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16th at Bullecourt, the officers
16th at Bullecourt, the officers
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 lists the 20 officers, there are some discrepancies in the Regimental History, Lts Wadge and Bradley are recorded as being in the pre attack officers patrol but not listed as being in the main attack, 2nd Lt McCarthy is listed as wounded during the battle but his records show he was wounded a few days earlier and was evacuated to England so I have included the first two and excluded him from this community.
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Born 1889
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