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Melbourne Victoria [40]

Sydney New South Wales [26]

London England [14]

Adelaide South Australia [6]

Brisbane Queensland [6]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Bendigo Victoria [4]

Fremantle Western Australia [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Glasgow Scotland [3]

Hobart Tasmania [3]

Aberdeen Scotland [2]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Augathella Queensland [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Carrington New South Wales [2]

Glen Innes New South Wales [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Largs Bay South Australia [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leith Scotland [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Melbourne, Victoria [2]

Newcastle, New South Wales [2]

North Shields England [2]

Port Melbourne Victoria [2]

Raywood Victoria [2]

Rockhampton Queensland [2]

Stornoway Scotland [2]

Sunderland England [2]

Traralgon Victoria [2]

Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Albert Park, Victoria [1]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Alva Scotland [1]

Animbo New South Wales [1]

Ararat, Victoria [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Arran Island Scotland [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Ballinora, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Banff Scotland [1]

Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Bedford England [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Able Seaman Driver [238]

Driver [48]

Private [38]

Gunner [35]

Sapper [34]

Able Seaman [28]

Boy 2nd Class [15]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [13]

Petty Officer [13]

Bombardier [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Chief Petty Officer [9]

Leading Seaman [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman Sapper [5]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Artificer [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Signalman [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Assistant Engine Room Artificer [2]

Captain [2]

Chief Warrant Officer [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Cabo Segundo [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Signalman RANR(M) [1]

Lieutenant RANR [1]

Major [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Officer's Servant [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [400]

11th Field Artillery Brigade [26]

12th Field Artillery Brigade [23]

Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [20]

Royal Australian Naval Reserve [14]

13th Field Artillery Brigade [12]

Royal Australian Navy [12]

Royal Australian Naval Reserves (O) [11]

Royal Australian Naval Reserve (M) [10]

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

2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [7]

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

Australian Flying Corps [6]

HMS Impregnable [5]

1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [4]

2nd Division - 4th Field Artillery Brigade [4]

5th Division - 14th Field Artillery Brigade [4]

5th Divisional Troops - 15th Field Company Engineers [4]

Australian Field Artillery [4]

Citizen Military Force [4]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [4]

HMS Powerful [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

1st Divisional Ammunition Column [3]

2nd Division - 5th Field Artillery Brigade [3]

2nd Divisional Troops [3]

3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division [3]

4th Division - 10th Field Artillery Brigade [3]

5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [3]

5th Divisional Troops - 8th Field Company Engineers [3]

ANZAC Provost Corps (Egyptian Section) [3]

Royal Australian Engineers (Militia) [3]

1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [2]

2nd Division - 6th Infantry Brigade [2]

2nd Pioneer Battalion [2]

36th Heavy Artillery Group [2]

3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [2]

3rd Division - 8th Field Artillery Brigade [2]

4th Divisional Ammunition Column [2]

4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [2]

5th Divisional Ammunition Column [2]

ANZAC Provost Corps [2]

Australian Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Australian Army Service Corps [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Commonwealth Naval Forces [2]

Commonwealth Naval Militia [2]

HMS Boscawen [2]

HMS Caledonia [2]

HMS Cambrian [2]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [401]

Royal Navy [31]

British Army [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [47]

W [44]

S [40]

B [36]

C [27]

T [25]

D [22]

L [22]

H [21]

R [17]

J [16]

P [15]

G [14]

A [13]

K [11]

F [10]

O [8]

N [5]

V [3]

I [2]

Q [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [399]

Country

Australia [100]

United Kingdom [19]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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People [401] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Melbourne Victoria [40] Sydney New South Wales [26] London England [14] Adelaide South Australia [6] Brisbane Queensland [6] Ballarat Victoria [4] Bendigo Victoria [4] Fremantle Western Australia [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Geelong Victoria [3] Glasgow Scotland [3] Hobart Tasmania [3] Aberdeen Scotland [2] Albert Park Victoria [2] Augathella Queensland [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Birmingham England [2] Carrington New South Wales [2] Glen Innes New South Wales [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Largs Bay South Australia [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leith Scotland [2] Liverpool England [2] Melbourne, Victoria [2] Newcastle, New South Wales [2] North Shields England [2] Port Melbourne Victoria [2] Raywood Victoria [2] Rockhampton Queensland [2] Stornoway Scotland [2] Sunderland England [2] Traralgon Victoria [2] Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Albert Park, Victoria [1] Allansford Victoria [1] Alva Scotland [1] Animbo New South Wales [1] Ararat, Victoria [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Arran Island Scotland [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Ballinora, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Banff Scotland [1] Bath, Somerset, England [1] Bedford England [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Rank

Able Seaman Driver [238] Driver [48] Private [38] Gunner [35] Sapper [34] Able Seaman [28] Boy 2nd Class [15] Serjeant [14] Corporal [13] Petty Officer [13] Bombardier [12] Lieutenant [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Chief Petty Officer [9] Leading Seaman [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman Sapper [5] Boy 1st Class [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Artificer [4] Lance Corporal [4] Signalman [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Assistant Engine Room Artificer [2] Captain [2] Chief Warrant Officer [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Cabo Segundo [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Domestic Servant 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Signalman RANR(M) [1] Lieutenant RANR [1] Major [1] Master At Arms [1] Master at Arms [1] Officer's Servant [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [400] 11th Field Artillery Brigade [26] 12th Field Artillery Brigade [23] Naval And Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) [20] Royal Australian Naval Reserve [14] 13th Field Artillery Brigade [12] Royal Australian Navy [12] Royal Australian Naval Reserves (O) [11] Royal Australian Naval Reserve (M) [10] 2nd Division - 6th Field Artillery Brigade [7] 2nd Divisional Troops - 5th Field Company Engineers [7] 6th Divisional Troops - 17th Field Company Engineers [6] Australian Flying Corps [6] HMS Impregnable [5] 1st Army Troops Company, Australian Engineers [4] 2nd Division - 4th Field Artillery Brigade [4] 5th Division - 14th Field Artillery Brigade [4] 5th Divisional Troops - 15th Field Company Engineers [4] Australian Field Artillery [4] Citizen Military Force [4] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [4] HMS Powerful [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] 1st Divisional Ammunition Column [3] 2nd Division - 5th Field Artillery Brigade [3] 2nd Divisional Troops [3] 3rd Brigade - 1st Australian Division [3] 4th Division - 10th Field Artillery Brigade [3] 5th Divisional Troops - 14th Field Company Engineers [3] 5th Divisional Troops - 8th Field Company Engineers [3] ANZAC Provost Corps (Egyptian Section) [3] Royal Australian Engineers (Militia) [3] 1st Division - 1st Infantry Brigade [2] 2nd Division - 6th Infantry Brigade [2] 2nd Pioneer Battalion [2] 36th Heavy Artillery Group [2] 3rd Division - 9th Infantry Brigade [2] 3rd Division - 8th Field Artillery Brigade [2] 4th Divisional Ammunition Column [2] 4th Divisional Troops - 13th Field Company Engineers [2] 5th Divisional Ammunition Column [2] ANZAC Provost Corps [2] Australian Army Ordnance Corps [2] Australian Army Service Corps [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Commonwealth Naval Forces [2] Commonwealth Naval Militia [2] HMS Boscawen [2] HMS Caledonia [2] HMS Cambrian [2]

Service

Australian Imperial Force [401] Royal Navy [31] British Army [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

M [47] W [44] S [40] B [36] C [27] T [25] D [22] L [22] H [21] R [17] J [16] P [15] G [14] A [13] K [11] F [10] O [8] N [5] V [3] I [2] Q [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [399]

Country

Australia [100] United Kingdom [19] Turkey [1] United States [1]

David Robertson Boyd

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 316 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Joseph Sydney Jones

Born 1892

Australian Imperial Force 462 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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James Dudley

Born 1890

Australian Imperial Force 208 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Arthur Manion

Born 1880

Australian Imperial Force 365 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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George Frederick Mackrell

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 329 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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John Doherty

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force 519 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Arthur Arvid Ollgren

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force 419 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Alexander Edward Anderson

Born 1889

Australian Imperial Force 361 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Joseph Ambrose Loughnan

Australian Imperial Force 577 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Alfred King

Australian Imperial Force 296

Australian Imperial Force 286 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Robert Brodie Swanson

Born 1875

Australian Imperial Force 245 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Finlay Mackinnon

Born 1880

Australian Imperial Force 399 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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George Charles Richardson

Born 1894

Australian Imperial Force 116 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Robert Burgess

Born 1895

Australian Imperial Force 282 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Harold Wilson

Born 1891

Australian Imperial Force 303 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Frank Nathaniel Woods

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 6613 Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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William Thomas Fennell

Born 1896

Australian Imperial Force 5 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Carl Barnaby Schuler

Born 1896

Australian Imperial Force 354 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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James Wilkinson

Born 1885

Australian Imperial Force 243 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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Harry Franklin

Born 1874

Australian Imperial Force 6 Able Seaman Driver Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train

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