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Relatives who died on military service in World War 1

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German Forces

Ludolf HARTUNG

• Killed in action, 1917

August Albert Friedrich HEBERLE, Musketier, 9 Kp, 3 Bp, 3 Hannoversches-IR 79

• Killed in action, 27 September 1918

Erich Wilhelm Paul MACKENSEN

• Killed in action, 30 October 1914

Heinrich Otto August Friedrich MACKENSEN

• Killed in action, 7 October 1917

Herman Wilhelm August Otto MACKENSEN

• Killed in action, 25 September 1917, Flanders

Ludwig August Ernst MACKENSEN

• Killed in action, 12 June 1916

August TÖPPERWIEN, Jäger, 3 Kp, Hannoversches Jäger Bataillon 10

• Killed in action, 5 June 1916, Verdun, France

Johannes TÖPPERWIEN, Schütz

• Killed in action, 5 March 1918, Cambrai, France

Karl TÖPPERWIEN, Ersatz Reservist, 10 Kp, 3 Bp, 3 Hannoversches-IR 79

• Killed in action, 2 June 1915, Zagrody, Poland

Karl TÖPPERWIEN

• Killed in action, 16 June 1917, Russia

Wilhelm TÖPPERWIEN, Gefreiter, 5 Kp, Braunschweigisches-IR 92 Bp

• Killed in action, 17 June 1916, Ukraine

Wilhelm TÖPPERWIEN, Landwehrmann, 3 Kp, 3 Hannoversches-IR 79

• Killed in action, 4 October 1917, Zonnebeke, Belgium

(The Austalian Official War History - Vol IV, pp.863, 867-8 - indicates that the 40th and 44th Battalions, AIF, fought against the 3 Hannoversches-IR 79 at the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917)

Willi TÖPPERWIEN, Gefreiter, 12 Kp, 3 Bp, 3 Hannoversches-IR 79

• Killed in action, 30 January 1916, Cerny, France

Australian Forces

Lynton Vere ANDERSON, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, AIF

• Died of wounds, 15 November 1918, from action on 4 October 1918, Mont St Quentin, France

David Gibson Jude BADGER, Sergeant, 10th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 21 August 1916, Mouquet Farm, France

Theodore Bernhardt BARTSCH, Private, 10th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 6 May 1917, Bapaume, France

Georg William BOEHM, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, AIF

• Died of wounds, 3 October 1918, from action at Mont St Quentin, France

Nelson Lavercomb BOWEN, Gunner, 102nd Battery, AIF

• Died of illness, 16 November 1918, Weymouth, England

Hider Stanley Filmer BROOME, Private, 15th Battalion, AIF

• Died aboard HMT Mashobra, 30 April 1915, of wounds received in action at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey

Marc Stanley CORNELIUS, Private, 28th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 16-18 November 1916, France

Vernel Douglas COUSINS, Private, 48th Battalion, AIF

• Died of wounds self inflicted while suffering from shell shock, 9 February 1918, Soltau Prisoner of War Camp, Soltau, Hannover, Germany (captured 12 October 1917)

George William CROWHURST, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 December 1917, Messines, Belgium

Francis Evan DEGENHARDT, Second Lieutenant, 27th Battalion, AIF

• Died of wounds, 11 August 1918, from action on 9 August 1918, at Villers Bretonneux, France

Avery Benjamin DICKINSON, Lance Corporal, 9th Light Horse Regiment, AIF

• Died aboard Hospital Ship 'Sicilia', 22 July 1915, of wounds received in action, on 21 July 1915, at Gallipoli, Turkey

Victor Knowlton DICKINSON, Corporal, 27th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 4 August 1916, Pozieres, France

Frederick Lewis DU RIEU, Private, 24th Battalion, AIF

• Died of wounds, 5 May 1917, received in action on 4 May 1917, Bapaume, France

Clarence Roy EGLINTON, Private, 27th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 20 September 1917, Broodesheind Ridge, Belgium

Lawrence EGLINTON, Private, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 3 April 1917, Noreuil, France

Thomas William EGLINTON, Private, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 9 May 1918, Monument Wood, Villers Bretonneux, France

Rudolph Oswald Louis EY, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

• Killed in action, 9 August 1918, France

Gilbert Stevens FILMER, Lance Corporal, 28th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 20 September 1917, Belgium

Howard Stanley FILMER, Private, 33rd Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 30 Mar 1918, Villers-Bretonneux, France

Raymond Arthur FILMER, Private, 60th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 15 Oct 1917, Belgium

Walter Stephen FILMER, Second Lieutenant, 22nd Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 3 May 1917, Bullecourt, France

Frank Norman FISHER, Private, A Company, 10th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 May 1915, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey

Bertram Lawrence FLAVEL, Private, 27th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 9 August 1918, France

William George Reginald GRANGER, Corporal, 28th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 November 1917, Belgium

Frederick William GUM, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 20 May 1918, France

Frederick William HARMENING, Private, 15th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 11 Apr 1917, France

Arthur Gilmour HARVIE, Private, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 19 November 1916, France

Harry Bruce HEWETT, Sergeant, 10th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 23 July 1916, Pozieres, France

Ernest Howard JENNINGS, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, AIF

• Died of wounds, 10 November 1917, Belgium

Percival Arthur JENNINGS, Private, 48th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 6 August 1916, Pozieres, France

Hedley JOYCE, Corporal, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 April 1917, Noreuil, France

Reginald Stow KENTISH, Private, 48th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 8 August 1918, France

Nathaniel Albert KIRBY, Private, 32nd Battalion, AIF

• Died of wounds, 20 September 1918, from action on 30 August 1918, France

Adolph Carl Gustav KLAR, MM, Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade

• Died of wounds, 25 March 1918, received the same day, Belgium

Allan John LASHMAR, Private, 10th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 May 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey

Clair Young LASHMAR, Private, 52nd Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 4 September 1916, Pozieres, France

James LOCKHART, Private, 40th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 5 October 1917, Passendaele Ridge, Belgium

Archer Gibson MANNING, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment

• Killed in action, 7 August 1915, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey

Charles Edye MANNING, Major, 24th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 7 August 1916, Pozieres, France

Guy Owen MANNING, Captain, OIC Native Affairs, German New Guinea

• Died in motor cycle accident, 18 June 1915, New Guinea

Bernhard Ernest MARKS, Private, B Company, 10th Battalion, AIF

• Died, 28 April 1915, at sea aboard HMT Goslar, off Gallipoli, of wounds received in action on 25-27 April 1915 at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey

Alfred Isaac MARSHALL, Private, 27th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 9 August 1918, France

Edward John MAYELL, Private, 48th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 11 April 1917, Bullecourt, France

Colin Vernon McCULLOCH, Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 11 April 1918

Colin Donald Sydney McLEAN, Private, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 13 August 1918, France

Carl Friedrich MENZ, Private, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 9 June 1917, Messines, Belgium

James MICHAEL, Sergeant, 32nd Battalion, AIF

• Died of disease, 13 December 1916, France

Harry Angus Wlbert William MUDGE, Private, 32nd Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 December 1916, France

Ernest Robert NEWELL, Private, 39th Battalion, AIF

• Died of disease, 6 June 1919, at sea, while being repatriated

Leslie John Frederick PALM, Private, 32nd Battalion, AIF

• Died of disease, 15 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia

Alfred Henry PAVY, Private, 11th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 6 May 1917, France

Hutton Lindsay PAVY, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 June 1918, France

Alfred George Stanley PENNEY, Private, 27th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 4 August 1916, Pozieres, France

Roy Henry PITT, Private, 10th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 11 August 1918, France

Clem Ledsom RANFORD, Lance Corporal, A Squadron, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF

• Killed in action, 31 October 1917, Beersheba, Palestine

Joseph Marmion RANFORD, Sergeant, A Squadron, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF

• Killed in action, 4 August 1916, Romani, Palestine

Stanley James RETALLACK, Corporal, 11th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 28 August 1918, France

Thomas Malcolm RETALLACK, Private, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Died, 10 June 1917, of wounds received in action the same day, Messines, Belgium

Esson Thomas James RULE, Lieutenant, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 3 April 1917, Noreuil, France

Frank Harris RUMBELOW, Private, 48th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 12 October 1917, Ypres, Belgium

Herbert SANDERCOCK, Private, 51st Battalion, AIF

• Died, 14 October 1917, of wounds received in action on 12 October 1917, Ypres, Belgium

Percy George SCROOP, Trooper, 9th Light Horse Regiment, AIF

• Died, 28 December 1916, of dysentery while prisoner of war (captured battle of Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916), Angora, Turkey

Albert Arthur SHILLABEER, Private, 48th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 11 April 1917, France

Timothy Alexander Howard STARK, Private, 50th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 2 April 1917, Noreuil, France

Louis Albert STORCH, Lieutenant, 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, AIF

• Killed in action, 22 April 1918

James Harold WATERS, Private, 11th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 1 August 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey

John Robert WATSON, Private, 48th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 11 April 1917, Bullecourt, France

Arthur Herbert WEDDING, Private, 43rd Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action, 17 October 1917, Ypres, Belgium

Berthold Teodor Immanuel WIESNER, Private, 1st Battalion, AIF

• Wounded in action, 3 October 1917, Ypres, Belgium, disappeared at sea between England and Australia while being repatriated, 26 Feb 1918

William Clarence WIESNER, Private, 18th Battalion, AIF

• Killed in action 3 May 1917, Bullecourt

New Zealand Forces

John Wilson FILMER, Private, New Zealand Training Unit, NZEF

• Died of disease, 10 November 1918, New Zealand

Edwin Spencer KILFORD, Private, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, NZEF

• Died of wounds, 9 September 1917, received in action that day, Belgium

British Forces

Charlie FILMER, Private, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

• Killed in action, 6 December 1916, France

Harry FILMER, Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

• Killed in action, 3 May 1917, France

Frank Alfred IDDENDEN, Private, Bedfordshire Regiment

• Killed in action, 20 December 1916, France

Christopher H MITCHELL, Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

• Killed in action, 7 November 1917, France

Charles Edward SKEER, Company Sergeant Major, Royal Garrison Artillery

• Died of disease, 10 May 1917, Dover, England

George SKEER, Sergeant, Royal Garrison Artillery

• Killed in action, 21 March 1918, France

South African Forces

Charles Bernhard FILMER, Private, 2nd South African Infantry

• Killed in action, 12 October 1916, Butte de Warlencourt, France

Francis Wilson FILMER, Corporal, D Company, 2nd South African Infantry

• Killed in action, 15 April 1917, Aubigny, France

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