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Australian Engineers

 

7th AUSTRALIAN FIELD COMPANY

Australian Engineers

2nd Australian Division

 

 

21st July : Near Albert.

22nd July - 1st August : Contalmaison sector.

1st-3rd August : Near Albert.

4th August : Tara Hill.

Night of the 4th-5th August : Took part in attack of the 6th Brigade on O.G. lines North of Pozieres.

7th August : Tara Hill then near Albert.

8th August : Vandencourt.

10th August : Warloy-Baillon. Inspection by King George V.

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21st August : Near Albert.

22nd-31st August : Tara Hill. Various works in Becourt / La Boisselle / Contalmaison area.

1st September : Albert.

2nd September : Warloy-Baillon.

3rd September : Vadencourt.

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27th October : Dernancourt.

30th October : Near Montauban.

7th November : Bazentin-le-Grand.

Various works in Bazentin / Montauban area and in forward zone East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

 

24 names

2328    Sapper

Maurice Gordon

ALEXANDER

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3743    Sapper

Richard

BARLOW

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

7345    Sapper

John Thomas

BLOWER

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

2810    Lance Corporal

Henry William

BRYANT

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

2743    Sapper

Alexander William

BRYCE

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2762    Sapper

Oscar Ernest

CLARKE

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916 -Age 22

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

2474    Sapper

Kenneth William

DELPHIN

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2474    Sapper

James Andrew

DOOLEY

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

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

317    Sapper

William Stanford

GARRETT

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

627    Sapper

Edward T.

GIBSON

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2608    Sergeant

William Hilder

GREGSON

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2722    2nd Corporal

Neil

McCALLUM

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2725    Sergeant

Robert

McCARTY

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

6677    Sapper

David Thornton

McKEAN

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

6690    Sapper

Edward

MORGAN

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2737    Sapper

Thomas Reginald

NEAL

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

3756    Sapper

Francis Walter

NEWELL

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2694    Sapper

Thomas

O'BRIEN

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

2707    Sapper

Daniel

SMALL

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

2814    Sapper

Cecil Robert

STEPHENSON

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

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

 

2644    Sapper

Harold

SUNDERLAND

Died of wounds on the 30th July 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2834    Sapper

Sydney Charles

TOMKINS

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2616    2nd Corporal

Charles Edward

WAILES

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

6686    Sapper

Charles Robert

WATSON

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial