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Bendigo Victoria [3]

Dublin [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

High Camp Victoria [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lochinvar New South Wales [2]

Manilla New South Wales [2]

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Londonderry, Colchester County, Nova Scotia [1]

Mackay Queensland [1]

Mildura Victoria [1]

Moree New South Wales [1]

Murwillumbah New South Wales [1]

Narrandera New South Wales [1]

Newfoundland [1]

Nyngan New South Wales [1]

Peeblesshire [1]

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Private [179]

Corporal [14]

Gunner [11]

Serjeant [11]

Driver [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Sapper [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Examiners [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private/ Private [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [21]

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15]

Royal Engineers [15]

Army Service Corps [9]

Irish Guards [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Connaught Rangers [7]

Royal Irish Regiment [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

London Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Army Service Corps (Canteens) [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [237]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Royal Navy [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [359]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [352]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Bendigo Victoria [3] Dublin [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] High Camp Victoria [2] Islington, London [2] Lochinvar New South Wales [2] Manilla New South Wales [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tipperary [2] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Belturbet [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blayney New South Wales [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Calderbank, Lanarkshire [1] Clerkenwell [1] Coomera Queensland [1] Cork [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Eaglehawk Victoria [1] Galashiels, Peeblesshire [1] Galashiels, Selkirkshire [1] Grenfell New South Wales [1] Hartlepool, Durham, England [1] Hergott Springs South Australia [1] High Plain Victoria [1] Hillgrove New South Wales [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leiston, Suffolk [1] Londonderry, Colchester County, Nova Scotia [1] Mackay Queensland [1] Mildura Victoria [1] Moree New South Wales [1] Murwillumbah New South Wales [1] Narrandera New South Wales [1] Newfoundland [1] Nyngan New South Wales [1] Peeblesshire [1]

Rank

Private [179] Corporal [14] Gunner [11] Serjeant [11] Driver [10] Lance Corporal [8] Sapper [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Examiners [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Nursing Sister [1] Petty Officer [1] Private/ Private [1] Rifleman [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [21] Labour Corps [20] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [15] Royal Engineers [15] Army Service Corps [9] Irish Guards [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Connaught Rangers [7] Royal Irish Regiment [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Munster Fusiliers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] London Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Army Service Corps (Canteens) [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [237] Australian Imperial Force [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Royal Navy [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [359] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [352] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Australia [1]

John Patrick Hart Boland

Born 1883

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 823 Lance Sergeant Australian Infantry

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John Boland

Born 1883

Died 1921

British Army 47427 Company Serjeant Major Welsh Regiment

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James Boland

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 25535 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st/7th Battalion

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Sydney Boland

Died 1916

British Army 1123 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Thomas Boland

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88235

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Richard Boland

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 24926 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 36276 Private Royal Scots 2nd Home Service Garrison Bn.

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Bert Young Boland

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 133133

Canadian Expeditionary Force 133133 Private Canadian Infantry

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William James Boland

Died 1916

British Army 9850 Private 20th Hussars

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William Henry Boland

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 170915

Royal Navy 170915 Petty Officer H.M.S. "Viknor."

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Thomas Boland

Died 1917

British Army 39461 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 39461 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Edward Boland

Died 1917

British Army 25902 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 53375 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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David Boland

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 10970 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Boland

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4031 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 266495 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edward Boland

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army S/15685 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Patrick J. Boland

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 1601 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Michael Thomas Boland

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 7058 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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James Boland

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 34767 Private Welsh Regiment

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Peter Boland

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 8644 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Christopher Boland

Died 1915

British Army 8426 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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John Boland

Died 1916

British Army 11601 Lance Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 11601 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

British Army 11601 Corporal Royal Scots Fusiliers

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