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Australian Infantry

 

55th Battalion

AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY

(New South Wales)

14th Australian Infantry Brigade / 5th Australian Division

 

20th October : Pommiers Camp.

21st October : In front line near Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

Night of the 22nd-23rd October : Relieved by the 53rd Battalion.

23rd October : Pommiers Camp.

30th October : In front line near Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

2nd November : Near Longueval / Pommiers Camp.

3rd November : Pommiers Camp.

4th November : Fricourt area.

5th November : Ribemont.

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19th November : Mametz. Working parties.

30th November : Bernafay Wood.

 

16 names

1902    Driver

Theo

AGASSIZ

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5339    Private

Patrick

BARRY

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1626    Private

Charles Stanley

BINGLEY

Died of wounds on the 2nd November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2886    Private

Alexander

CONNELLY

Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3784    Private

Andrew

CULLEN

Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

3827    Private

Stephen

DONOVAN

Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

231    Lance Corporal

Samuel McCulloch

HIGGINS

Died of wounds on the 29th October 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1969    Lance Corporal

Frank

HUNT

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

4710    Private

Roger Arthur

JONES

Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

838A    Private

Andrew Eyles

McILWAIN

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1189A    Private

Joseph Oscar

McILWAIN

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5428    Private

Arthur

PASSMORE

Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2841    Private

George McDonald

PRINGLE

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2831    Private

George Watt

SINCLAIR

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4773    Private

Cedric Lyle

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

 

 

2469    Private

David

VASS

Died of wounds on the 2nd November 1916

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery