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Sydney New South Wales [72]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [30]

Brisbane Queensland [26]

Cork [25]

Liverpool, Lancashire [18]

Ballarat Victoria [17]

Melbourne Victoria [16]

Waterford [14]

Dublin [12]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [12]

Launceston Tasmania [10]

Mudgee New South Wales [10]

Tipperary [10]

Adelaide South Australia [8]

Bendigo Victoria [8]

Limerick [8]

Wangaratta Victoria [8]

Goulburn New South Wales [7]

Wexford [7]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Colac Victoria [6]

Hay New South Wales [6]

Hobart Tasmania [6]

Ipswich Queensland [6]

Toowoomba Queensland [6]

Bathurst New South Wales [5]

Blayney New South Wales [5]

Liverpool England [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Clare [4]

Devonport, Devon [4]

Foster Victoria [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Maryborough Queensland [4]

Midleton, Cork [4]

Mount Morgan Queensland [4]

Rockhampton Queensland [4]

Tenterfield New South Wales [4]

West Maitland New South Wales [4]

Adelong New South Wales [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3]

Footscray Victoria [3]

Galway [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Glen Innes New South Wales [3]

Hamilton Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [2379]

Gunner [212]

Driver [187]

Serjeant [145]

Corporal [140]

Sapper [136]

Lance Corporal [98]

Captain [61]

Lieutenant [57]

Pioneer [47]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Acting Corporal [30]

Bombardier [26]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Rifleman [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Guardsman [7]

Major [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Serjeant Major [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major Instructor [4]

Nurse [4]

Sister [4]

Trimmer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Assistant Surgeon [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Reverend [3]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [331]

Royal Engineers [272]

Royal Field Artillery [259]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [200]

Army Service Corps [191]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [174]

Royal Irish Regiment [160]

Royal Garrison Artillery [124]

Royal Army Medical Corps [106]

Liverpool Regiment [100]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [96]

Leinster Regiment [92]

Royal Irish Rifles [90]

Machine Gun Corps [85]

Manchester Regiment [83]

Irish Guards [81]

Connaught Rangers [75]

Northumberland Fusiliers [71]

Lancashire Fusiliers [70]

Royal Fusiliers [69]

Welsh Regiment [69]

London Regiment [68]

Royal Defence Corps [53]

South Lancashire Regiment [53]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [49]

Highland Light Infantry [46]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

South Wales Borderers [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Naval Division [25]

West Riding Regiment [25]

Seaforth Highlanders [24]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

Scottish Rifles [23]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Royal Scots [22]

Essex Regiment [21]

Royal Highlanders [20]

East Surrey Regiment [19]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [3549]

Australian Imperial Force [731]

Royal Navy [323]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [134]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [5049]

B [4]

S [2]

F [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4892]

Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Ireland [6]

New Zealand [3]

China [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [72] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [30] Brisbane Queensland [26] Cork [25] Liverpool, Lancashire [18] Ballarat Victoria [17] Melbourne Victoria [16] Waterford [14] Dublin [12] Dublin, Suffolk, England [12] Launceston Tasmania [10] Mudgee New South Wales [10] Tipperary [10] Adelaide South Australia [8] Bendigo Victoria [8] Limerick [8] Wangaratta Victoria [8] Goulburn New South Wales [7] Wexford [7] Brighton, Sussex [6] Colac Victoria [6] Hay New South Wales [6] Hobart Tasmania [6] Ipswich Queensland [6] Toowoomba Queensland [6] Bathurst New South Wales [5] Blayney New South Wales [5] Liverpool England [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Clare [4] Devonport, Devon [4] Foster Victoria [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Maryborough Queensland [4] Midleton, Cork [4] Mount Morgan Queensland [4] Rockhampton Queensland [4] Tenterfield New South Wales [4] West Maitland New South Wales [4] Adelong New South Wales [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [3] Footscray Victoria [3] Galway [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Hamilton Victoria [3]

Rank

Private [2379] Gunner [212] Driver [187] Serjeant [145] Corporal [140] Sapper [136] Lance Corporal [98] Captain [61] Lieutenant [57] Pioneer [47] Second Lieutenant [44] Acting Serjeant [35] Acting Corporal [30] Bombardier [26] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Company Serjeant Major [12] Rifleman [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Acting Bombardier [8] Guardsman [7] Major [7] Temporary Captain [7] Able Seaman [6] Serjeant Major [6] Staff Nurse [6] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major Instructor [4] Nurse [4] Sister [4] Trimmer [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Assistant Surgeon [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Reverend [3] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [331] Royal Engineers [272] Royal Field Artillery [259] Royal Munster Fusiliers [200] Army Service Corps [191] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [174] Royal Irish Regiment [160] Royal Garrison Artillery [124] Royal Army Medical Corps [106] Liverpool Regiment [100] Royal Irish Fusiliers [96] Leinster Regiment [92] Royal Irish Rifles [90] Machine Gun Corps [85] Manchester Regiment [83] Irish Guards [81] Connaught Rangers [75] Northumberland Fusiliers [71] Lancashire Fusiliers [70] Royal Fusiliers [69] Welsh Regiment [69] London Regiment [68] Royal Defence Corps [53] South Lancashire Regiment [53] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [49] Highland Light Infantry [46] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] Cheshire Regiment [36] Middlesex Regiment [35] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [32] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Rifle Brigade [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] South Wales Borderers [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Hampshire Regiment [25] Royal Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Naval Division [25] West Riding Regiment [25] Seaforth Highlanders [24] King's Own Scottish Borderers [23] Royal Army Service Corps [23] Scottish Rifles [23] East Lancashire Regiment [22] Royal Scots [22] Essex Regiment [21] Royal Highlanders [20] East Surrey Regiment [19] East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Service

British Army [3549] Australian Imperial Force [731] Royal Navy [323] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [169] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [134] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

O [5049] B [4] S [2] F [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4892] Merchant Navy [144]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Ireland [6] New Zealand [3] China [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

F C O'brien

British Army 34102 Serjeant Major Canadian Army Medical Corps

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M O'brien

British Army 1/8561 Corporal Royal Munster Fusiliers

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P O'brien

British Army Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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T K O'brien

British Army Temporary Captain Connaught Rangers

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H H S O'brien

British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment

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E O'brien

British Army Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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J O'brien

British Army 10065 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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P O'brien

British Army RMF/7247 Company Serjeant Major Instructor Army Gymnastic Staff

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D J O'brien

British Army 72 Corporal Engineers

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J O'brien

British Army 48525 Private Machine Gun Corps

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P O'brien

British Army 10924 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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J O'brien

British Army 10055 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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J W O'brien

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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E D J O'brien

British Army Lieutenant Colonel and Honorary Brigadier General Labour Corps/ Commands and Staff

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J O'brien

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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J O'brien

British Army S/20949 Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major Army Service Corps

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A K H O'brien

British Army Captain Retired Pay Dragoon Guards/ Special Reserve/ Royal Flying Corps

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J O'brien

British Army 104541 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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J O'brien

British Army S/20949 Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major Army Service Corps

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J O'brien

British Army 8491 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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