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Toongabbie Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Mclaren Vale South Australia [2]

Saint Just, Cornwall [2]

Allesley, Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Armidale Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bealiba Victoria [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Botallack, Cornwall [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Chale Isle of Wight [1]

Charlton Victoria [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Freeling South Australia [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Ipswich Suffolk [1]

Laura South Australia [1]

Malvern Victoria [1]

Maryborough Queensland [1]

Parkside South Australia [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Sandgate, Kent [1]

South Brisbane Queensland [1]

Wallaroo Mines South Australia [1]

Wallsend New South Wales [1]

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Private [36]

Gunner [7]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Commissioned Gunner [1]

Corporal Signaller [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Labour Corps [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Engineers Field Company [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [59]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Royal Navy [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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Contribution

Military Service [110]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [115] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Toongabbie Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Mclaren Vale South Australia [2] Saint Just, Cornwall [2] Allesley, Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Armidale Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bealiba Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Botallack, Cornwall [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Chale Isle of Wight [1] Charlton Victoria [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Freeling South Australia [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Ipswich Suffolk [1] Laura South Australia [1] Malvern Victoria [1] Maryborough Queensland [1] Parkside South Australia [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Sandgate, Kent [1] South Brisbane Queensland [1] Wallaroo Mines South Australia [1] Wallsend New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [36] Gunner [7] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Commissioned Gunner [1] Corporal Signaller [1] Deck Hand [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Devonshire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Labour Corps [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Transport [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Engineers Field Company [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] Wellington Infantry Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [59] Australian Imperial Force [25] Royal Navy [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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S [115]

Contribution

Military Service [110] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Albert Frederick William Semmens

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 30111 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Albert Edward Semmens

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30522

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Frederick Semmens

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33043

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James Trahair Semmens

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218542

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Albert Henry Semmens

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 4673 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 6003 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 202175 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th (T.F.) Battalion

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Fred Allen Semmens

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 173796

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William Thomas Semmens

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 30496 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 30496 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Thomas H Semmens

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 35542 Private South Wales Borderers

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Peter Semmens

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 321226 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Semmens

Died 1918

British Army 34621 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 268533 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Richard John Semmens

Australian Imperial Force 448

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James Henry Semmens

Australian Imperial Force 61213

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Herbert Stanley Semmens

Australian Imperial Force 6149

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Charles Semmens

Australian Imperial Force

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Cecil Samuel Semmens

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

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Alfred J Semmens

Died 1917

British Army 16621 Private Devonshire Regiment

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William Semmens

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2378467

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2378467 Private Canadian Infantry

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Clarence William Semmens

Australian Imperial Force 6903

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Herbert James Semmens

Australian Imperial Force 2282

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Clarence Peter Semmens

Australian Imperial Force 32302

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