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THE BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1914
17 August 1914
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THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
17 August 1914
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Driver Walter Hutcheson 1412. Unit: Ammunition Column, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1915 Killed in an accident at Alexandria Egypt
Died 17 August 1915
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Lieutenant Colonel William Frank Everett. Unit: 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1915 Died in the UK after being invalided in Egypt.
Died 17 August 1915
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Private Andrew Duncan Hotchkies 4486. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1916, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Arthur Long 23497. Unit: 7th Battalion, Northamtonshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
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Private G A Lumby 27916. Unit: A Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
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Private George Alfred Wood 26069. Unit: 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own). Death: 17 August 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
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Private Morris Gaunt 28032. Unit: "A" Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 17 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 17 August 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 August 1916
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Stanley F Chippendale DCM. Unit: 52nd Battery, Australian Army. Death: 17 August 1916 Died of wounds Gallipoli
Died 17 August 1916
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 August 1916
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THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 August 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
17 August 1917
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BRITISH OFFICIAL PANORAMAS OF THE WESTERN FRONT 1914 - 1918
17 August 1917
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Heather, Emily H., Mrs.
17 August 1917
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Major Fred Leslie Biddle DSO. Unit: 2nd Brigade, Australian Field Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1917 Western Front
Died 17 August 1917
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Private John Henry Lindsay 203117. Unit: 15th Platoon, D Company, 7th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 17 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Alexander Conrad C Pendrigh. Unit: 6th Battalion, attached to B Company, 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1917 Western Front
Died 17 August 1917
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T E LAWRENCE AND THE ARAB REVOLT 1916 - 1918
17 August 1917
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THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE, JULY-NOVEMBER 1917
17 August 1917
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 August 1918
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ALLIES AT WAR, 1914 - 1918
17 August 1918
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AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
17 August 1918
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Captain Charles Frederick Pavitt MC. Unit: 18th Division Train, Army Service Corps. Death: 17 August 1918 Western Front
Died 17 August 1918
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