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Private [43]

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Lieutenant [15]

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Serjeant [7]

Brigadier General [6]

Major [5]

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Sergeant [3]

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Commissioned Instructor [1]

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Hon Capt [1]

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Honourary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant- Transport Officer [1]

Major General [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Gunner Instructor [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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9th Infantry Brigade [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

9th Brigade [13]

9th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Company [7]

Rifle Brigade [5]

14th Brigade [4]

Australian Infantry [4]

8th Brigade [3]

3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [2]

8th Field Artillery Brigade [2]

9th Australian Infantry Brigade [2]

9th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

9th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [2]

9th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles [2]

9th Royal Scots [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

London Regiment [2]

New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade [2]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

10th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

11th Battery 9th Brigade [1]

11th Battery 9th Brigade Royal Artillery [1]

11th Brigade [1]

12th Brigade [1]

13th Field Ambulance [1]

14/20th Hussars [1]

14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1]

15/19th Hussars [1]

15th Hussars [1]

161st Battery 50th Brigade 9th Division [1]

16th Brigade [1]

17th Brigade [1]

18th Lancers, Indian Army, Commanding 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division [1]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Australian General Hospital [1]

1st Cavalry Brigade [1]

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

1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

1st South African Mounted Brigade [1]

32nd Lancers; Brigade Major 9th Cavalry Brigade [1]

3rd Brigade [1]

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3rd Rifle Brigade [1]

4th Cavalry Brigade [1]

5th (Wellington) Regiment [1]

5th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles [1]

6th Division [1]

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British Army [76]

Australian Imperial Force [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

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B [19]

C [11]

M [9]

R [8]

S [8]

W [8]

G [7]

D [6]

A [5]

H [4]

J [4]

L [3]

P [3]

T [3]

F [2]

K [2]

N [2]

I [1]

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Military Service [103]

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United Kingdom [9]

Australia [4]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Adelaide SA [1] Bathurst NSW [1] Belfast, co Antrim [1] Birmingham [1] Booleroo Centre South Australia [1] Calais [1] Calton, Edinburgh [1] Carleton, New Brunswick [1] Carnarvon Wales [1] Clifton New South Wales [1] Clonsast, King's County [1] Denny, Stirlingshire [1] East Nissouri, Oxford County, Ontario [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hampstead [1] Hastings, Kent [1] Islington, London [1] Minmi NSW [1] New Forest, Hampshire [1] Poona [1] Portsmouth [1] Rockdale Sydney NSW [1] South Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] South Woodford, Essex [1] Taraahur, Ajmir [1] Tudhoe Durham [1] Wallerawang New South Wales [1] Wallsend, New South Wales [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Wilson's Downfall New South Wales [1] Woolahra, NSW [1] Worsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Wyatt Road, Staines, Middlesex [1] Yorkshire [1]

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Private [43] Second Lieutenant [43] Lieutenant [15] Captain [12] Lance Corporal [10] Corporal [9] Serjeant [7] Brigadier General [6] Major [5] Gunner [4] Driver [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Captain [1] Adjutant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombadier [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Colonel (temp Major General) [1] Brigade Major [1] Captain Acting Brigadier Major [1] Captain Major [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Captain) [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Driver Acting Serjeant [1] EDP Corporal [1] Hon Capt [1] Honorary Captain [1] Honourary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant- Transport Officer [1] Major General [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Gunner Instructor [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

9th Infantry Brigade [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] 9th Brigade [13] 9th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Company [7] Rifle Brigade [5] 14th Brigade [4] Australian Infantry [4] 8th Brigade [3] 3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [2] 8th Field Artillery Brigade [2] 9th Australian Infantry Brigade [2] 9th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 9th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery [2] 9th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles [2] 9th Royal Scots [2] Corps of Hussars [2] London Regiment [2] New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade [2] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 10th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 11th Battery 9th Brigade [1] 11th Battery 9th Brigade Royal Artillery [1] 11th Brigade [1] 12th Brigade [1] 13th Field Ambulance [1] 14/20th Hussars [1] 14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1] 15/19th Hussars [1] 15th Hussars [1] 161st Battery 50th Brigade 9th Division [1] 16th Brigade [1] 17th Brigade [1] 18th Lancers, Indian Army, Commanding 27th Infantry Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division [1] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Australian General Hospital [1] 1st Cavalry Brigade [1] 1st Cavalry Division - 9th Cavalry Brigade [1] 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 1st South African Mounted Brigade [1] 32nd Lancers; Brigade Major 9th Cavalry Brigade [1] 3rd Brigade [1] 3rd Division, 9th Brigade [1] 3rd Rifle Brigade [1] 4th Cavalry Brigade [1] 5th (Wellington) Regiment [1] 5th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles [1] 6th Division [1]

Service

British Army [76] Australian Imperial Force [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [19] C [11] M [9] R [8] S [8] W [8] G [7] D [6] A [5] H [4] J [4] L [3] P [3] T [3] F [2] K [2] N [2] I [1]

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Military Service [103]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Australia [4] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Louis Podesta

Born 1874

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8222 9th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2284 Private 5th Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/871 Trooper New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade Otago Mounted Rifles

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William Duncan Geare

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Captain) Army Chaplains' Department, attached 165th Infantry Brigade (7th and 9th Battalions, The King's Liverpool Regiment)

Other Empire Force Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department attached 165th Infantry Brigade.

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Eric Edmonston Charles

British Army Captain 10th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Adjutant 9th West Riding and Staffordshire Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery

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Samuel Mc C Goosen

British Army 5399 Corporal 1st South African Mounted Brigade

British Army 5714 Corporal 9th South African Horse

British Army 85 Private East African Labour Corps

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Francis Charles Type

Born 1887

Australian Imperial Force Commissioned Instructor Royal Australian Navy

Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Taranaki Guards

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