1. Mary Trevan (1883-1968) who remained a spinster
2. Matthew John Trevan (22 Aug 1885 - 26 Aug 1885)
3. Richard Henry Trevan (1886-1961)
4. Thomas Gowland Trevan (1888-1918)
5. Peter Trevan (5 Apr 1891 - 28 Apr 1891)
6. William James Trevan (1892-1943) who married Isabel Lynn Loveloch and had at least 2 children
7. John Allan Trevan - Jack (1896-1915)
8. Doris Janet May Trevan (1902-1966) who married Harold Sydney Heather but had no issue

Brief Description

Annie Gowland was born daughter of Matthew Gowland and Janet nee Irving in Ballarat. She died in Ballina District Hospital, Ballina, NSW on 7 Aug 1940 and was buried the following day in the Methodist Cemetary in Ballina.

At the time of their marriage both were unmarried, and both Thomas and his father John were described as miners. Matthew Gowland was described as a brick maker. All 4 parents were alive.

The register for Clunes Cemetary includes entries for sons Matthew John Trevan age 4 days buried 27 Aug 1885 and Peter Trevan age 3 weeks buried 29 Apr 1891, and both were shown as Wesleyan.

At the time of his death on 16 Apr 1919 the family was living at 44 Tress St, Ballarat. Thomas was buried 2 days later in the Methodist Cemetary at Ballarat, and he was shown as Wesleyan.

Private 666 Jack Trevan, 14th Battalion, Australian Infantary, AIF (1896-1915)

Son Jack was a private 666 in the 14th Infantry Battalion and died during WWI and was buried at sea off Gallipoli. He enlisted at Victoria on 1 Oct 1914, embarked the A38 Ulysses at Melbourne on 22 Dec 1914. At the time he enlisted his profession was given as Compositor, his religion was Methodist and his address was 44 Tress St, Mt Pleasant, Victoria. He received some medals but a photocopy of a photograph obscures what they were. One was the Victory Medal. He died of his wounds on Thursday 29 Apr 1915. He is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.

As an old scholar of the Mount Pleasant State school, the school flag was hoisted half mast yesterday morning before the Empire Day celebrations commenced, and reference was made to him in the speeches delivered in the class rooms.

Note: On the same page the 22nd Offical List of casualties to date was published, and the number to date exceeded 3300

BORN: Ballarat 27 Jan 1896

DIED OF WOUNDS: At sea off Gallipoli 29 Apr 1915

Jack was educated at Mount Pleasant School, Ballarat, and was working as a compositor at the Ballarat Lithographic Company, to whom he had been apprenticed for four years, when he enlisted in the AIF at Ballarat on 14 Sep 14. He had long been interested in military life for he had served in the naval cadets and school cadets for six years and, at the outbreak of war, had been serving in the AAMC branch of the local senior cadets for two months.

On enlistment, Jack was descirbed as 5'5" tall with brown eyes, dark brown hair and a chest measurement of 30 to 33". He was appointed to the 14th Inf Bn located at Broadmeadows camp on 1 Oct 14. It was as Bugler to E Company 14 Bn that Jack sailed from Melbourne aboard HMAT A 38 "Ulysses" on 22 Dec 14.

After a training period in Egypt, Jack and his battalion sailed from Alexandria for the Gallipoli Pensinsula on 12 Apr 1915. The troops sailed to Lemnos first where they took part in boat drills and practised descending from the sides of the troop ship on rope ladders. It was a pleasant though apprehensive interlude - away from teh "dirt, flies and smells" of Egypt.

Jack landed at Anzac Cove on that first Anzac Day - Jack's brigade, the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Battalions, was the fourth ashore and would have been on the beach at about 10:30 am. On 28 Apr 15 at Quinn's Post Jack was shot in the abdomen by a Turkish sniper. Many Australians suffered the same fate as the Turks enjoyed the occupation of the high ground around Quinn's.

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