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 attempts to reconstruct the battalion as it was on the day of the battle, starting with known casualties and survivors I am steadily checking service records of men of the 16th to identify the others who were wounded or captured, it will be interesting to see how many of the reported 817 who were in the attack I can identify. Those not in the attack, whether in the Battalion HQ or not with the Battalion (ie sick, wounded or training in England) will be listed in another community as I cross check. The deadline is upon us there is sadly not enough time to complete the cross checking so this community will remain an unfinished work.
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Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6025 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1890
Died 1918
Australian Imperial Force 650 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "D" Company
Australian Imperial Force 650 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "D" Company
Australian Imperial Force 650 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1897
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 1790
Australian Imperial Force 1790A Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1886
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 3417 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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.
Born 1898
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 5998 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1885
Australian Imperial Force 5358 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 17th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 5358 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "D" Company
Australian Imperial Force 5358 Driver 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1892
Australian Imperial Force 1454 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2nd Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 1454 Company Quartermaster Sergeant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Australian Imperial Force 1454 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "B" Company
Born 1875
Australian Imperial Force 6465 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6465 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1890
Australian Imperial Force W18576
Australian Imperial Force Private 20 Depot
Australian Imperial Force Sergeant 22 Depot
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Born 1884
Australian Imperial Force 6528 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6528 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1895
Australian Imperial Force 6519 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6519 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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.
Born 1894
Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 10th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force Captain 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1892
Australian Imperial Force 4030 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 12th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 4030 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1896
Australian Imperial Force 6016 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 19th Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 6016 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "D" Company
Australian Imperial Force 6016 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 3451 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1895
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2078 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Born 1880
Australian Imperial Force 1684 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 3rd Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 1684 Corporal 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Australian Imperial Force 1684 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "A" Company
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Born 1899
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 6121 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.