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Launceston Tasmania [2128]

Launceston, Cornwall [215]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [112]

Launceston, Tasmania [27]

Launceston England [19]

Launceston, Cornwall, England [10]

Launceston Victoria [8]

Launceston, Devon [7]

POE Launceston Tasmania [3]

Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Boyton, Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Launceston [2]

Launceston New South Wales [2]

Lawhitton, Launceston, Cornwall [2]

Place of birth - Launceston Tasmania [2]

launceston cornwall [2]

Callington,Launceston,Cornwall [1]

Coads Green Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1]

Egloskerry, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Ink Lane Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Launceston Cornwall England [1]

Launceston South Australia [1]

Launceston Tasmania Tasmania [1]

Launceston, Newport, Cornwall [1]

Launceston, Somerset [1]

Launceston, Tasmania. [1]

Lewannick, Launceston, Cornwall. [1]

Lezant, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

North Hill, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Northill, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Roaches Lane Launceston Tasmania [1]

St. Stephen's, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

St. Thomas, Launceston, Cornwall [1]

Westbury, Launceston, Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Corporal [5]

Driver [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Flying Officer/Observer [1]

Forewoman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Stoker R.A.N. [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Staff nurse Sister [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer [1]

Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Australian Infantry [10]

London Regiment [4]

HMS LION [3]

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

HMS Ajax [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS NESSUS [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

11th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

12th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

13th Battalion [1]

1st Battalion South Wales Borderers [1]

1st Light Horse Brigade (Queensland) [1]

21st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

26th Battalion [1]

2nd Pioneer Battalion [1]

33rd Battalion, then 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry [1]

3rd Light Horse [1]

3rd Mining Company [1]

4th Australian Infantry Brigade [1]

5th Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

6th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Battalion [1]

Army Dental Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Army Medical Corps [1]

Australian Army Nursing Service [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Australian Infantry, [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS "Q4" [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS Active [1]

HMS Anchusa [1]

HMS Auricula [1]

HMS Carrigan Head [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [2288]

Royal Navy [186]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

British Army [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [292]

M [228]

C [220]

S [204]

W [203]

H [200]

R [136]

D [129]

P [129]

G [128]

T [111]

L [102]

F [101]

A [82]

J [77]

E [54]

K [50]

O [44]

N [25]

V [15]

I [14]

Q [8]

Y [8]

Z [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2528]

Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Launceston Tasmania [2128] Launceston, Cornwall [215] Launceston Tas Tasmania [112] Launceston, Tasmania [27] Launceston England [19] Launceston, Cornwall, England [10] Launceston Victoria [8] Launceston, Devon [7] POE Launceston Tasmania [3] Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall [2] Boyton, Launceston, Cornwall [2] Launceston [2] Launceston New South Wales [2] Lawhitton, Launceston, Cornwall [2] Place of birth - Launceston Tasmania [2] launceston cornwall [2] Callington,Launceston,Cornwall [1] Coads Green Launceston, Cornwall [1] Egloskerry, Launceston Cornwall [1] Egloskerry, Launceston, Cornwall [1] Ink Lane Launceston, Cornwall [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Launceston Cornwall England [1] Launceston South Australia [1] Launceston Tasmania Tasmania [1] Launceston, Newport, Cornwall [1] Launceston, Somerset [1] Launceston, Tasmania. [1] Lewannick, Launceston, Cornwall. [1] Lezant, Launceston, Cornwall [1] North Hill, Launceston, Cornwall [1] Northill, Launceston, Cornwall [1] Roaches Lane Launceston Tasmania [1] St. Stephen's, Launceston, Cornwall [1] St. Thomas, Launceston, Cornwall [1] Westbury, Launceston, Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [33] Stoker 1st Class [8] Corporal [5] Driver [5] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Able Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commissary [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Flying Officer/Observer [1] Forewoman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Stoker R.A.N. [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Nurse [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Petty Officer [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Staff nurse Sister [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer [1] Writer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Australian Infantry [10] London Regiment [4] HMS LION [3] Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] HMS Ajax [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS NESSUS [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Vivid II [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 12th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 13th Battalion [1] 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers [1] 1st Light Horse Brigade (Queensland) [1] 21st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 26th Battalion [1] 2nd Pioneer Battalion [1] 33rd Battalion, then 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry [1] 3rd Light Horse [1] 3rd Mining Company [1] 4th Australian Infantry Brigade [1] 5th Divisional Ammunition Column [1] 6th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Battalion [1] Army Dental Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Army Medical Corps [1] Australian Army Nursing Service [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Australian Infantry, [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Divisional Ammunition Column [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS "Q4" [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS Active [1] HMS Anchusa [1] HMS Auricula [1] HMS Carrigan Head [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Ganges II [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [2288] Royal Navy [186] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] British Army [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [292] M [228] C [220] S [204] W [203] H [200] R [136] D [129] P [129] G [128] T [111] L [102] F [101] A [82] J [77] E [54] K [50] O [44] N [25] V [15] I [14] Q [8] Y [8] Z [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2528] Merchant Navy [24]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Australia [2] Canada [1]

Frederick Alfred Whitchurch

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1722 Private Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 51st Bn

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Frederick George Gullick

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194753

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John Walter Tubb

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304373

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John Toms

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401338

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William Henry Campton

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force

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Henry William Murray

Born 1880

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 315 Private 16 Battalion

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Roy Marsh

Born 1898

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 636

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Nelson James Sing

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1830

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Waller Parsons

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198402

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David John Bassett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56128

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Charles Buckingham

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299957

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Harry W Spencer

Born 1891

British Army 34274 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Leonard Richard Bartlett

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 312030

Canadian Expeditionary Force 312030 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column

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John Cassidy

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force 3277

Australian Imperial Force 4962 Private Australian Infantry 48th Bn

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John Frater Christmas

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 852 Private Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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William Alexander Gill

Born 1885

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1551

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George Bush Sing

Born 1892

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1241

Australian Imperial Force 2501 Private

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Leon Harris

Born 1888

British Army 2072 Private London Regiment 1/13th Battalion

British Army 2072 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/13th Battalion

British Army 2072 Corporal London Regiment. 1/13th Battalion

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Alfred St Clair Headley

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3147 Lance Corporal Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force 3147 Private Australian Infantry

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James Walter Bennett

Born 1896

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6862 Private 12th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 22nd Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6862 Private 12th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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