On the 11th of April 1917, Australian forces attacked a sector of the Hindenberg line between Bullecourt and Queant. The 16th Battalion A.I.F. was one of four Battalions of the 4th Brigade involved in the attack. The initial advance was successful with the Brigade taking it's 1st and 2nd objectives into the 2nd line German trenches albeit with many casualties. However the hold was tenuous, enfilading machine gun fire made resupply impossible and the attackers soon began to run out of ammunition. A succession of fierce counterattacks eventually drove the Australians back to their own lines, by this time 75% of the 16th were either wounded or dead. The 16th went into the fight with 20 officers and 797 other ranks, the battalion lost in this one day's fighting 17 officers and 623 other ranks, dead, wounded and prisoners of war. The losses in the 4th Brigade as a whole were similarly high, 79 officers and 2,260 other ranks. This community remembers those men of the 16th who were killed in action on that fateful day or like my G-G-Uncle died of wounds received within the next few days.
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Born 1897
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5742 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 18th Reinforcements
Born 1889
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1861 Lance Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1891
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1761 Private 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2nd Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 1761 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6496 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6482 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Australian Imperial Force 6482 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements
Born 1893
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6057 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1874 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1898
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6272 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1892
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 3059 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1891
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6295 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5430 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1893
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 49 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1891
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6250 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1887
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5974 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1885
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6096 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1893
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2942 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1898
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6255 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1202 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1892
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1044 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1897
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2488 Lance Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.