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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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Born 1881
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5346 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2371 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1891
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5686 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Sydney Charles Carroll -
Born 1892
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 4269 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Arthur Clarence Evans -
Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6516 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Paul Franklin Joseph Goodchild -
Born 1884
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5790 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about John Tregerthen Short -
Born 1887
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 300 Private 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "D" Company
Australian Imperial Force 300 Lance Corporal 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Australian Imperial Force 300 Sergeant 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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More about Stanley Brown Smith -
Born 1885
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6540 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about William Henry Mcdowell -
Born 1889
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6492 Private 28th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 16th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6492 Private 63 Depot
Australian Imperial Force 6492 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements
More about William Fleming Campbell -
Born 1883
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5340 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about James Alphonse Brady -
Born 1877
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5722 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Thomas Glasson -
Born 1891
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5365 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about James Albert Hodder -
Born 1871
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6090 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Henry Charles Stephen -
Born 1882
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6073 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion
More about John David Parsons -
Born 1891
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2097 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Ernest Doyle -
Born 1890
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5455 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Gordon Wellesley White -
Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5651 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Peter Mcleod -
Born 1883
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 638 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Harold George Slade -
Born 1892
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1680 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about John Charles Touzel -
Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1691 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Harry Charles