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Adelaide South Australia [6927]

Port Adelaide South Australia [575]

North Adelaide South Australia [264]

Adelaide, South Australia [76]

Adelaide [29]

East Adelaide South Australia [24]

Adelaide, Australia [18]

West Adelaide South Australia [16]

Port Adelaide, South Australia [9]

South Adelaide South Australia [8]

Adelaide Lead Victoria [4]

Place of birth - Adelaide South Australia [4]

Adelaide Victoria [3]

North Adelaide, South Australia [3]

POE Adelaide South Australia [3]

Adelaide New South Wales [2]

Adelaide SA [2]

Place of Enlistment - Adelaide South Australia [2]

37 Adelaide St, East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1]

Adelaide Head Victoria [1]

Adelaide SA Victoria [1]

Adelaide Western Australia [1]

Adelaide, Melbourne, Australia [1]

Adelaide, Saint Australia [1]

Adelaide, Walkerville, South Australia [1]

Adelaide, West Australia [1]

Adelaide,South Australia [1]

Cruikshanks Slip, Port Adelaide, Birkenhead [1]

Devonport onboard HMS Royal Adelaide [1]

Glenelg, Adelaide [1]

Goodwood West, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Hindmarsh, Adelaide South Australia [1]

Kensington, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Magill, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Mitcham, Adelaide [1]

Morphett Vale, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Morphetvale, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Mount Adelaide [1]

Pitcairn Station, Adelaide [1]

Place of birth Adelaide South Australia [1]

Port Adelaide [1]

Port Adelaide Western Australia [1]

Port Adelaide, Australia [1]

Port adelaide South Australia [1]

Queen Adelaide, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Quorn POE Adelaide South Australia [1]

South Australia, Adelaide [1]

St Peters, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

St. Paul's, Port Adelaide South Australia [1]

Wakerville, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [64]

Captain [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Sergeant [8]

Able Seaman Driver [7]

Staff Nurse [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sister [4]

Gunner [3]

Major [3]

Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Doctor [2]

Driver [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Colonel [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain /Adjutant [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Paymaster [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Unit

Australian Infantry [33]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [8]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [8]

16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Australian Army Nursing Service [3]

Australian Field Artillery [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

10th Australian Infantry Battalion [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Australian Engineers [2]

Australian Flying Corps [2]

Australian Light Horse [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

10th Australian Light Horse [1]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

10th Battalion [1]

10th Infantry Battalion [1]

10th Infantry Brigade [1]

11th Battalion [1]

11th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

12th Brigade [1]

1st Australian Division [1]

1st Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

20th Deccan Horse [1]

23rd Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

32nd Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF [1]

50 Australian Infantry [1]

52nd Battalion [1]

5th Brigade [1]

7th Brigade [1]

7th Hariana Lancers [1]

8th Light Horse Regiment [1]

9th Light Horse Regiment [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Service [1]

Australian Infantrey [1]

Australian Infantry, [1]

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

Australian Medical Corps [1]

B Coy 33rd Rfts [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cyclist Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

GOC, Nyasaland - Rhodesia Field Force [1]

General Hospital [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [7878]

Royal Navy [54]

British Army [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [949]

M [880]

H [788]

S [697]

C [592]

W [578]

G [381]

A [340]

P [330]

D [326]

T [324]

R [320]

L [306]

F [270]

K [199]

J [198]

N [134]

O [131]

E [118]

V [42]

I [39]

Y [27]

Q [17]

U [11]

Z [4]

Contribution

Military Service [7958]

Merchant Navy [40]

Country

Australia [17]

United Kingdom [8]

India [1]

Myanmar [1]

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Adelaide South Australia [6927] Port Adelaide South Australia [575] North Adelaide South Australia [264] Adelaide, South Australia [76] Adelaide [29] East Adelaide South Australia [24] Adelaide, Australia [18] West Adelaide South Australia [16] Port Adelaide, South Australia [9] South Adelaide South Australia [8] Adelaide Lead Victoria [4] Place of birth - Adelaide South Australia [4] Adelaide Victoria [3] North Adelaide, South Australia [3] POE Adelaide South Australia [3] Adelaide New South Wales [2] Adelaide SA [2] Place of Enlistment - Adelaide South Australia [2] 37 Adelaide St, East Stonehouse, Plymouth [1] Adelaide Head Victoria [1] Adelaide SA Victoria [1] Adelaide Western Australia [1] Adelaide, Melbourne, Australia [1] Adelaide, Saint Australia [1] Adelaide, Walkerville, South Australia [1] Adelaide, West Australia [1] Adelaide,South Australia [1] Cruikshanks Slip, Port Adelaide, Birkenhead [1] Devonport onboard HMS Royal Adelaide [1] Glenelg, Adelaide [1] Goodwood West, Adelaide, South Australia [1] Hindmarsh, Adelaide South Australia [1] Kensington, Adelaide, South Australia [1] Magill, Adelaide, South Australia [1] Mitcham, Adelaide [1] Morphett Vale, Adelaide, South Australia [1] Morphetvale, Adelaide, South Australia [1] Mount Adelaide [1] Pitcairn Station, Adelaide [1] Place of birth Adelaide South Australia [1] Port Adelaide [1] Port Adelaide Western Australia [1] Port Adelaide, Australia [1] Port adelaide South Australia [1] Queen Adelaide, Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Quorn POE Adelaide South Australia [1] South Australia, Adelaide [1] St Peters, Adelaide, South Australia [1] St. Paul's, Port Adelaide South Australia [1] Wakerville, Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Rank

Private [64] Captain [10] Lieutenant [10] Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Sergeant [8] Able Seaman Driver [7] Staff Nurse [6] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sister [4] Gunner [3] Major [3] Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Doctor [2] Driver [2] Sapper [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Colonel [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain /Adjutant [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Paymaster [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sub-Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trimmer [1]

Unit

Australian Infantry [33] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [8] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [8] 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Australian Army Nursing Service [3] Australian Field Artillery [3] Manchester Regiment [3] 10th Australian Infantry Battalion [2] Army Service Corps [2] Australian Engineers [2] Australian Flying Corps [2] Australian Light Horse [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] 10th Australian Light Horse [1] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 10th Battalion [1] 10th Infantry Battalion [1] 10th Infantry Brigade [1] 11th Battalion [1] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 12th Brigade [1] 1st Australian Division [1] 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 20th Deccan Horse [1] 23rd Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 32nd Battalion Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF [1] 50 Australian Infantry [1] 52nd Battalion [1] 5th Brigade [1] 7th Brigade [1] 7th Hariana Lancers [1] 8th Light Horse Regiment [1] 9th Light Horse Regiment [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Service [1] Australian Infantrey [1] Australian Infantry, [1] Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] Australian Medical Corps [1] B Coy 33rd Rfts [1] Border Regiment [1] Cyclist Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] GOC, Nyasaland - Rhodesia Field Force [1] General Hospital [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [7878] Royal Navy [54] British Army [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [949] M [880] H [788] S [697] C [592] W [578] G [381] A [340] P [330] D [326] T [324] R [320] L [306] F [270] K [199] J [198] N [134] O [131] E [118] V [42] I [39] Y [27] Q [17] U [11] Z [4]

Contribution

Military Service [7958] Merchant Navy [40]

Country

Australia [17] United Kingdom [8] India [1] Myanmar [1]

Horace James Thomas

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1077 Private 10th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William Edward Saunders

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2421 Private 4th Australian Field Ambulance

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Alfred Otto Anderson

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 856 Private Australian Infantry 32nd Battalion

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Gladstone John Perry Royce

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4525 Private Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 28th Bn

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John Mcnamara

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 994 Private 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Henry Albert Franco

Born 1884

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1098

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Phillip Benjamin Thomas

Born 1893

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 1546 Private 10th Australian Infantry battalion

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William Owen Gaze

Born 1894

Died 1980

Australian Imperial Force 1898 2nd Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps

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William Gillies Sparks

Born 1881

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5085 Private 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion

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Boucher Charlewood James

Died 1930

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cyclist Regiment

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 8th Service Battalion

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Reginald Harrington

Born 1889

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant

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Peter Joseph O'reilly

Born 1893

Australian Imperial Force 5378 Private 5th Brigade 19th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 5378 Private 5th Brigade 19th Battalion

British Army 5378 Private Russian Relief Force Machine Gun Corps

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Phoebe Chapple

Born 1879

Died 1967

British Army Doctor Royal Army Medical Corps attached Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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William James Mccullough

Born 1897

Died 1954

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 65419

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 65419 Rifleman B Coy 33rd Rfts

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Henry Humphrey Marten

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Cedric Ernest Howell

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Australian Imperial Force 5257

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Keith Macpherson Smith, K.b.e.

Born 1890

Died 1955

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86227 Lieutenant

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Arthur Ernest Holt

Born 1895

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 306 Private Australian Infantry 3rd Light Horse

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Herbert Cornelius Bourne

Born 1893

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force 132

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Albert John Mckay

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 580 Private Australian Infantry 10th Battalion

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