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Melbourne Victoria [4]

London [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Alton Downs Queensland [1]

Antrim [1]

Camberwell Victoria [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chatham Barracks [1]

Clifton, Victoria [1]

Coghills Creek Victoria [1]

Collingwood, Victoria [1]

Cootamundra, New South Wales [1]

Cressy Victoria [1]

Dellsgate Victoria [1]

Dromana Vic [1]

Dublin [1]

Edinburgh Scotland [1]

Edmonton England [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Exeter England [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Fraugde [1]

Freemantle, Western Australia [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Glenferrie Victoria [1]

Homerton, Hackney, London, England [1]

Jamalpur [1]

Johannesburg [1]

Kaniva Victoria [1]

Kendal, Westmoreland [1]

Kensington Victoria [1]

Keswick, Cumberland [1]

Koratya [1]

Largs Bay South Australia [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Mildura Victoria [1]

Mornington Victoria [1]

New Town, Guysborough County [1]

New York [1]

North Melbourne Victoria [1]

Petersham , Sydney , New South Wales [1]

Plomesgate, Suffolk [1]

Pompapiel Victoria [1]

Portland Victoria [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Rank

Private [57]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lieutenant [26]

Captain [15]

Gunner [15]

Serjeant [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Corporal [11]

Driver [10]

Major [10]

Sergeant [9]

Brigadier General [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Bombardier [5]

Able Seaman Driver [4]

Major General [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major General [1]

Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1]

EDP Corporal [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

General [1]

General Staff Officer (2nd Grade) (Major) [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Officers Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Ordinary Signalman RAN [1]

Pay Sergeant [1]

Unit

6th Infantry Brigade [37]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [11]

6th Brigade [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

6th Australian Infantry Brigade [6]

6th Brigade Royal Flying Corps [6]

6th Light Horse Regiment [6]

6th Reserve Brigade [6]

2nd Light Horse Brigade [4]

6th Cavalry Brigade [3]

6th Field Artillery Brigade [3]

Headquarters 6th Brigade Royal Air Force [3]

2nd Division - 6th Infantry Brigade [2]

6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [2]

6th Light Horse [2]

8th Brigade [2]

Australian Infantry [2]

Australian Infantry Brigade [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Royal Australian Navy [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Horse Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade [2]

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

1/6th Staffordshire Regiment [1]

104th Rifles Indian Army [1]

10th Army Cyclists Corps [1]

10th Brigade [1]

10th Brigade 3rd Division Corps [1]

14/20th Hussars [1]

14th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1]

15/19th Hussars [1]

15th Brigade [1]

15th Hussars [1]

16th Brigade [1]

16th Light Cavalry [1]

17th Brigade [1]

18th Infantry Brigade 6th Division XIII Army Corps [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Brigade Leinster Regiment [1]

1st Cavalry Division - 9th Cavalry Brigade [1]

1st King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

1st Parachute Brigade [1]

229th Infantry Brigade [1]

22nd Infantry Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [81]

Australian Imperial Force [61]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Royal Navy [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [24]

C [21]

A [16]

M [15]

G [13]

F [10]

S [8]

W [7]

D [6]

L [6]

H [5]

J [4]

T [4]

E [3]

P [3]

K [2]

R [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [150]

Country

Australia [15]

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Melbourne Victoria [4] London [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1] Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Alton Downs Queensland [1] Antrim [1] Camberwell Victoria [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chatham Barracks [1] Clifton, Victoria [1] Coghills Creek Victoria [1] Collingwood, Victoria [1] Cootamundra, New South Wales [1] Cressy Victoria [1] Dellsgate Victoria [1] Dromana Vic [1] Dublin [1] Edinburgh Scotland [1] Edmonton England [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Exeter England [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Fraugde [1] Freemantle, Western Australia [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Glenferrie Victoria [1] Homerton, Hackney, London, England [1] Jamalpur [1] Johannesburg [1] Kaniva Victoria [1] Kendal, Westmoreland [1] Kensington Victoria [1] Keswick, Cumberland [1] Koratya [1] Largs Bay South Australia [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Mildura Victoria [1] Mornington Victoria [1] New Town, Guysborough County [1] New York [1] North Melbourne Victoria [1] Petersham , Sydney , New South Wales [1] Plomesgate, Suffolk [1] Pompapiel Victoria [1] Portland Victoria [1] Portsmouth [1]

Rank

Private [57] Second Lieutenant [30] Lieutenant [26] Captain [15] Gunner [15] Serjeant [15] Lance Corporal [14] Corporal [11] Driver [10] Major [10] Sergeant [9] Brigadier General [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Bombardier [5] Able Seaman Driver [4] Major General [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigade Major [2] Lance Sergeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major General [1] Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brigadier [1] Chaplain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1] EDP Corporal [1] First Lieutenant [1] General [1] General Staff Officer (2nd Grade) (Major) [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Officers Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Ordinary Signalman RAN [1] Pay Sergeant [1]

Unit

6th Infantry Brigade [37] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [11] 6th Brigade [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [7] Rifle Brigade [7] 6th Australian Infantry Brigade [6] 6th Brigade Royal Flying Corps [6] 6th Light Horse Regiment [6] 6th Reserve Brigade [6] 2nd Light Horse Brigade [4] 6th Cavalry Brigade [3] 6th Field Artillery Brigade [3] Headquarters 6th Brigade Royal Air Force [3] 2nd Division - 6th Infantry Brigade [2] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [2] 6th Light Horse [2] 8th Brigade [2] Australian Infantry [2] Australian Infantry Brigade [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Royal Australian Navy [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Horse Artillery 6th Reserve Brigade [2] 1/6th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 1/6th Staffordshire Regiment [1] 104th Rifles Indian Army [1] 10th Army Cyclists Corps [1] 10th Brigade [1] 10th Brigade 3rd Division Corps [1] 14/20th Hussars [1] 14th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1] 15/19th Hussars [1] 15th Brigade [1] 15th Hussars [1] 16th Brigade [1] 16th Light Cavalry [1] 17th Brigade [1] 18th Infantry Brigade 6th Division XIII Army Corps [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Brigade Leinster Regiment [1] 1st Cavalry Division - 9th Cavalry Brigade [1] 1st King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 1st Parachute Brigade [1] 229th Infantry Brigade [1] 22nd Infantry Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [81] Australian Imperial Force [61] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Royal Navy [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [24] C [21] A [16] M [15] G [13] F [10] S [8] W [7] D [6] L [6] H [5] J [4] T [4] E [3] P [3] K [2] R [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [150]

Country

Australia [15] United Kingdom [12] Canada [2] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

Ellis Beagan

Died 1918

British Army 6728 Serjeant 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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M B Seidel

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 6th Brigade Australian Infantry 21st Battalion

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James Winchester Jackson Armstrong

Born 1897

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1051636 Private 6th Infantry Brigade 28th Battalion (Northwest)

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Thomas D Muir

Died 1918

British Army 87554 Corporal 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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John Arthur Hargreaves

British Army Lieutenant 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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J G Geller

British Army 22383 Regimental Serjeant Major 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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Reginald Jesse Austin

Died 1918

British Army 91338 Serjeant 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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W Harradine

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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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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Basil Belgrave Capper

Born 1884

Died 1932

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 4th Light Horse Brigade, 12th Light Horse Regiment ‘C’ Squadron

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 6th Light Horse Regiment ‘D’ Squadron

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 6th Light Horse Regiment

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George Gauld

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army S/17880 Serjeant 6th Cameron Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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George Burgess

Died 1918

British Army 12032 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 12032 Serjeant 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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Frank Moritz Michaelis

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 31586 Sergeant 6th Army Field Artillery Brigade

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Serber Clibborn Le Lievre

Born 1887

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 14263 Driver 6th (A) Field Artillery Brigade

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Ralph N. Mcadam

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 302072 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 105766 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 105766 Private 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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Frederick Ludeman

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71819

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71819 Private 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division 27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg)

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Michael J Fitzsimons

British Army 56948 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 56948 Lance Corporal 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Sanders

Died 1918

British Army 85514 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 85514 Corporal 6th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion King's Liverpool Regiment

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William Harland Bunning

Born 1894

Died 1982

Australian Imperial Force Captain 6th Infantry Brigade - 2nd Australian Division 22nd Battalion

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Frank Leslie Schleebs

Born 1889

Died 1962

Australian Imperial Force 3921 Private 22nd Infantry Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade

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