Michael Edward LARKIN b. 1856, Williamstown, Victoria, son of Roderick LARKIN and Mary ann CANTWELL was married in 1883 at ___, Victoria to Catherine Ann McGLONE, b. 1863, Footscray, Victoria, daughter of John McGLONE and Elizabeth O'MAHER.

The LARKIN family appears to have been living at Henty, near Merino, S-W Victoria in 1914, and three of their sons are named on WW1 memorials or Honour Rolls in the area.

Michael Edward LARKIN and Catherine Ann McGLONE had the following known family:

1. John Roderick LARKIN, b.1884, Box Hill, Vic, d. 1939, Wellington, NSW, m. Mary Annie Alicia DIX 1897-1963
. Enlisted in AIF...
• 1918, Mar 1 : Pte 51001, 35th Battalion, AIF (enlisted)
• 1919, Feb 19 : Pte 51001, 35th Battalion, AIF (RTA)
2. Roderick John LARKIN, b.1885, Numurkah, Vic, d. 1913, Sydney, NSW, m. in NSW to Martha J A DOVER
3. Elizabeth Mary LARKIN, b.1887, Box Hill, Vic, d. 1952, Sydney, NSW, m. Thomas Patrick WALSH.
4. Michael Edward LARKIN, b.1888, Mitcham, Vic, d. 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey
• 1914, Dec 1 : AIF, enlisted Casterton, S-W Vic.
• 1914-1915 : Tpr 762, 8th Light Horse Regiment, AIF (service)
• 1915, Aug 7 : killed in action Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey
• Named : Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
• Named : Casterton Town Hall Honour Roll
• Named : Casterton War Memorial
• Named : Merino War Memorial
5. William LARKIN, b.1890, Mitcham, Vic, d. 1901, Numurkah, Vic.
6. Margaret Cecelia LARKIN, b.1891, d. 1892, Numurkah, Vic.
7. Andrew Richard LARKIN, b.1892, Numurkah, Vic, d. 1917, Belgium
• 1914 : Militia service, 20th Light Horse Regiment, Casterton, S-W Vic.
• 1914, Nov 14 : employee at Casterton Railway Station
• 1914, Nov 14 : Gnr 3867, 1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, AIF (enlisted)
• 1917, Jul 27, Gnr 3867, 1st Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, AIF (died of wounds) Belgium
• Named : Casterton War Memorial
8. Ellen Letitia LARKIN, b.1894, Numurkah, Vic, d. ...., m. Daniel Archibald McCAUGHAN ~1881-1954
9. Mary Ann "May" LARKIN, b.1896, Numurkah, Vic, ..............?
10. Vincent Joseph LARKIN, b.1898, Mitcham, Vic, d. 1976, Melbourne, Vic., m. Ivy Elsie Alice HAYS ~1909-1979. Served in the AIF...
    • 1916, Nov 1914 : Pte 2609, Reinforcements (1917), AIF (enlisted)
    • 1917, May 6 : Pte 2609, 4th Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, AIF (joined unit) Egypt
    • 1919, Jul 24 : Pte 2609, 4th Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, AIF (embarked from Suez, Egypt)
    • 1919, Oct 1 : Pte 2609, 4th Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, AIF (discharged, Melbourne)
    • Named : Muntham WW1 Honour Roll
11. Kathleen Rose LARKIN, b.1900, Mitcham, Vic, ..........?
12. James Bernard LARKIN, b.1902, Numurkah, Vic, d. 1974, Melbourne, Vic.
13. Martin William LARKIN, b.1904, Numurkah, Vic, d. 1971, Melbourne, Vic.
14. Veronica Proscilla LARKIN, b. 1906, ___, d. 1938, Melbourne, Vic., m. Edmund RATCLIFFE