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Australian Infantry [25]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [5]

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Australian Army Nursing Service [4]

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1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2]

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HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Official Artist to the A.I.F. [1]

Official War Artist [1]

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F [168]

K [159]

J [140]

O [117]

E [108]

N [97]

Y [40]

V [33]

Q [27]

I [16]

U [9]

Z [7]

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Military Service [5769]

Merchant Navy [3]

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Australia [11]

New Zealand [2]

United Kingdom [2]

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Ballarat Victoria [5570] Ballarat East Victoria [145] Ballarat, Victoria [28] POE Ballarat Victoria [7] Ballarat West Victoria [6] Ballarat North Victoria [5] Ballarat East, Victoria [2] North Ballarat Victoria [2] Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria [1] Ballarat Buninyong Victoria [1] Ballarat South Victoria [1] Ballarat VIc Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria Victoria [1] Glenpark, Ballarat, Victoria [1] Lint, Ballarat, Victoria [1] SERN Ballarat Victoria [1] South Ballarat Victoria [1] Taradale, Ballarat, Victoria [1] Victoria Ballarat, Victoria [1] Victoria, Ballarat [1]

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Private [40] Lieutenant [10] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [8] Sergeant [6] Captain [5] Driver [5] Sapper [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman Driver [3] Gunner [3] Major [3] Sister [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] ALIAS Private [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] 11th Infantry Battalion [1] 2nd Corporal [1] A/Bombardier [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance-Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Chaplain 4th Class [1] Company Sergeant Major (WO 2) [1] E/R Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Tunneller's Mate [1] reduced to ranks for inefficiency [1] remustered tunneller [1]

Unit

Australian Infantry [25] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [5] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [4] Australian Army Nursing Service [4] Australian Flying Corps [4] 1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [2] Australian Army Service Corps [2] Mining Corps [2] Otago Infantry Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 11th Field Company, Australian Engineers [1] 14th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 1st Div Eng [1] 2nd Brigade [1] 2nd Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] 2nd Div Artillery [1] 2nd Field Coy Engineers [1] 2nd Pioneers [1] 37th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 39th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 3rd Battalion Infantry Brigade (City of Ballarat Regiment) [1] 4th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 4th Light Horse [1] 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [1] 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 8th F A B [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Army Unit [1] Australian Engineers [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Australian Pioneers [1] Australian Tunnelling Corps [1] Chaplains Department [1] Citizen Military Force [1] Commissioned War Artist [1] H.Q [1] HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "A" Company [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Official Artist to the A.I.F. [1] Official War Artist [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Australian Naval Reserve [1] Royal Australian Navy [1] Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1 [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [5762] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] British Army [5] Other Empire Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

M [608] B [550] C [491] H [440] W [439] S [417] R [336] D [307] G [302] L [268] P [262] T [254] A [182] F [168] K [159] J [140] O [117] E [108] N [97] Y [40] V [33] Q [27] I [16] U [9] Z [7]

Contribution

Military Service [5769] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

Australia [11] New Zealand [2] United Kingdom [2]

Gerald Thomas Mullally

Born 1887

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps No 8 Casualty Clearing Station - France

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps No 8 Casualty Clearing Station - France

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps No 8 Casualty Clearing Station - France

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Alice Ross-King

Born 1887

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service No.1 Australian General Hospital

Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Nursing Service

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Robert Williams

Born 1896

Died 1992

Australian Imperial Force 3989

Australian Imperial Force 3989 Private 14th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3989 Private 46th Battalion

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Edward Victor Freed

Born 1893

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24308 Captain Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Stanley Daw

Born 1891

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 4793

Australian Imperial Force 4793 Private 5th Battalion

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Horace Gordon Futcher

Born 1886

Died 1938

Australian Imperial Force 2372

Australian Imperial Force 2372 Private 2nd Pioneers 4th Reinforcements

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John Mcintosh

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 27553 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Phillip Oliver Percival Dunstan

Born 1896

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6254 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Harry Bradbury

Born 1886

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 1572

Australian Imperial Force 1572 Private 14th Battalion

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George Mclarty

Born 1878

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5386

Australian Imperial Force 5386 Sapper Australian Tunnelling Corps 1st Company

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Leslie Edward Daw

Born 1889

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4773

Australian Imperial Force 4773 Private 8th Battalion

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John Vile Aka Jack Gare

Born 1881

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3377 Private 12th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Benjamin Jonas

Born 1873

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 225 Sergeant H.Q

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John Austin Anderson

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 476 Sergeant Australian Engineers 2 Tunnelling Company

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William Daw

Born 1885

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 2043

Australian Imperial Force 2043 Corporal Army Service Corps 300th Mechanical Transport

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Arthur Ernest Proud

Born 1883

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6871

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Neil Scott

Born 1896

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1413 11th Infantry Battalion Australian Infantry 11th Infantry Battalion

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Owen Tudor Boustead

Born 1895

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force 1009

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Leslie William Hart

Born 1894

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 865 Corporal Australian Infantry 32 Battalion

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Andrew Melville

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 227 Driver Australian Infantry 24th Bn.

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