List of Australian diarists of World War I (A-G)

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This is part of the list of Australian diarists of World War I, covering diarists with family names beginning with "A" through to "G". List of H-N, O-Z.

NameRankTown of OriginDate of enlistmentAge at enlistmentTheatresUnitNotes
Aarons, Daniel Sidney[1][2]CaptainDonald, VIC2 Aug 191530France16th Battalion
Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey[3]Sydney, NSW11 Aug 191427Gallipoli, Palestine, Syria12th Light HorseServed with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force in the Pacific Islands and with the Twelfth Light Horse in Gallipoli, Palestine and Syria. His diary is a narrative account of the journey from Tel-Aviv_Jaffa to Homs, Syria via Licktera, Lejun, Kuneitra and Damascus, Digitised copy MLMSS 3755.
Abbott, Harold Henry[4]PrivateArmadale, VICGallipoli24th BattalionServed at Gallipoli from Aug to Nov 1915
Abson, Matthew[5]Second LieutenantAlbert Park, VIC8 Feb 1915France6th BattalionServed in France from 1916 to 1918
Ackerly, William Arthur Harry[6]PrivateMansfield, VIC20 Jan 1916France21st Battalion
Adams, Alfred Sunderland[7]PrivateAlbury, NSW21 Aug 191420Gallipoli5th Infantry Battalion'Alf's Gallipoli,' letters from an original Anzac, Private Alfred Sunderland Adams and his Gallipoli Diary 1914 - 1915, copied and annotated by Ollie Japp (née Adams) Original MLMSS 4574
Adams, John[8]LieutenantGallipoli, France54th BattalionServed at Gallipoli for the entire campaign, from 25 Apr 1915 to 20 Dec 1915, and also fought at the Battle of the Somme. He was awarded the Military Medal and Bar for his service
Adams, W. G.[9]Captain45th BattalionAwarded a Distinguished Service Order in recognition of his service
Adamson, Charles Edward[10]SergeantMaldon, VIC20 Jul 1915France5th BattalionFought at the Battle of the Somme
Addis, Henry Hall[11]Lieutenant26 Jul 1915France46th Battalion
Addy, Francis[12]CorporalSurry Hills, NSW10 Jun 191526Gallipoli, Egypt, France, Belgium4th BattalionITEM 01 -Francis Addy diary, 9 August 1915 – 31 December 1917 ITEM Digitised copy MLMSS 1607/Item 1 02 - Francis Addy diary, 1 January 1918 – 29 March 1920 Digitised copy MLMSS 1607/Item 2
Adlard, John Evan[13]Lieutenant3 Feb 191526Gallipoli, France1st Field Artillery Brigade
Affleck, Herbert Alexander[14]SergeantWilcannia, NSWGallipoli, Western Front1st Field Artillery BrigadeKilled in action on 17 Aug 1917 at Ypres
Agnew, Ivo Cumberland Fraser[15]LieutenantOatlands, TAS13 Sep 1915France17th Battery Australian Field Artillery
2nd Squadron Australian Flying Corps
Captured in Oct 1917 and held as a German POW until the end of the war
Ahern, Timothy Patrick[16]LieutenantNorthcote, VIC29 May 1915Gallipoli, France54th Battalion
HMAT Demosthenes
Killed in action on 19 Jul 1916
Alcock, Thomas Henry[17]Waverley, NSW7 Oct 191525Egypt, France, Belgium3rd BattalionServed with the 3rd Battalion, 16th Reinforcement in Egypt, 1916, France and Belgium, 1916–1917. Wounded in Nov 1917. ITEM 01 - Thomas Alcock diary, 13 August-2 November 1917, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1609/Item 1 ITEM 02 - Thomas Alcock war narrative, 28 July 1915 – 1917, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1609/Item 2 ITEM 03 - Thomas Alcock war narrative, 1917-February 1919, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1609/Item 3
Alderdice, Arthur Gladstone[18]CorporalBeechworth, VIC6 Apr 1915Gallipoli, France2nd BattalionWounded in Jul 1916 and died of his wounds on 15 Aug 1916
Alexander, Roy[19]Naval OperationsAlexander was the wireless operator on the cargo ship Wairuna when she was captured by the German raider Wolf in Jun 1917. He was a POW for the remainder of the war. Diary, May 1917-Nov 1918, sinking of the Wairuna, events during the Wolf's cruise, experiences in various German prison camps, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1610.
Allan, Victor Philip[20]LieutenantFrance, BelgiumRoyal Australian Army Service CorpsServed in the Royal Australian Army Service Corps
Allen, H.[21]France3rd Pioneer Battalion
Allen, W. J.[22]Corporal8th Field Company, Australian Engineers
Allen, William Charles[23]Sapper7 May 191717Egypt, PalestineDiary, April 1917 – 1919, Digitised Copy MLMSS 4500 (MLK 3506/Item 1) Notebook, November 1917 – 1919 S.S. Canberra, 16 Nov. 1917, sightseeing in Jerusalem in Egypt, bombardments and action at Jaffa July-Aug. 1918, and leave in England July 1919 Digitised Copy MLMSS 4500 (MLK 3506/Item 2). Letters, 27 June 1917 – 30 November 1918, Wireless Corps at Moore Park, while on board TSS Canberra, from camps in Egypt, Jericho and from Palestine, July 1918. Digitised Copy MLMSS 4500 (MLK 3506/Item 3). Allen entered his age as 21 on his enlistment form, instead of his actual age (17).
Alley, George[24]SergeantPerth, WA5 Jul 191536Egypt, France11th BattalionDied in 1919 of illnesses contracted during the war
Allison, Arthur Charles[25]PrivateEuroa, VIC6 Mar 1916France29th Battalion
Allison, Herbert Richard[26]PrivateRichmond, VIC24 Oct 1914Gallipoli, Western Front58th Battalion
Allsop, Wilfred Joseph[27]PrivateMosman, NSW23 Jul 191522France8th Australian Field AmbulanceStretcher bearer. ITEM 01 Diary, 23 July 1915 – 1 July 1916, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1606/Item 1 ITEM 02 Diary, 2 July -13 September 1916, Digitised Copy

MLMSS 1606/Item 2. ITEM 03 Diary, 14 September-22 November 1916, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1606/Item 3 ITEM 04 Diary, 23 November 1916 – 4 January 1917, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1606/Item 4. ITEM 05 Diary, 1 January-31 December 1917, Digitised Copy MLMSS 1606/Item 5

Alwyne, Charles[28]Privateborn in Glasgow Scotland; Manly, NSW16 Nov 191626GallipoliWounded at Gallipoli in May 1915. War diary, April - May 1915, kept during the Gallipoli campaign, 2 April - 3 May 1915 which refers to the death of Lieutenant Colonel G. F. Braund, Digitised Copy MLDOC 1287.
Ambler, Llewellyn[29]Lance CorporalCollingwood, VIC14 Aug 191529Gallipoli, France2nd Field Company EngineersKilled in action on 6 Aug 1918
Anderson, Archibald Simpson[30]CaptainCootamundra, NSW11 Jul 1917Australian Army Medical CorpsServed in the Australian Army Medical Corps
Anderson, Francis Gerald[31]GunnerBondi, NSW15 Sep 191519104th Howitzer Battery
Anderson, Frederick Alexander[32]PrivateMudgeeraba, QLDGallipoli15th BattalionDied at Gallipoli in May 1915
Anderson, Keith Stirling[33]LieutenantPortland, VIC2 Feb 1915Gallipoli, France22nd Battalion
Andrews, Albert[34]Gunner12th Field Artillery Brigade
Andrews, Edward Bertram[35]PrivateMelrose, SA8 Sep 1915France32nd BattalionKilled in action in 1916 in France
Andrews, Harold Dudley[36]LieutenantWauchope, NSW6 Jul 191518Egypt, FranceWounded in action in Jul 1916 in France. Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty
Antill, John Macquarie[37]Major GeneralPicton, NSW17 Oct 191448Gallipoli, Egypt3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
2nd Infantry Brigade
Commanded the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade on service in Gallipoli and Egypt, and the 2nd Infantry Brigade in France and Belgium
Archbold, William James[38]PrivateMackay, QLD21 Feb 1916France41st BattalionKilled in action on 26 May 1918 at Villers-Brettoneux. He was 20 years old
Archibald, Hixon[39]CorporalFrance33rd Battalion
Argall, A. W.[40]Egypt, France
Argyle, Douglas Roy[41]PrivateVIC8 May 1915Gallipoli, France6th BattalionKilled in action on 20 Oct 1917 in France
Argyle, Stanley Seymour[42]Lieutenant ColonelKyneton, VICAustralian Army Medical CorpsServed in the Australian Army Medical Corps
Armitage, Harold Edwin Salisbury[43]CaptainNorwood, SA24 Mar 191520Gallipoli, France10th Battalion
50th Battalion
Killed in action on 3 Apr 1917 in France
Armstrong, Frank Leofric[44] Lieutenant Mount Perry, QLD 29 Apr 1901 Gallipoli, France 15th Infantry Battalion
Armstrong, John Victor[45]PrivateLismore, NSW18France39th BattalionWounded in action in Jun 1918 in France
Armstrong, Robin Henry[46]PrivateEuroa, VIC26 Jul 1915Egypt, France, Belgium5th Machine Gun Battalion
Armstrong, William John[47]PrivateCarlton, NSWFrance, Belgium24th BattalionKilled in action in France on 31 Aug 1918
Armytage, C. E. T.[48]Lieutenant20th Battalion
Arnold, Ralph Irving[49]Second LieutenantNorth Sydney, NSW14 Dec 1914Gallipoli15th Battalion
Arnold, Roy Frederick[50]SergeantPaddington5 Mar 191520Dardanelles, FranceAwarded the Military Medal in 1918. Served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War II
Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis[51]GallipoliSent reports to Australia of the fighting at Gallipoli, which were published in several newspapers[52]
Atkinson, Thomas George[53]Hobart, TASGallipoli, Belgium
Auchterlonie, George[54]SergeantNarracan, VIC13 Jul 19158th Light Horse Regiment
Auld, Patrick Howard[55]CaptainSA4 Nov 191420Gallipoli4th Field Ambulance
50th Battalion
Part of the initial landing at Gallipoli. He was captured at Villers-Bretonneux on 24 Apr 1918 and was a POW; he escaped in Sept and was recaptured
Austin, John Gardiner[56]MajorGallipoli
Austin, W.[57]15th Machine Gun Company
Avenell, Edith Florence[58][59]Staff nurseGympie, QLD14 Jun 191525France, EnglandAustralian Army Nursing Service.

1 Australian General Hospital

Enlisted as a nurse, and joined the No 1 Australian General Hospital unit, working in France and England
Axtens, John William[60]Annandale, NSW16 Aug 19148th Machine Gun CompanyServed in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Bailey, Ernest[61]PrivateNewcastle, NSW2 May 191837
Bailey, Herbert Austin[62]SapperFrance5th Division
Royal Australian Engineers
Baillie, James[63]PrivateNorth Sydney14 Nov 191428Gallipoli13th BattalionA member of the 13th Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade A.I.F., Baillie fought in the Gallipoli campaign from the first landing until the troops were withdrawn. Wounded in action, Aug 1916
Baker, Charles A.[64]Sydney (Ashfield), NSW1 Mar 191727France17th Company, Australian Army Service CorpsDriver in the 17th Company, Australian Army Service Corps. Wounded in action in May 1918.
Baldwin, Albert Thomas[65]Corporal40th Battalion
Baldwin, Rupert Thomas James[66]SergeantWestern Front27th Battalion
Balfour, John[67]GallipoliPart of the Gallipoli Mission in 1919 to assess the state of the war graves there
Balme, Gerald Archibald[68]PrivateGeelong, VIC21 Jun 191630France, Belgium29th BattalionHospitalised in Mar 1918 after being gassed
Barker, James L[69]PrivateFrance55th Battalion
Barnett, Herbert[70]France50th Battalion
Barr, T. A. C.[71]Gallipoli4th Battalion
Barr, Thomas A. C. "Jock"[72]Gallipoli4th Battalion
Barry, Leslie Harold[73]DriverDubbo, NSW15 Sep 191519France1st Field Company EngineersCaptured in Nov 1916 and subsequently held as a POW
Barry, W.[74]France8th BrigadeServed in the 8th Brigade, later a POW and wounded at the Battle of Fromelles
Bartlett, James Stanley Forbes[75]Second LieutenantBrisbane, QLD3rd BattalionKilled in action on 25 Jul 1916 at Pozières
Barton, Alan Sinclair Darvall[76]MajorBathurst, NSW14 Nov 191428Royal Australian Army Service CorpsServed in the Royal Australian Army Service Corps
Barton, Brian Templer[77]TrooperWellington, NSW7 Dec 191427Palestine6th Light Horse RegimentKilled in action in Palestine, 3 Dec 1917
Barton, Harold Gilbert[78][79] Private Rainbow, Victoria 23 Jul 1915 24 Egypt

France

8th Battalion Diary (29 November 1916 - 24 June 1917) Diary (28 March - 11 October 1916)
Barton, John Hampden[80]LieutenantWellington, NSW29 Nov 191527France54th BattalionJack Barton's diary Recommended for a Military Cross for action on 24 April 1918 [81]
Barwick, Archie[82]SergeantSurveyor's Creek, NSW24 Aug 191424Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium, England1st BattalionAwarded the Croix de Guerre in Jul 1918
Bassett, William P[83]Trooper6th Light Horse Regiment
Bastard, Robert Stanley[84]PrivateAdelaide, SA19 Aug 191422Gallipoli10th Battalion
Bayley, Francis Wilton[85]Private4 Mar 191619Camel Transport Corps
Imperial Camel Corps
Bazley, Arthur William[86]PrivateSouth Yarra, VIC5 Oct 1914181st Division HeadquartersServed in the 1st Division Headquarters and worked with Charles Bean, official war historian. He later worked at the Australian War Memorial and was part of their project to collect diaries[87]:144
Beach, John Edward Charles[88]SapperFrance4 Division SignalsServed in the 4 Division Signals and was awarded a Military Medal
Bean, Charles Edwin[89]Official war correspondent and author and editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918
Bean, John Willoughby Butler (Jack)[90]MajorBathurst, NSWAustralian Army Medical CorpsServed in the Australian Army Medical Corps
Bedlington, W. C.[91]Sergeant4th Machine Gun Battalion
Beeken, Christian[92]LieutenantBexley3 Sep 1914253rd BattalionKilled in action, 6 Aug 1915
Beeston, Joseph Lievesley[93]ColonelNewcastle, NSW2 Oct 191455Gallipoli4th Field AmbulanceIn command of the 4th Field Ambulance
Bell, Algernon F.[94]PrivateFrance59th BattalionWounded at the Battle of Fromelles and died in Jul 1916
Bell, George S.[95]Lieutenant3rd Squadron AFC
Bell, George W. D.[96]PrivatePort Hedland, WA23 Oct 191421FranceCaptured at Reincourt near Bullicourt, France, Apr 1917
Bell, James E.[97]PrivateOrange NSW20 Aug 191524Egypt, FranceDied as a result of wounds received in action, 28 Jul 1916
Bell, Roy Pinto[98]Croydon Park, NSW14 Sep 191521FranceKilled in action, 9 Dec 1916
Bellamy, Edward Alan[99]Corporal20 Jul 191524Egypt, France, Belgium14th Field Artillery BrigadeDied in 1917
Bendrey, William[100]PrivateUralla, NSW17 May 191523Gallipoli, France, Egypt
Benham, Alfred[101]Dubbo, NSW16 Oct 191624FranceMunitions worker
Benjamin, Ernest Lionel[102]Lance SergeantFrance19th Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
Bennett, Granville[103]PrivateCrow's Nest, NSW15France8th Machine Gun Company
Bennett, James[104]Manly, NSW16 Sep 1914246th Light Horse
Benson, Claude C.[105]LieutenantKogarah, NSW6 Jun 191527Germany, FranceCaptured on 11 Apr 1917 on the Hindenburg Line near Riencourt, France
Berg, Martin Walter[106]Lance SergeantFranceRoyal Australian Army Service CorpsServed in the Royal Australian Army Service Corps
Berg, Wilbert Nugent[107]SergeantBraidwood, NSWGallipoli, France18th Battalion
61st Battalion
Berriman, R. H.[108]Australian Flying Corps
Berry, Herbert Vincent[109]Gladesville, NSW26 Jun 191523Egypt, France, Belgium, England8th Field AmbulanceServed with the 8th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps until he was wounded in Sep 1917
Berry, John James[110]CorporalFrance3rd BattalionKilled in action on 10 Nov 1917
Berthon, E.[111]GunnerFrance38th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Bertwistle, Wilfrid Hall[112]Second LieutenantUnley, SA2 Mar 1915Gallipoli, France27th Battalion
7th Machine Gun Company
Betheras, Alice Margaret[113][114][115]Staff NurseCastlemaine, VIC10 Oct 191528Egypt, CairoAustralian Army Nursing Service
Betteridge, Isaac Henry[116]PrivateBallarat, VIC2 Jan 1917France23rd Battalion
Beveridge, G.[117]22nd Battalion
Beveridge, Roy Stuart[118]Lance Sergeant20th Battalion
Bevington, William A.[119]2nd Pioneer Battalion
Biggen, Edgar Henry[120]CorporalCollingwood, VIC22 Feb 1916BelgiumKilled in action on 24 Feb 1918
Billings, H.[121]Gallipoli1st Signal Troop, Australian Engineers, 1st Light Horse BrigadeServed with the 1st Signal Troop, Australian Engineers, 1st Light Horse Brigade
Binnie, Kenneth[122]LieutenantQuirindi, NSW6 Jan 191622France26th BatteryServed in the 26th Battery of the 3rd Australian Division
Birkbeck, Gordon T.[123]PrivateCroydon, NSW22 Jun 191523Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine
Black, Archie Lindesay[124] Lieutenant Mackay, QLD 23 Nov 1915 28 Passchendale, Belgium and France 14th Field Artillery Brigade Seriously injured at Passchendale in October 1917. Returned to Australia. Diaries have been digitised
Blackburn, Clive[125]Sergeant18 Feb 191639th Battalion
Blake, Frank[126]PrivatePetersham, NSW5 Jul 191627Egypt and PalestineAustralian Camel Brigade Field AmbulanceServed in the Australian Camel Brigade Field Ambulance and subsequently in the Sanitary Inspectors Section, ANZAC Mounted Division
Blandford, Frederick Rodford[127]PrivateNewcastle, NSW15 Jun 191653rd BattalionKilled in action on 26 Sep 1917 at Polygon Wood
Blashki, Roy Hector[128]53rd Battery Australian Field Artillery
Bloch, Henry Scharrer (Harry)[129]GunnerDeloraine, TAS6th Field Artillery Brigade
Blundell, Richard[130]Liverpool, England14 Dec 191425France, EgyptAustralian Field Artillery
101st Battalion
Served with the Australian Field Artillery and subsequently the 101st Battalion
Blyth, Kenneth[131]Driver31st Battery Australian Field Artillery
Boal, A. C.[132]Private5th Pioneer Battalion
Bolger, Joseph Michael[133]Ingleburn NSW19 Aug 1915287th Regiment Australian Light Horse
Booley, George[134]Lance CorporalVICGallipoli, Western Front5th Battalion
Booth, John[135]PrivateBalmain, NSW16 Mar 191528Gallipoli, Egypt, France20th BattalionServed with the 20th Battalion and was killed in action, Oct 1917.
Booth, Mary[136][137]Doctor Booth founded the Women's Club in 1901, the Soldiers' Club in 1915, the Centre for Soldiers' Wives and Mothers in 1915 and the Anzac Fellowship of Women in 1921
Borbidge, William R.[138]
Bostock, James Dundee[139][140] Private Dulacca, QLD[141] 2 Nov 1914 18 Gallipoli 9th Battalion Second man to arrive on shore at the Gallipoli landing[139]
Bosward, Charles Frederick Richmond[142]Lance SergeantSydney, NSWGallipoli4th BattalionDied at Gallipoli in Aug 1915
Boulton, Lachlan Roy[143]CorporalQuirindi, NSWFrance33rd BattalionKilled in action on 48 Jul 1917
Bourke, John[144]LieutenantVIC8th Battalion
Bowen, James F.[145]Sapper5th Division
Bowkett, Leonard Andrew[146]SapperCorowa, NSW10th Field Company
Bowler, William[147]PrivateBondi, NSW5 Mar 1916281st Field AmbulanceServed in the Army Medical Corps and 1st Field Ambulance
Bowman, Vincent Ambrose[148]PrivateNSWFrance9th Battalion
Bradbury, William[149]Lance CorporalCrookwell, NSW28 Jan 191521Gallipoli and Egypt12th Australian Light Horse RegimentKilled in action on 31 Oct 1917
Bradshaw, Edward Charles[150]SapperServed in the Australian Mounted Divisions
Bradshaw, William Edward[151]Sapper15th Battalion
Bray, Alfred Ernest Cornelius[152]SergeantHurstville, NSW23 Aug 191518Egypt, France18th BattalionServed with the 18th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Brayne, Cyril Turner[153]PrivateGallipoli, France, Belgium19th Battalion
2nd Pioneer Battalion
Brett, Robert Cyril Palmer[154][155] Sergeant Toowoomba, QLD 27 Feb 1915 23 Gallipoli, France 25th Battalion
Brew, Thomas[156]Gallipoli, France2nd BattalionDied in 1917
Brewer, Francis[157]Kangaroo Point, QLD8 Jan 191733France
Brewer, Hector[158]LieutenantNewtown24 Aug 191419Alexandria, Gallipoli, France, Belgium2nd Battalion
54th Battalion
Served in the H. Company, 2nd Battalion and later the 54th Battalion, 14th Brigade
Brewer, Roy Thomas[159]PrivateGunning, NSWFrance19th BattalionAwarded the Military Medal in 1918
Brierley, Norman Charles[160]PrivateBrisbane17 Dec 191721France
Brissenden, Edwin M[161]Lieutenant ColonelFrance34th BattalionServed in the 34th Battalion, 3rd Division
Britton, Charles[162]PrivateNorth Sydney, NSW8 Sep 191637Belgium, France35th BattalionServed in the 35th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Brock, Denis Patrick[163]26 Feb 1916France39th BattalionDied of wounds received on 1 May 1917
Brook, William James Heathcote[164]SapperOrange, NSW1st Tunnelling CompanyKilled in action on 10 Nov 1916
Brooker, Stan[165]CorporalGallipoli, Egypt, France21st Battalion
Brooks, David Thomas[166]PrivateYarcowie, SA8th Field Ambulance
Brooks, John[167]PrivateAdelaide, SA20 Mar 191624France and Belgium50th BattalionServed in the 50th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement until wounded on 24 Apr 1918
Brown, Allan Dunn[168]PrivateAnnandale, NSW11 Sep 191520France, Belgium3rd BattalionServed with D. Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade until he was wounded in Aug 1916, and subsequently returned to Australia and discharged from the army in Nov 1917
Brown, Edwin Albert Ernest[169]DriverSydney, NSWGallipoli, Palestine1st Light Horse Regiment
1st Signal Squadron
Brown, Garland Kent[170]Gallipoli3rd Field Ambulance
Brown, Joseph Bruce Landseer (Joe)[171]NSWServed in the Royal Australian Navy on HMAS Australia
Bruce, Oswald[172]France4th Field Company
Bryan, Edward Patrick[173]South Melbourne, VIC17 Aug 191416Gallipoli, France6th BattalionSignaller in the 6th Battalion, C Company
Bryant, Claude Richard Henry[174]LieutenantGallipoli4th Division
4th Light Horse Brigade
Bryant, Leonard Clyde[175]Lance CorporalFrance2nd Field AmbulanceAwarded the Military Medal on 22 Aug 1918 for bravery
Buchanan, George M.[176]15th Field Ambulance
Buchanan, Keith[177]Gunner39th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Buesst, Tristan Noel Marand[178]LieutenantFrance
Bull, Joseph[179]Western FrontAustralian Flying Corps
Bullin, David[180]France
Bungardy, Frank[181]A German born Australian resident, he was interned at Torrens Island Concentration Camp and Holdsworthy Internment camp
Burch, Isaac John[182]Served on the HMAT Wandilla
Burgess, Joseph George[183]Lance CorporalRedfern, NSW, born St Arnaud VIC8 Sep 191427Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine6th Light Horse Regiment
Burgis, Frederick Carrington[184]Privateborn Liverpool, 1885; Kogarah, NSW16 Apr 191530Egypt, Gallipoli20th BattalionServed in the 20th Battalion, D Company
Burke, Eric Keast[185]1st Australian Wireless Squadron
Burns, A.[186]Gallipoli, France4th Division
Burrell, William[187]PrivateCamperdown, NSW4 Aug 191522France and Belgium17th BattalionStretcher bearer in the B. Company 17th Battalion, 5th Infantry Brigade, until he was wounded in Sep 1917. He was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field. After recovering from his wounds, he served in the 4th Australian B.G.R.O. Company until the end of the war.
Burrett, Athol Frederick[188]MajorNSWFrance3rd Battalion
Burrowes, Arthur John[189]Rooty Hill26 Mar 191739France18th BattalionServed in the 18th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement until he was wounded on 8 Aug 1918
Burstal, John Acheson[190]Rose Bay, NSW26 Apr 191819England
Burton, Colin John Combe[191]SapperFrance, Belgium10th Field Company
5th Pioneer Battalion
Burtt, Thomas Alfred[192]PrivateMascot, NSWFrance33rd BattalionDied on 3 Apr 1918 of wounds
Butler, John Herbert[193]LieutenantBondi19 Aug 191420EgyptServed in the Australian Flying Corps, and worked in commercial aviation after the War
Byard, Frank Liddell[194]GunnerHahndorf, SABelgium, France108th Howitzer Battery
8th Field Artillery Brigade
Cahill, Frederick Joseph[195]Lismore, NSWFrance36th Battalion
Calder, Norman Keith 'Tusky'[196]CommanderGeelong, VICRoyal Australian NavyCaptain of HMAS Bungaree
Caldwell, Robert Douglas[197]19 Feb 1917192nd BattalionServed in the 2nd Battalion, 25th Reinforcement
Callinan, William[198]Private19 May 1915France6th Field AmbulanceKilled in action on 5 Aug 1916
Callow, Auburn Douglas[199]Lieutenant8 Sep 1914Egypt, Gallipoli, Middle East8th Light Horse Regiment
Cameron, Hugh Nesbitt[200] Gunner Yeronga, QLD 25 Oct 1915[201] 22 France 9th Field Artillery Brigade, 34th Battery Diary has been digitised.
Cameron, James[202]Gallipoli8th Light Horse RegimentWounded at Gallipoli
Cameron, Kenneth Ewen[203] Private[204] Brisbane, QLD 11 Jan 1916 22 Middle East No1 Park Wireless Signal Troop
Cameron, William[205]Second LieutenantRushworth, VICGallipoli9th Light Horse Regiment
Campbell, Clarence Boswell[206]Corporal10 Jul 191710th Company, Australian Army Service Corps
Campbell, Hugh Andrew Geraldton[207] Lieutenant Enoggera, QLD 29 Feb 1916[208] 30 England, France 11th Field Company Engineers Diary has been digitised.
Campbell, James[209]SapperGallipoli1st Australian Imperial Force
Camroux, W. H.[210]Lance CorporalRozelle, NSW20 Aug 191522France17th BattalionServed in the A. Company, 17th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement. He was wounded on 27 Aug 1918 and gassed on 5 Oct 1918
Canning, Bertram[211]Sergeant20 Aug 19144th Light Horse Regiment
Cantwell, Daryl[212]Sergeant23 Nov 191523France52nd Battalion
Cardwell, Claude Edward[213]GunnerSouth Yarra, VIC5 Mar 191719France8th Field Artillery BrigadeServed in the 1st Stationary Hospital
Carleton, Charles Richard[214]Lieutenant5 Aug 19156th Field Company
7th Field Company
Royal Australian Engineers
Wounded in Oct 1917
Carnell, Reginald Wilfred[215]SapperGallipoli3rd Field CompanyServed at Gallipoli from Apr to Nov 1915
Carr, H. J.[216]8th Field Artillery Brigade
Carr, Octavius Jocelyn[217]PrivateGallipoli, Western Front1st Field Ambulance
4th Field Ambulance
Carr, William Chambers Gilbert[218]PrivateVICFrance58th BattalionDied of wounds on 31 Jul 1916
Carter, Frank[219]GunnerWestern Front15th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Carter, Herbert Gordon[220]Lieutenant ColonelSydney, NSWGallipoli, France1st Battalion
5th Pioneer Battalion
Carter, J. G.[221]SergeantWestern Front34th Battalion
Carter, John V.[222]LieutenantFranceTrench mortar units
Carter, Otway V.[223]Middle East29th BattalionCaptured and a German POW
Caust, Arnold F. H.[224]France10th Battalion
Cavalier, Ronald Ernest[225]SergeantArmadale, VIC18 Sep 191420GallipoliRoyal Australian Artillery, 1st Division
Cave, Harrie Joseph[226]Lance CorporalBirchgrove, NSW25 Jul 191523Egypt, France and Belgium1st BattalionServed in the 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade. He was wounded in action on 23 Oct 1916
Chambers, Philip Arthur[227]MajorWellington, NSW16 Mar191538Egypt, Palestine12th Light Horse Regiment
Champion, Benjamin William[228]LieutenantStanmore, NSW11 May 191518Egypt, Gallipoli, France1st Battalion
Chandler, Horace Arthur[229]Driver8 Mar 1915France, Belgium8th Field Artillery BrigadeServed as a Driver with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Chapman, Clement Lorne[230]Captain26 Mar 1915GallipoliRoyal Australian Army Medical Corps
Chapman, John Joseph[231]LieutenantBallarat, VIC15 Sep 1914Gallipoli, France9th Battalion
Chapman, Reginald K. N.[232]France, Belgium24th Battalion
60th Battalion
57th Battalion
Served in the 6th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, the 60th Battalion and the 57th Battalion.
Chester, Richard H.[233]Australian Flying Corps
Chester, Willie Neville Majoribank[234][235]Private28 Aug 1915France, Belgium2nd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
Choat, Wesley[236]PrivateClarence Park, SA12 Jul 191520France, GermanyEnlisted with his brothers Archibald and Raymond on 12 Jul 1915. His brothers were both killed in action at Fromelles on 20 Jul 1916, and Wesley was taken prisoner. He escaped in Oct 1917 and walked through Holland to escape back to England. The journey took him five weeks.
Churches, Herbert Eric[237]PrivateFrance17th Battalion
Churchus, Walter[238]Melbourne, VIC7th Field Artillery Brigade
Cicognani, Harry[239]PrivateGlebe, NSW24 Aug 191426Egypt France and Gallipoli1st Field AmbulanceCaptured in Aug 1916
Claridge, Walter George Molyneux[240][241]CaptainArmadale, WAFrance22nd Battalion
8th Battalion
Clarke, Eric Roy[242]Staff SergeantFairfield, QLD2 Sep 191522EgyptServed in the Australian Army Service Corps, 4th Divisional Train. He was wounded on 23 Nov 1916
Clarke, Frederick Montague[243]PrivateHobart, TAS9 Oct 191427Gallipoli, France11th Field Ambulance
Clarke, J. H. S.[244]SapperRoyal Engineers
Clayden, Walter "Wally" James[245]23rd Battalion
Cleary, Thomas Joseph[246]PrivateAnnandale, NSW30 Sep 191839Egypt, France, Belgium2nd Pioneer Battalion
17th Battalion
Clements, Callan[247]France54th BattalionServed in the 54th Battalion, 5th Division
Clifford, James Reynolds 'Nat'[248]Hay, NSWHMAS EncounterServed on HMAS Encounter and HMAS Sydney
Clohessy, Joseph[249]Gallipoli, France11th BattalionHospitalised due to shell shock and discharged on 24 Oct 1916, he re-enlisted on 20 Apr 1917 and served in France. Clohessy was wounded in action on 1 Jul 1918
Cocks, Verner[250]PrivateRandwick, NSW25 Aug 191521France, Belgium9th Field AmbulanceServed in the 6th Australian Army Medical Corps; Field Ambulance 9, Section A. He was wounded in action on 20 Oct 1917
Coe, Henry John Frederick[251]MajorGallipoli, France12th Field Artillery Brigade
Coen, Francis[252]CaptainYass, NSWGallipoli, Egypt and France18th Battalion
19th Battalion
Killed in action at Pozières on 28 Jul 1916. He was 32 years old
Cohen, Benjamin Alfred[253]SergeantMidland Junction, WA29 Sep 191637France, BelgiumServed in the Australian Broad Gauge Operating Company
Coleman, Edward Maurice[254]GunnerVICEgypt, Gallipoli2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Colley-Priest, Langford[255]PrivateNeutral Bay NSW18 May 191525France8th Field AmbulanceServed in the 8th Field Ambulance, Section A
Collins, Timothy James[256]LieutenantMelbourne, VIC24 Jan 191626France39th Battalion
Compton, Albert Richmond[257]SergeantLeichhardt15 Feb 191520Gallipoli, France13th BattalionServed in the 13th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement. He was a POW from 11 Apr 1917 until he was repatriated in Dec 1918
Conigrave, Harry Stanley[258]PrivateAdelaide, SA20 Aug 191422Gallipoli3rd Light Horse Regiment
Conn, Robert Colin[259] Private Red Hill, QLD 7 Mar 1916[260] 23 France Divisional Cyclist Company 4, Reinforcement 2 Died in combat 30 March 1918. Diary has been digitised
Connelly, John Norman[261]Sergeant5th Machine Gun Company
Cook, Elsie Shepperd[262][263]SisterDarlinghurst, NSW19 Oct 191424Egypt, FranceAustralian Army Nursing Services
Cook, Wallace Gordon[264]SapperMerewether, NSW22 Jan 1916France4th Signal Regiment
Cooper, Gordon Colin[265]Lance CorporalInverell, NSW27 Aug 191421Gallipoli, Palestine1st Australian Light Horse Anzac Mounted DivisionServed in the Machine Gun Section, 1st Australian Light Horse Anzac Mounted Division
Cope, John Lelean[266]Captain (Chaplain 4th Class)Melbourne, VIC29 Sep 191548GallipoliChaplain for the 14th Battalion
Copp, Charles Henry[267]LieutenantMelbourne, VIC17 Aug 1914Gallipoli2nd Squadron AFC
46th Battalion
5th Battalion
Corbin, John[268]Lieutenant ColonelGallipoli, FranceServed at the 1st Casualty Clearing Station, 1st Stationary Hospital, 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, and 3rd Casualty Clearing Station
Corbould, William Westman[269]GunnerSydney, NSWFrance4th Division
Corder, Fredrick T[270]Gallipoli, France7th Battery Australian Field Artillery
1st Light Horse Brigade
Corliss, Lloyd Alexander[271]TrooperBoggabri, NSW5 Jan 1915Gallipoli, Sinai, Palestine1st Australian Light HorseDied on 17 Nov 1917 of wounds
Cormack, Raymond Fairhurst[272][273]PrivateFrance12th Field Ambulance
Cotton, Malcolm John Bernard[274]CaptainEast Maitland, NSW18 Aug 191419Gallipoli, Egypt, France2nd BattalionDied at Pozières in Jul 1916
Coulter, Jason Leslie Boyd[275]SergeantBallarat, VIC27 Aug 191436Egypt, Gallipoli8th BattalionDied on 10 Aug 1915 of wounds received at Gallipoli
Coutts, Donald Dunbar[276]MajorMysia, VIC18 Nov 191626France6th Field Ambulance
Cowan, S. O.[277]1st Stationary Hospital
Cox, Charles Frederick[278]Brigadier GeneralPennant Hills, NSW15 Sep 191551Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, Syria1st Light Horse Brigade
6th Light Horse Regiment
Commanding Officer of the 1st Light Horse Brigade
Cox, Fergus Robert[279]PrivateJimbour, QLD10 Aug 191520Australian Flying CorpsServed as an air mechanic with the Australian Flying Corps
Cox, George S.[280]Gallipoli4th Field Ambulance
Cox, Rudolph William[281]CorporalSalisbury SA6 Sep 191519Egypt, France, Belgium3rd Field Company EngineersServed as a sapper in the Australian Imperial Forces in No. 2 Section, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 15
Cozens, Thomas E.[282]LieutenantBobinawarrah, VIC3 Feb 191522Gallipoli, France21st Battalion
Crane, Walter J.[283]France20th Battalion
Craven, Norman Thomas John[284]PrivateBalmain, NSW27 Jun 1915Gallipoli, France20th Battalion
Crawford, Andrew[285]MajorVIC8th Light Horse Regiment
Creedon, Daniel Bartholemew[286][287]PrivateMaryborough, QLD[288]19 Aug 19149th BattalionCaptured on 28 Jun 1915 at Gallipoli and held as a Turkish POW. He died on 27 Feb 1917
Crisp, Ralph Harry[289]CaptainBallarat, VIC7 May 19172249th Battalion
Crisp, Stanley[290]Lance Corporal7th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Croft, John Hector[291]PrivateMittagong, NSW3 Nov 191423Gallipoli, France3rd BattalionWounded at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915. He later served in France and died on 27 Jul 1916 of wounds
Croll, David Gifford[292] Colonel Brisbane, Qld 19 Oct 1914 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance and later Assistant-Director of Medical Services for the Anzac Mounted Division
Crooks, Thomas Ray[293]LieutenantNew Lambton, NSW3 Dec 191430Egypt, Dardanelles, France and BelgiumWounded in action in France on 6 Aug 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in Mar 1917.
Cross, Victor[294]France49th Battalion
Cubis, Arthur J.[295]PrivateEgypt, France18th Battalion
Cull, William Ambrose[296]CaptainHamilton, Vict7 May 191520Gallipoli, Western Front22nd Battalion
23rd Battalion
Served in the 22nd and 23rd Battalions, 6th Infantry Brigade. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 6 Nov 1915. After being reported wounded and missing on 26 Feb 1917, he was reported as a POW on 13 May 1917. His memoir was published in 1919.[297]
Cumming, Gordon[298]TAS3rd Australian General Hospital
Cunningham, Alexander Jackson[299]CaptainGeelong, VIC11 Sep 191429Served with the Royal Australian Army Service Corps and the Royal Australian Engineers
Cunningham, Charles S.[300]Postal units
Cunningham, Kenneth Stewart[301]LieutenantSebastopol, VIC6 Aug 1915255th Field Ambulance
Cuthbert, Noel Millar[302]CaptainEgypt, France2nd Battalion
Dadswell, Henry William[303]Sapper16 Sep 1915Egypt, France, Belgium5th Divisional Signal CompanyAwarded the Military Medal
Dains, James William[304]ChaplainUralla, NSW1 Sep 191533Reverend Dains was part of the 35th Battalion of the 9th Brigade, and was the Methodist chaplain.
Dakin, Clarence Herbert[305]LieutenantNorth Sydney, NSWMar 191520Gallipoli, France5th Machine Gun CompanyKilled in action on 15 Apr 1917
Daniels, Harry[306]PrivateGallipoli16th Battalion
Darby, Leonard[307]Darby was the surgeon on board HMAS Sydney during the Battle of Cocos.
Darchy, Thomas[308]CorporalRowena, NSW18 Jan 191736France1st Pioneer BattalionServed in the 1st Pioneer Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
Dark, Eric[309]9th Field Ambulance
Davies, Ernest David[310]Richmond, VIC13 Jul 1915France, Belgium22nd Battalion
7th Battalion
Davies, George Henry[311]PrivateWestern Front36th BattalionKilled in action on 12 Jul 1917
Davies, Herbert Arthur[312]Sergeant8 Sep 19162nd Division Supply Column
Davies, Lancelot Rawes[313]CorporalLeichhardt, NSW30 Aug 19152413th BattalionCaptured on 11 Apr 1917 and a German POW
Davis, Edgar Atheling[314]Private9 Nov 1917Egypt, Gallipoli, France2nd Battalion
Davis, George Edward[315]Gallipoli, FranceContracted typhoid fever at Gallipoli and sent to England for his convalescence
Davis, Henry S.[316]CaptainFrance46th BattalionDied at Bullecourt in Apr 1917
Davis, Herbert Theodore[317]GunnerHighett, VIC31 May 1915France, Belgium4th Field Artillery Brigade
Dawkins, Charles Stanley[318]CaptainWarrnambool, VICFrance51st BattalionKilled in action on 3 Sep 1916 near Pozières aged 24
Day, Donald Fowler[319]PrivateServed in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps and Australian Flying Corps
Day, Kenneth Sydney[320]GunnerEgypt, France4th Field Artillery BrigadeWounded at the Battle of Bullecourt in May 1917
De Mouncy, Ernest[321]SapperFremantle, WA26 Jan 191743France, Belgium4th Division SignallersServed in the 4th Division Signallers, 16th Reinforcements
Deitz, Charlie Reilly[322]SergeantTemora, NSWFrance1st Battalion
Delahunty, John Patrick[323]SapperEssendon, VICFrance2nd Tunnelling Company
Delamore, Adrian Wilmot[324]SergeantGallipoli
Denny, William Joseph[325]CaptainSouth Terrace, SA17 Aug 191542FranceFought in the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin
Dewhurst, Stanley[326]14 Feb 191622FranceServed in the Howitzer Brigade 116 and 3rd Army Field Artillery Brigade
Dick, Arthur Morrison[327]SergeantFrance, Belgium17th Battalion
5th Machine Gun Company
Dicker, Walter C.[328]France2nd Machine Gunth Battalion
Dickinson, Herbert Spencer[329]CaptainChilders, VICGallipoli, France57th BattalionKilled in action near Ypres on 26 Sep 1917 aged 25
Dickinson, Vincent Robert[330]Lieutenant7th BattalionBattalion Intelligence Officer from 20 Jan 1917 onwards
Dodd, Charles Banwell[331]PrivateSinai, Palestine
Doddemeade, Eric V.[332]LieutenantFrance12th Field Artillery Brigade
Donald, W. H.[333]ColonelServed in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
Donaldson, Alec[334]CaptainServed on the S.S. Matunga when it was captured by the S.M.S. Wolf
Donkin, Reginald Lyons[335]PrivateBrisbane, QLDGallipoli1st BattalionDied in Dec 1915
Donnell, Anne[336][337]Staff nurseAdelaide, SA20 May 191539Egypt, FranceThe 3rd Australian General HospitalAustralian Army Nursing Service
Douglas, Gerald J.[338]LieutenantFrance59th Battalion
Douglas, Lennox Ross Owen[339]Orange, NSW9 Feb 19152019th Battalion
Douglass, Arthur[340]CaptainRoyal Australian Army Medical Corps
Dowell, George Slater[341]SapperAdelaide, SA1st Field CompanyKilled in action in 1918
Dowell, James Wilson[342]PrivateCroydon, NSWFrance45th Battalion
Downes, Rupert Major[343]Major GeneralGallipoli, France, PalestineRoyal Australian Army Medical Corps
Doyle, Alec Broughton[344]Scone, NSWServed as Engineer Officer on HMAS Parramatta
Doyle, Kathleen Lillie[345][346][347]SisterScone, NSW15 May 191536EgyptAustralian Army Nursing Service.

3rd Australian General Hospital

Drane, T. E.[348]Forbes, NSWGallipoliPart of the first landing at Gallipoli on 25 Apr 1915. He was wounded in action on 1 May 1915
Drummond, Robert James[349]Windsor, VIC11 Sep 191630England, France, Belgium5th Australian Motor Transport Company
21st Battalion
Served in the 5th Australian Motor Transport Company and the 21st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
Duckmanton, Sydney 'Sid' James[350]LieutenantWycheproof, VICEgypt, France15th Field Company
5th Field Company
60th Battalion
Dunlop, Athol Cedric[351]PrivateFrance1st Light Trench Mortar Battery
4th Battalion
56th Battalion
Wounded at Pozières
Dunlop, Leslie[352]CaptainIpswich, QLD13 Oct 191519Gallipoli1st Field AmbulanceServed in the 1st Field Ambulance, 1st Australian Division, until he was wounded in action on 9 Aug 1915
Dunlop, William Archibald[353]MajorFrance9th Brigade
Dutton, Albert Arthur[354]Corporal29th Battalion
Dyer, William[355]Newcastle, NSW
Easy, Albert[356]SapperLiverpool, NSW12th Field Company
25th Battalion
Awarded the Military Medal in 1917. John William Stead, who served with Easy, gave Easy his diary in Apr 1916. Easy then used it from May 1916 onwards.
Edgerton, Eric Henry Drummond[357]LieutenantMoonee Ponds, VIC4 Apr 1915Gallipoli, France24th BattalionAwarded the Military Medal and Bar
Edmonds, Adrian Henry[358]Lance CorporalSydney, NSW21 Apr 191523Gallipoli, Western Front3rd Divisional Signals
Edmonds, Frederick Leonard[359]Harris Park, NSW13 Sep 191525Egypt, Sinai7th Field Company EngineersServed in the 7th Field Company Engineers in 1915. He was subsequently assigned to work with Captain Frank Hurley, official war photographer
Edmondson, George Edward[360]SergeantRedfern, NSW15 Jan 191623France, BelgiumServed as a gunner in the 25th Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade
Edwards, Alfred, Henry[361]CorporalKogarah, NSW1 Nov 191519France17th BattalionWounded in action on 31 Aug 1918
Edwards, Cecil Francis[362]Gallipoli, France2nd Battery Australian Field Artillery
Edwards, Gordon Thomas[363]Orange Dale, Stuart Town, NSW28 Dec 191518Egypt, France, Belgium54th BattalionServed in the C Company, 54th Battalion. He was wounded in action in Apr 1918
Edwards, Richard Asaph[364]Gallipoli4th Battalion
Edwards, William Henry[365]Private44th Battalion
Egan, C.[366]CaptainSS Cycle
Ellis, Alfred William Leslie[367]Captain4th SquadronCommanding officer of the 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps.
Elvin, L. R.[368]SergeantFrance1st BattalionKilled in action on 5 May 1917 at Bullecourt
Emery, Eric Harold[369]SergeantMarrickville, NSW1 Sep 19155th Pioneer Battalion
Evans, Maurice Caine[370]CorporalKyogle, NSW24 Aug 191419Egypt and Palestine1st Light Horse Field Ambulance
Everard, W. Innes[371]Corporal2nd Machine Gunth BattalionKilled in action in 1918
Fairley, James Fairburn[372]CaptainWodonga, VIC16 Aug 191425Royal Army Medical Corps
Fairweather, Francis Edward[373]CaptainMoonee Ponds, VIC16 July 191523France38th Battalion
Farmer, Percival Gilmore 'Jim'[374]Gunner18th Battery Australian Field Artillery
6th Field Artillery Brigade
Farquhar, William Gordon[375]MajorBundaberg, QLD18 Apr 19145th Field Company
Farrell, Herbert W.[376]EgyptServed on the HMAT A45 Bulla
Farrow, George Martin[377]Private18th BattalionWounded at Pozières
Faulkner, George[378]CorporalBundaberg, QLD9 Sep 191531France15th Field AmbulanceServed with the 15th Field Ambulance, B Section 5th Division. Wounded in action in May 1917.
Fawcett, George H.[379]LieutenantFrance3rd Division
Fell, Robert Valentine[380]Glebe Point, NSW13 Jul 191527Egypt and PalestineImperial Camel Corps
10th Australian Light Horse 3rd Brigade
Australian Light Horse 7th Brigade
Fenwicke, Thomas Clennell[381]Lance Corporal8 Sep 1915Western Front2nd Division
Ferguson, Arthur Gardere[382]CaptainWoollarah, NSW5 May 191523Gallipoli, FranceKilled in action on 14 Jun 1916
Ferguson, Keith Aubrey[383]LieutenantBexley, NSW16 Mar 191620Served in the 3rd Division, Cyclist Battalion
Field, Claude J. M.[384]37th BattalionKilled in 1917
Fielding, Morris Glanville 'Biff'[385]2nd LieutenantParramatta, NSW
Finlay, George Lush[386]CaptainAlbert Park, VIC6 Jul 191523Gallipoli, France5th Battalion
Finney, John Spence[387]CorporalCastlemaine, VIC2 Oct 1916France44th Battalion
Fisher, Culbert Cecil[388]Lance CorporalLyndhurst, VIC9 Mar 191619Palestine and Egypt9th Australian Camel Brigade Field Ambulance
Fisher, Walde Gerard[389]LieutenantHorsham, VIC28 Feb 19162142nd Battalion
Fitzgerald, Richard Francis[390]Lieutenant Colonel5 May 1915Gallipoli20th BattalionAwarded the Distinguished Service Order on 25 Jun 1916
Flanagan, Edwin John[391]PrivateBathurst, NSW16 Sep 191640France57th BattalionServed in the 57th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement. He was wounded at Bullecourt, France
Flanagan, George Downey[392]Sapper27 Sep 19164th Division Signal Company
Flenley, Sidney Frank[393]Private1 May 1916France, Belgium3rd Pioneer Battalion
Fletcher, Allan Archibald[394]PrivateMelbourne, VIC17 Jul 191514th BattalionKilled in action at Mont St. Quentin on 18 Sep 1918
Fletcher, Archie[395]
Fletcher, Clarence Stephen[396]PrivateGallipoli27th Battalion
Fletcher, Nora Kathleen[397]Staff NurseWoollahra, NSWBritish Red Cross SocietyServed as Principal Matron for BRCS in France and worked with the War Committee. She received awards including the Royal Red Cross in 1915 and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1920 in recognition of her service.
Flewell-Smith, Bernard[398][399] Private Zillmere, QLD 18 Apr 1917 19 France 15th Battalion A.I.F. Fought in the Battle of Hamel.

Bernard Flewell-Smith's 1918 to 1919 Diary

Flewell-Smith, John Francis Colonel[400] QLD[401] 28 Jul 1916 Sea Transport Service Digital copy of diary from August to December 1916Physical copies of diaries held in State Library of Queensland
Folkard, Alfred Ernest[402]PrivateFrance3rd BattalionDied on 14 Aug 1916 of wounds
Folks, Allan Edward[403]PrivateFranceEmbarked on the troopship HMAT Warilda on 8 Feb 1916. Died of wounds received in action in France on 14 Aug 1916
Forbes, Alfred Ernest[404]PrivateFitzroy, VIC37th Battalion
Ford, Thomas Walter[405]CorporalMaryborough, QLDGallipoli9th BattalionKilled in action on 25 Apr 1915 during the landing at Gallipoli. Frank Thomas Loud found Ford's pack, having lost his own, and reequiped himself, then continued to use Ford's partially used diary.
Foreman, Granado Walter[406]2nd LieutenantPoowong, VIC10 Nov 1915215th Battalion
Royal Flying Corps
Killed in action on 14 Jul 1917
Forrest, Frederick E.[407]Lieutenant Colonel20 Sep 191422Gallipoli, France, Belgium9th Field ArtilleryAwarded the Military Cross for his service
Forsyth, Robert[408]SapperMesopotamia
Foster, Daniel Edward[409]SapperGallipoli17th Battalion
4th Field Company
Foster, Edgar Charles[410]Gallipoli1st DivisionWounded in action in Sep 1915
Fowler, Wilbraham L.[411]Gallipoli, France15th Battalion
Fox, Stanley J.[412]Captain5 May 191522Gallipoli, France20th BattalionServed in the 20th Battalion, 4th Division
Foxcroft, Arthur John[413]PrivateCoburg, VIC9 Aug 1915Egypt, France4th Battalion
Franklin, Miles[414]Joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service unit
Fraser, Alexander Hugh[415]Captain52nd Battalion
Fraser, Malcolm A.[416]LieutenantFrance51st Battalion
Fraser, William[417]14th Australian General Hospital
3rd Light Horse Brigade
Chaplain with the 3rd Light Horse Brigade
Frecker, Eric Wilfred[418]CaptainPaddington, NSWFrance14th Field Ambulance
Freebody, Arthur Henry[419]Cooma, NSW; Drummoyne, NSW18 Dec 191527France31st BattalionServed in the 31st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
Fricker, Austin Cousens[420]Private18 Nov 191426Gallipoli4th Field Ambulance
Friend, W. P.[421]GunnerWestern Front8 Medium Trench Mortar Battery
Fry, Alan Fraser[422]Lance CorporalLindfield, NSW14 Dec 191422Egypt, France13th BattalionServed in the 13th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement. He died of wounds received in battle on 14 Aug 1916 at Somme.
Fry, Dene B.[423]PrivateLindfield, NSW14 May 191522FranceDied in France in 1917
Fry, Harold Willoughby[424]France14th Field CompanyFought at the Battle of the Somme
Fry, Reginald Hall[425]CaptainGallipoli, France1st DivisionServed in the Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company and the Australian Flying Corps
Fudge, Louis Robert[426] Sergent Ingham, QLD 18 Nov 1915 29 Western Front 41st Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
Fullard, Arthur Frederick[427]LieutenantFrance8th Machine Gun CompanyWounded during the Battle of Fromelles on 19 Jul 1916
Fulton, Arthur Leeman[428][429]FranceKilled in action on 7 August 1916
Fysh, Hudson[430]St Leonards, TAS25 Aug 191419Gallipoli3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
67th Squadron
Served in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron, and then the 67th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1918
Gaffney, Peter[431]CorporalGallipoli, France26th Battalion
Gair, Richard Leslie[432]GunnerFrance10th Field Artillery Brigade
38th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Gallwey, Wilfred Denver[433]PrivateRockhampton, QLD7 Feb 191618France15th Battalion
47th Battalion
Gammage, John Kingsley[434]PrivateCootamundra, NSWJan 191527Gallipoli, Libya, Palestine1st BattalionWounded during the Battle of Lone Pine
Garden, Norman[435]Bombardier4th Divisional Ammunition Column
Gardiner, F.[436]8th Field Ambulance
Garland, Wilfred H[437]Warrant OfficerGallipoli2nd Battalion
Garling, Terence[438]CaptainLongueville, NSW20 Aug 191420Gallipoli, FranceServed as a gunner with the Australian Field Artillery, Divisional Ammunition Column Section 1. He was killed in action on 5 Apr 1918 near the Somme River
Garnock, Reginald Charles David[439]Gallipoli6th Light Horse Regiment
Garton, Arthur[440]
Geddes, Clifford M.[441]CorporalChatswood, NSW19 Aug 191420Gallipoli, France13th Battalion
56th Battalion
Gedling, Stanley Alfred[442]Leading SignalmanRoyal Australian NavyServed on HMAS Melbourne
Gee, Harry Alfred[443]SapperWestern Front2nd Tunnelling Company
Gee, Richard Stewart[444]Major9th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Gellibrand, John[445]Major GeneralHe was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath for his wartime service
Gemmell, Gordon S.[446]France11th Battalion
Gibb, James Brunton (Thomas)[447]Drummoyne, NSw13 Jul 191518France7th Field AmbulancePerformed as part of the Anzac Coves Company, a Field Theatre supported by the Australia Comforts Fund
Giblin, Wilfred Wanostrocht[448]ColonelGallipoliRoyal Australian Army Medical Corps
Gibson, Elsie[449][450]SisterHobart, TAS191427EgyptAustralian Army Nursing Service
2nd Australian General Hospital
7th Field Ambulance.
Served on the hospital ship HMHS Gascon

1 to 16 and Special Reinforcements (December 1914 - March 1916)

Gibson, Hunter[451]Lance CorporalBundarra, NSW17 Aug 191423Egypt, Gallipoli, France4th Battalion
1st Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Served in the 4th Battalion, 1st Division, and then the 1st Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Giddings, Oliver Thomas[452]PrivateGeurie, NSWGallipoli, Western Front3rd Battalion
Giffin, Cecil[453]PrivateManildra, NSW8 Sep 191426Egypt France Belgium6th Light Horse Regiment
Giles, A. C.[454]1st Machine Gun Battalion
Giles, Arthur Clyde[455]CorporalStanmore NSW10 Jun 191528Egypt, France1st BattalionServed in the 1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement. He was wounded in action on two occasions, on 18 Aug 1916 and on 4 Oct 1917
Giles, John Albert[456]PrivatePetersham, NSW7 Sep 191532Egypt, France, German POW camp53rd BattalionServed in the 53rd Battalion, 14th Brigade. After being reported missing on 28 Jul 1916, he was reported as a POW on 12 Aug 1916 and remained a POW until the end of the war
Gill, George Thomasson[457]CorporalRockhampton, QLD18 Jul 191529Egypt, France, Belgium6th Battalion
17th Battalion
55th Battalion
Commended in Jun 1917 for gallant action
Gillett, Walter Edward[458]SergeantKalamunda, WA3 Apr 191642France51st BattalionAwarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919
Gillies, William Keith[459]Manly, NSW3 Jan 191622Served in the Field Engineers of the 15th Company of the 5th Division
Gilroy, Norman Thomas[460]Glebe, NSWServed as a telegraphist officer and after the war became Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney[461]
Gissing, Henry Ernest[462]SergeantAshfield14 Dec 191426Gallipoli, France, Belgium1st Field Ambulance
14th Field Ambulance
Served in the 1st and 14th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
Goddard, Charles James[463]MajorAustralian Army Service CorpsAwarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1917
Godlee, Francis Lister[464]SergeantSliding Rock, SA26 Aug 1914Gallipoli1st Brigade
3rd Light Horse Regiment
Golding, Albert[465]23 Jul 1915France2nd Pioneer Battalion
Goldrich, Robert Austen[466]2nd LieutenantLittle Bay, NSW18 Aug 191526France, Belgium36th BattalionServed in the 36th Battalion, B Company. He was awarded the Military Cross
Goldring, Leslie[467]Staff SergeantSydney, NSW24 Aug 191419Gallipoli12th Field Artillery Brigade
Goodacre, Charles A.[468]Sergeant MajorGreece60th British General Hospital
Goodwin, Thomas[469]Stanmore, NSW24 Aug 191434Gallipoli, FranceServed in the 2nd Battery, 1st Field Artillery Brigade. He was awarded the Croix de guerre in 1918
Gordon, Alexander Dundas[470]PrivateWatson's Bay, NSW24 Aug 191426Egypt, Gallipoli1st Field Ambulance
Gorrell, James Kingsley[471]PrivateUnanderra, NSW18 Jul 191523Egypt, Sinai, Palestine1st Light Horse Field AmbulanceServed in the 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 16th Reinforcement
Gower, George Ernest[472]PrivateRosewood, QLD10 Nov 191423Gallipoli15th BattalionStretcher bearer in the 15th Battalion, Australian Army Medical Corps.
Graham, Grace E.[473]
Grant, Douglas[474]Atherton, Qld6 Jan 191630France, Belgium13th BattalionWounded and captured in Apr 1917 and a German POW until the end of the war. Grant is one of 400 Aboriginal Australians known to have fought in the war.[475]
Grant, Harold Douglas[476]SapperFranceDivisional signals
Grant, Robert Anthony[477]PrivateGallipoli1st Battalion
Gray, Arthur Horace[478]Regimental SergeantDulwich Hill NSW11 Aug 19143019th BattalionReceived the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry at Pozières. He was killed by a sniper on 10 Nov 1916
Gray, E. Gladstone[479]SergeantGallipoli, France2nd Field Ambulance
Gray, Ethel[480][481][482]MatronCarlton, VIC9 Feb 191538France, EnglandAustralian Army Nursing Service.

No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital 2nd Australian General Hospital||Awards: Royal Red Cross, 1st class. Mentioned in dispatches (1917, 1919). Appointed CBE (1919). Medaille de la Reconnaissance Française (1920)

Gray, Samuel[483]PrivateFrance6th Field Ambulance
Greatorex, James Joseph[484]LieutenantCoburg, VIC14 Sep 191428Gallipoli, Palestine1st Light Horse Brigade
1st Machine Gun Squadron
Green, George Reverend Captain Rockhampton, QLD 8 Sep 1914 34 Gallipoli and Middle East 2nd/14th Australian Light Horse
Green, James[485]PrivateSydney, NSW10 Aug 191529France, Belgium17th BattalionServed in the 17th Battalion, 6th Brigade
Greenhill, Ernest Percy Leslie[486]SapperRichmond, VIC27 Jan 1916France7th Field Company
Gregor, Charles Henry[487]PrivateGallipoli7th Field Ambulance
Gregson, William Hilder[488]SergeantRoseville, NSW23 Aug 191538FranceKilled in action in France in 1916
Greig, George Fergus[489]Company Sergeant MajorAscot Vale, VIC17 Aug 191423Gallipoli7th BattalionKilled in action on 8 May 1915
Greig, Malcolm Murray Alexander[490]PrivateKingsthorpe, QLD4 May 19163642nd BattalionServed in the 42nd Battalion, 4th reinforcement, and died of wounds received in action on 6 Oct 1917
Griffiths, Lewis H.[491]Gallipoli, France3rd Australian General Hospital
Grimwade, Edward R.[492]
Grimwade, Harold Williams[493]Major GeneralSt. Kilda, VICFrance3rd Division ArtilleryCommander of the 3rd Division Artillery in 1918
Grinyer, Alfred[494]Ashfield9 Nov 191524France, Belgium7th Australian Field AmbulanceDischarged on 2 Jul 1918 for medical reasons
Grover, H.[495]Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
Grubb, E. William[496]LieutenantGallipoli, France40th BattalionKilled in action in 1918 near Morlancourt
Guard, William Henry Gladstone[497]Second LieutenantBulli, NSW12 Aug 19142020th BattalionServed in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Gunn, Ronald 'Max' McGregor[498]PrivateLaunceston, TASGallipoli, England, France3rd Field Ambulance
13th Field Ambulance
Gunter, Arthur Charles[499]SergeantGallipoli1st Field Artillery Brigade
3rd Battery Australian Field Artillery
Guppy, Alfred Leslie[500]Company Quartermaster SergeantBenalla, VIC16 Sep 191427Gallipoli, France14th Battalion
Gwyther, Leo Tennyson[501]CaptainLeongatha, VIC20 Aug 1914202nd Field ArtilleryAwarded the Military Cross and Bar

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