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MALONE Timothy Daniel

Sergeant

34th Bn

Age:38

Date of death:01/07/1917

Service n°:1482

Son of Timothy and Catherine Malone;

Husband of Mary Elizabeth Malone,of 29 Alexander St.

Paddington,NSW

Native of Leichardt,Vic

Grave reference:V.A.29

Cemetery:MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

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MANSFIELD Henry Charles

12th Bat Machine Gun

Lance Corporal

KIA 6 May 1917 Bullecourt

Born 8th of March 1895

Son of Robert Mansfield and Ann Martha Harman

of Don,near Devonport(Tasmania

Cemetery:Queant Road Cemetery

Specialy honored in April 2014 by Isobel Cameron

(The Frank Macdonald memorial prize)

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MARGETTS Ivor Stephen

 MARGETTS, IVOR STEPHEN
Son of Stephen Ward Margetts and Charlotte Margetts,
of Wynyard, Tasmania. Born at Launceston, Tasmania.
Memorial: VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL

“Captains Margetts and Vowles themselves went forward later,and,findingall clear,Vowles
went back for the companies while Margetts waited and chose the site for the new
trenches.While thusengaged,Capt Margetts was killed at about 10 p.m. by shrapnel
shell,his death being a great blow to the Battalion
He was universallyliked,andwhilst holding the appointment of Adjutant had become well- known
to the men of all companies.he had had a splendid record on Gallipoli and was the only officer
of the 3rd brigade who was on the Peninsula as an officer for the whole seven months.”
extract from”the story of the Twelfth”by L.M.Newton

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William Charles Meldrum

Service number: 5476

Rank: Gunner [Gnr]

Unit: 4th Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Battery Field Artillery

Service: Army

Conflict: 1914-1918

Date of death: 3 May 1917

Cemetery or memorial details: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France

War Grave Register notes: MELDURM, Gnr. William Charles, 5476. 4th Heavy and Medium T. M. Battery Field Artillery. 3rd May, 1917. Age 28. Son of James and Ellen Elizabeth Meldrum, of Fife, Gordon Rd., Chatswood, New South Wales. Born at Tumbarumba. New South Wales.

Aust. H.T.M.Battery. Meldrum.

4th Div. W. C. 5476.

(& 11 others, for full list of names see F.Birmingham’s report)

“Missing 3.5.17″

We were in action near Bullecourt on May 3rd in the open near a Railway Embankment. Close by was a ;arge dump of bombs into the middle of which the Germans dropped a shell. The dump went up, and all the above men, with several British Tommies, went up with it too. I knew all of our men who were killed, but it was impossible to identify remains after the explosion. I Wan within a yard or two of Dwyer when the dump went up, and escaped ,yself though I was buried for a time. I am positive that every one of the above men were killed by the explosion.

Informants- Gunner F.N.Boon 2709 4th Div.T.PT

I was close by when the dump of bombs went up, and corroborate the statement made by Gnr.Boon that all the men shown as missing on the 3rd May were killed by the explosion. They were all close to the

dump at the time and were never seen again after the shell pitched into it and set the bombs off. It was impossible to identify the remains afterwards. Informant :Gnr.Stephens 2020

London. 2^nd Army Rest Camp,Boulogne.

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MILLER Charles Frederick

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MOON Rupert Vance

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MULQUEENEY John Joseph

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MURRAY Henry William

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NELSON Charles

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Malcolm Alexander Neville

Malcolm Alexander Neville

Service number: 2214

Rank: Private

Unit: 48th Battalion (Infantry)

Service: Army

Conflict: 1914-1918

Date of death: 11 April 1917 Bullecourt

Cemetery or memorial details: London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, France

War Grave Register notes: NEVILLE, Pte. Malcolm Alexander, 2214. 48th Bn. 11th April, 1917.

Age 28. Son of William and Robertina Neville, of Wilkawatt, South Australia. Born at Adelaide.

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John ORAM

Service number: 1713

Rank: Private

Unit: 48th Battalion (Infantry)

Service: Army

Conflict: 1914-1918

Date of death: 12 January 1917

Cause of death: Killed in action

Cemetery or memorial details: FRANCE 307 Bancourt British Cemetery

War Grave Register notes: ORAM, Pte. John, 1713. 48th Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 12th Jan., 1917. Age 27. Son of Frederick John and Ann Oram, of Emu Downs, South Australia. X. C. 20.

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OSBORNE Arthur Samuel

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PARRY Claude Herbert

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POOLE Bert

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POPE Charles

At Louverval,France on 15th April1917, Lieut. POPE was in charge of the centre picquet post of the right sector held by the 11th Battalion..The stronght of his picquet was one officer,3NCO’s and 30 men.

Lieut.POPE had been ordered to hold this post at all costs, as it was an important one.

The post was heavily attacked on the morning of the 15th April, when a German attack was made on the line held by the 1st Australian division.

The Germans ,in greatly superior numbers, surrounded the post, and Lieut POPE found himself running short of ammunition. He sent back for this, but before it could arrive

He made a gallant and determined attack upon the enemy with the bayonet. His Party was seen to fix bayonets and charge into a superior force of the enemy, by whom it was overpowered.*

Lieut. POPE by his sacrifice , not only inflicted heavy loss on the enemy, but held the position as ordered t, to the last.

Lieut.POPE’s body was found, with those of most of his men, and eighty dead Germans around

The post were evidence of the gallant resistance he had made.

Major -General

Commanding 1st Australian Division

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POPE John

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RANSON Lindsay Stewart

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HUGHES Melville Rule

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Hugh Robert Vincent Ryan

Service number: 2865

Rank: Private [Pte]

Unit: 3rd Battalion Australian Infantry

Service: Army

Conflict: 1914-1918

Date of death: 21 September 1918

Cause of death: Killed in action

Cemetery or memorial details: FRANCE 1462 Hargicourt Communal Cemetery Extension

War Grave Register notes: RYAN, Pte. Hugh Robert Vincent, 2865. 3rd Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 21st Sept., 1918. Age 21. Son of Patrick James and Anna Bella Ryan, of 60, Margaret St., Mayfield East, New South Wales. B. 17.