NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AUSTRALIANS
This is the Bullecourt 'digger'. Looking out from the Australian Memorial Park over the fields of Bullecourt in France, the statue recalls the thousands of Australians who fought here in April and May 1917 in the first and second battles of Bullecourt.
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Lance Corporal Benjamin CLARK 2366
Born: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Enlisted: 28-5-1915, Liverpool, N.S.W. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Hardware Assistant 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 14-7-1915 from Sydney, N.S.W. Died of Wounds 20-7-1916 Son of Benjamin and Betsy Arm Clark Husband of May Wymark, Willfred, 660 Old South Head Rd., Bondi, N.S.W. Resting: Becourt Military Cemetery, Albert, Picardie, France Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 32 |
Nottingham Evening Post 30-8-1916:
CLARK. - On July 21st, 1916, of wounds, Lance-Corporal Benjamin Clark (of Sydney), Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, late of Nottingham and West Bridgford. - From his sorrowing wife.”
CLARK. - On July 21st, 1916, of wounds, Lance-Corporal Benjamin Clark (of Sydney), Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, late of Nottingham and West Bridgford. - From his sorrowing wife.”
Private James George COLE 3143
Born: Nottingham, England
Enlisted: 14-2-1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
49th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 23-12-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W.
Returned to Australia 3-1-1918
Discharged from A.I.F. 6-2-1918
Died of Illness 17-6-1920 aged 41years
Son of James and Rosa Cole
Resting: St Matthews Anglican Church Cemetery, Grovely, Brisbane, Queensland,
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 147
Born: Nottingham, England
Enlisted: 14-2-1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
49th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 23-12-1916 from Sydney, N.S.W.
Returned to Australia 3-1-1918
Discharged from A.I.F. 6-2-1918
Died of Illness 17-6-1920 aged 41years
Son of James and Rosa Cole
Resting: St Matthews Anglican Church Cemetery, Grovely, Brisbane, Queensland,
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 147
Private Thomas Frederick CONROY 1165
Born: Thorniwood, Nottinghamshire
Enlisted: 13-9-1914, Roseberry Park, N.S.W.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
55th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 22-12-1914 from Melbourne, Victoria
Killed in Action France 9-5-1917
Son of Alexander and Annie Conroy.
Honoured : Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 160
Honoured St Cyprian's Church War Memorial, Nottingham
Born: Thorniwood, Nottinghamshire
Enlisted: 13-9-1914, Roseberry Park, N.S.W.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
55th Battalion Australian Infantry
Departed Australia 22-12-1914 from Melbourne, Victoria
Killed in Action France 9-5-1917
Son of Alexander and Annie Conroy.
Honoured : Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 160
Honoured St Cyprian's Church War Memorial, Nottingham
Sergeant Robert Walker COULTHARD 766
Died 12-4-1917 aged 27years
He was the son of John and Christmas Coulthard.
Died 12-4-1917 aged 27years
He was the son of John and Christmas Coulthard.
Private Arthur CRAMPTON 3132
Born: Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire
Son of William and Mary Crampton of New South Wales.
Born: Jacksdale, Nottinghamshire
Son of William and Mary Crampton of New South Wales.
Private Benjamin CROSS 4687
Private George Frederick DALE 1100
Sapper George Henry DAWSON 6084
Private William DERRY 3286
Private Arthur ELLIOTT
Private Arthur Clarence EVANS 4269
Private Edward Henry FIENNES-CLINTON 2649
Private Owen Clay FORD 8064
Private Arthur Henry Thomas FORSTER 291
Corporal John Henry FOSTER 1153
Private William Goldie GALL 4890
Corporal Bertie Edward GAMBLE
Private Edward GEE 1193
Lance Corporal Alfred Sydney Alexander GODRICH 557
Private Amos GRATTON / Amos Gratton BREEDON 390
Private Herbert GREEN 3506
Corporal Robert Courtney GREEN 1274