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2nd Battalion

WELLINGTON REGIMENT

2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade / New Zealand Division

 

8th September : Dernancourt.

10th September : Albert. Fricourt Wood.

12th September : Carlton Trench Check Trench.

15th September : Attack and taking of Flers. Detached to the 3rd Brigade, in position between Longueval and High Wood in the morning. Moving to Flers village in the afternoon.

17th September : Relieved. Wood Lane and T Trench.

Night of the 18th-19th September : Relief of the 1st Wellington in Flers.

21st September : Relieved. Wood Lane and Switch Trench.

Night of the 27th-28th September : Gird Trench.

30th September : Relieved. Goose Alley / Flers Support.

1st October : Attack and taking of German positions North-East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

Night of the 3rd-4th October : Relieved.

4th October : Fricourt.

 

128 names

23774    Private

Frederick Arthur

ALLEN

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3805    Private

Frederick Arthur

ALLEN

Died of wounds on the 19th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Fort Pitt Military Cemetery

 

23780    Private

Ernest

ASHWORTH

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

24/1587    Private

Arthur

BAKER

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3178    Private

Henry Johnston

BAKER

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

12/3908    Private

Thomas Edward

BARBER

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11801    Private

Robert Avon

BEATTIE

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

10/3488    Private

John

BLACK

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Netley Military Cemetery

 

10/4056    Private

Charles

BOULT

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on St Sever Cemetery

 

13/3113    Private

Claude

BOYLE

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Bulls Road Cemetery

 

23/1570    Private

Percival Septimus

BREW

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/4065    Private

Frank Rochester

BROWN

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

9/2155    Private

Hamish Thomas

BRYCE

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23/88    Private

James

BURR

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/1429    Private

Richard Patrick

BUTLER

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23141    Private

Claude

CALLAGHAN

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3850     Private

William Anderson

CAMPBELL

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

23755     Private

Elijah John

CAREY

Died of wounds on the 14th October 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

10/3503     Private

James

CATTERMOLE

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

24/1615    Private

Harry

CHAMBERS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

11828    Private

James Francis

CHAMBERS

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/1438    Private

John Hazelwood

COOPER

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

12355    Private

Eugene Leo

COURTNEY

Died of wounds on the 29th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Alfred Cranstone

COWIE

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

25/1699    Private

Stephen

COX-SMITH

Died of wounds on the 4th October 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

10186     Private

James

CRAIG

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13426     Private

James

CRAWFORD

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

9/1537    Private

Michael

CROWLEY

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

24/1633    Corporal

Clifford Harold

CURRAN

Killed in action on the 13th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

10/3232    Private

Norman Henry Ellison

CURTIS

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 21

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

 

5/332     Private

Bertie George

DEVERSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13428    Private

Ernest

DEWAR

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3240    Lance Sergeant

Joseph Lawrence

DOBBYN

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

10/2588    Private

Francis Patrick

DONNELLY

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3247    Private

Matthew Allan

DUNN

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11850    Private

William Henry

DYKE

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3875     Private

Alexandra

EWING

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

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

11857    Private

Harold John

FEVER

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

10/628    Lance Corporal

George John

FISHER

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

11/1546    Private

John

FITZGERALD, MM

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

10/3798    Private

Samuel

FLETCHER

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

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

10/2136     Lance Corporal

Thomas Joseph

FOGARTY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3883     Private

Claude Neville

FURZE

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3884     Private

James Henry

FURZE

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3263     Private

Robert

GALBRAITH

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

9/1555     Private

Eric George

GERRARD-ELSWORTH

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/91A     Private

Austin

GIBBONS

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 - Age 46

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

17/303     Lance Corporal

Walter Jefferis

GIBBONS

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

12380    Private

Arthur Charles George

GIBBS

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

24/1663    Private

John Thomas

GIDDENS

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11864    Private

William Henry

GILCHRIST

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

10/4460     Private

Frank

GOULD

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3915    Private

Henry John

HAMBLYN

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/4464     Private

David

HAMILTON

Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

10/3580     Private

Godfrey Page

HANIFY

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

10/881     Sergeant

Ernest Joshua

HARRIS

Died of wounds on the 12th November 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

8/397     Private

James

HARTNETT

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

23831    Private

Thomas

HENDERSON

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3596    Private

Alexander Joseph

HOARE

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

10/3296    Sergeant

Walter Anderson

HOLMES, MM

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

10/3603    Private

Charles Leslie

HUTCHINSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

24/1403    Private

Stanley Clifford

JOHNSTON

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3615    Lance Corporal

James William

JONES

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

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

11486    Private

Noel Luttrell

JORDAN

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

24/1406    Private

Frank

KEIGHTLEY

Killed in action on the 14th September 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

10/3620    Private

Cecil William

KELLY

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/1275    Private

Edmund Charles

KNYVETT

Killed in action on the 16th-17th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3931    Private

Charles

LANGDON

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

10/3627    Lance Corporal

Godfrey

LASSEN

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10241    Private

Albert

LUTY

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

12422    Private

William

LYNCH

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3660    Private

Henry John

MacGIBBON

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10369    Private

Alexander

MACRAE

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3644     Private

Frederick

MARTIN

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

10/4477     Private

Samuel Davidson

MATTHEW

Died of wounds on the 5th December 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery

 

10/13    Private

Charles Clanronald

McDONALD

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

24/2049     Private

Owen

McEVOY

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

24/1727    Private

Donald

McGILLIVRAY

Killed in action on the 14th September 1916 - Age 46

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11/1351    Private

George

McKENZIE

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/2692    Private

John

McLAUGHLAN

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

10/3677    Private

Murdoch Thomas

McLEOD

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

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

5/1562A     Private

James

McWILLIAM

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

10/3950    Private

Harry Conrad

MEENAN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

24/1746     Private

Sydney Lawrence

MERCER

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

23847     Private

Thomas George

MILLS

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

10/3352    Private

Mooney Alexander Okley

MOONEY

Killed in action on the 13th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

11505    Private

Lewis John

MOOSMAN

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

10/3655     Private

Patrick

MULCAHY

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13459     Private

Thomas

MULLINS

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

13463    Private

Allan

NEWPORT

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23/2055    Private

Ernest

NICHOLLS

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

10/3688     Private

George Patrick

O'CONNOR

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3356    Private

Lionel Gibbons

OKEY

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

8/4196    Private

Ingolf Emil

OLSEN

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

10/3692    Sergeant

Alfred William

ORDISH

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

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

23/2061     Private

Claude

PARKER

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/4167     Private

Richard

PARKYN

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/39    Private

Stanley Edwin

PLAYLE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3983     Private

Augustus

POTROZ

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

11940    Private

Frederick Charles

QUATERMAN

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3708    Private

Thomas George

QUICKENDEN

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23/2078    Private

John

RITCHIE

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 45

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

25/905     Private

Frederick John

ROBERTS

Died of wounds on the 21st October 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

24/1802     Private

William Henry

RUSH

Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

10056    Private

William

SANDERSON

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11/2219    Private

Arthur Herbert

SAWYER

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

23/2528    Private

William

SHAW

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3735    Lance Corporal

John Alexander

SHERRET

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

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

23/2089     Private

Tom Handley

SKELLON

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

23/1821     Private

William

SPILLANE

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11/1973    Private

Edward

STEPHENS

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/4203    Private

Arthur

STEVENS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

8/2482     Private

David Reid

STEWART

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

11/1978     Private

John

STEWART

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3747    Sergeant

Alexander Gordon

STIRRAT

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

10/3748    Private

Robert Stanley

STOWERS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10061    Private

John

SWINNEY

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

10/3404     Corporal

Alan Gordon Grant

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/3755    Private

Edward Charks

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

6/1746    Private

John

WAKELIN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 41

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/613    Company Sergeant Major

Thomas Leal

WARNOCK

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/4496     Private

Augustus John David

WENCK

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

23/2115    Private

Ronald Wentworth

WHITE

Killed in action on the 14th September 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

10/4495    Private

Harry

WHITELEY

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

7/1535     Private

Albert Henry

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

10/4217    Private

Herbert

WILSON

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

10/4218     Private

Andrew

WOODLEY

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

Rest in peace in Brockhenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard

 

 

 

10/2795    Private

George Daniel

YEARBURY

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

Commemorated on Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 

Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

69

Etaples Military Cemetery

10

Warlencourt British Cemetery

8

Heilly Station Cemetery

7

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

6

Serre Road Cemetery n°2

6

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

4

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

3

Dartmoor Cemetery

3

A.I.F. Burial Ground

2

Quarry Cemetery

2

St Sever Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard

1

Bulls Road Cemetery

1

Fort Pitt Military Cemetery

1

Netley Military Cemetery

1

Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery

1