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Albany Western Australia [56]

Katanning Western Australia [11]

London England [11]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Perth Western Australia [7]

Horsham Victoria [6]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Tenterden Western Australia [4]

Albany, Western Australia [3]

Arthur River, Western Australia [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Beverley Western Australia [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Carlisle England [3]

Cranbrook Western Australia [3]

Lambeth, Greater London [3]

St Arnaud Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Baroota South Australia [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Broken Hill, New South Wales [2]

Broomehill Western Australia [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Busselton Western Australia [2]

Bussleton Western Australia [2]

Edinburgh Scotland [2]

Folkstone, Kent England [2]

Footscray Victoria [2]

Fremantle, Western Australia [2]

Gippsland Victoria [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Kojonup, Western Australia [2]

Leicester England [2]

Leith Scotland [2]

Preston England [2]

Quorn South Australia [2]

South South Australia [2]

Stawell Victoria [2]

Wagin Western Australia [2]

York Western Australia [2]

16 Pond Place, Chelsea, London, England [1]

Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Addelstone, Surrey, England [1]

Addlestone [1]

Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Albany, West Australia [1]

Rank

Private [366]

Trooper [30]

Corporal [29]

Sergeant [26]

Lance Corporal [24]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Driver [12]

Lieutenant [12]

Gunner [11]

Sapper [9]

Captain [6]

Major [5]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Lance corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

2/Lieutenant [1]

2051 [1]

51st Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

52nd Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Bombadier [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Corporal/Bombardier [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Head Sister [1]

L/Sergeant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Privatre [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer) [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

T/Sister [1]

Unit

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [37]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [15]

Australian Infantry [10]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

10th Australian Light Horse [2]

Australian Army Medical Corps [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

10th Australian Light Horse Corps [1]

10th Australian Light Horse refiment [1]

10th Light Horse Regiment [1]

10th Light Horse regiment [1]

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

12th Australian Field Ambulance [1]

12th Australian Field ambulance [1]

12th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

14th Australian Machine Gun Company [1]

15 Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

16th Light Horse Regiment (South Australian Mounted Rifles) [1]

1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse), attached 72nd Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

20th Hussars [1]

22nd Light Horse Regiment [1]

2nd Australian Field Ambulance [1]

2nd Field Squadron Australian Engineers [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [1]

43rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

9th Australian Light Horse [1]

9th Light Horse Regiment [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Army Nursing Service [1]

Australian Camel Corps [1]

Australian Engineers [1]

Australian Flying Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

British Red Cross Society/Australian Volunteer Hospital [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [511]

British Army [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [58]

S [50]

B [45]

G [45]

H [41]

P [38]

A [37]

W [35]

R [30]

C [29]

F [25]

L [21]

T [21]

J [16]

N [15]

D [11]

K [10]

E [9]

O [9]

Y [7]

Q [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [558]

Country

Australia [15]

United Kingdom [12]

Egypt [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [559] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Albany Western Australia [56] Katanning Western Australia [11] London England [11] Adelaide South Australia [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Perth Western Australia [7] Horsham Victoria [6] Geelong Victoria [4] Tenterden Western Australia [4] Albany, Western Australia [3] Arthur River, Western Australia [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Beverley Western Australia [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Carlisle England [3] Cranbrook Western Australia [3] Lambeth, Greater London [3] St Arnaud Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Baroota South Australia [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Broken Hill, New South Wales [2] Broomehill Western Australia [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Burra South Australia [2] Busselton Western Australia [2] Bussleton Western Australia [2] Edinburgh Scotland [2] Folkstone, Kent England [2] Footscray Victoria [2] Fremantle, Western Australia [2] Gippsland Victoria [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Kojonup, Western Australia [2] Leicester England [2] Leith Scotland [2] Preston England [2] Quorn South Australia [2] South South Australia [2] Stawell Victoria [2] Wagin Western Australia [2] York Western Australia [2] 16 Pond Place, Chelsea, London, England [1] Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Addelstone, Surrey, England [1] Addlestone [1] Adelaide, South Australia [1] Albany, West Australia [1]

Rank

Private [366] Trooper [30] Corporal [29] Sergeant [26] Lance Corporal [24] Second Lieutenant [13] Driver [12] Lieutenant [12] Gunner [11] Sapper [9] Captain [6] Major [5] Lance Sergeant [3] Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Lance corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Nurse [2] 2/Lieutenant [1] 2051 [1] 51st Australian Infantry Battalion [1] 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Able Seaman [1] Bombadier [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Corporal/Bombardier [1] Fitter Corporal [1] Head Sister [1] L/Sergeant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Privatre [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Second Corporal [1] Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer) [1] Sister [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] T/Sister [1]

Unit

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [37] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [15] Australian Infantry [10] London Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] 10th Australian Light Horse [2] Australian Army Medical Corps [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] 10th Australian Light Horse Corps [1] 10th Australian Light Horse refiment [1] 10th Light Horse Regiment [1] 10th Light Horse regiment [1] 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 12th Australian Field Ambulance [1] 12th Australian Field ambulance [1] 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 14th Australian Machine Gun Company [1] 15 Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 16th Light Horse Regiment (South Australian Mounted Rifles) [1] 1st Duke of York's Lancers (Skinner's Horse), attached 72nd Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 20th Hussars [1] 22nd Light Horse Regiment [1] 2nd Australian Field Ambulance [1] 2nd Field Squadron Australian Engineers [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 32nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment [1] 43rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 48th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 9th Australian Light Horse [1] 9th Light Horse Regiment [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Army Nursing Service [1] Australian Camel Corps [1] Australian Engineers [1] Australian Flying Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] British Red Cross Society/Australian Volunteer Hospital [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] General List [1]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [511] British Army [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [58] S [50] B [45] G [45] H [41] P [38] A [37] W [35] R [30] C [29] F [25] L [21] T [21] J [16] N [15] D [11] K [10] E [9] O [9] Y [7] Q [3] I [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [558]

Country

Australia [15] United Kingdom [12] Egypt [1] Turkey [1]

Benjamin Roberts

Born 1889

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2696 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Alfred Deamer

Born 1890

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2810 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Jacob Fullarton Aarons

Born 1881

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2868 Private 16th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Charles Oxley Piesse

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Noel William Osburne

Born 1895

Died 1920

Australian Imperial Force 6801 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Charles Arthur Whyatt

Born 1894

Died 1969

Australian Imperial Force 1429 Corporal 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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William John Aka Jim Piesse

Born 1888

Died 1952

Australian Imperial Force 2830 Sergeant 10th Light Horse regiment

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Gordon George Gluth

Born 1886

Died 1961

Australian Imperial Force 21902 Engineering Field Companies

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Thomas Edward Aka Edward Quartermaine

Born 1888

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 2949 Driver 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Norman Stanley Smith

Born 1893

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 1064 Private 59th Australian Railway Company

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George Marshall Pescod

Born 1871

Died 1916

Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3922 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Beven Samson Joseph Quartermaine

Born 1881

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 3431 Staff Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Thomas Gerald Kilmartin

Born 1868

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2437 L/Sergeant 12th Australian Field Ambulance

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Frederick John Marshall

Born 1889

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force 2368 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Karl Adolf Bonaparte Ahnall

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 555 2nd Lieutenant 28th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Howard Atkinson Toovey

Born 1895

Died 1979

Australian Imperial Force 3724 Private 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

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John William Norrish

Born 1875

Died 1942

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Samuel Walker Stewart

Born 1885

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 3923 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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Norman Transvaal Wells

Born 1896

Died 1962

Private

Australian Imperial Force 7328 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Samuel Fellows Meharry

Born 1884

Died 1962

Australian Imperial Force 4166 Private Australian Camel Corps

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