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Ballarat Victoria [6]

Waterford [6]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Benalla Victoria [3]

Kilkenny [3]

Coolgardie Western Australia [2]

Humula New South Wales [2]

Leongatha Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

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Omeo Victoria [1]

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Picton New South Wales [1]

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Private [210]

Sapper [17]

Serjeant [16]

Corporal [14]

Gunner [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Driver [7]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Captain [4]

Rifleman [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy soldier [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chaplain Father [1]

Chaplain to 1st Cruiser Squadron [1]

Colour Sejeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Wheeler [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 3c [1]

Electrical Artificer 4c [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stewardess [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

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Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Wheeler [1]

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Royal Irish Regiment [32]

Labour Corps [29]

Leinster Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers [21]

Irish Guards [20]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

London Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3]

South Irish Horse [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

10th Hussars [1]

16th Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [286]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Royal Navy [22]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [464]

M [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [450]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Ireland [2]

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Place of birth

Ballarat Victoria [6] Waterford [6] Sydney New South Wales [4] Benalla Victoria [3] Kilkenny [3] Coolgardie Western Australia [2] Humula New South Wales [2] Leongatha Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Auckland [1] Ballbriggan [1] Ballyragget, Kilkenny [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Brecon [1] Bright Victoria [1] Burra South Australia [1] Cairns Queensland [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Clommel [1] Co Waterford. [1] Cork [1] Delhi [1] Dingle Co Kerry [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Erskineville New South Wales [1] Euroa Victoria [1] Finchley, London [1] Galway [1] Gladstone New South Wales [1] Guernsey England [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Johnstown, Queens County [1] Kilkenny, Gloucestershire, England [1] Kilkenny, Ireland [1] Little Bras D'or [1] Liverpool [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Maryborough Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newfoundland [1] North Sydney New South Wales [1] Omeo Victoria [1] Penshurst Victoria [1] Picton New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [210] Sapper [17] Serjeant [16] Corporal [14] Gunner [8] Lance Corporal [8] Driver [7] Colour Serjeant [5] Captain [4] Rifleman [4] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy soldier [1] Bugler [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chaplain Father [1] Chaplain to 1st Cruiser Squadron [1] Colour Sejeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant/ Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Wheeler [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 3c [1] Electrical Artificer 4c [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Stewardess [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Wheeler [1]

Unit

Royal Irish Regiment [32] Labour Corps [29] Leinster Regiment [25] Royal Engineers [21] Irish Guards [20] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] London Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Royal Newfoundland Regiment [3] South Irish Horse [3] Tank Corps [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 10th Hussars [1] 16th Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [286] Australian Imperial Force [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Royal Navy [22] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [464] M [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [450] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Ireland [2]

Joseph Phelan

Born 1878

Died 1959

British Army 4883 Drummer Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 4883 Corporal Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 4883 Lance Sergeant Royal Irish Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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John Phelan

Born 1865

British Army Warrant Officer Class 1 Hampshire Regiment

British Army Warrant Officer Class 1 Training Reserve

British Army 1182 Colour Serjeant South Wales Borderers

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Patrick Phelan

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 8410 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Phelan

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 10565 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 10565 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Phelan

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135318

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Edward Phelan

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103373

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John Phelan

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 3774 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3774S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence

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John Phelan

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109192

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Francis William Phelan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52557

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Frank Daniel Phelan

Died 1915

British Army 1328 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Elizabeth Anne Phelan

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Coningbeg" (Glasgow)

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Thomas Phelan

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144526

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John Austin Phelan

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 270914

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James Phelan

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 4764 Private Irish Guards

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William A. Phelan

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2001 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

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Patrick Phelan

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 5879 Private Leinster Regiment

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Kieran Phelan

Died 1917

British Army 9246 Private Leinster Regiment

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Patrick Phelan

Died 1917

British Army 241999 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241999 Rifleman South Lancashire Regiment

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Lawrence Phelan

Died 1915

British Army 6676 Private Irish Guards

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Henry Phelan

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 77484 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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