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Bendigo Victoria [2]

Berkhamsted [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Hemel Hempstead [1]

Inverell New South Wales [1]

Kadina South Australia [1]

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Moonta South Australia [1]

Newtownards, Down [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

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Uralla New South Wales [1]

Warialda New South Wales [1]

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Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

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Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

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Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

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Coldstream Guards [1]

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HMS Bittern [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Maori Contingent/New Zealand Troops [1]

New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

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Royal Scots [1]

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British Army [42]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Royal Navy [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

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Merchant Navy [1]

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People [88] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bendigo Victoria [2] Berkhamsted [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Hemel Hempstead [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Kadina South Australia [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Moonta South Australia [1] Newtownards, Down [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Poplar, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Taunton, Somerset [1] Truro, Cornwall [1] Uralla New South Wales [1] Warialda New South Wales [1]

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Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 2nd [1] Attached Royal Air Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] HMS Bittern [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Maori Contingent/New Zealand Troops [1] New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Scots [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Welsh Guards [1]

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British Army [42] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23] Australian Imperial Force [14] Royal Navy [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

V [87] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [87] Merchant Navy [1]

Francis Horwood Vercoe

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 54571 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Corporal

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Norman Edmond Vercoe

Born 1896

Died 1919

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 21357 Auckland Infantry Regiment

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Albert Joseph Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 12818

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Joseph Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 1414

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Percival Roy Vercoe

Born 1892

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6/2308 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Francis Arthur Vercoe

Born 1876

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 37523 New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company

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Frederick Vercoe

Died 1916

British Army 8354 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Frederick Vercoe

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 34/186279 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 2503 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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James Vercoe

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 302700 Stoker 1st Class HMS Bittern

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Arthur Bowen Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 28995

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Walter William Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 392

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Eric Henry Vercoe

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11558 Auckland Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Charles Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 925

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Frederick Vincent Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 5656

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Bernard Vercoe

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/604 2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion

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Reece Lloyd Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 1061

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Edward Leslie Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 7908

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George Cyril Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 4352

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Percy White Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 38

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John Percival Vercoe

Australian Imperial Force 2530

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