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Perth Western Australia [2158]

Perth, Perthshire [227]

Perth Scotland [183]

Perth [160]

Perth, Perthshire, Scotland [106]

Perth Tasmania [48]

West Perth Western Australia [38]

East Perth Western Australia [30]

Perth, Scotland [28]

Perth, Western Australia [23]

Perth, Ontario [9]

North Perth Western Australia [8]

POE Perth Western Australia [8]

South Perth Western Australia [7]

Perth, Australia [5]

Errol, Perth, Perthshire [4]

Perth, West Australia [4]

Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [3]

Methven, Perth, Perthshire [3]

Perth Perthshire Scotland [3]

Blackford, Perth, Perthshire [2]

Blairgowrie, Perth, Perthshire [2]

Dunkeld, Perth, Perthshire [2]

Ellice Townshp, Perth Co., Ont [2]

PERTH SCOTLAND [2]

Perth County, Ontario [2]

Perth Tas Tasmania [2]

Perth, [2]

Scone, Perth [2]

Stratford, Perth County, Ontario [2]

- probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1]

4 Burks Close, Perth [1]

5 Melville Street, Perth, Scotland [1]

Aberfeldy, Perth [1]

Abernethy, Perth [1]

Abernethy, Perth, Perthshire [1]

Almondbank, Perth [1]

Alyth, Perth, Perthshire [1]

Angus, Perth, Scotland [1]

Ardtalnaig, Perth [1]

Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perth, Scotland [1]

At Sea Register Perth Western Australia [1]

Auchtergaven, Perth [1]

Ayton House,Aberargie, Perth, Scotland [1]

Blackford Perth [1]

Blair Drummond, Perth [1]

Blairgowrie, Perth [1]

Bridge End, Perth [1]

Bridge of Arran, Perth [1]

Callander Village, Perth, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [134]

Lance Corporal [14]

Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [10]

Gunner [8]

Captain [7]

Sergeant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Commander [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Engineer [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

A.M.1 (Driver) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Airman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drum Sergeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lance-Sergeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [45]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [41]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [14]

Australian Infantry [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Royal Scots [6]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Army Service Corps [4]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Australian Field Artillery [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Highland Cyclist Battalion [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Scottish Horse [3]

Canadian Engineers [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

10th Light Horse Regiment [1]

11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [1]

16th Infantry Battalion [1]

18th ( Queen Mary's Own Royal ) Hussars [1]

3rd A.I.F. Division [1]

3rd Divisional Signals Company [1]

3rd Infantry Brigade [1]

44th Battalion [1]

4th Regiment South African Infantry [1]

52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

8th Royal Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Australian Infantry (AIF) [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [2503]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [191]

Royal Navy [182]

British Army [140]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [410]

B [382]

S [287]

C [251]

H [225]

W [197]

G [179]

D [168]

R [152]

A [122]

P [118]

L [111]

T [107]

F [106]

K [94]

J [70]

E [47]

O [43]

N [39]

Y [16]

V [13]

I [12]

Q [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3014]

Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Canada [11]

Australia [5]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

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Perth Western Australia [2158] Perth, Perthshire [227] Perth Scotland [183] Perth [160] Perth, Perthshire, Scotland [106] Perth Tasmania [48] West Perth Western Australia [38] East Perth Western Australia [30] Perth, Scotland [28] Perth, Western Australia [23] Perth, Ontario [9] North Perth Western Australia [8] POE Perth Western Australia [8] South Perth Western Australia [7] Perth, Australia [5] Errol, Perth, Perthshire [4] Perth, West Australia [4] Auchterarder, Perth, Perthshire [3] Methven, Perth, Perthshire [3] Perth Perthshire Scotland [3] Blackford, Perth, Perthshire [2] Blairgowrie, Perth, Perthshire [2] Dunkeld, Perth, Perthshire [2] Ellice Townshp, Perth Co., Ont [2] PERTH SCOTLAND [2] Perth County, Ontario [2] Perth Tas Tasmania [2] Perth, [2] Scone, Perth [2] Stratford, Perth County, Ontario [2] - probably - Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross, Scotland [1] 4 Burks Close, Perth [1] 5 Melville Street, Perth, Scotland [1] Aberfeldy, Perth [1] Abernethy, Perth [1] Abernethy, Perth, Perthshire [1] Almondbank, Perth [1] Alyth, Perth, Perthshire [1] Angus, Perth, Scotland [1] Ardtalnaig, Perth [1] Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perth, Scotland [1] At Sea Register Perth Western Australia [1] Auchtergaven, Perth [1] Ayton House,Aberargie, Perth, Scotland [1] Blackford Perth [1] Blair Drummond, Perth [1] Blairgowrie, Perth [1] Bridge End, Perth [1] Bridge of Arran, Perth [1] Callander Village, Perth, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [134] Lance Corporal [14] Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [12] Sapper [10] Gunner [8] Captain [7] Sergeant [7] Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] Driver [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Nursing Sister [4] Acting Corporal [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Cadet [2] Commander [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Leading Stoker [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Engineer [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] A.M.1 (Driver) [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Airman [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Mechanic 1st Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Drum Sergeant [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Guardsman [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lance-Sergeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1]

Unit

Royal Highlanders [45] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [41] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [14] Australian Infantry [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Royal Scots [6] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Army Service Corps [4] Canadian Army Medical Corps [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Australian Field Artillery [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Highland Cyclist Battalion [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Scottish Horse [3] Canadian Engineers [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] 10th Light Horse Regiment [1] 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 16th Battalion Australian Infantry, AIF [1] 16th Infantry Battalion [1] 18th ( Queen Mary's Own Royal ) Hussars [1] 3rd A.I.F. Division [1] 3rd Divisional Signals Company [1] 3rd Infantry Brigade [1] 44th Battalion [1] 4th Regiment South African Infantry [1] 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) [1] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 8th Royal Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Engineers [1] Australian Infantry (AIF) [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [2503] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [191] Royal Navy [182] British Army [140] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [410] B [382] S [287] C [251] H [225] W [197] G [179] D [168] R [152] A [122] P [118] L [111] T [107] F [106] K [94] J [70] E [47] O [43] N [39] Y [16] V [13] I [12] Q [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [3014] Merchant Navy [114]

Country

United Kingdom [46] Canada [11] Australia [5] India [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1]

John Edward Dehertel

Born 1863

Died 1945

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel 130th Battalion

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Meyrick Edward Clifton James

Born 1898

Died 1963

British Army 141055 Second Lieutenant Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 141055 Lieutenant Royal Army Pay Corps

British Army 829 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd (Service) Battalion (1st Sportsman's)

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Bertram Sampson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 3324 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 6262 Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 292420 Corporal Royal Highlanders

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James Lockhart Ashton

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy 9947 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 9947 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 9947 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Regimental Depot, Walmer

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James Bruce Gould

Born 1881

Died 1926

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434097

Canadian Expeditionary Force sapper 10th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private 50th

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John Shaw Drew

Died 1917

British Army 1114 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 265077 Lance-Sergeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion

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Duncan Buchan

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army S/2935 Private 8th Royal Highlanders

British Army S/16722 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Royden Charles Crossland

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 599 Second Lieutenant Engineers 1st Field Company

Australian Imperial Force 5728 Sapper Engineers 3rd Field Company

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James Christie Mcinroy

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S/9519 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/9519 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Battalion

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John Norwell

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 159255 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army B Battery, 251st Brigade

British Army 159255 Driver Royal Field Artillery B Battery, 251st Brigade

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Colin Carmichael

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 27928 Private Royal Scots

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James W Young

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2393 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 2393 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Isaac James Mcdonald

Born 1892

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3587 Corporal 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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Andrew Bell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 203525 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 3902 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 203525 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Norman Thomas Crichton Hunter

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery C/58 Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery C/58 Brigade

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Howard Vernon Harris

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 273065 Cadet Royal Air Force

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Thomas Studley

Born 1891

Other Empire Force attached to the Nigeria Regiment

British Army 769 Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 769 Warrant Officer Class 2 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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William Turnbull West

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1598 Private Royal Scots 7th Battalion

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Donald Scott

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army S/23084 Lance-Corporal Gordon Highlanders 5th Battalion

British Army S/23084 Private Gordon Highlanders 8th/10th Battalion

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Robert Turnbull Henderson, M.s.m.

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S4/237123 Staff Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps 64 Div. Train HQ

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