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Australian Infantry

 

2nd AUSTRALIAN PIONEERS

 

2nd Australian Division

 

27th July - 7th August : Pozieres.

Digging of Centre Way and Walker's Avenue, of a "jumping-off line" in front of O.G.1. (North-West of the mill, 1st-2nd August), in action in O.G.1. with 22nd Battalion (4th August) and digging of communication trenches between O.G.1. and O.G.2. (4th-5th August), in action in Brind's Road with 23rd Battalion (5th August).

November : Flers-Gueudecourt sector.

 

59 names

818   Private

Ernest Charles

BAYLISS

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2112   Private

William John

BOURKE

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2576   Private

Arthur Mackay

BOXSHALL

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

3763   Private

Edward Michael

BRENNAN

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2884   Private

Henry

BROWN

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

3070   Private

Owen Ruben

COMERY

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1172   Private

William John

COOTE

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

49A   Private

Robert

CORMACK

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Stanley Gordon

COULTON

Died of wounds on the 16th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

2394   Private

Norman John

FALLS

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2625   Private

Sidney John

FOGARTY

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

3821   Private

Christian Nicholous

HARTH

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

111A   Private

Henry John

HOLMES

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

1203A   Private

Arthur Henry William

HOWES

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

860   Private

Alfred Henry

HULLS

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3562   Private

James Yule

JUST

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Courcelette British Cemetery

 

3167   Private

Walter

KING

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

166   Private

Walter

LARKCOM

Died of wounds on the 6th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

3170   Private

Edmund Ramsden

LYALL

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

3514   Private

Neil McEwan

MACGREGOR

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

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2054   Private

Arthur

MANEFIELD

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Thistle Dump Cemetery

 

1712   Private

Joseph

MASSA

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1971A   Private

John Robert

MILLIKEN

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

146   Private

Alfred

MITCHELL

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Courcelette British Cemetery

 

940   Private

John Smith

MUIRHEAD

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2451   Lance Corporal

Thomas Christopher

MURPHY

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 41

Rest in peace in Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery

 

2490  Private

Ernest Samuel Gordon

MYERS

Died of wounds on the 16th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

1769   Private

Nicholas Joseph Frank

O'DONOHUE

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

3567   Private

James George

OSBORN

Died in service on the 25th July 1916 - Age 50

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

3886   Private

Harold Nelson

OXENHAM

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

889   Private

Edward James

PASCOE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2447   Corporal

Arthur Reginald

PATON

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

-212   Private

Edward Leslie

PEART

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

169   Private

Herbert

PLUNKETT

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Courcelette British Cemetery

 

4216   Private

William Henry

QUINN

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2012   Corporal

Ernest John

RAU

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Harold Ernest

RETCHFORD

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Ernest Albert

RICHARDSON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1253   Private

Emile Vivian Hope

ROCHE

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1052   Sergeant

Cyril Stuart Hamilton

ROGERS

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1579   Corporal

Arthur

ROOTES

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2802   Private

Andrew

SIM

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1766A   Lance Corporal

Leslie

SKIDMORE

Died of wounds on the 21st November 1916

Rest in peace in Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery

 

2392   Private

Harry Stewart

SLOSS

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

1572   Private

Edwin James

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

3894   Private

Joseph Bentley

SOMERFIELD

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1796   Sergeant

David Lands

STRACHAN

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

3902   Corporal

Henry Lewis

STUMM

Died of wounds on the 18th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

3636   Private

John Edward

SWEETNAM

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Courcelette British Cemetery

 

3660   Private

Edwin

THOMAS

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

624A   Sergeant

Ivar

THOREN

Died of wounds on the 30th July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1922   Private

James

TREDENICK

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3284   Private

Stanley William

TURNER

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

3241   Private

Andrew James

WATSON

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3665   Private

James Edward

WATSON

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2056   Private

George Bawtree

WEBB

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

2474   Private

George Thomas

WHITEHILL

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

545   Corporal

Gilbert Glenloth

WILSON

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

 

 

3680   Corporal

William James

YOUNG

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery