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Australian Infantry

 

56th Battalion

AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY

(New South Wales)

14th Australian Infantry Brigade / 5th Australian Division

 

20th October : Pommiers Camp.

21st October : Relief of the 19th Manchester in front line East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

23rd October : Relieved by the 53rd Battalion. Pommiers Camp.

30th-31st October : Relief of the 57th Battalion in front line East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

1st November : Relieved by the 53rd Battalion. Longueval area and Pommiers Camp.

3rd November : Fricourt area.

4th November : Ribemont.

9th November : Cardonnette.

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19th November : South of Becordel. Working parties.

22nd November : Montauban. Working parties.

25th November : Bernafay Wood. Carrying and working parties.

29th November : In reserve line in Switch Trench. Working parties.

30th November : In front line.

 

32 names

4726    Private

Arthur Reuben

ARNOLD

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5331    Private

Arthur Thomas

BANKS

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5332    Lance Corporal

Edgar Alexander

BAXTER

Died of wounds on the 4th December 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

2582    Private

Albert

BECKETT

Killed in action on the 30th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4738    Private

Henry George

BOWEN

Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2570    Sergeant

Frank

BUTCHER

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4761    Lance Corporal

Alfred Henry

CLUNNE, MM

Killed in action on the 1st December 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2810    Private

Ernest Sterling

DAVIS

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5361    Private

William James

DAY

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4769    Private

Arthur Read

DREWETT

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Samuel McPherson

DYKES

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

Captain

Frederick

FANNING

Died of wounds on the 1st November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

5199    Sergeant

Leonard William

FORSTER

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4793    Private

Harold Eyles

GLENN

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4794    Private

James Henry

GOLDIE

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

5100    Private

Robert Douglas

GRIFFITH

Died of wounds on the 4th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4800    Private

William Edward Otway

HALES

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

1673    Private

Albert Percy

HELSON

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1813    Lance Corporal

Thomas Edward

HILDER

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

3562    Private

Sydney

HODGSON

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1685    Private

Alexander

LEARMONT

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4859    Lance Corporal

Trevelyn Ernest

MADDEN

Died of wounds on the 28th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

1702    Private

Albert

MANKTELOW

Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2645    Private

John

McGOWAN

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

2753    Private

Norman Robert

McMILLAN

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3245    Private

William Alfred

ROSE

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

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2808    Private

Robert Campbell

SAVAGE

Died of wounds on the 3rd Decemnber 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

1728    Private

Edgar Frederick

SHEATHER

Died of wounds on the 2nd November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

Captain

Walter Roy

SHEEN, MC

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

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

557A    Private

Alexander Crabb

STOTT

Died of wounds on the 6th November 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4927    Private

Levi

TRINDER, alias Robert TRINDER

Died in service on the 18th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery

 

 

1272A    Private

James Tweedie

WILSON

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial