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Albany Western Australia [11]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Perth Western Australia [6]

Bundaberg Queensland [4]

Katanning Western Australia [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bunbury Western Australia [2]

Crookwell New South Wales [2]

Deans Marsh Victoria [2]

London England [2]

Middleton South Australia [2]

Sydney, New South Wales [2]

Tamworth New South Wales [2]

Townsville Queensland [2]

Adelaide SA [1]

Amherst Victoria [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Arthur River, Western Australia [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballerat, Victoria, [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Batlow, New South Wales [1]

Beckenham England [1]

Bedford [1]

Beeac Victoria [1]

Bendigo, Victoria [1]

Beverley Western Australia [1]

Blackall Queensland [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Broomehill Western Australia [1]

Bucklebury, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Campbell Town Tasmania [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Captains Flat New South Wales [1]

Carlingford New South Wales [1]

Cassilis, New South Wales [1]

Charleville [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Chew Stoke Somerset ENGLAND [1]

Clemont, Queensland [1]

Colac Victoria [1]

Cornwall [1]

Cottingham St, Glebe, NSW [1]

Rank

Trooper [216]

Private [182]

Serjeant [121]

Lieutenant [95]

Corporal [87]

Second Lieutenant [82]

Lance Corporal [79]

Captain [58]

Major [49]

Lieutenant Colonel [25]

Sergeant [24]

Driver [12]

Gunner [7]

Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Temporary Corporal [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Sapper [6]

Transport Corporal [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Signaller [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Sergeant [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Commissary [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Sergeant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Sergeant Major [2]

Signaller/Corporal [2]

Signaller/Serjeant [2]

Squadron Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Sergeant Major [2]

Temporary Bombardier [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Australian Light Horse Regiment [376]

Light Horse Regiment [76]

10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [66]

Natal Light Horse [24]

Imperial Light Horse [20]

10th Light Horse Regiment [19]

Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Light Horse Regiment [15]

2nd Light Horse Regiment [14]

7th Light Horse Regiment [14]

Australian Light Horse [13]

1st Light Horse Regiment [12]

3rd Light Horse Regiment [11]

6th Light Horse Regiment [10]

5th Light Horse Regiment [9]

8th Light Horse Regiment [9]

9th Light Horse Regiment [9]

Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Forces [9]

London Regiment [9]

Light Horse Regiment/Australian Forces [8]

4th Light Horse Regiment [7]

Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Imperial Force [7]

Australian Infantry [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

11th Light Horse Regiment [5]

2nd Light Horse Brigade [5]

Australia and New Zealand Army Corps Light Horse Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

King Edward's Horse [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

4th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4]

7th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4]

8th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4]

Imperial Army [4]

Light Horse Regiment/Australian Cavalry [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Rhodesia Regiment [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

13th Australian Light Horse Regiment [3]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3]

4th Division [3]

Australian Army Service Corps [3]

Australian Flying Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Light Horse Regiment Australian Forces [3]

Service

British Army [613]

Australian Imperial Force [301]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [4]

Indian Army [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [101]

B [80]

C [78]

H [78]

G [63]

R [59]

W [55]

S [54]

F [48]

D [35]

P [34]

T [34]

A [33]

K [33]

L [31]

J [23]

O [17]

E [14]

N [10]

Q [9]

V [8]

I [4]

U [2]

Y [2]

Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [905]

Country

Australia [27]

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

South Africa [1]

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Albany Western Australia [11] Sydney New South Wales [7] Perth Western Australia [6] Bundaberg Queensland [4] Katanning Western Australia [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bunbury Western Australia [2] Crookwell New South Wales [2] Deans Marsh Victoria [2] London England [2] Middleton South Australia [2] Sydney, New South Wales [2] Tamworth New South Wales [2] Townsville Queensland [2] Adelaide SA [1] Amherst Victoria [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Arthur River, Western Australia [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballerat, Victoria, [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Batlow, New South Wales [1] Beckenham England [1] Bedford [1] Beeac Victoria [1] Bendigo, Victoria [1] Beverley Western Australia [1] Blackall Queensland [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Broomehill Western Australia [1] Bucklebury, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Campbell Town Tasmania [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Captains Flat New South Wales [1] Carlingford New South Wales [1] Cassilis, New South Wales [1] Charleville [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Chew Stoke Somerset ENGLAND [1] Clemont, Queensland [1] Colac Victoria [1] Cornwall [1] Cottingham St, Glebe, NSW [1]

Rank

Trooper [216] Private [182] Serjeant [121] Lieutenant [95] Corporal [87] Second Lieutenant [82] Lance Corporal [79] Captain [58] Major [49] Lieutenant Colonel [25] Sergeant [24] Driver [12] Gunner [7] Staff Serjeant Major [7] Temporary Corporal [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Sapper [6] Transport Corporal [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Signaller [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Staff Sergeant [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Commissary [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Sergeant [3] Trumpeter [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Sergeant Major [2] Signaller/Corporal [2] Signaller/Serjeant [2] Squadron Sergeant Major [2] Staff Sergeant Major [2] Temporary Bombardier [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Australian Light Horse Regiment [376] Light Horse Regiment [76] 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment [66] Natal Light Horse [24] Imperial Light Horse [20] 10th Light Horse Regiment [19] Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Light Horse Regiment [15] 2nd Light Horse Regiment [14] 7th Light Horse Regiment [14] Australian Light Horse [13] 1st Light Horse Regiment [12] 3rd Light Horse Regiment [11] 6th Light Horse Regiment [10] 5th Light Horse Regiment [9] 8th Light Horse Regiment [9] 9th Light Horse Regiment [9] Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Forces [9] London Regiment [9] Light Horse Regiment/Australian Forces [8] 4th Light Horse Regiment [7] Light Horse Regiment/ Australian Imperial Force [7] Australian Infantry [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6] Royal Air Force [6] 11th Light Horse Regiment [5] 2nd Light Horse Brigade [5] Australia and New Zealand Army Corps Light Horse Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] King Edward's Horse [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4] 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4] 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment [4] Imperial Army [4] Light Horse Regiment/Australian Cavalry [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Rhodesia Regiment [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment [3] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3] 4th Division [3] Australian Army Service Corps [3] Australian Flying Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Cambridgeshire Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] Light Horse Regiment Australian Forces [3]

Service

British Army [613] Australian Imperial Force [301] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [4] Indian Army [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [101] B [80] C [78] H [78] G [63] R [59] W [55] S [54] F [48] D [35] P [34] T [34] A [33] K [33] L [31] J [23] O [17] E [14] N [10] Q [9] V [8] I [4] U [2] Y [2] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [905]

Country

Australia [27] United Kingdom [20] Canada [1] Egypt [1] South Africa [1]

Cleophas John Duffy

Born 1890

Died 1979

Australian Imperial Force 134 Private Light Horse Recruit

Australian Imperial Force 134 Private 11th Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 134 Private 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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William Edward Sing

Born 1886

Died 1943

Australian Imperial Force 355 Trooper Light Horse 5th

Australian Imperial Force 355 Private Light Horse Regiment 5

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Richard Lloyd

Born 1874

Died 1959

Australian Imperial Force 851 Private 7th Light Horse Regiment 4th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 851 Sergeant 7th Light Horse Regiment 4th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 851 Sergeant 7th Light Horse Regiment

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Carew Reynell Mid

Born 1883

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant 16th Light Horse Regiment (South Australian Mounted Rifles)

Australian Imperial Force Major 22nd Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Major 9th Light Horse Regiment

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Richard James Shadwell

Born 1889

Died 1954

Australian Imperial Force 1472 Trooper 5th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force Trooper 2nd Light Horse Regiment

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George Davies John

Born 1891

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force 624 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Robert Ernest Spencer

Born 1874

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 480 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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William Manuel Ring

Born 1890

Died 1963

Australian Imperial Force 1271 Private 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Percy Phipps Abbott

Born 1869

Died 1940

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Raymond Quartermaine

Born 1893

Died 1982

Australian Imperial Force 461 Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Thomas Roydon Hogarth

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3295 Trooper 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Albert Edward Box

Born 1892

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 522 Private 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 522 Corporal 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 522 Corporal 1st Australian Light Horse Training Regiment

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William John Aka Jim Piesse

Born 1888

Died 1952

Australian Imperial Force 2830 Sergeant 10th Light Horse regiment

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William Leslie Owen

Born 1892

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Private 10th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Corporal 10th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 1038 Corporal 10th Light Horse Regiment

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Henry Laud Alexander Frankford

Born 1879

Died 1948

Australian Imperial Force 106 Private 2nd Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 106 Corporal 2nd Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 106 Temporary Warrant Officer 1st Echelon G.H.Q.

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John William Norrish

Born 1875

Died 1942

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Leslie Albert Parsons

Born 1896

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force 189 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Thomas Edward Aka Edward Quartermaine

Born 1888

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 2949 Driver 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Beven Samson Joseph Quartermaine

Born 1881

Died 1947

Australian Imperial Force 3431 Staff Sergeant 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Vernon Frederick Piesse

Born 1889

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force Captain 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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