BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
|
|
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. ******** 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
|