16th at Bullecourt, the fallen

16th at Bullecourt, the fallen

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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  • Profile picture for Claude Thomas Keirel

    Born 1887

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 5736 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Born 1887

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6491 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

  • Profile picture for James Mcqueen Mcdougall

    Born 1876

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6548 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Born 1874

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6579 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

  • Profile picture for Emanuel James Joseph Todd

    Born 1889

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 2140 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Henry Thomas Cowley

    Born 1893

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 1360

    Australian Imperial Force 5799 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for William Samuel Ezekiel Buckingham

    Born 1873

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6238 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Born 1884

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 5753 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 18th Reinforcements

  • Born 1893

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 5746 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 18th Reinforcements

  • Born 1891

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 1383 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 3rd Reinforcements

  • Born 1895

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6099 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 19th Reinforcements

  • Profile picture for Fritz Johanna Jacobson

    Born 1876

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6042 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 19th Reinforcements

    Australian Imperial Force 6042 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Francis Joseph Bland

    Born 1894

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 1736 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Charles Cyril Hinds

    Born 1892

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 2485 Private Australian Infantry 16th

    Australian Imperial Force 2485 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Peter Mcgrath

    Born 1896

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 5760 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Leslie Coffey

    Born 1893

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 5690 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Martin Howley

    Born 1893

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 1746 Private 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2nd Reinforcements

    Australian Imperial Force 1746 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Claude Keenan

    Born 1898

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6048 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for George Sharp

    Born 1896

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 139 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

  • Profile picture for Walter Strand

    Born 1876

    Died 1917

    Australian Imperial Force 6575 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.