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Arrowtown, Invercargill [1]

Belfast [1]

Buann, North West Frontier Province [1]

Camberwell, London, England [1]

Carleton Place, Ontario [1]

Carrick, Brighton, Tasmania [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Cramlington, Northumberland, [1]

Dunedin [1]

Goole [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hamilton, Waikato [1]

Keswick England [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leopold, Geelong, Victoria [1]

Macarthur Victoria [1]

Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh [1]

Napier [1]

Paddington, New South Wales [1]

Pialligo New South Wales [1]

Roxburgh, Otago [1]

Sebastopol Victoria [1]

Southampton [1]

Sydney [1]

Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Tapanui, Otago, Dunedin [1]

Taralga New South Wales [1]

Taranaki [1]

Timaru [1]

Tumut New South Wales [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Wellington [1]

West Ham [1]

Rank

Gunner [24]

Driver [13]

Bombardier [8]

Sergeant [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Private [3]

Able Seaman Driver [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Serjeant [2]

Temporary Corporal [2]

Temporary Sergeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Major General [1]

Artificer [1]

Bombadier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier [1]

Cadet [1]

Colonel [1]

General [1]

Gunner (Paid as Saddler) [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Saddler [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant, temporary Captain [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [13]

1st Field Artillery Brigade [6]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [5]

1st Reserve Brigade [4]

Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery [3]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3]

1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [2]

1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Artillery [2]

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

1st High Brigade [2]

1st Northumbrian Brigade [2]

1st South Midlands Field Artillery Brigade [2]

3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery [2]

Australian Field Artillery [2]

Show Ground Depot, Sydney [2]

10th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

11th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1]

158th Brigade [1]

17th Indian Infantry Brigade [1]

1st Artillery Reserve Brigade [1]

1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade [1]

1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column [1]

1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1]

1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery [1]

1st Depot Battalion, Liverpool [1]

1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [1]

1st Division - 2nd Field Artillery Brigade [1]

1st Division - 3rd Field Artillery Brigade [1]

1st Division Ammunition Column [1]

1st Division, 26th Brigade [1]

1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

1st East Anglian Brigade [1]

1st Egyptian Army Brigade [1]

1st Field Company, Engineers [1]

1st General Service Reinforcements [1]

1st Gurkha Rifles [1]

1st Home Counties Brigade, [1]

1st Home Counties Brigade, Officers Training Corps [1]

1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) [1]

1st Light Horse Brigade (Queensland) [1]

1st Light Horse Regiment [1]

1st Light Horse Reserve Regiment [1]

1st Medium Trench Mortar Battery [1]

1st Northern Brigade [1]

1st Northumbrian Brigade RFA [1]

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery [1]

1st South Midland Field Artillery Brigade [1]

1st West Riding Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [13]

G [11]

M [7]

B [6]

R [5]

T [5]

D [4]

P [4]

S [4]

A [3]

J [3]

L [3]

W [3]

K [2]

N [2]

H [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

New Zealand [6]

Canada [2]

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Place of birth

Arrowtown, Invercargill [1] Belfast [1] Buann, North West Frontier Province [1] Camberwell, London, England [1] Carleton Place, Ontario [1] Carrick, Brighton, Tasmania [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Cramlington, Northumberland, [1] Dunedin [1] Goole [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Hackney, London [1] Hamilton, Waikato [1] Keswick England [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leopold, Geelong, Victoria [1] Macarthur Victoria [1] Muzaffarnagar Uttar Pradesh [1] Napier [1] Paddington, New South Wales [1] Pialligo New South Wales [1] Roxburgh, Otago [1] Sebastopol Victoria [1] Southampton [1] Sydney [1] Sydney, New South Wales [1] Tapanui, Otago, Dunedin [1] Taralga New South Wales [1] Taranaki [1] Timaru [1] Tumut New South Wales [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Wellington [1] West Ham [1]

Rank

Gunner [24] Driver [13] Bombardier [8] Sergeant [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Corporal [5] Major [5] Captain [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Lieutenant [3] Private [3] Able Seaman Driver [2] Brigadier General [2] Serjeant [2] Temporary Corporal [2] Temporary Sergeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Major General [1] Artificer [1] Bombadier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier [1] Cadet [1] Colonel [1] General [1] Gunner (Paid as Saddler) [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Saddler [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant, temporary Captain [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Battery Sergeant Major [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [13] 1st Field Artillery Brigade [6] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st brigade [5] 1st Reserve Brigade [4] Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery [3] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [3] 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [2] 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Artillery [2] 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Field Artillery [2] 1st High Brigade [2] 1st Northumbrian Brigade [2] 1st South Midlands Field Artillery Brigade [2] 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery [2] Australian Field Artillery [2] Show Ground Depot, Sydney [2] 10th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [1] 158th Brigade [1] 17th Indian Infantry Brigade [1] 1st Artillery Reserve Brigade [1] 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade [1] 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column [1] 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [1] 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery [1] 1st Depot Battalion, Liverpool [1] 1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [1] 1st Division - 2nd Field Artillery Brigade [1] 1st Division - 3rd Field Artillery Brigade [1] 1st Division Ammunition Column [1] 1st Division, 26th Brigade [1] 1st Divisional Ammunition Column [1] 1st East Anglian Brigade [1] 1st Egyptian Army Brigade [1] 1st Field Company, Engineers [1] 1st General Service Reinforcements [1] 1st Gurkha Rifles [1] 1st Home Counties Brigade, [1] 1st Home Counties Brigade, Officers Training Corps [1] 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) [1] 1st Light Horse Brigade (Queensland) [1] 1st Light Horse Regiment [1] 1st Light Horse Reserve Regiment [1] 1st Medium Trench Mortar Battery [1] 1st Northern Brigade [1] 1st Northumbrian Brigade RFA [1] 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery [1] 1st South Midland Field Artillery Brigade [1] 1st West Riding Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [13] G [11] M [7] B [6] R [5] T [5] D [4] P [4] S [4] A [3] J [3] L [3] W [3] K [2] N [2] H [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77]

Country

United Kingdom [9] New Zealand [6] Canada [2]

Arnold Arthur Mcintosh

Born 1893

Died 1934

Australian Imperial Force 18710 Private Show Ground Depot, Sydney

Australian Imperial Force 18710 Gunner 1st Field Artillery Brigade 15th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 18710 Gunner 7th Field Artillery Brigade 26th Battery

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William John Campbell

Born 1891

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13/2308 Gunner New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade 3rd Battery

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James Donald Sutherland 'don' Munro

Born 1892

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Australian Imperial Force 82 Staff Serjeant

Australian Imperial Force 150 Gunner 1st Field Artillery Brigade 1st Battery

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Norman R Mcphail

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 40447

Canadian Expeditionary Force 40447 Corporal 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery 2nd Battery

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John Thwaite, Alias Jackson

Born 1894

Australian Imperial Force 225 Driver 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery 2nd Battery

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John Albious Croak

Born 1899

Died 1988

Australian Imperial Force 50851 Private Show Ground Depot, Sydney

Australian Imperial Force 50851 Private 1st Depot Battalion, Liverpool

Australian Imperial Force 50851 Private Technical Battalion, Liverpool C Company

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Frederick Scantlebury Appleby

Born 1896

Died 1960

British Army 2254 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 771550 Driver Royal Field Artillery 50th DAC

British Army 3226 Driver 1st Northumbrian Brigade RFA

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Harry Kenny Thorpe

Born 1875

Australian Imperial Force 3392 Private Australian Infantry 35th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3392 Private 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery

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Hamilton Howard Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1006 Sergeant 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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Basil Thomas Wilmer

Born 1888

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1920 Sergeant 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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Herbert Noel

Born 1876

Canadian Expeditionary Force 40308 Gunner 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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Alfred John Shout

Born 1881

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Captain New South Wales Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force Border Horse

South African Services Serjeant Cape Field Artillery

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Thomas Spiking

Born 1892

Died 1924

British Army 775513 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1774 1st West Riding Brigade

British Army 310th Field Artillery Brigade

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Giffard Hamilton Mcarthur King

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force Major 1st Field Artillery Brigade Gallipoli

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel Australian Field Artillery

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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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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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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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Henry Myers

Born 1879

Died 1917

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

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Thomas William Austwick

Born 1896

Died 1941

British Army 2685 Gunner 3/1st West Riding Brigade RFA

British Army 2685 Gunner 62nd (2nd West Riding) Divison

British Army 4003 Gunner 49th Divisional Training Battery

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