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 1887
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5736 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1887
Died 1917
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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
Born 1889
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2140 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1893
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1360
Australian Imperial Force 5799 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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
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.
Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1736 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1892
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2485 Private Australian Infantry 16th
Australian Imperial Force 2485 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1896
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5760 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1893
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5690 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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.
Born 1898
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6048 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1896
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 139 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1876
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6575 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.