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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]

Leonard Roy Matthews

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2716 Lance Corporal 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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Karl Jacabo Simunsen

Born 1886

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force 3470

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Frederick Albert Seaman

Born 1893

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force 1811

Australian Imperial Force 1811 Private 10th Battalion

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Norman Henry Daniel Davidson

Born 1896

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 7441 Private Australian Army Medical Corps

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Horace Baden Buller Davies

Born 1899

Died 1969

Australian Imperial Force 6740 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Howard Stanley Coombe

Born 1887

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 1739

Australian Imperial Force 1739 Private 51st Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1739 Private 11th Infantry Battalion

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Henry Joseph Carriss

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4795

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James Tucker

Born 1882

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 264 Private Australian Infantry 22nd Battalion

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Joseph Thomas Barnes

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6784 Private Australian Infantry 48th Battalion

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John Edwin Crocker

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 79 Private Australian Infantry 32 Battalion

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Daniel Michael Lawlor

Born 1887

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 126 Private Australian Infantry 32nd Battalion

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Cyril Barton Althorp

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4129

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Elwin Bruce Olifent

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Infantry 27 Battalion

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Robert Hurst

Born 1885

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3261 52nd Battalion

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Walter Batley Seaman

Born 1891

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 101

Australian Imperial Force Private 10th Battalion

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Roy Mandeville Lenton

Born 1888

Died 1962

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 10th Infantry Brigade "B" Company

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William Alfred Field

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1865 15th Bn.

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Alexander Clifford Vernon Melbourne

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Infantry 9th Battalion

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Thomas Henson

Born 1878

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3172

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William Stephen Roberts

Born 1878

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2469 Private Australian Infantry 50th Battalion

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