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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]

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Uralla New South Wales [1]

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Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

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HMS Bittern [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

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New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company [1]

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New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Royal Navy [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

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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]

Service

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]

Edgar Vercoe

British Army 313 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 596371 Driver Labour Corps

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Archie Vercoe

British Army 20986 Private Coldstream Guards

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Joseph Vercoe

British Army L/18377 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/18377 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Vercoe

British Army 241848 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 42217 Private Royal Scots

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Rudolph Vercoe

British Army 30025 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Vercoe

British Army 138000 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Vercoe-Rogers

Born 1885

Canadian Expeditionary Force 216982

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Lilian Benetta De Bohun Bownes (mrs Vercoe)

Born 1891

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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