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Guy George Egerton Wylly (1880-1962), army officer, was born on 17 February 1880 in Hobart, son of Edward Arthur Egerton Wylly, an Indian Army officer, and his wife Henrietta Mary, née Clerk. As an infant Guy went to India with his parents. In 1885 the family settled at Sandy Bay, Hobart, where he attended The Hutchins School before completing his education at the Collegiate School of St Peter, Adelaide.
Francis Walter (Frank) Lundie (1866-1933), union official, was born on 1 March 1866 at Port Adelaide, son of John Lundie, railway labourer, and his wife Maryann Josephine, née Moran. He attended Port...