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Melbourne Victoria [2]

Alet, Aude [1]

Arrowtown, Invercargill [1]

Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1]

Balmain, Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales [1]

Banoda [1]

Bath [1]

Belfast [1]

Benalla, Devenish, Victoria [1]

Binda via Tharwa in the Colony of New South Wales [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Borung Victoria [1]

Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1]

Bradford England [1]

Brighton, Sussex England [1]

Buann, North West Frontier Province [1]

Burntisland, Fife, Scotland [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell, London, England [1]

Carleton Place, Ontario [1]

Carnarvonshire, Wales [1]

Carrick, Brighton, Tasmania [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Christchurch [1]

Cleveland, Ohio [1]

Courtenay British Columbia [1]

Cramlington, Northumberland, [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dunedin [1]

Dunedin NZ [1]

Dunning, Scotland [1]

Durham [1]

Durisden Scotland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fetteresson,Stonehaven,Aberdeenshire. [1]

Galway [1]

Gilbertstown, Dunkineely, Co. Donegal [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Goole [1]

Gosport, Hampshire, England [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Guyra New South Wales [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1]

Hamilton, Waikato [1]

Hawthorne, Atchison County, Kansas [1]

Horsham, Sussex [1]

Ingersoll, Ontario [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [99]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Captain [47]

Gunner [45]

Lieutenant [32]

Driver [27]

Corporal [26]

Major [25]

Serjeant [22]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Brigadier General [18]

Sergeant [15]

2nd Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Colonel [7]

Able Seaman Driver [5]

Brigadier [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Sapper [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major General [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Interpreter [3]

Lieutenant General [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Major General [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

General [2]

Honorary Major General [2]

Major-General [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Temporary Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major General [2]

Temporary Sergeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Bodied [1]

Unit

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [24]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

1st Brigade [12]

1st Infantry Brigade [11]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [9]

1st South African Mounted Brigade [7]

1st Division, 3rd Brigade [6]

1st Field Artillery Brigade [6]

1st South African Infantry Brigade [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery 1/1st Reserve Brigade [6]

1st Division [5]

1st Dragoon Brigade [5]

1st Reserve Brigade [5]

East African Labour Corps [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery 1st Reserve Brigade [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

South African Infantry Brigade [4]

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade [3]

1st Cavalry Brigade [3]

1st Division, 43rd Brigade [3]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

14th Brigade [2]

14th Infantry Brigade [2]

1st Armoured Motor Brigade [2]

1st Australian Division [2]

1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [2]

1st Cameron Highlanders [2]

1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [2]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [2]

1st Garrison Battalion Warwickshire Regiment [2]

1st Headquarters Armoured Motor Brigade [2]

1st High Brigade [2]

1st Light Horse Brigade [2]

1st Naval Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [248]

Australian Imperial Force [71]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Royal Navy [8]

South African Services [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Indian Army [5]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [66]

C [66]

G [29]

H [27]

A [26]

M [25]

D [19]

F [16]

S [12]

P [11]

T [11]

R [10]

W [10]

J [6]

L [6]

K [5]

N [5]

E [4]

O [3]

U [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [357]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Australia [11]

New Zealand [7]

Canada [3]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

France [1]

Mauritius [1]

United States [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [362] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [2] Alet, Aude [1] Arrowtown, Invercargill [1] Balloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [1] Balmain, Sydney, Cumberland, New South Wales [1] Banoda [1] Bath [1] Belfast [1] Benalla, Devenish, Victoria [1] Binda via Tharwa in the Colony of New South Wales [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Borung Victoria [1] Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1] Bradford England [1] Brighton, Sussex England [1] Buann, North West Frontier Province [1] Burntisland, Fife, Scotland [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell, London, England [1] Carleton Place, Ontario [1] Carnarvonshire, Wales [1] Carrick, Brighton, Tasmania [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Christchurch [1] Cleveland, Ohio [1] Courtenay British Columbia [1] Cramlington, Northumberland, [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dunedin [1] Dunedin NZ [1] Dunning, Scotland [1] Durham [1] Durisden Scotland [1] Edinburgh [1] Fetteresson,Stonehaven,Aberdeenshire. [1] Galway [1] Gilbertstown, Dunkineely, Co. Donegal [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Goole [1] Gosport, Hampshire, England [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Guyra New South Wales [1] Hackney, London [1] Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland [1] Hamilton, Waikato [1] Hawthorne, Atchison County, Kansas [1] Horsham, Sussex [1] Ingersoll, Ontario [1] Ipswich Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [99] Second Lieutenant [61] Captain [47] Gunner [45] Lieutenant [32] Driver [27] Corporal [26] Major [25] Serjeant [22] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Brigadier General [18] Sergeant [15] 2nd Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [8] Lance Corporal [8] Colonel [7] Able Seaman Driver [5] Brigadier [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Sapper [5] Trooper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Major General [4] Able Seaman [3] Boy 2nd Class [3] Interpreter [3] Lieutenant General [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Major General [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigade Major [2] Bugler [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] General [2] Honorary Major General [2] Major-General [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Captain [2] Temporary Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major General [2] Temporary Sergeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Bodied [1]

Unit

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [24] Royal Field Artillery [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [13] Rifle Brigade [13] 1st Brigade [12] 1st Infantry Brigade [11] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [9] 1st South African Mounted Brigade [7] 1st Division, 3rd Brigade [6] 1st Field Artillery Brigade [6] 1st South African Infantry Brigade [6] Royal Garrison Artillery 1/1st Reserve Brigade [6] 1st Division [5] 1st Dragoon Brigade [5] 1st Reserve Brigade [5] East African Labour Corps [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery 1st Reserve Brigade [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] 3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] South African Infantry Brigade [4] 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade [3] 1st Cavalry Brigade [3] 1st Division, 43rd Brigade [3] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3] Australian Infantry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 14th Brigade [2] 14th Infantry Brigade [2] 1st Armoured Motor Brigade [2] 1st Australian Division [2] 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [2] 1st Cameron Highlanders [2] 1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [2] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [2] 1st Garrison Battalion Warwickshire Regiment [2] 1st Headquarters Armoured Motor Brigade [2] 1st High Brigade [2] 1st Light Horse Brigade [2] 1st Naval Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [248] Australian Imperial Force [71] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Royal Navy [8] South African Services [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Indian Army [5] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [66] C [66] G [29] H [27] A [26] M [25] D [19] F [16] S [12] P [11] T [11] R [10] W [10] J [6] L [6] K [5] N [5] E [4] O [3] U [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [357]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Australia [11] New Zealand [7] Canada [3] India [2] South Africa [2] France [1] Mauritius [1] United States [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 227607 Private Canadian Infantry Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 227607 Private 1st Canadian Division - 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade 7th Battalion (1st British Columbia)

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Andrew Thomson

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11516 Private 1st Brigade 4th Bn

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11516 Corporal Canadian Infantry 4th Bn.

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11516 Lance Sergeant Canadian Infantry 4th Bn.

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Richard Victor Watson

Born 1895

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 357 Private 2nd Brigade, 1st Australian Division 6th Infantry Battalion

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Bruce Hyde Cates

Born 1891

Died 1974

Indian Army 1640 Captain 8th Brigade 3rd Division

Australian Imperial Force 1640 Driver 1st A.I.F. Division 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

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Charles Bettley

Born 1893

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/208 Bombardier 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery 3rd Battery

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Cecil Sylvester Delany

Born 1880

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/949 Gunner New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade 3rd Battery

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Walter Fitzgerald Sneddon

Born 1896

Australian Imperial Force 3124 Private Australian Infantry Brigade 3rd Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3124 Sapper 1st Tunnelling Company

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George Robert Reston

Born 1882

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/762 Driver New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade 3rd Battery

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George Bull

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Captain 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Brigadier General GOC 8th Brigade

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Geoffrey Francis Layne

Born 1892

Died 1974

Other Empire Force Barbados Volunteer Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85137 Bombardier Canadian Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85137 Gunner 6th Howitzer Brigade Canadian Field Artillery

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Frederick Arthur Montague Browning

Born 1896

Died 1965

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Ralph Abercrombie

Died 1918

British Army Second Captain General Staff Office 3 1st Army

British Army Second Lieutenant General Staff Office 3 1st Army

British Army Second Lieutenant 14th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion East Surrey Regt

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Russell Gordon Hunter

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 651323 Private 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion

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William Anson Ogilvie

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force 178218 Serjeant 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion

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W C Rait-Kerr

Died 1914

British Army Captain 1st Division, 43rd Brigade 57th Battery

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James Mcnair

Born 1891

Died 1982

Australian Imperial Force 5410 Sergeant 1st ANZAC Army Corps HQ

Australian Imperial Force 5410 Private 4th Brigade 14th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 5410 Staff Sergeant 1st ANZAC Army Corps HQ

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Harry Downing

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2666 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2666 Gunner 1st West Riding Brigade RFA

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Arthur James Gittings

Born 1896

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2625 Gunner New Zealand Division - 1st NZ Brigade Field Artillery

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George Oswald Timmins

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 33078 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regt

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Henry Myers

Born 1879

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 718 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade 2nd Battery

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