* Zachary Bryant, 3 months

"Zachary was perfect, but he was too perfect for this world ... We choose to focus on these memories and the blessing that was his life, instead of the tragedy event which took it," dad Matthew Bryant told a memorial service a year after the rampage.

* Thalia Hakin, 10

She was due to start Year Five at Beth Rivkah Ladies College. Her nine-year-old sister, Maggie, and mother Nathalie were also caught up in the incident but both survived.

Thalia's father, Tony Hakin called her a "gift from heaven, 10 years old with a smile that could melt a frozen heart and a bright future in front of her".

* Yosuke Kanno, 25

"He had many friends back in Japan and made many friends here in Melbourne as well, many are still mourning his loss," brother Junpei Kanno said.

* Jess Mudie, 22

"An incredible person whose happiness and confidence projects on to all those around her," brother Kurt Mudie said of the Sydney insurance firm worker.

* Bhavita Patel, 33

Canberra-raised Ms Patel, a finance industry worker, died in hospital 10 days after the rampage. Ms Patel grew up in Canberra before pursuing a career in finance and moving to Melbourne.

* Matthew Si, 33

Wife Melinda Tan said she'll never forget the day Matthew dropped their daughter at daycare and never came back. "I have had to adjust to a new life that will always be missing a loving husband and father."

Australian Associated Press