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Leo Bon Coulson

Leo was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales on the 4th of April 1900.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thowald Andersen
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Thowald Magnus Andersen

Thowald was the second child of Thowald and Selina (née Elliot) Andersen, being born in 1896, at Kamarooka, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Clark
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Thomas John Clark

Thomas was born on the 5th of September 1893 at Apollo Bay on the south-west coast of Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Maurice Bailey
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Maurice Bailey

Maurice was born on the 30th of August, 1907, at Corryong, Victoria. He would be the second of eight children to David Richard and Grace Victoria (née Bell) Bailey.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Arthur McConnell
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Arthur McConnell

Arthur was born in Wodonga in 1894, the second of four children to John Patrick and Kate (née Barker) McConnell.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Albert Charles Andersen

Albert was the eldest child of Thowald and Selina (née Elliot) Andersen, being born on the 28th of October, 1895, at Lavington, New South Wales.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Thomas Spurr
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Thomas Anthony Spurr

Thomas was born at Four Mile Creek, Victoria, in August of 1887.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

William Ronald
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William Alfred Ronald

William Alfred Annadale Ronald was born on the first day of October, 1888, at Tallangatta, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Ernest Richardson
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Ernest James Richardson

Ernest was born in 1893 in Beechworth, Victoria. He was one of seven children to William and Mary Ann (née McDonald) Richardson. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Thomas Carey Robinson

Thomas Carey Robinson was born on the 25th of April, 1884, in Corryong, to George and Rachel (nee Morris) Robinson.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Jack Campbell
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John (Jack) Maxwell Campbell

Jack was born on the 18th of June, 1898, at Mitta Mitta, Victoria. He was the youngest of six children of John and Rosetta Jane (née Foster).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

John Enever
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John George Enever

John was born at Mitta Mitta in 1894, one of six children to John George and Jane Adeline (née Walker) Enever.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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David William Eade

On the 4th of October, 1917, the guns of the British Second Army opened a barrage to support the beginning stages of what would become the Battle for Broodseinde Ridge

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Eric Whitehead
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Eric Victor John Whitehead

Eric was born on the  11th of January, 1870, at Berringama to John and Agnes (née Harris) Whitehead, the eldest of four children. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Stephen Hertzog

Stephen was born in February of 1894 at Hawks’ View, near Albury. He was one of six children for Victor Anton and Jane Elizabeth (née Saunders) Hertzog.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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William Roston Bourke

William Bourke was born in 1886 at Talmalmo in New South Wales. He was one of twelve children to Thomas and Elizabeth Jane (née Connors) Bourke.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Edgar Maxwell
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Edgar Allan Maxwell

Edgar was born in 1892 at Kiewa in Victoria. He was the seventh of ten children for George and Margaret (née Anderson) Maxwell.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Michael Francis Shanahan

Michael was born in November of 1894, at Wooragee, near Beechworth in north-east Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Lot Smith
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Lot Smith

Lot was born on the 14th of October, 1877, at Bonegilla, Victoria.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Bill Walker
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William (Bill) Neville Walker

Bill was born on the 25th of January 1914 at Jingellic, NSW. He was one of seven children of William and Louise Matilda (née Kohn) Walker.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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William Douglas Nichol

Willie was born in 1893 at Tallangatta, Victoria. He was one of seven children to William Douglass and Margaret Stirling (née Sinclair) Nichol.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Wally Nelson
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Walter Sinclair Nelson

Wally Nelson had survived four years of war and the tragic death of a young child.

Author: Stephen Learmonth