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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]

Henry Thomas Murr

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1042 Private 1st Infantry Brigade 4th Battalion

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John Head

Born 1887

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1311

Australian Imperial Force 1133 Private 1st Infantry Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Peter Kavanagh

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 57943 Driver 1st Division, 43rd Brigade 57th Battery

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Frederick John Jater

Died 1914

British Army 56501 Driver 1st Division, 43rd Brigade 57th Battery

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Robert John Stokes

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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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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Arthur William Upfield

Born 1890

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force Driver 1st Light Horse Brigade Train 5th Company

Australian Imperial Force 143 Lance Sergeant 2nd Division Train

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Geoffrey Stephen Walley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frank Thomas Brent

Born 1888

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force Private Australian Infantry 6th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 168 Company Sergeant Major 2nd Infantry Brigade - 1st Australian Division 6th Battalion

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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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Maurice William Kiley

Born 1887

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 269 Temporary Corporal 1st Light Horse Regiment B Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 269 Corporal 1st Light Horse Regiment B Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 269 Temporary Sergeant 1st Light Horse Regiment B Squadron

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Frederick Bruce Godfrey

Born 1891

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force 11066 Gunner 3rd Field Artillery Brigade 14th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 11066 Gunner 1st Division Ammunition Column 2 Section

Australian Imperial Force 11066 Gunner Z1A Medium Trench Mortar Battery

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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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Clarence William Radburn

Born 1899

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3371 Private 1st Light Horse Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 3371 Trooper Australian Light Horse

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William Williamson

Born 1872

Canadian Expeditionary Force 26264 Private 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion

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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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Hamilton Howard Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1006 Sergeant 1st Field Artillery Brigade

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George Acheson

Born 1859

Died 1929

Canadian Expeditionary Force Brigade Commander 1st Infantry Brigade

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George Henry Fawcett

Born 1892

Died 1936

Australian Imperial Force 3970 Sergeant 1st Anzac Headquarters Intelligence Police

Australian Imperial Force 3970 Second Lieutenant 3rd Australian Division Intelligence Police

Australian Imperial Force 1210 Private 1st Brigade 4th Battalion

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