NSW	13 Dec 2019
Trooper Douglas James Voyzey	Vietnam	Australian Army	Tamworth, NSW	14 Dec 2019
Private John Mark Munn	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Naracoorte, SA	15 Dec 2019
Private Alexander Weingott	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Annandale, Sydney, NSW	16 Dec 2019
Lance Corporal Francis Oakenden Roberts	Second World War	Australian Army	Braidwood, NSW	17 Dec 2019
Private Peter Herbert Feuins	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Adelaide, SA	18 Dec 2019
Sergeant David Emmett Coyne	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Marian, QLD	19 Dec 2019
Private William Davis	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Thirlmere, NSW	20 Dec 2019
Private Leslie James Arnall	Second World War	Australian Army	Laggan, NSW	21 Dec 2019
Trooper Harry Hoskin	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Winchelsea, VIC	22 Dec 2019
Corporal Vivian Robert Bailey	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Tamworth, NSW	23 Dec 2019
Squadron Leader Samuel George Proudfoot	Second World War	Australian Army	Sydney, NSW	24 Dec 2019
No ceremony scheduled				25 Dec 2019
Sergeant Herbert George Finch	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Marrickville, Sydney, NSW	26 Dec 2019
Private Albert Dew	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Kooringa, SA	27 Dec 2019
Private Waldemar Beck and Private Charles Emanuel Bonavia	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Perth, WA	28 Dec 2019
Private Lawrence Hawken	Second World War	Australian Army	Caulfield, VIC	29 Dec 2019
Trooper David Richard Kersey Nurthen	Second World War	Australian Army	Paddington, NSW	30 Dec 2019
Lance Corporal Cato Russell Haughton Dearlove	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Unley, SA	31 Dec 2019

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2020

January 2020

Name	Conflict	Service	Associated With	Date
Private Thomas Benjamin Galbraith	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	1 January 2020
Sergeant Thomas Leslie Barratt	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Bendigo, VIC	2 January 2020
Private Arthur James Pawley	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Kensington, VIC	3 January 2020
Captain Wilson Stewart	Second World War	Australian Army	Model Farms, NSW	4 January 2020
75th Anniversary HMAS Australia attacked by Kamakaze aircraft	Second World War			5 January 2020
Private Henry Matthews	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Bellarine, VIC	6 January 2020
Private James Valant Turne	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Kalgoorlie, WA	7 January 2020
Private David Glen Guthrie	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Peterhead, SA	8 January 2020
Private Gordon Maudsley Crane	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Strahan, TAS	9 January 2020
80th Anniversary 2nd AIF leaving Sydney	Second World War			10 January 2020
Sergeant George Lowbridge	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Newcastle, NSW	12 January 2020
Lance Corporal Frederick William Reed	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Casterton, VIC	13 January 2020
Private Allan St Clair Galvin	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Tarcutta, NSW	14 January 2020
Private Hilton Clifford Price	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	15 January 2020
Private Henry Thomas Rapp	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Rappville, NSW	16 January 2020
Sergeant Harris Martin Sharp	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Tempe, Sydney, NSW	17 January 2020
Lieutenant Arthur Elton Tandy	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Ballarat, VIC	18 January 2020
Pilot Officer Russell Stuart Jack	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Wangaratta, VIC	19 January 2020
Sergeant Donald Kelway Storrie	Second World War	Royal Australian Air Force	Melbourne, VIC	20 January 2020
Private Cecil Frederick Boothman	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Sydney, NSW	21 January 2020
Private Francis Rex Holmes	Second World War	Australian Army	Naracoorte, SA	22 January 2020
Lieutenant William Sydney Duchesne	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Manley, Sydney, NSW	23 January 2020
Private Thomas Francis Lynch	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Adelaide, SA	27 January 2020
75th Anniversary beginning of Sandakan Death Marches	Second World War			28 January 2020
Lieutenant Richard Hampden Guthrie	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Adelaide, SA	29 January 2020
Sister Clarice Isobel Halligan	Second World War	Australian Army	Ballarat, VIC	30 January 2020
Private Joseph Edward Baylis	First World War	Australian Imperial Force	Newtown, NSW	31 January 2020

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February 2020

Name	Conflict	Associated With	Service	Last Post Ceremony Date
Private William Feening	First World War	Penrith, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	1 February 2020
Trooper Carl Adelt	First World War	Sydney, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	4 February 2020
Private Joseph Bottrall	First World War	Port Pirie, SA	Australian Imperial Force	5 February 2020
Flight Sergeant Frank Burton Elliott	Second World War	Mont Albert, VIC	Royal Australian Air Force	6 February 2020
Private Stephen Hertzog	First World War	Bethanga, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	7 February 2020
Gunner Andrew Richard Larkin	First World War	Casterton, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	8 February 2020
Private Clifford Harrold Archibald	First World War	Victoria Park, Adelaide, SA	Australian Imperial Force	9 February 2020
Major Thomas James Frizell	First World War	Strathfield, Sydney, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	11 February 2020
Private Vivian Vernon Godden	First World War	Euroa, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	12 February 2020
Sapper Archie Gordon Shepherd	First World War	Inglewood, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	14 February 2020
Annual Fall of Singapore Last Post Ceremony Private Gordon William Blair	Second World War	Kensington, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	15 February 2020
Corporal Thomas Arnold Freeman	First World War	Columboola, QLD	Australian Imperial Force	16 February 2020
Private Clarence Colin Munro	First World War	Gulargambone, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	17 February 2020
Sapper Allan Graham Pattison	Vietnam	Kadina, SA	Australian Army	18 February 2020
Corporal Thomas Bernard Sullivan	First World War	Southern Cross, WA	Australian Imperial Force	19 February 2020
Private Maurice Lewis Aarons	First World War	Broome, WA	Australian Imperial Force	20 February 2020
Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Hayman	Second World War	Sydney, NSW	Royal Australian Air Force	21 February 2020
Private Elson Robert Acland	First World War	Katoomba, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	25 February 2020
Private Colin William Bolitho	First World War	Sale, Victoria	Australian Imperial Force	26 February 2020
HMAS Perth Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Alleyne Charles Tregear	Second World War	Melbourne, VIC	Royal Australian Navy	27 February 2020
50th Anniversary of 8RAR’s Black Day in the Long Hais	Vietnam			28 February 2020
Corporal Albert Fergusson	First World War	Balmain, Sydney, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	29 February 2020

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March 2020

Name	Conflict	Associated With	Service	Last Post Ceremony Date
Ceremony scheduled				1 March 2020
Ceremony scheduled				2 March 2020
Private John Thomas Green	First World War	Shepparton, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	3 March 2020
Private Reuben Zula	First World War	Queenscliff, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	4 March 2020
Ceremony scheduled				5 March 2020
Gunner Thomas Stevenson	First World War	Boorowa, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	6 March 2020
Trooper Harold Thomas Bell	First World War	Walpeup, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	7 March 2020
Sergeant Robert Nobel Rex Green	Second World War	Ingleburn, NSW	Australian Army	8 March 2020
Private Percy William Venning	First World War	Pinnaroo, SA	Australian Imperial Force	9 March 2020
Private Ronald Thomas Williamson	First World War	Camperdown, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	10 March 2020
Private Arvo Malakuas Tornroos	First World War	Leongatha, VIC	Australian Imperial Force	11 March 2020
Private Horace John Towers	First World War	Stockinbingal, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	12 March 2020
Private William Joseph Foster	Second World War	Glebe Point, NSW	Australian Army	13 March 2020
Private Joseph Cecil Roseman	First World War	Dalby, QLD	Australian Imperial Force	14 March 2020
Private Alfred James Woodman	Second World War	West Brunswick, VIC	Australian Army	15 March 2020
Corporal Harry Burgan Slee	First World War	Wallaroo, SA	Australian Imperial Force	16 March 2020
Lieutenant William James Spencer	First World War	Cooma, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	17 March 2020
Ceremony scheduled				18 March 2020
Private Roy Marr Bernays	First World War	Brisbane, QLD	Australian Imperial Force	19 March 2020
Ceremony scheduled				20 March 2020
Flight Sergeant Edward Thomas Summerson	Second World War		Royal Australian Air Force	21 March 2020
Private Walter Cooper	First World War	Gayndah, QLD	Australian Imperial Force	22 March 2020
Flying Officer Kenneth Lovett Ridings	Second World War	Adelaide, SA	Royal Australian Air Force	23 March 2020
Private Thomas William Sherrin	Second World War	Gilmore, NSW	Australian Army	24 March 2020
Private Gordon Miles Bennett	First World War	Ulverstone, TAS	Australian Imperial Force	25 March 2020
Lance Sergeant Francis William Sides	Second World War	Townsville, QLD	Australian Army	26 March 2020
Flight Sergeant Ronald Mansfield Oakes	Second World War	Longueville, NSW	Royal Australian Air Force	27 March 2020
Private Stanley Arthur Johnson	First World War	Marrickville, NSW	Australian Imperial Force	28 March 2020
Ceremony scheduled				29 March 2020
Pilot Officer Frank Leslie Oliver Thorn	Second World War	Thornbury, VIC	Royal Australian Air Force	30 March 2020
Ceremony scheduled				31 March 2020