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...>'''Our Contribution''' is a place to discover people from the [[:Category:Region|Armadale, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, and Gosnells]] districts who served in the

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Frederick James Bishop
...re participating in concerted attacks on the German positions in the Somme region during the remainder of 1918. 'D' Company of the 32nd Battalion entered fr

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SS Oxfordshire
...il 1915 to Mudros Harbour to act as a Base Hospital Ship, remaining in the region until after the evacuation of Gallipoli.

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Charles Leonard Lockhart
...between periods of rest and manning the front line trenches in the Kemmel region south of Ypres.

8 KB (1,026 words) - 13:19, 26 May 2023
John (Junior) Shepherd
...st Battalion]] on 13 Mar 1918 just before it was rushed south to the Somme region to oppose the German forces advancing towards Amiens.

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Keith Herbert Sloan
In July 1917 the battalion was training in the Flanders region when Keith wrote ''"I have been out on the range shooting and came second i

7 KB (1,028 words) - 15:55, 10 August 2021
John Alexander Trotter
...19 Apr 1917 at Henencourt Wood near Fricourt, a small village in the Somme region. .... When the German forces broke through the allied front lines in the Somme Region in early 1918, the 48th along with most of the Australian troops were sent

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Douglas Campbell Wills Winning
| fate1 = Wounded in Action 9 May 1918 Somme region

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Gordon Devereux MM
| data21 = Wounded in Action 18 Aug 1918 Somme Region<br />Returned to Australia

10 KB (1,449 words) - 14:22, 9 July 2022
Herbert Ernest Baldwin
...south to assist in blocking the German advance then underway in the Somme region.

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Arthur Thomas Feast
...ther fortnight had participated in the battle for Messines in the Flanders region of southern Belgium. He was wounded for a second time on 12 Jul 1917 by shr

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Thomas Kinsman Bickell
...he was taken on strength by the [[11th Battalion]] at Bresle in the Somme region. Tom was briefly hospitalised with the [[3rd Field Ambulance]] from 20 - 23

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SS Riverina
...became a focal point for the region and remains an important event in the region’s history. Lifeboats were used to ferry passengers ashore from the vessel

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Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty
...f successful battles as the German front line was pushed back in the Somme region. On 2 Sep 1918 Tom was wounded for a second time. The 28th Battalion was th

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James Lawrence McKenna
...5 Dec 1917, which at that time was training behind the lines in the Somme region. Leave was granted to him on 25 Oct 1918 after all the Australian Infantry

6 KB (737 words) - 23:39, 14 August 2021
William Edward McKenna
| placeofdeath = Wellington region of WA

6 KB (771 words) - 23:19, 16 September 2021
16th Battalion
...h John Newton Angelo]] 1 Mar 1916 - 8 Aug 1918 - WIA near Mericourt, Somme region

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Theodore (Cecil) Charles Turner
| placeofdeath = Blackwood region, Western Australia

5 KB (583 words) - 13:23, 14 September 2018
Menin Gate Memorial
...ins discovered receive a proper burial in one of the war cemeteries in the region. If the remains can be identified, the relevant name is removed from the Me

6 KB (974 words) - 23:47, 24 October 2018
VC Corner Memorial
...d during 1920 and 1921. The name has no obvious relation to actions in the region of Fromelles. However it is thought to refer to a nickname soldiers gave th

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Albert Edward Victor Byfield
...the electoral rolls show him living in Woodanilling in the Great Southern Region, about 24 kms from Katanning, working as farm hand. By 1954 Albert was back

8 KB (1,190 words) - 00:23, 26 March 2021
James Robert McCormack
...the 7th Australian Infantry Division, from the Middle East to the Pacific region. In January 1942 they had returned to Hill 69 and on 31 Jan 1942 boarded th

6 KB (718 words) - 20:24, 4 December 2022
Harold Frank Pyke
...Western Australia, he had passed the Junior Exams at Sale in the Gippsland region, Victoria.

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58/59th Australian Infantry Battalion (Essendon, Coburg, Brunswick/Hume Regiment)
...he northern NSW region until September when they moved north to Caboolture region. At this point the 15th Brigade was reduced to two Infantry Battalions and

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Edward Charles Vickers
| descriptionnote = scar left lumbar region

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Arthur Matthew Aitken
...he Australian Merchant Navy who lost their lives in the south-west Pacific region during the 1939-45 War, and who have no known grave. The men commemorated o

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2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion
...area for the coming amphibious landings on Borneo and other islands in the region. The 24th Brigade (including the 2/43rd Battalion) landed on "Brown Beach"

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The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
Between the 1950s and 1990s surviving prisoners of war from the Ballarat region met regularly and the idea of a focal point for commemoration were periodic

8 KB (1,058 words) - 00:16, 25 October 2023
Donald George Martin
...iption = 5'7½" (1.72m) tall; 132lbs weight; diagonal scar in appendix region | descriptionnote = diagonal scar in appendix region

7 KB (710 words) - 00:48, 19 February 2023
Harold George Bell
Had married Lily Violet Weeks in the Blackwood region on 28 May 1934.

4 KB (548 words) - 18:56, 25 September 2022
Victor Emanuel Valli
...Primary School. At the time of his enlistment he was working in the Moora region, and he enlisted there.

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Walter Cyril Tomlinson
...he [[2/7th Australian General Hospital]] complaining of pain in the Lumbar region of his back. Walter was discharged to the Depot Battalion on 21 Jul 1941 a

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128th Australian General Hospital
...tskirts of Port Moresby to Kings Hollow in August, returning to the Sogeri region when the Japanese were forced back up the track, and they were expanded in

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Ballarat POW Memorial
Between the 1950s and 1990s surviving prisoners of war from the Ballarat region met regularly and the idea of a focal point for commemoration were periodic

8 KB (1,036 words) - 00:15, 25 October 2023
No. 31 Squadron RAAF
...th of the Dutch New Guinea mainland to bring them closer to targets in the region. From then until the end of the war the squadron continued in the ground at

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No. 617 Squadron RAF
...g three major dams that contributed water and power to the Ruhr industrial region in Germany: the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe. The squadron had to develop the tac

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No. 3 Service Flying Training School RAAF
...ecember 1941, construction was concentrated on protecting the base and the region from an air attack. By February 1942 this work was completed, and two reser

2 KB (288 words) - 20:37, 14 July 2022
No. 9 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF
...for plant and allowing greater serviceability. Heavy rains throughout the region impacted their work during the wet season. During March, a large detachment

3 KB (493 words) - 00:41, 21 June 2022
10th (Narrogin) VDC Battalion
With no threat to the Albany region, and declining interest and attendances, the 10th (Narrogin) VDC Battalion

2 KB (290 words) - 00:13, 19 June 2022
6th (Albany) VDC Battalion
With no plausible threat to the Albany region, the Albany Company began training at the Princess battery, and in March fo

2 KB (334 words) - 00:36, 19 June 2022
8th Australian Casualty Clearing Station
...ved back to Moora. By January 1944 the only troops in WA were in the Perth region and so once again they moved back Blackboy Hill.

3 KB (374 words) - 22:42, 9 May 2024
11th Battalion
* [[Peter Grant Watt]] 11 Jun - 31 Jul 1918 - WIA Somme region

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Colin Charles Blair
Colin reportedly worked on stations in the Gascoyne region, presumably shearing sheep and as a station hand. Electoral records: 1958 -

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2/117th Australian Mobile Bath Unit
...nea, the 6th Division and the 2/117th Mobile bath Unit moved to the Aitape region. The bath unit was established at Tadji in January 1945 and had sections se

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No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF
Peninsula in Western Australia's Kimberley region. The unit was re-named No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron on 20 Jul 1944.

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5th Australian Advanced Reinforcement Depot
...ane to train, hold and despatch reinforcements to both the Thursday Island region and to Port Moresby. The unit moved to Toowoomba in late 1941 and then to S

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55th Australian Anti Aircraft Company RAE
...th increased, but without an VDC element. As the air defences of the Perth region were reduced, many units moved east or were disbanded and this unit to a sk

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No. 36 Squadron RAAF
...onths of post-war courier services and moves of detachments throughout the region, the Squadron moved to Schofields, near Sydney, on 19 August 1946.

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7th (Geraldton) VDC Battalion
...turn of troops from the Middle East large numbers of them were sent to the region between Perth and Geraldton. In August 1942 the '''7th (Geraldton) VDC Batt

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2/1st Northern Australia Observer Unit
...rthern Territory from their base at Roper Bar, ''B Company'' the Kimberley region of Western Australia from their base at Wyndham and ''C Company'' the Chann

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