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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]

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Victoria Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Victoria, Ballarat [1]

Rank

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]

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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]

Rank

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]

Thomas Grange Rowlands

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 3479 Private Australian Machine Gun Corps 4th Bn

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Leslie John Primrose

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 684 Private 10th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps

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Stanley Brown Smith

Born 1887

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 300 Private 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "D" Company

Australian Imperial Force 300 Lance Corporal 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 300 Sergeant 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Gustave Oscar Johann Gluth

Born 1878

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force 2084 E/R Sergeant No 1 Australian General Hospital

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Philip Walter Amoore

Born 1876

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2675 Private Australian Infantry

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George Henry Buckingham

Born 1877

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6237 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Blodwyn Elizabeth Williams

Born 1882

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Nursing Service

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Frederick Rawlings

Born 1887

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 916 Private Australian Infantry 31st Battalion

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James Thomas Richards

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 572

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Robert Arthur Salmon

Born 1892

Died 1983

Australian Imperial Force Private 4th Light Horse

Australian Imperial Force Lance Corporal 4th Light Horse

Australian Imperial Force Corporal 4th Light Horse

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Victor Leslie Lancaster

Born 1894

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2085 Private 30th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 2085 Lance Corporal 30th Battalion

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Gertrude Evelyn Munro

Born 1882

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Sister Australian Army Nursing Service

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Frank Herbert Davis

Born 1879

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4471 Private Australian Infantry 58th Battalion

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Herbert Granland

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 14555

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Francis Gordon Davis

Born 1899

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 3310 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Australian Flying Corps

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Michael Thomas Kinnane

Born 1878

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 3674 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battaion

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Rupert Holton Herd

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Flying Corps

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Geoffrey Salmon

Born 1896

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 24438 Driver

Australian Imperial Force 24438 Gunner 8th F A B

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Sydney Albert Maidment

Born 1879

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 12633 3rd M T Company

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George Alfred Archibald

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 558 Private Australian Infantry 28th Infantry Battalion

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