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Deans Marsh Victoria [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Ashfield , Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Bathgate [1]

Betchworth, Surrey [1]

Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1]

Bogong Victoria [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Co. Tyrone [1]

Colac, Victoria [1]

Cudgewa Victoria [1]

Cupar [1]

Doylestown, Pennsylvania [1]

Dukinfield [1]

East Allington, Devon [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Gowangardie Victoria [1]

Grant Victoria [1]

Great Crosby, Lancashire [1]

Hackney [1]

Haughley, Suffolk [1]

Helensburgh [1]

Heswall, Lancashire [1]

Highley, Salop [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Kilmore Victoria [1]

Kirkcudbright [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester [1]

Mappley, Derbyshire [1]

Middleton, Lancashire [1]

Morecambe, Lancashire [1]

Mornington Victoria [1]

Naini Tal N P India Resident [1]

Needham Market, Suffolk [1]

Nettlesworth, Co. Durham [1]

North Shields [1]

Parkgate, Cheshire [1]

Penarth, Glamorganshire [1]

Portsmouth [1]

St Georges, London [1]

Sunderland [1]

Tolarno Station, River Darling, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [321]

Second Lieutenant [71]

Captain [40]

Lieutenant [37]

Serjeant [28]

Corporal [27]

Lance Corporal [20]

Major [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Cadet [5]

Rifleman [5]

Muleteer [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master and Captain [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commissary Second Lieutenant [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

El Mul Amal [1]

El Yng [1]

Engineer Ledgerkeeper [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Katile [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Medical Officer [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant acting Major [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Royal Defence Corps 6th Battalion [37]

Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Battalion [27]

Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion [25]

5/6th Battalion Royal Scots [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion [21]

Royal Highlanders 6th Battalion [17]

6th Battalion [16]

West Riding Regiment 6th Battalion [15]

6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

6th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [12]

6th Battalion West Riding Regiment [10]

6th Battalion Egyptian Army [9]

6th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [7]

6th Battalion, Australian Infantry [7]

King's Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Scots [7]

6th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [5]

6th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

6th Officer Cadet Battalion [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

6th Battalion Canadian Infantry [3]

6th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

6th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [3]

6th Battalion Royal Scots [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

1/6th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

1st Garrison Battalion [2]

2/6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [2]

6th Battalion Australian Imperial Force [2]

6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

6th Battalion Leinster Regiment [2]

6th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment [2]

6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

6th Infantry Battalion [2]

6th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

6th Rifle Battalion Liverpool Regiment [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [476]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

Other Empire Force [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Royal Navy [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [156]

C [116]

G [55]

A [47]

D [29]

H [28]

F [23]

E [10]

M [10]

S [8]

W [6]

P [4]

T [4]

N [3]

R [3]

L [2]

J [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [505]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Australia [2]

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People [507] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Deans Marsh Victoria [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Ashfield , Sydney, New South Wales [1] Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Bathgate [1] Betchworth, Surrey [1] Blairgowrie, Perthshire [1] Bogong Victoria [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Co. Tyrone [1] Colac, Victoria [1] Cudgewa Victoria [1] Cupar [1] Doylestown, Pennsylvania [1] Dukinfield [1] East Allington, Devon [1] Edinburgh [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Gowangardie Victoria [1] Grant Victoria [1] Great Crosby, Lancashire [1] Hackney [1] Haughley, Suffolk [1] Helensburgh [1] Heswall, Lancashire [1] Highley, Salop [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Kilmore Victoria [1] Kirkcudbright [1] Lambeth, London [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester [1] Mappley, Derbyshire [1] Middleton, Lancashire [1] Morecambe, Lancashire [1] Mornington Victoria [1] Naini Tal N P India Resident [1] Needham Market, Suffolk [1] Nettlesworth, Co. Durham [1] North Shields [1] Parkgate, Cheshire [1] Penarth, Glamorganshire [1] Portsmouth [1] St Georges, London [1] Sunderland [1] Tolarno Station, River Darling, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [321] Second Lieutenant [71] Captain [40] Lieutenant [37] Serjeant [28] Corporal [27] Lance Corporal [20] Major [14] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Cadet [5] Rifleman [5] Muleteer [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Quarter Master and Captain [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commissary Second Lieutenant [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver [1] El Mul Amal [1] El Yng [1] Engineer Ledgerkeeper [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Katile [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Medical Officer [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant acting Major [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Unit

Royal Defence Corps 6th Battalion [37] Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Battalion [27] Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion [25] 5/6th Battalion Royal Scots [21] York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion [21] Royal Highlanders 6th Battalion [17] 6th Battalion [16] West Riding Regiment 6th Battalion [15] 6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [13] 6th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [12] 6th Battalion West Riding Regiment [10] 6th Battalion Egyptian Army [9] 6th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [9] 6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [7] 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry [7] King's Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Scots [7] 6th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [5] 6th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] 6th Officer Cadet Battalion [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] West Riding Regiment [4] 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers [3] 6th Battalion Canadian Infantry [3] 6th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [3] 6th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [3] 6th Battalion Royal Scots [3] Royal Highlanders [3] South Wales Borderers [3] 1/6th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [2] 1st Garrison Battalion [2] 2/6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [2] 6th Battalion Australian Imperial Force [2] 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] 6th Battalion Leinster Regiment [2] 6th Battalion Warwickshire Regiment [2] 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] 6th Infantry Battalion [2] 6th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] 6th Rifle Battalion Liverpool Regiment [2] Army Service Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [476] Australian Imperial Force [20] Other Empire Force [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Royal Navy [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [156] C [116] G [55] A [47] D [29] H [28] F [23] E [10] M [10] S [8] W [6] P [4] T [4] N [3] R [3] L [2] J [1] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [505]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Australia [2]

William Walker

Born 1878

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5217 Private 6th Battalion

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Joseph Harold Durkin

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5372 Private 6th Infantry Battalion 17th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 5372 Corporal 6th Battalion

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William Henry Fisk

Born 1882

Died 1933

Australian Imperial Force 3270 Private 19th Depot Battalion Geelong

Australian Imperial Force 3270 Private 46th Battalion 6th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 3270 Private 29th Battalion 10th Reinforcements

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Frank Colin Apperly

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2777 Private 6th Battalion Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force 2777 Private 58th Battalion Australian Infantry

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Frank Baker Madden

Born 1892

Died 1956

Australian Imperial Force 6455

Australian Imperial Force Private 6th Battalion

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Albert Ernest Walter

Born 1899

Died 1989

Australian Imperial Force 61230 Private Recruit Depot Battalion Broadmeadows

Australian Imperial Force 61230 Private 10th General Service Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 61230 Private 12th Training Battalion

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Stewart Alexander Mckenzie

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 732 Private 6th Infantry Battalion "F" Company

Australian Imperial Force 732 Private Australian Infantry 6th Battalion

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Samuel Mealor

Died 1917

British Army 200780 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 200780 Private 1st/6th Battalion

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Joseph Stanley Pemberton Woodward

Born 1895

Died 1979

British Army 7022 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 242881 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 7022, 242881 Lance Corporal 1/6th King's Liverpool Rifles Battalion

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Ernest Albert Swayn

Born 1897

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 64521 Private Recruit Depot Battalion Broadmeadows C Company

Australian Imperial Force 64521 Private 6th General Service Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 64521 Private 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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George Blackshaw

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2833 Private 5/6th Battalion Royal Scots

British Army 275734 Private 5/6th Battalion Royal Scots

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Peter Garoni

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1158

Australian Imperial Force 1158 and 2143 Corporal 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Alfred Wallace Hill

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 255

Australian Imperial Force 6900A Corporal 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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William Patrick Hogan

Born 1893

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 3350 Lance Corporal 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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James Cassidy

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 3289 Private 5/6th Battalion Royal Scots

British Army 275932 Private 5/6th Battalion Royal Scots

British Army 275932 Private Royal Scots

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James Anderson Mckenzie

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 1234 Corporal 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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Edward Henry Smith

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force 6639 Private 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry

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William Fullerton

British Army 444 Serjeant 6th Battalion

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William T Burrington

British Army D/8695 Serjeant 6th Battalion

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Thomas Edwards

British Army 2096 Private 6th Battalion

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