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• David Forbes Abernethy
  ...odseinde Ridge]. The enemy shelled those working parties and the battalion casualties were 42 KIA, 91 WIA, and 5 Missing. David received a shell wound to his han
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• Leith John Newton Angelo
  ...ion's advance along the Somme River near Mericourt. He was one of the 105 casualties from his unit that day. After early treatment by the [[13th Field Ambulance
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• George Mouatt Dow
  ...r 4½ hours with gas shells, shrapnel and high explosives causing very few casualties. It follows that George was one of the 12 killed as no other action is men
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• HMAT A13 Katuna
  ...was bombed and sank on 6 Sep 1940 of the east coast of Scotland with three casualties.
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• Edward Armstrong
  ...6th November, while working as a stretcher bearer, carrying 19th Battalion casualties out of the line near Warlencourt, he and his fellow bearers were captured b
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• HMT Archangel
  ...an aircraft on 16 May 1941 while 10 kms east of Aberdeen with considerable casualties. The next day she ran ashore and broke up.
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• George Alexander Armstrong
  ...hieved this with only minor losses. The unit war diary reports only minor casualties, and those generally caused by artillery fire so we might assume that is ho
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• Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM
  ...ef>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81789489 |title=W.A. Casualties |newspaper=[[The Daily News]] |volume=XXXVII, |issue=13,409 |location=Weste ...al risk. It was entirely due to their gallantry and devotion to duty that casualties were cleared quickly and many lives saved."</blockquote>
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• Robert Prior Bailey
  ...killed near Mericourt-sur-Somme. While the battalion suffered only light casualties, he was one of four men to lose their life from this action. ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27488865 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIV, |issue=5,123 |location=W
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• Edward James Bell
  ...May 1915 when they moved up to launch an attack on The Angle, taking heavy casualties in both the attack and the abortive attempt to hold the ground that they ha ...|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26944320 |title=WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXI, |issue=4,110 |location=We
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• Arthur Leworthy Bettenay
  ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27304522 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,763 |location=
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• Wilfred George Bettenay
  ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27458993 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,859 |location=
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• HS Pieter de Coninck
  ...ant Officer, 4 Nursing Sisters and 26 other ranks, and could transport 387 casualties at a time - 19 officers, 38 in cots and 320 in berths. Following the end of
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• Robert Frank Bickford
  ...ef>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81819623 |title=W.A. Casualties |newspaper=[[The Daily News]] |volume=XXXVI, |issue=13,342 |location=Wester ...ef>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81369712 |title=W.A. Casualties |newspaper=[[The Daily News]] |volume=XXXVII, |issue=13,562 |location=Weste
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• William Bingham
  ...successfully capturing their target, the "green line" by 4:00am with light casualties. However, about 300 casualties, possibly including William, occurred while trying to hang on to the ground
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• Gordon Bishop
  ...ttalion was back in the front line. The unit's War Diary doesn't speak of casualties, although the period 27th to 30th was spent in the front line advancing fro
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• HMHS Devanha
  ...nt to draw enemy fire. That evening the vessel evacuated her first load of casualties and began service as a hospital ship. As a hospital ship ''HMHS Devanha'' t ...fusion which resulted after the initial landing - and the large numbers of casualties - meant this system soon fell into disarray. ''HMHS Devanha'' and other hos
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• William Buck
  ...mated 3 to 4 thousand bombs (hand grenades) thrown during the attacks, and casualties were described as "heavy, but good work was done".
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• Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM
  ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27297308 |title=WAR CASUALTIES |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,704 |location=W ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27299808 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,724 |location=
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• HMHS Panama
  ...e could load casualties. In 1943 she spent time in Greek waters evacuating casualties from the beaches and from Piraeus. She then went to Malta where she again s
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• William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID
  ...en'' in front of Mouquet Farm during 14 Aug 1916 (where they sustained 302 casualties) William's actions won him a [[Military Medal]] and the [[St George Medal ( ...o the head while the battalion was in the line opposite Passchendaele (239 casualties sustained). Treated by the [[3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station]] on
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• HMT Corsican
  ...21 May 1923 she was wrecked, on Cape Freels Rock, Newfoundland in fog. No casualties were suffered.
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• Arthur Candish
  ...re complex medical attention as his hand was by then paralysed. One of 435 casualties suffered by his battalion at the battle named 1st Bullecourt.
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• William Wright Casterton MM
  ...not easy, and by the time they were relieved they had suffered approx. 300 casualties. William was one of these, gassed as a result of artillery shells. After t
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• Stanley Joseph Callow Champion
  ...take up a defensive position on the south east edge of the township. 375 casualties, including Stanley were suffered by the 12th Battalion alone on that day.
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• Victor Norman Chandler MM
  ...outh of the major attack on Bullecourt 1-2 days later. The 51st Battalion casualties for the action were 47 Killed and 192 WIA, some of whom died subsequently.<
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• Henry Thomas Cockram
  ...nt shelling and counter attack by the Germans during 14/16 Aug 1916. 302 casualties were sustained by the 51st Battalion during their two day stint in the fron
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• Claude Francis Cooper
  ...shell which also killed another soldier as they were the battalion's only casualties for the day. His wound was caused by shrapnel to the left buttock. Treated
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• Gordon Vidgen Cross
  ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27299289 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,720 |location=
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• HS Jan Breydel
  ...g Sisters and 28 Medical Corps personnel, and was able to handle 6 Officer casualties, 36 in cots and 116 in berths. She acted as a Hospital Ship from 27 Aug 191
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• Alexander Donald
  Alex was one of 302 casualties suffered by the 51st Battalion between 14 and 16 Jul 1916 at Mouquet Farm, ...talion who had a more substantial role. This time Alex was one of the 107 casualties suffered by the 51st Battalion on the day of the battle.
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• Frank William Dowell
  ...bombardment that accompanied the raid on 30 May caused over 100 Australian casualties, over 40 of whom were killed. Many of those killed during the raid were bur
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• Victor Emanuel Durling
  ...ed by shellfire, with injuries to his right hand and arm. He was one of 6 casualties that resulted from intermittent shelling before his company rotated out of
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• Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell
  ...unlikely that he would have been rushed into the front line, despite their casualties of 42 killed, 5 Missing, and 91 wounded. The 28th Battalion retired from th
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• Charles Fielder
  Charles was one of 107 casualties suffered by his unit during the five days that they were in support to the
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• Patrick Francis Fitzgerald
  Casualties for 24th and 25th August were 4 Killed, 24 wounded; 13 gassed. Patrick rec
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• HMAT A36 Boonah
  ...al of the immigration authorities to allow all of the soldiers ashore with casualties growing each day. Wrangling between the State Minister for Health, Sir Hal
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• Jack Hayden Gibson
  ...1st Machine Gun Company. There is no notation in the unit's War Diary of casualties on the 30th, and given that Jack's injuries were a severe Gunshot wound to
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• Alfred Gittins
  ...As uneventful a day as yesterday. Weather cold but fine. Mud drying up. Casualties to 6 a.m. 20.4.18 Four wounded."</blockquote> ...he spur beyond. Narrative: ......Weather splendid for such an operation. Casualties not heavy. Officers - 2 killed, 3 wounded. Other Ranks 11 killed, 62 woun
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• Stephen Gittins
  On 11 Aug 1918 Stephen was one of the "very light casualties" suffered by the 28th Battalion during an attack on the German front lines
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• Charles Maul Glover
  ...gether with five other attacks by the Australian units, resulted in 11,000 casualties during those attacks on Mouquet Farm.
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• William Arthur Green
  ...ches and deepening communications trench. Enemy artillery very active - 8 casualties, 2 since dead. Arrangements working well for supply of hot food to men in Bill was one of the eight casualties, having received a shell wound to his chest. Treated by the 3rd Stationary
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• Leslie Jeffery Harvey
  ...of a patrol that, during the night probed the enemy's position, with some casualties resulting, including himself. Seen by the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance be
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• John Hobbs
  ...at Broodseinde with a GSW to his thigh, when he was one of the day's heavy casualties (6 Officers wounded, 42 ORs KIA, 85 WIA, and 5 Missing). [Neville Bowning's ...the Somme River. The Battalion War diary entry for the day includes "The casualties were exceedingly light on our side."
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• Stephen Henry Horrocks
  ...find openings or make them in the face of intense machine gun fire. Heavy casualties resulted. A very intense artillery barrage of the enemy's prevented any re
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• HMHS Rewa
  ...s fully illuminated as a Hospital Ship. Taking almost three hours to sink, casualties were light and all were saved except for four engine room crew killed in th
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• Henry Ernest Howard
  ...rds Amiens. The out posted men did stop a major enemy attack. Most of the casualties suffered on 30 Mar 1918 by the 44th Battalion were members of 'B' Company.
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• Albert Stephenson Jackson
  ...ptured Turkish trenches to reinforce the 1st Brigade who were taking heavy casualties. The fighting was a combination of hand to hand and bombing of those who m ...alian General Hospital]] at Heliopolis in Egypt (10 Aug 1915). Australian casualties over a four day period numbered 2,277.
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• SS Orsova
  ...German submarine ''UC-68'' and was beached at Cawsand Bay in Cornwall. Six casualties resulted. She was later refloated and towed to Devonport for repairs. In 19
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• HMHS Assaye
  ...ficers, 10 Nurses and 45 other medical staff to look after up to 8 Officer casualties, 100 in cots, and 333 in berths. Served until 2 Mar 1920.
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• William Wilfred Gerald Liddington
  ...red to [[16th Battalion]] on 13 Oct 1917 after the 28th had suffered heavy casualties in the Broodseinde Ridge action.
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• Edgar Leslie Livermore
  ...tes he received his wound on 26 Apr 1915. [The unit's War Diary indicates casualties were 90 ORs wounded on 25th, 30 on 26th, and 60 between 27th and 28th.]
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• John Macarthur Livingston
  ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27298779 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,716 |location=
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• Charles Leonard Lockhart
  Their next attack was on Westhoek Ridge in late September, incurring very few casualties. On the evening of 10/11 Oct 1917 the battalion re-entered the front line
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• Thomas Brown Mack
  ...and wounded 23 other members of the 5th Pioneer Battalion, their heaviest casualties in the war to this point.
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• Edward Dudley Mann
  ...south east of the Bapaume town centre. The unit diary does not record any casualties for the day but he was subsequently treated by the [[2nd Field Ambulance]],
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• Stanley Thomas Marsh
  .... The 51st Battalion were to the north of the village, and sustained heavy casualties with 76 killed, 253 wounded and 60 found to be missing the next day. Stan'
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• HMHS Essequibo
  ...cers, 16 Nurses and 76 other medical staff, and could cater for 42 Officer casualties, 249 in cots, and 298 in Berths. Operating from 2 Sep 1915 following her co
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• Alfred Arthur Martin
  ...night of 5 Aug 1916, and until noon on 7 Aug 1916 they suffered very heavy casualties from continuous heavy shelling by the enemy [104 killed, 418 wounded and 76 ...shell came over and hit the last one of four cookhouses, causing forty-two casualties. I saw Private Bole there just before the explosion and all that could be
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• George Henry Martin MM MID
  ...f personal risk, he moved about amongst his men encouraging them, and when casualties occurred he was always to be found attending to the wounded. At great risk
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• Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
  ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27299289 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,720 |location= ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27299289 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXIII, |issue=4,720 |location=
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• Henry McCavana
  ...causing a lot of work rebuilding the trenches but fortunately causing few casualties.
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• Thomas McGow
  ...ompany moved up to reinforce other elements of the battalion who had taken casualties. He was treated by the [[2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station]] on 10 J
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• Samuel Vivian Mortimer
  ...in the reserve trenches near Westhoek Ridge in Belgium, Sam was one of the casualties of a heavy German artillery bombardment. (Five killed and 24 wounded.) A
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• John Waldegrave Packer
  ...the Germans launched a raiding party on the Australian lines. Australian casualties were four diggers who were Killed in Action and John who was wounded when h
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• Keith George Harman Podger
  ...ed into the front lines for the first time in the Petillon section, taking casualties almost immediately from enemy artillery bombardments. Relieved from the fro
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• Charles William Price
  ...after 2am. 63 KIA, 151 WIA, 257 MIA. More than 50% of the Battalion were casualties.
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• HMT Arcadian
  ...estroyer that came to her assistance was itself torpedoed, causing further casualties.
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• Robert Lauden Rayner
  ...achine gun fire. As a result they were unable to reach their objectives. Casualties in the battalion numbered 60 KIA, 172 WIA and 50 MIA. Those who survived w
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• Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor
  ...Enquiry judged that he had been Killed in Action, one of 11,000 Australian casualties suffered while trying to capture this strong point in the German line.
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• Hartland Wheare Richards
  ...d back to their start point. The unit's War Diary, instead of listing the casualties, instead listed those who came back such was the loss of personnel. It was ...s only. Card was addressed to: Pte John Angelo 16th AIF 26 July 1917. C2 casualties France.</blockquote>
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• Alfred Arthur (Fred) Rouse
  ...night of 29 Jun 1916. Nine months later, he was one of the large number of casualties suffered by the 16th Battalion in its attack on Reincourt during the 1st Ba
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• Francis Henry Ryniker
  ...ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26994113 |title=WAR CASUALTIES. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |volume=XXXII, |issue=4,535 |location=W
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• Felix Edmund John Sainsbury
  ...ands with him as he left the trench to go back." </blockquote> One of 107 casualties suffered by the 51st Battalion during a 3 day period in the front lines. ...aged across the front lines during the day of the 9th March and that a few casualties had resulted amongst the 51st Battalion including Pte F.E. Sainsbury from 9
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• Lionel Newton Savage
  ...ile taking very few casualties. However, they then were to lose up to 300 casualties defending their new positions, twice having to fall back under shelling by
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• Ernest William Serls
  ...their objectives, while suffering what were described as 'reasonably light casualties', Ernie Serls was one of them. Neville Browning's book explains that "Corpo
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• John (Junior) Shepherd
  ...o surrender. In the meantime German snipers and machine guns were causing casualties amongst the Australians who eventually fought their way out. As a result of
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• William Simpson
  ...articipate in the attack itself, it is reasonable to assume that most were casualties from artillery bombardments.
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• Norman Leslie Skewes
  ...r 1918 when Norman was recorded as being wounded, relates to three wounded casualties incurred by a patrol during the darkness before dawn. Norman suffered a gun
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• Alfred Slee
  On 7 Jul 1917 the unit War Diary makes no specific mention of casualties that day, but for the month, the unit lost 21 KIA, and 70 WIA. Alfred's inj
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• William Stephens
  ...while holding it against enemy rifle, machine gun and artillery fire. The casualties after three days in the line were 45 KIA, 41 MIA, and 137 WIA of whom Bill
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• John Edward Thomson
  ...ugh very heavy fire to the enemy front line trenches again suffering heavy casualties. By 8:00pm the 31st Battalion was down to approx. 200 men, and were surviv The 31st Battalion suffered 572 casualties, well over half of its strength. On 30 Jul 1916 John, who had survived inta
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• Albert Thomas Ticklie MM
  ...n the 5th and 6th of August 1916. Food and ammunition coming forward and casualties going back had to traverse 450 metres of open land. Albert earned his [[M ...ous; traversing open ground with heavily laden stretchers and consequently casualties amongst the bearers were extremely high. Throughout the night Privates R.
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• Alfred Martin Tilly
  ...nd reorganisation after coming out of the line where they had suffered 377 casualties, including 85 who were either killed or died from their wounds. On 7 Jun 19
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• John Alexander Trotter
  ...ir starting positions by late afternoon of the 12th. The 48th Battalion's casualties were 373 killed or wounded of the 621 who participated in the attack. It i ...eaten back by a superior enemy force but not before there were significant casualties on both sides. The 48th Battalion lost 159 men, one of whom was John. His
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• John Wesley Gladstone Turner
  ...rcements for A Company (normal full strength was about 240), so very heavy casualties had been inflicted on them. Jack, survivor of the Landing and Gabe Tepe rai ...which neither shrapnel of machine gun or rifle fire could shift. But the casualties of our Brigade were awful, Dad, for the first few days, for we could only d
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• Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier
  ...30 May, and although they were able to see the enemy off, the battalion's casualties were 36 KIA, 6 MIA, and 61 WIA, more than 10% of the total unit strength. O ...ight. The 11th Battalion, along with other units involved suffered severe casualties in what many felt was the worst bombardment ever faced by the Australians.
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• Charles Alexander Wann
  ...lling weather conditions. During October, the 44th Battalion suffered 337 casualties, Charles being one of them on the 12th near Poperinghe. He was first seen b
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• Clarence Victor Watson
  ...that Clarence's wound was caused during either the initial advance when 60 casualties were caused by enemy machine guns in the villages of Noreuil and Longatte,
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• Arthur Werndly
  ...Hindenburg Outpost Line. The attack was successful with relatively light casualties on the Australian side. Arthur was one of only 15 killed that day, with an
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• HMHS Formosa
  ...made at least one earlier trip, perhaps from Mudros (but as it had British casualties on board, it may have been direct from the Cape Helles landing) to Egypt in
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• 12th Battalion
  ...n and discharge. The 12th Battalion was disbanded in 1919 having sustained casualties of 1,135 killed and 2,422 wounded.
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• 57th Battalion
  ...es in 24 hours. Given that their role was as the reserve, they took fewer casualties than other units in the 5th Division and so were to spend additional time i
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• John Whittaker
  ...on the Messines Ridge in Belgium. While the battalion suffered only light casualties, caused primarily by enemy artillery fire, John was one of the 24 killed du
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• Edith Marion Wilson
  ...lian Auxiliary Hospital]] (1AAH) at Harefield. 1AAH specialised in battle casualties, in particular amputees to be returned to Australia.
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• HMT Durham Castle
  ...so she collided with ''HMS Rival'' and suffered severe damage and several casualties.
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• James Winning
  ...in a most dashing manner under heavy machine gun and rifle fire. As their casualties were considerable in carrying out this operation I did not consider the rem ...d with heavy loss and the whole of the trench left in our possession. Our casualties were very heavy, especially from bomb wounds. KIA 41 {including James}; WI
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• Ivor Trehane Birtwistle
  ..., 134 wounded and 19 missing. Similar shelling, causing a similar level of casualties was also suffered the following day.
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• Gordon Devereux MM
  ...hes of the Western Front for the first time. The battalion suffered slight casualties from artillery fire while in the front line. The 51st Battalion then played
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• Spencer Gwynne DCM MID
  ...h spent the entire month of August. The 10th Light Horse Regiment suffered casualties every day they held the front line trenches, and on 16 Aug 1915 at Russell'
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