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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 1896
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5424 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1897
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6234 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6281 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1892
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6046 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5149 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1889
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 3476 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1886
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5745 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1897
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2491 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6478 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 90 Lance Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1884
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6270 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1877
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6237 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1892
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 283 Private "D" Company
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Born 1890
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 3128 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1886
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6342 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1887
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 3454 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1874
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6251 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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