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16th at Bullecourt, the returned, C Company
16th at Bullecourt, the returned, C Company
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. This community has been compiled using the list in the Regimental History of those that were involved in the attack and were present at the roll call afterwards, there are a number of inconsistencies with both spelling of names and regimental numbers but the service records would suggest these are the correct men.
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Born 1882
Australian Imperial Force 6561 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6561 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1879
Australian Imperial Force 410
Australian Imperial Force 1281 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "H" Company
Australian Imperial Force 1281 Lance Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1885
Australian Imperial Force 3854 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 12th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 3854 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1886
Australian Imperial Force 576 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "E" Company
Australian Imperial Force 576 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1881
Australian Imperial Force 3137 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 10th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 3137 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1894
Australian Imperial Force 1317 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "H" Company
Australian Imperial Force 1317 Lance Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1889
Australian Imperial Force 6349 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 20th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6349 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about George William Walker -
Born 1893
Australian Imperial Force 1591 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 3rd Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 1591 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Ernest Alfred Polley -
Born 1894
Died 1976
Australian Imperial Force 4543 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 14th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 4543 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1897
Australian Imperial Force 3542 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 11th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 3542 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1878
Died 1918
Australian Imperial Force 4937 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 15th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 4937 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1887
Australian Imperial Force 3890 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 12th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 3890 Lance Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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Born 1886
Australian Imperial Force 2524 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 7th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 2524 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about William Norman Stockton -
Born 1893
Australian Imperial Force 6552 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6552 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Richard Batley Martin -
Born 1887
Australian Imperial Force 6340 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 20th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6340 Lance Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about John Reid -
Born 1896
Australian Imperial Force 5687 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 18th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 5687 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Charles Forbes Carter -
Born 1878
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 4805 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 15th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 4805 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Herbert Fuhrmann -
Born 1894
Australian Imperial Force 3248 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 11th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 3248 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Richard Daw -
Born 1880
Australian Imperial Force 1295 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "H" Company
Australian Imperial Force 1295 Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
More about Stephen Law -
Born 1891
Australian Imperial Force 5779 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 18th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 5779 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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