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Australian Infantry

 

45th Battalion

AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY

(New South Wales)

12th Australian Infantry Brigade / 4th Australian Division

 

1st August : Near Albert.

4th August : Tara Hill.

5th August : Relief of the 17th, 18th and 19th Battalions in Pozieres windmill sector.

6th August : German attack repulsed. In support of the attack of the 8th Yorkshire in Munster Alley and Torr Trench.

7th August : New German attack repulsed.

8th August : Relieved by the 46th battalion. Supplying fatigue and working parties.

12th August : In reserve East of La Boisselle.

14th August : Relief of the 46th battalion.

15th August : Releved by the 5th Battalion. Albert.

16th August : Warloy-Baillon.

18th August : Herissart.

*******

28th August : Albert.

29th August : Relief of the 26th Battalion North of Pozieres.

31st August : Relief by the 2nd Canadian Infantry.

1st September : In reserve East of La Boisselle. Digging of a trench near Mouquet Farm.

2nd September : Albert.

3rd September : Warloy-Baillon.

*******

6th November : Dernancourt.

11th November : Fricourt.

12th-17th November : Bernafay Wood. Carryng and Fatigue parties.

18th-19th November : Relief of the 46th Battalion in Grease Trench.

26th-27th November : Relieved by 47th and 13th Battalion. Longueval / Bazentin.

29th-30th November : Working parties to 4th Pioneers and Engineers.

 

135 names

4548   Private

William Howard

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

4433   Private

Bertram

ANDREWS

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

3265   Private

Charles Edwin

BAILEY

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

706   Company Sergeant Major

William Charles

BAILEY

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Henry

BARTER

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

2391   Private

Walter Henry

BATEMAN, served as HOOK

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4730   Private

Harold

BAXTER

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

1674   Private

Bertie Leslie

BILLINGSLY

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3014   Private

Norman George Howard

BLAIN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4139A   Private

Hendrick John

BONGERS

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4332   Private

Sydney

BOTSMAN

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2555   Private

Henry George

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

5343   Private

Ralph Whiteley

BURNS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2570   Private

Henry

CALLAGHAN

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

3723   Private

John Robert

CANVIN

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3736   Private

Frank

CAREW

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4155   Private

James

CARSON

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3480   Private

Ivan Alexander

CARTER

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4156   Private

James

CASSIDY

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3740A   Private

Robert Charles

CHANNELLS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Major

Duncan

CHAPMAN

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

3717   Private

Clifford Percival

CHARD

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

5053   Private

James Coleman

CLARKE

Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

4024   Private

Peter

COFFEY

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2568   Private

Frederick Oswald

CREEK

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4492   Private

Henry

CRICHTON

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1716A   Private

Cyril James

CROSS

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1695   Private

Frank

CURRIE

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2739   Private

Lance Joseph

DAWSON

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

4475   Private

Cecil Augustus

DEAN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

3740   Private

Walter James

DEVER

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Stanley Vincent

DOLTON

Killed in action on the 20th November 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

4573   Private

James

DORAN

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles McKenny

DRAPER

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

Captain

Leo Sidney

DRINKWATER

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

1350   Private

Adolf

ECKLUND

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3046A   Private

Albert Victor

ERICKSON

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4196   Private

Henry

GLAZEBROOK

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2836   Private

Edgar

GOODE

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3532   Private

William

GROGIN

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4039   Private

George Percy Colderidge

HALL

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1926   Private

Thomas Edward

HAMILTON

Died of wounds on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

4201   Private

Robert Galbraith

HARDIE

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

394    Private

Herbert Reginald Spencer

HARRIS

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Thistle Dump Cemetery

 

1732   Private

Francis James

HARVEY

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

5386   Private

John Edward

HAWES

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3334    Private

Leonard Willoughby

HAZLEWOOD

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Sunken Road Cemetery

 

2841   Lance Corporal

William

HIGGS

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4353   Private

Edward Francis

HINTON

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1720   Private

George Mathew

HOLMES

Killed in action on the 5th-8th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

516   Private

Arthur Alexander

HORNBY

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5388   Private

John

HOUGH

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3795   Private

Thomas Joseph

HOWE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5098    Private

Alfred Isaac

HOWLETT

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

4807   Private

William Emerton

HUNTER

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3545   Private

James

HUTTON

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1553   Corporal

Robert

HYSLOP

Killed in action on the 14th-15th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2854   Private

Albert

JONES

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 41

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

 

2802   Private

Evered William Hope

JURY

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4220   Sergeant

Walter James

KAVANAGH

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

5398   Private

Roderick Kenneth

KERR

Died of wounds on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2628   Lance Corporal

Ernest Hansen

KESZLER

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1575   Private

William

LEAVER

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5489   Private

Lewis

LEOVILLE

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4832   Private

Spencer John

LETCHER

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

5404   Private

Glen Kilsyth

LUMSDEN

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4599   Private

James Patrick

LYNCH

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

4248    Private

Richard Oliver

MACAULEY

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3409   Private

Victor Roland

MacDONALD

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1967   Private

Thomas Adams

MANSELL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4656   Private

John James

MASON

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3421   Private

Malcolm Graham

McBRIDE

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1967   Private

Herbert Vincent

McGRATH

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2657   Lance Corporal

Charles Henry

McGREGOR

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4561   Private

John Joseph

McKEAN

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 45

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4605   Private

Victor Herman

McKENNA

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4252   Lance Corporal

George Robert

McLACHLAN

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5425   Private

Owen

McMANUS

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2874   Private

Alexander

McMILLAN

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

1382   Private

Richard

McNAUGHT

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4860   Private

George Robert

McNEIL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4238   Private

Archibald

MILLER

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5411   Private

Ernest Robert

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4849   Private

Jack

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1789   Private

James Joseph

MORRIS

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

755   Lance Corporal

John Stewart

MULHOLLAND

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

3856   Lance Corporal

Thomas Henry

MUSGROVE

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4612   Private

Walter William

NICHOLSON

Died of wounds on the 24th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Wandsworth (Earsfield) Cemetery

 

1808   Corporal

Cecil James

NORRIS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1972   Private

Charles Edmund

NOTT

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4614   Private

Owen Cooney

O'MARA

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2740   Private

John

OWEN

Died of wounds on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

1823   Private

John Henry

PARKER

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4268   Private

Leslie William Charles

PAUL

Killed in action on the 6th-7th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

1834A   Lance Corporal

Ephraim Francis

PEACH

Killed in action on the 5th-8th August 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5432   Private

Arthur James

PICKERING

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

736   Corporal

William Arthur

PINNOCK

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3882   Private

Gordon

PIRIE

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 41

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

1757   Private

Thomas Michael

PURCILL

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

4226   Private

Alexander John

RABBITT

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

337   Corporal

James

REES

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

4622   Private

Robert James

RISBEY

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2679   Private

Thomas Gifford

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4623   Corporal

Herbert Taylor

ROCK

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5218   Private

Albert Henry

ROGERS

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

574   Private

Harold Glen Francis

ROGERS

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery

 

2008   Corporal

Alister John

ROSS

Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1753   Private

Donald

ROSS

Killed in action on the 19th November 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4473   Private

Roy John Black

RYAN

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4625   Private

Mervyn Gladstone

SHUTE

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

436   Sergeant

Arthur Thithorpe

SLEE

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3918   Private

Clifford

SMALL

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

2244   Private

Percy

SMITH

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2683   Private

James Elijah

STARR

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3919   Private

Percy Arthur Frank

STEPHENS

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3125   Private

Harry

SUGDEN

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1438   Private

Frank

SWINDELLS

Died of wounds on the 14th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

1414   Private

Charles

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

788   Sergeant

Norman Alexander

TOLMIE

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1738   Private

Charles George

TREVENA

Killed in action on the 14th-15th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2239   Private

Samuel Thomas

TURNER

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1781   Lance Corporal

Harry

VINICOMBE

Died of wounds on the 14th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

4537   Private

Albert Julian

WALKER

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1851   Corporal

William George

WARNE

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4051   Private

Albert Ernest

WATKINS

Died of wounds on the 7th September 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

3258   Private

Harold Vivian

WATTS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1765   Private

Hedley Arthur

WEST

Killed in action on the 14th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1792   Private

Harold John

WICKS

Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

1871   Private

Ernest George

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2467   Private

Ronald Thomas

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3870   Private

Albert

WILSON

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4910   Private

Rowland John

WILSON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1764   Private

Frank

WOOD

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

3138   Private

William

WRANGHAM

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

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

2708   Private

Philip

YOUNG

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2