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Aberdeen [4]

Sidcup [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bradfield [2]

Durris [2]

Elgin [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Penzance [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Alford [1]

Annandale, Sydney New South Wales [1]

Berkshire [1]

Binnaway New South Wales [1]

Brentford [1]

Bude [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Cooma New South Wales [1]

Durham [1]

Enfield [1]

Gulgong New South Wales [1]

Hendon [1]

Inverell New England New South Wales [1]

Inverell New South Wales [1]

Kensington [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Lochee [1]

Manilla, NSW New South Wales [1]

Monifieth [1]

Moree New South Wales [1]

Murwillumbah New South Wales [1]

Muswellbrook New South Wales [1]

Muswellbrook, NSW [1]

Napier New South Wales [1]

Nelson [1]

North Sydney New South Wales [1]

Parramatta New South Wales [1]

Redfern New South Wales [1]

St Cyrus [1]

St Nicholas [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tidmarsh [1]

Ulmarra New South Wales [1]

Walcha [1]

Walworth [1]

Rank

Private [18]

Captain [4]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanic Corporal [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [5]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Britannia [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HMS Bacchante [1]

HMS Vivid [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Medical Service [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Signal Company [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery Scottish [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Wellington Mounted Rifles [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [34]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [10]

C [8]

M [8]

P [8]

R [8]

F [5]

S [5]

G [3]

T [3]

D [2]

E [2]

L [2]

W [2]

A [1]

B [1]

N [1]

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Military Service [69]

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United Kingdom [2]

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Place of birth

Aberdeen [4] Sidcup [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bradfield [2] Durris [2] Elgin [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Penzance [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Alford [1] Annandale, Sydney New South Wales [1] Berkshire [1] Binnaway New South Wales [1] Brentford [1] Bude [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Cooma New South Wales [1] Durham [1] Enfield [1] Gulgong New South Wales [1] Hendon [1] Inverell New England New South Wales [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Kensington [1] Lincolnshire [1] Lochee [1] Manilla, NSW New South Wales [1] Monifieth [1] Moree New South Wales [1] Murwillumbah New South Wales [1] Muswellbrook New South Wales [1] Muswellbrook, NSW [1] Napier New South Wales [1] Nelson [1] North Sydney New South Wales [1] Parramatta New South Wales [1] Redfern New South Wales [1] St Cyrus [1] St Nicholas [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tidmarsh [1] Ulmarra New South Wales [1] Walcha [1] Walworth [1]

Rank

Private [18] Captain [4] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanic Corporal [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [5] Gordon Highlanders [4] Cameron Highlanders [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Australian Infantry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Britannia [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HMS Bacchante [1] HMS Vivid [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Medical Service [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers Signal Company [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery Scottish [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Wellington Mounted Rifles [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [34] Australian Imperial Force [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [10] C [8] M [8] P [8] R [8] F [5] S [5] G [3] T [3] D [2] E [2] L [2] W [2] A [1] B [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [69]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

John William Riddler

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army S-43237 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army S-43237 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Cecil Charles Fountain

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92453

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Harry Millson

Born 1868

Died 1950

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303757

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Edgar Allen

Born 1894

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1505

Australian Imperial Force 1521

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Leonard Marson Howell

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army S 7431 Private Rifle Brigade

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Herbert Frank Spooner

Born 1878

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 322

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Frederick Jesse Snelling

Born 1893

Died 1919

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/1369 Wellington Mounted Rifles

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Edmund Bragg

Born 1886

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1494

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Archibald Edgar Pringle

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3426

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Francis Halliday

Born 1892

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 7596

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Thomas William Tuckerman

Born 1880

Died 1919

Australian Imperial Force 7318

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William George Drummond

Born 1872

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5339

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William Alexander Pryor

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force 776

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William Erlam Garden

Born 1887

Died 1971

British Army London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Edward George Smyth

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5882

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Edmund Robert Millson

Born 1888

Died 1940

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3609

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James Gordon Duff Peterkin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army S/31330 Private Cameron Highlanders

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George Herbert Somerville Cundy

Born 1887

Australian Imperial Force

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William Hastings Farrow, D.f.c.

Born 1893

Died 1946

British Army 28103 Mechanic Corporal Royal Engineers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Kenneth Richard Frazer

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 452

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