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Jamestown South Australia [3]

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People [48] Stories Communities

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Jamestown South Australia [3] Nyora Victoria [2] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] South Bank, Yorkshire [1] Stockton [1] Tipperary, Tipperary [1] Wicklow [1] scotswood newcastle upon tyne [1]

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Private [21] Gunner [5] Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Musician [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

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Royal Field Artillery [6] Labour Corps [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Marines Band [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] HMS Agincourt [1] Lancers [1] London Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

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British Army [29] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

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M [48]

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Military Service [47]

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United Kingdom [2] Canada [1]

John Mates

Born 1873

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7818

Canadian Expeditionary Force 7818 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Mates

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 18675 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John George Mates

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42591

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William Mates

Died 1917

British Army 16923 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16923 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

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James Mates

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 4327 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 200590 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Patrick Mates

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 25218 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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W Mates

Died 1917

British Army 16923 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16923 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

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John Mates

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 19580 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Thomas G Mates

Died 1914

British Army L/7010 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L/7010 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Francis J Mates

Died 1918

British Army 276302 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Henry Mates

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2122T Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Formidable."

Royal Navy T 2122 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Albert Edward Mates

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy 1638 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 1638 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS Vanguard

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Harold Mates

Australian Imperial Force 515

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John Albert Irwin Mates

Australian Imperial Force 1571

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Roy Mates

Australian Imperial Force 1081

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Charles Henry Mates

Born 1892

Royal Navy 1238 Royal Marines Band

Royal Navy 15365 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Randolph Frederick Claude Mates

Australian Imperial Force 2133

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William Leonard Garfield Mates

Australian Imperial Force 2905

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Clarence Henry Mates

Australian Imperial Force 17690

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William John Mates

Born 1901

Royal Navy 2534 Royal Marines Band

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