Charles Street was killed in action in France, while Edwin (Ted) returned to Corrimal and laid the foundations for what would become one of Australia's biggest and best-known ice cream manufacturer.

Charles, 30, and Edwin, 24, enlisted on the same day in 1916.

According to the Illawarra Remembers website, Charles was in hospital on numerous occasions with scabies and high fevers of unknown origins. After one such stay, he rejoined his unit and was given orders to head to the front line to participate in the Battle of Polygon Wood. By the time he had reached it, however, the password had been changed and he was shot and killed by Allied troops on September 30, 1917. His body was tagged for burial but it was never found.

Charles' life is commemorated at the Menin Memorial Gate at Ypres, Belgium.

Meanwhile, Edwin was shot in the shoulder and abdomen, most likely at the Battle of Messines, in June 1917 and sent to the Ontario Military Hospital. It was here, at the end of September, that he received news of Charles' death.

Edwin returned to his battalion in November 1917 but was again wounded, this time a gunshot wound to the left hand, in April 1918. Red Cross records show that on November 20, 1918, his parents received two letters - one telling them of Edwin's wounding, another stating that he had been killed.

He returned to Australia in July 1919, but like many soldiers, he was unsettled on his return. In June 1921 he married Daisy Olive Grigg and they moved to back to Corrimal. He became a successful businessman by refining and promoting a product one of his older brothers had experimented with in the past. Edwin decided to take up that project and subsequently laid the foundation of Streets ice-cream. He worked on the ice-cream in his back shed and would sell it to neighbours, along with sweets, cakes and lemonade. He and his wife worked together making and promoting the product, which was marketed as "The Cream of the Coast".

Edwin was appointed an OBE in 1970.