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1st Battalion

OTAGO REGIMENT

1st New Zealand Infantry Brigade / New Zealand Division

 

13th September : Fricourt Wood.

15th September : Mametz Wood.

Night of the 15th-16th September :  Thistle Alley.

16th September : Switch Trench.

Night of the 16th-17th September : Relief of the 4th NZ Rifle Brigade in Fat Trench.

18th September : Support of the attack of Flers Trench by the 1/18th London. In action in Flers Trench and Goose Alley.

Night of the 18th-19th September : Relieved. Carlton Trench.

Night of the 24th-25th September : In front line in Flers Trench.

25th September : Attack and taking of a part of Goose Alley. Formation and consolidation of a defensive flank towards Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

27th September : Attack on Gird Trench along Goose Alley. "The Regiment's most bitter and costly experience on the Somme".

Night of the 27th-28th September : Relieved by the 2nd Otago. West of Longueval.

29th September : Mametz Wood.

2nd October : Switch Trench.

3rd October : Montauban area.

 

136 names

8/2830    Private

George

ADDISON

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2787    Sergeant

Robert Lyal

AITKEN

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

9/2357    Private

Charles Thomas

ALLAN

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2527    Private

Edward George

ARTHUR

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3179    Private

Albert Edward

BAGRIE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

Second Lieutenant

William Alexander

BAIN

Died of wounds on the 28th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Heilly Station Cemetery

 

22918    Private

Daniel

BARRON

Died of wounds on the 10th October 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/2845    Private

Robert

BENZIE

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

8/3483    Private

Henry Stanhope

BERNARD

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

11/2417    Private

Leslie Rodolph

BIRCH

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1939    Private

William

BLOXHAM

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2540    Private

Hugh McDonald Moleneux

BOWER

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2257    Sergeant

Bruce

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Heilly Station Cemetery

 

23509    Private

John

BROWN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

9/2051    Private

Robert Henry

BROWNE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

9/2054    Private

John

CALLANAN

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3202    Private

Victor James

CAMERON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

17/268    Private

William

CARSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2869    Private

Patrick

CASEY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2870    Private

William

CASEY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1426    Private

Ivor Edward

CHAMPION

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3213    Private

William Henry

CLACK

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2561    Private

William Charles

CLEMENTS

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/174    Private

Leonard Smith

CONNOR

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2198    Private

Edward

COTTON

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

8/2422    Sergeant

Frederick John

CROWE

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/2584    Private

Charles

DUDDRIDGE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23531    Private

Spencer Timaru

DUNNAGE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1458     Private

Edward Hall

DUTHIE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/4446    Private

George Frederick

EDWARDS

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

8/2589    Private

John McGregor

FERGUSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/918    Private

Kenneth Cross

FINLAYSON

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

Lieutenant

John Forbes Menzies

FLEMING

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/3263    Private

George Alfred

FRY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3905    Private

Percival Clooney

GEARY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2515    Lance Corporal

Arthur John

GILMOUR

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

23536    Private

Manson

GLOVER

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

23542     Private

Walter

GRAY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23488     Private

John Alfred

HANSEN

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3285     Lance Corporal

Albert James

HARGEST

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Bulls Road Cemetery

 

23548     Private

Henry

HARPER

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/752    Private

Charles Herbert

HARVEY

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

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/2274     Private

William George

HENDLE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

Captain

James Laidlaw

HERBERT

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/4451     Private

Henry Edmund

HIGGINS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2951     Private

Arthur Thomas

HOLMES

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23490     Private

Duncan Alexander

HORNE

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/52     Private

John

HOSSACK

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William

HOWDEN

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3294     Private

Norman

HOY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

3/2369     Private

James William

HUDSON

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2623     Lance Corporal

David

HUNTER

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/394     Sergeant

Francis Wilfred

HUNTER

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/4149     Private

Charles Robert

IBBOTSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13444    Private

Edwin Charles

JANE

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23558     Private

James Alexander Wells

JEWELL

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/409     Lance Corporal

Arthur Henry

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Frank

JONES

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

8/3302    Private

Charles

JOSS

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1272    Private

Albert

KENNEDY

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

Rest in peace in Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard

 

23564    Private

Gilbert James

KERR

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23567    Private

James Arthur

KING

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2638    Private

James

KINNAIRD

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2035    Private

George Alexander

LAMB

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/728    Private

Hector

LAWS

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

8/4164    Private

William Robert

LEAKE

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

23575    Private

Andrew John

LINDSAY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

8/2969    Private

Frank Ritchie

LINDSAY

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3168    Lance Sergeant

James

LIVINGSTON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2970    Private

Arthur Thomas

LLOYD

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2979    Private

John Alexander Bunting

MACDONALD

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

8/2078    Private

Donald

MacKENZIE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/12819    Corporal

George Douglas

MACKENZIE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2990    Lance Corporal

Ian Roy

MACKENZIE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2820    Sergeant

Norman McLeod

MACKENZIE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3345    Private

Charles Felthouse

MASSEY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/4172    Private

Albert Gordon

MATTHEWS

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

9/59    Sergeant

Alexander Lister

McCLINLOCK

Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/5000    Private

James Mason

McFARLANE

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

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/670    Sergeant

Donald McDonald

McLAREN

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/940    Private

Frederic Percival

McMURRAY

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13401    Private

George

MEE

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3007    Lance Corporal

John Forbes

MENZIES

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1575    Private

Thomas Stanley

METCALF

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

8/9762    Sergeant

George Edmond

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3367    Private

Percy William

MORTON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

8/3369    Lance Corporal

Felix Andrew

MURNEY

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

8/2668    Lance Corporal

Alexander Anderson

MURRAY

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1584    Private

Louis

MYLCHREEST

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23598    Private

William Peter

NELSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1140    Sergeant

Albert James

NEWTON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23601    Private

George Campbell

NICOLSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2094    Private

Ernest

ORMROD

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2698    Private

James

PATON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23607     Private

John Simpson

PETTIGREW

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2099     Private

David

PORTER

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William Morton

RALLINSHAW

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1824     Private

John

REGAN

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

8/4213     Private

John Turtle

REYNOLDS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/697     Lance Corporal

William Hunter

REYNOLDS

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2112    Private

Charles Alexander

RITCHIE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

8/2117    Private

Sylvester Gordon

RODERIQUE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

8/3752    Private

Martin Andreas

RONNING

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2122    Private

Thomas Victor

SALMON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

8/3394    Private

Ernest Thomas

SANDFORD

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23618    Private

John

SAUNDERS

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23619    Private

Andrew

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23620    Private

Leonard Gladstone

SHAW

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3067    Private

Charles Gordon

SHEED

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23628     Private

William

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 7th October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Calais Southern Cemetery

 

8/288    Private

William George

SMITH

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23630     Private

Matthew William

SPOWART

Died of wounds on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/3409    Private

Frank

STABLES

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3410    Private

David

STEWART

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3412    Private

John Buchanan

STRACHAN

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

Second Lieutenant

Alexander Reuben

SUTHERLAND

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

8/1384    Private

John Joseph

SWEENEY

Shot at dawn on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

8/3096     Private

Lewis Vivian

SYMONS

Died of wounds on the 12th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/3417     Private

George Francis

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

8/3418     Private

Gilbert

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1898    Private

Albert Francis

TERRY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/490    Private

George Harry Clifford

TOWNSON

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

82322    Private

Vernon Eustace

VAUGHAN

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2168    Private

Joseph

WALKER

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13489    Private

Samuel Patton

WALLACE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2752    Private

George William

WARD

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

8/123    Private

Leslie Morgan

WATSON

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/724    Private

Arthur Llewellyn

WEBB

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2759    Private

Mathew

WELSH

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1674    Private

Oswald

WHITE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3433    Private

Arthur

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 6th October 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

8/3117    Corporal

John Douglas

WILLOCKS

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/3437    Private

Robert Hugh

WILSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13/3139    Private

William Ernest

WILTON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

8/1683     Private

William

WINTER

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

 

 

8/4245    Private

Albert

WYATT

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

 

 

Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

93

Etaples Military Cemetery

8

Heilly Station Cemetery

6

Warlencourt British Cemetery

6

A.I.F. Burial Ground

4

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

3

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

3

St Sever Cemetery

3

Bulls Road Cemetery

2

Dartmoor Cemetery

2

London Cemetery and Extension

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Calais Southern Cemetery

1

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard

1

Quarry Cemetery

1