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Australian Infantry

 

12th AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

12th Australian Infantry Brigade / 4th Australian Division

 

1st August : Albert area.

4th August : Tara Hill.

5th-15th August : In line in Pozieres (East sector).

15th August : Albert.

16th August : Warloy-Baillon

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28th August : Albert.

29th August-2nd September : In line in front of Mouquet Farm.

2nd September : Albert.

3rd September : Warloy-Baillon.

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7th November : Dernancourt.

11th November : Fricourt.

12th-27th November : In line in Flers-Gueudecourt sector.

 

17 names

3787   Private

Walter Maund

COLLEY

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2733   Private

Leslie

CORBETT

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

4562   Private

William George

COWARD

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2662    Private

Stanley Norman Vivian

DANIEL

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

512   Private

Ernest George

DORNBUSCH

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2657   Private

Cyril

EMERY

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1356   Private

Joseph Lloyd

KELLY

Killed in action on the 14th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2556    Corporal

William Gawthorne

KIDGELL

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

621   Sergeant

Thomas

MADIGAN

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

371   Sergeant

John Francis Leo

McINERNEY

Killed in action on the 14th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3448    Private

Albert Arthur

OLLEY

Killed in action on the 25th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

4575    Private

William Edward

PEAGAM

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

762    Private

Frank

ROSE

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

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

3834    Private

Olley Carl

RUSH

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2435    Sergeant

Hartley David

SMITH

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2045   Private

Frank

TOWNSON

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

 

 

2210    Private

Richard Thomas Kenyon

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial