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1st Battalion

CANTERBURY REGIMENT

1st New Zealand Infantry Brigade / New Zealand Division

 

14th September : Mametz Wood.

15th September : In support position between Longueval and High Wood.

16th September : Relief of the 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade and 2nd Wellington North / North West of Flers.

Night of the 18th-19th September : Relief by the 2nd Wellington. Longueval area.

Night of the 24th-25th September : Relief of the NZ Rifle Brigade North of Flers.

25th September : Attack in Grove Alley. Capture of Factory Corner. Consolidation of the position.

27th September : Attack and capture of a section of Gird Trench and Gird Support West of Gueudecourt.Consolidation of the new line.

Night of the 28th-29th September : Relief by the 2nd Wellington. Longueval area in divisional reserve.

Night of the 2nd-3rd October : Relief of the 1st NZ Rifle Brigade South-West of Flers in support line.

Night of the 3rd-4th October : Relief by the 32rd Royal Fusiliers. Pommiers Redoubt.

 

131 names

11588    Private

Francis Brown

ADAMS

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2358(A)    Private

James Ernest Warnock

ALLAN

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

6/2052    Private

Samuel

ALLINGTON

Died of wounds on the 21st November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard

 

6/3237    Private

Donald Arthur

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2922    Private

Robert Stockdale

ATKINSON

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/585    Corporal

Francis Richard

AVENT

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

6/4198    Private

Herbert William

BARDEN

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2062     Private

Frank

BARLTROP

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2063     Private

Henry Charles

BARLTROP

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

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

6/2535     Private

Bertie

BATSTONE

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2537     Private

George

BEAL

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2538     Private

Edward James

BEATTY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2541    Private

Inkerman

BERRY

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2452     Private

John Henry Allen

BOLLARD

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/188     Lance Corporal

Norman Alexander

BOYLE

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2945     Lance Corporal

Lewis Charles

BRIGHTING

Died of wounds on the 6th November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

6/3263     Private

Gilbert Archibald Charles

BROWN

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1476     Private

Charles Henry Unsworth

BROWNE

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

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

6/4589     Private

John Walter

BUCHLER

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2563     Private

Alfred Edgar

BUTLER

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

10215     Private

Hirzel Octavious

CAREY

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

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

6/2972     Private

Stanley Robert

CHAMINGS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4009     Private

Neal Francis

CHAPMAN

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

6/2092     Corporal

Arthur Roy

CHIVERS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3276     Private

Edward John Facer

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3282     Private

William Charles

COMPORT

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2987     Private

James Francis Henry

COOMBS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2405    Private

Thomas William

COWAN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

6/1023     Private

Robert George Collinson

COX

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

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

6/1500     Private

Albert Edward

CRESSWELL

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3219     Private

Francis Dorn

CRONIN

Died of wounds on the 7th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

6/4228     Private

Harold Stanley

CROSSDEN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3177     Private

George Daniel John

CRUM

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2995     Private

Alfred Ernest

DALE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

6/3294    Private

Thomas

DANSIE

Died of wounds on the 4th October 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

6/2591     Private

Thomas Cole

DAVERN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4233     Private

William John

DAVEY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2113     Private

Arthur

DAVIDSON

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2999     Private

John

DENT

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4025    Private

Ernest William

DOHRMANN

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1519    Private

Oscar

DYSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

6/2607    Corporal

Michael Herbert

ELLISON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

6/3009    Private

Harry

ESPLEY

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3316    Private

Thomas

FITZGERALD

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3318    Private

Henry Thomas

FOREMAN

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2135    Private

William Twaddle

FRICKLETON

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

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

6/45    Private

Edmund Lincoln

GALE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

6/531    Private

Charles Raymond

GALLAGHER

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3020    Private

Patrick

GALLAGHER

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11644    Private

Charles

GASKELL

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3327    Lance Corporal

Arthur Martin

GILMOUR

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/238    Lance Corporal

James

GRAY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/584    Private

William James

GREEN

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

6/2143    Private

Samuel

GREER

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

6/1151    Private

Owen Leonard

HAASE

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3725    Private

Patrick

HALPIN

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

7/54     Private

John Moffatt

HAMPTON

Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

 

23/1654    Private

Bernard

HANDS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3344    Private

William

HAY

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11663    Private

Victor John

HEARN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4267    Private

William

HENDRY

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4268    Private

Harry Orlando

HESSELL

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1871    Private

Charles Christian

HIBBITT

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4058    Private

Arnold Hutton

HIDDLESTON

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

6/3348    Private

Arthur George

HILL

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

6/3350     Corporal

Ralph St John

HINDMARSH

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/264     Private

Alfred William

HOLLIS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2669     Private

Arthur John

HORNSBY

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1570     Private

Gordon

HORSMAN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3047     Private

Robert John

HOUSTON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2671    Sergeant

George

HUDSON

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

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

6/3355     Private

James Alison

HUME

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1575     Private

Frederick Joseph

HUMPHREYS

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

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

6/2429    Private

Herbert Arthur

HUSBAND

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3052    Private

Leslie Valentine

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2675     Private

Ernest Avery

JULIAN

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

6/3024    Private

Raymond Leslie

KING

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10239    Private

John Dye

LA MONTE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

24/83    Private

Benjamin Webster

LAWN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3379    Rifleman

Harry

LEVY

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3072    Private

Thomas William

LEWIS

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

6/2383    Private

George Corneilius

LITTLE

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3231    Corporal

John Donald

MacLEOD

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/915    Private

James Albert

MATTSON

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4317    Private

John

McBEATH

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1649    Private

Peter

McCANN

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11704    Private

Colin

McDONALD

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1658    Private

Patrick

McGUIRE

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/307    Lance Corporal

Stanley Richard

McISAAC

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

6/1662    Private

Alexander John Cheyne

McLELLAN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2223    Private

Alexander

McLEOD

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2229    Private

Dougall

McPHEE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/675    Lance Corporal

Alfred

MILLER

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3406    Private

Henry

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3107    Private

Ernest

MURPHY

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1668    Lance Corporal

Percival John

NAPIER

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

6/3410    Private

Michael Joseph

NAUGHTON

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3413     Private

George Albert

NELSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3116     Private

Albert Edgar

NINNES

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2719     Private

Daniel

O'SHEA

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

6/319    Lance Corporal

Henry William Bourne

PALIN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13/3064    Private

George Manning

PERCY

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1694     Private

George James Samuel

POULTER

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/328    Private

John Joseph

POWER

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3131    Private

Eric Ernest

PREECE

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

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

6/4642    Private

Alfred

REEVES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/802    Private

John Joseph

RIORDAN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2260    Private

William George

RUSSELL

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2750    Lance Corporal

Robert Arthur

SCRIMSHAW

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/929    Private

David Lyall

SHAND

Killed in action on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

5/178     Private

Robert Smith

SHANKS

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

6/1192    Private

James Charles

SHEPPARD

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

6/1192    Private

Victor Earl

SHERWOOD

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4644     Private

Arthur David

SMALE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/726    Sergeant

Aubrey Lorimer

SMITH

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2279     Private

Ronald

SMITH

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2762     Private

James Aitken

STAPLETON

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13/970     Private

Tor Hans Baard

STENE

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

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

6/2339    Private

Charles

TATE

Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

6/3490     Private

Percy

TONKIN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2305     Private

Charles

TULLEY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2789     Private

John James

WALKER

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

6/2798     Private

Leonard Jack

WATSON

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/4373     Private

Walter

WELSHMAN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3507     Private

John Ellis

WHITMORE

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3508    Private

Harold Aicken

WILKINSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

6/2811     Lance Corporal

Frank

WILLIS

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/3204     Private

Albert Victor

WILLS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/2962    Private

Robert William Leslie

WILSON

Died of wounds on the 28th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

6/2014    Lance Corporal

George Ernest

WINTER

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

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

 

 

6/2329     Private

Thomas Harold

WOOD

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

 

Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

91

Etaples Military Cemetery

7

A.I.F. Burial Ground

6

Heilly Station Cemetery

4

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

4

St Sever Cemetery

4

Bulls Road Cemetery

3

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

3

Serre Road Cemetery n°2

3

Dartmoor Cemetery

1

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard

1

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

1

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

1

London Cemetery and Extension

1

Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

1