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Brooklyn New South Wales [17]

Brooklyn, New York [17]

Brooklyn USA South Australia [7]

Brooklyn, United States of America [7]

Brooklyn Victoria [6]

Brooklyn [4]

Brooklyn New York [3]

Brooklyn, New York City, New York [2]

Brooklyn, USA [2]

Brook, Brooklyn New York [1]

Brooklyn, New York City [1]

Brooklyn, New York, [1]

Brooklyn, New York, New York [1]

Brooklyn, New York, United States of America [1]

South Brooklyn, New York [1]

the Brooklyn borough of New York [1]

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Private [10]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Administrator [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Hospital Assistant [1]

Major [1]

Major (acting) [1]

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Surgeon [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Waggoner [1]

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Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

305th Infantry Regiment [1]

American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [1]

American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1]

American Expeditionary Forces [1]

Anglo-French Nurse Hospital Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Army Unit [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

M.F.A. "Ermine" [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [31]

British Army [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Royal Navy [9]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

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B [10]

H [9]

R [6]

T [6]

M [5]

D [4]

P [4]

W [4]

S [3]

G [2]

K [2]

A [1]

E [1]

F [1]

J [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Barbados [1]

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People [72] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brooklyn New South Wales [17] Brooklyn, New York [17] Brooklyn USA South Australia [7] Brooklyn, United States of America [7] Brooklyn Victoria [6] Brooklyn [4] Brooklyn New York [3] Brooklyn, New York City, New York [2] Brooklyn, USA [2] Brook, Brooklyn New York [1] Brooklyn, New York City [1] Brooklyn, New York, [1] Brooklyn, New York, New York [1] Brooklyn, New York, United States of America [1] South Brooklyn, New York [1] the Brooklyn borough of New York [1]

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Private [10] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Administrator [1] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Hospital Assistant [1] Major [1] Major (acting) [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Waggoner [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 305th Infantry Regiment [1] American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [1] American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [1] American Expeditionary Forces [1] Anglo-French Nurse Hospital Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Army Unit [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] King's African Rifles [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] M.F.A. "Ermine" [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [31] British Army [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Royal Navy [9] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [11] B [10] H [9] R [6] T [6] M [5] D [4] P [4] W [4] S [3] G [2] K [2] A [1] E [1] F [1] J [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [66] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Barbados [1]

Clarence Hansen

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14459 Private Border Regiment 8th bord Battalion

British Army 14459 Private Border Regiment

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Roger Williams Birdseye

Born 1890

Died 1942

British Army 22846 Private Canadian Army Unit

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Howard Henry Newman

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26038

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Hugh Morton Hart

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182210

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Robert Emmett Keating

Born 1894

Died 1979

Other Empire Force 1216172 Waggoner American Expeditionary Force - III Corps 54th Infantry Brigade - 27th Division

Other Empire Force 1216172 Waggoner American Expeditionary Forces 106th Machine Gun Battalion

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Stephen Tucker Read

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 19777 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Temporary Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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William Patrick Brennan

Australian Imperial Force 59944

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Harold James Cole

Australian Imperial Force 16856

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Arthur Louis Taylor

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182272

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Edward Joseph Black

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9636

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James Edward Binks

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265725

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Arthur Frederick Johnson

Australian Imperial Force 5596

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William Brown Rome

Born 1875

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Robert George Rolston

Born 1888

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Edward Armstrong

Australian Imperial Force 3767

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Roy Bronsdon Blundell

Australian Imperial Force 21626

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Malcolm Gifford Van De Water

Born 1894

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Percy Roy Merrick

Australian Imperial Force 3318

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Thomas Albert Roy Sutton

Australian Imperial Force 10094

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George Allan Williams

Australian Imperial Force 1562

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