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Australian Infantry

 

17th Battalion

AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY

(New South Wales)

5th Australian Infantry Brigade / 2nd Australian Division

 

20th July : Warloy-Baillon.

23rd July : Albert area.

Night of the 25th-26th July : Relief of the 9th Battalion in front line East of Pozieres (in touch with British line).

26th-27th July : Bombing attack in Munster Alley with the 2nd Welsh.

29th July : In support of the bombing attack of the 10th Duke of Wellington's in Munster Alley.

5th August : Relief by the 45th Battalion. Tara Hill.

6th August : Warloy-Baillon.

9th August : Halloy.

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17th August : Harponville.

20th August : Albert then Sausage Valley.

21st August : Sunken Road.

23rd August : Relieved the 19th battalion in front line between Bapaume Road and Munster Alley.

25th August  : Relieved by the 19th Battalion. In Brigade reserve in Sunken Road.

27th August : In Divisional reserve at Tara Hill.

28th August : Near Albert.

29th August : Warloy-Baillon.

31st August : Beauval.

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26th October : Ribemont-sur-Ancre.

5th-6th November : Montauban / Longueval.

Night of the 6th-7th November : Relief of the 28th Battalion in front line East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

8th November : Repulse of a German attack with flame thrower.

Night of the 9th-10th November : Relief by the 19th Battalion. Longueval area.

12th November : Mametz.

15th November : Montauban.

Night of the 18th-19th November : Relief of the 27th Battalion in front line East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

21st November : Relieved by the 2nd Royal Sussex. Longueval / Montauban.

22nd November : Ribemont-sur-Ancre.

30th November : Cardonette.

 

129 names

3451     Private

William

ADSHEAD

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2101     Private

William

AKERS

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3209     Private

Charles Grace

ANDREWS

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

486     Private

Frederick James

ANTHONY

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2106     Private

William Douglas

ANTROBUS

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4656     Private

Frederick John

APLIN

Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

2469     Private

Norman Selwyn

BAKER

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

2589     Private

William Charles

BAKER

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3469     Private

William Frederick Joseph

BARKER

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

817    Private

Robert

BELL

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

164     Sergeant

John Edward

BENNETT, MM

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

402     Private

Percy

BENNETT

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery

 

37     Private

Albert Henry

BOXALL

Died of wounds on the 9th November 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2232     Private

Cyril William

BROOKS

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

394     Private

Ernest

BROWN

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1893     Private

Henry

BRYANT

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Sunken Road Cemetery

 

1895     Private

John Robert

BURGIS

Died of wounds on the 30th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

1679     Private

Andrew Edmund

CAHALAN

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1524     Private

Henry

CAHILL

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1667     Private

John Errol

CARR

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2235     Private

Arthur George

CATTS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

Captain

Leslie Keith

CHAMBERS

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

2122    Private

James

CLARK

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

1904     Lance Corporal

Henry

CLARKE

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4397    Private

James Minshall

CORNWELL

Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

9168     Sergeant

Albert Henry

COX

Died of wounds on the 140th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery extension

 

2129    Private

Harold Chas

CREBERT

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

859     Corporal

Robert Stewart

CRUICKSHANK

Died of wounds on the 10th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

4699    Private

David

CUMMING

Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

3496    Private

Arthur John

DARE

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

384    Private

Francis Richard

DAWKINS

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1919     Private

Arthur George

DEVENISH

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

William George

DEVITT

Killed in action on the 9th November 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

2627     Lance Corporal

Harold Hampden

DONKIN

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

21     Private

William

EDELSTEN

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1606     Private

Fred Elijah

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3506     Private

William Francis

FAHEY

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2362     Private

William Henry

FALLON

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1547    Corporal

James Roy

FELAN

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

209     Private

John Leslie

FIELD

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3828     Private

Arthur

FINLEY

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1065    Sergeant

John William

FRANCIS

Killed in action on the 7th November 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

2238     Private

Robert Leslie

FRY

Died of wounds on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

896     Private

George Norman

GANNON

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3841     Private

Frank Val

GOODWORTH

Died in service on the 2nd September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery

 

3835     Private

Harry Hawthorn

GRIFFITHS

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

2379     Private

George

GUTHRIE

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2295     Private

Duncan Burgess

HAMPTON

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3087     Lance Corporal

George Edward

HANSON

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

237     Private

Bert

HARGREAVES

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1942     Private

Joseph

HARPER

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2146     Private

Michael Joseph

HARRINGTON

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3533    Private

Clyde Robert

HARRISON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2386     Lance Corporal

William

HARTLEY

Accidentally killed on the 6th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

911     Private

Patrick Joseph

HAYES

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

777     Private

Wilfred Augustus

HICKS

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Sunken Road Cemetery

 

397    Private

John Rowland

HILL

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

581    Private

James

HOBSON

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1547     Private

William

HODGE

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2149    Private

Harry

HOFF

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2672     Private

George Bruce Fletcher

HUNT

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

1217     Lance Corporal

Robert Stuart Alexander

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 46

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2532     Private

John Meiklejohn

JOINER

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

922    Private

William George

JOWSEY

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2156    Private

Charles Henry

JUDE

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 4

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

600     Private

Leslie Smith

KEMP

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Sunken Road Cemetery

 

1961    Private

William

KESSON

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2863    Private

Septimus Bede

KILLIGREW

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1962    Private

George

KILLOH

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

1361     Corporal

Robert

KING

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

598    Private

Earlston Warwick

KORFF

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Eric Lionel

LOWTHER

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2717     Lance Corporal

Arthur Campbell

MANN

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

2167     Private

Thomas

MARREN

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

962     Private

Charles Joseph

McBRIDE

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

955     Private

William Lindsay

McCULLOCH

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1253     Private

William McGeachie

McEWAN

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

2418     Private

Arthur William

McGLASHAN, MM

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Sunken Road Cemetery

 

771     Lance Corporal

George

McINTOSH

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

1254     Private

Warrick James

McLEOD

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

284     Private

Michael Peter

McMAHON

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1728    Sergeant

John Thomas

MEEHAN, MM

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

943    Corporal

Gordon Hamilton

MILLER

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1749     Lance Corporal

Percy Albert

MOORE

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

3900     Private

Walter Allan

NEGUS

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4185     Private

Henry Lionel

NOAH

Killed in action on the 20th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

980     Private

David Felix

O'CONNELL

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

1614     Private

Daniel

O'HARA

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Beauval Communal Cemetery

 

3594     Private

Paul Augustine

O'KEEFE

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 43

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°1

 

1051     Private

Francis Patrick

O'NEILL

Died of wounds on the 18th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Kensal Green (St Mary's) Rom. Cat. Cem.

 

1984    Private

John Thomas

O'NEILL

Killed in action on the 6th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

652    Sergeant

James Patrick

O'TOOLE

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1986    Private

Samuel

OUTRAM

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

305     Private

Charles Edward

PARSONS

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 52

Rest in peace in Sunken Road Cemetery

 

1582    Private

Norman

PEACOCK

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

304    Private

Henry

PEAT

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4503    Private

Edward Claude

PERKINS

Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 16

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

991    Sergeant

Victor John

REES

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3912    Private

Norman Stanley

REGLIN

Died of wounds  on the 31st August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Daventry (Holy Cross) Churchyard

 

3286     Private

Mersey Albert

REID

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

3910    Private

Joseph Martin

RINGROSE

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3915    Private

William John

ROBINS

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

1335    Sergeant

Herbert

ROCKLIFF

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

2845    Private

Maurice Joseph

ROSS

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

992     Private

James

RYAN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Sunken Road Cemetery

 

678    Private

David James

SAULT

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2442    Private

Ernest

SEATON

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2512    Private

Leslie Andrew

SHEFFIELD

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

680    Corporal

Neville Wynn

SIMPSON

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2448    Private

George Alexander

SMITH

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3628    Private

Sidney

SMITH

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2450    Private

William

STONER

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 240

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1006    Corporal

George

STUTTER

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2790    Lance Corporal

Thomas Stanley

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3940    Private

John Miller

TRUELAND

Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

1784    Private

Sydney Ernest

TUDOR

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

729    Private

Wesley George

WADE

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

4251    Private

Thomas Roy

WALLACE

Killed in action on the 8th November 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

3955    Private

Leo Darcy

WALSH

Died of wounds on the 3rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery

 

3647    Private

Charles George

WAUGH

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1794    Private

Charles Leslie

WESTERN

Killed in action on the 7th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

392    Sergeant

Donald Hugh

WHITE

Killed in action on the 6th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2026    Private

Edwin

WHITFIELD

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4573    Private

John Lloyd

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 231

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2031    Private

Alexander

WILSON

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

315    Private

Alexander Hawthorn

WILSON

Killed in action on the 23rd-27th July 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1798     Private

Herbert John

WILSON

Died of wounds on the 26th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

4858     Private

James

WILSON

Died of wounds on the 12th November 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

1325     Lance Corporal

Frank William

YORK

Died of wounds on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery