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This week we remember …… An initiative of Hunter Valley Military History to commemorate the service and sacrifice of those who paid the supreme sacrifice to keep Australia free. Sunday 4th April to Saturday 10th May 2014. No Hunter Valley soldier is recorded as dying this week in the Sudan War of 1885. No Hunter Valley naval reservist is recorded as dying this week in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1900 –1901. No Hunter Valley troopers are recorded as dying this week in the South African Boer War of 1899 –1902. Sixty one Hunter Valley men are listed as dying this week during the First World War of 1914-1918. Seven are recorded as dying this week in 1915; 1 in 1916; 28 in 1917 and 25 in 1918. Pte James Patrick Broderick, Branxton, 4th Inf Bn, 4/05/1915 Pte Walter Hansen, Forster, 13th Inf Bn, 4/05/1915 Pte Donald McLeod, Tuncurry, 13th Inf Bn, 4/05/1915 Pte Thomas William Blayden, Scone, 4th Inf Bn, 5/05/1917 Pte Richard Daniel Cox, Singleton, 20th Inf Bn, 5/05/1917 Cpl Arthur Oliver Denton, Adamstown, 2nd Pnrs Bn, 5/05/1917 Pte Herbert Francis Dickinson, Bulga, 4th Inf Bn, 5/05/1917 Pte Walter James Greenham, Stroud, 26th Inf Bn, 5/05/1917 L/Cpl Stanley Harold Harris, Copeland North, 3rd Inf Bn, 5/05/1917 Pte John Parkes, Wallsend, 1st Inf Bn, 5/05/1917 Pte William Carter, Bulga, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte William Atkinson Davidson, Toronto, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte Frederick Green, Abermain, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte Septimus Walter Woodland, Cessnock, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte Percy John Cummings, Mayfield, 34th Inf Bn, 4/05/1918 Pte Charles Henry Williams, Newcastle, 46th Inf Bn, 4/05/1918 Lieut Russell Stanley Brown, East Maitland, 34th Inf Bn, 5/05/1918 Pte Henry John Fullick, West Wallsend, 3rd MG Bn, 5/05/1918 Pte William Carter, Bulga, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte William Atkinson Davidson, Toronto, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte Frederick Green, Abermain, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte Septimus Walter Woodland, Cessnock, 1st Inf Bn, 5-8/05/17 Pte Matthew Connell, Weston, 13th Inf Bn, 7/05/1915 Pte Clifton William Laurie, Gloucester River, 13th Inf Bn, 8/05/1915 Pte John Fraser, Bulahdelah, 15th Inf Bn, 9/05/1915 Pte Richard Aynsley, Weston, 4th Aust Fld Amb, 6/05/1917 Pte Daniel Davies, Wallsend, 5th MG Coy, 6/05/1917 Pte Cecil Hall, Morisset, 4th Inf Bn, 6/05/1917 L/Cpl Horace David Hunter, Raymond Terrace, 8th LTM Bty, 6/05/1917 Pte John Kelly, Scone, 17th Inf Bn, 6/05/1917 Pte Cecil Robert Lawless, Merriwa, 18th Inf Bn, 6/05/1917 Pte Peter Hamilton Mulholland, Plattsburg, 4th Inf Bn, 6/05/1917 Sgt John Curran, Copeland, 2nd Inf Bn, 7/05/1917 Pte Alen Anson Goadsby, Singleton, 4th Inf Bn, 7/05/1917 Pte John Marshall, Cessnock, 1st Inf Bn, 7/05/1917 Pte Thomas Fairhall, Morpeth, 34th Inf Bn, 6/05/1918 2nd Lieut William Henry Glossop, Aberdare, 35th Inf Bn, 6/05/1918 L/Cpl Stanley Lloyd Hackworthy, Islington, 35th Inf Bn, 6/05/1918 Pte Emil Newman, Carrington, 35th Inf Bn, 6/05/1918 Pte John Leslie Ridley, Wallsend, 35th Inf Bn, 6/05/1918 Pte Francis James Walsh, Dungog, 34th Inf Bn, 6/05/1918 Pte Arthur Stanton Bowd, Scone, 34th Inf Bn, 7/05/1918 Pte Valdimar Hektor, Newcastle, 1st MG Bn, 7/05/1918 Pte Thomas Stanley Hooker, Singleton, 34th Inf Bn, 7/05/1918 Pte John Liddle, Lambton, 35th Inf Bn, 7/05/1918 Pte Joseph Alfred Stork, Glen Oak, 35th Inf Bn, 7/05/1918 Pte George Frederick Wilson, Baerami Creek, 33rd Inf Bn, 7/05/1918 Pte Robert James Bailey, Muswellbrook, 34th Inf Bn, 8/05/1918 Pte William Charles Hyde, New Lambton, 34th Inf Bn, 8/05/1918 Pte Robert Jones, Aberdare, 34th Inf Bn, 8/05/1918 Pte Alister Robert Moss, Singleton, 34th Inf Bn, 8/05/1918 Pte John Mortimer OSullivan, Stockton, 33rd Inf Bn, 8/05/1918 L/Sgt Thomas Ernest Sawyer, West Maitland, 34th Inf Bn, 8/05/1918 Pte Serge Tarasov, Newcastle, 34th Inf Bn, 8/05/1918 Pte John Fraser, Bulahdelah, 15th Inf Bn, 9/05/1915 Pte Bertrand James Dixon, Adamstown, 55th Inf Bn, 9/05/1917 Pte Christian Lawrence Marshall, Cooranbong, 53rd Inf Bn, 9/05/1917 Pte James Allison Morris, West Wallsend, 17th Inf Bn, 9/05/1917 Pte Bertie Patrick Donnelly, Merewether, 19th Inf Bn, 10/05/1916 Pte Ralph Atkinson, Plattsburg, 33rd Inf Bn, 10/05/1918 Pte John Mortimer Griffen, Cooks Hill, 35th Inf Bn, 10/05/1918 Their Glory Shall Never Be Blotted Out Seventeen Hunter Valley men are recorded as dying this week during the Second World War of 1939-1945. None are recorded as dying this week in 1939; 0 in 1940; 2 in 1941; 2 in 1942; 2 in 1943; 3 in 1944 and 106 in 1945. Lieut Jack Abbott Eley, Murrurundi, 2/4 Commando Squadron, 4 May 1945 Pte Trevor John Tranter, Cardiff, 2/48 Infantry Battalion, 4 May 1945 Flight Sgt Allen Hilton, Kurri Kurri, 460 Squadron, 5 May 1943 Pte Arthur Joseph Petherbridge, Wickham, 16 Garrison Battalion, 6 May 1944 Pte Ernest Leonard Cox, Scone, Australian General Base Depot, 6 May 1945 Pte Arthur Joseph Pratt, Waratah, 2/48 Infantry Battalion, 6 May 1945 Leading Aircraftman Kenneth John Arnott, Mayfield, 20 Squadron, 7 May 1942 Cpl Colin Marsden, Merewether, 20 Squadron, 7 May 1942 Cpl George Burton, Morisset, 2/10 Field Ambulance, 7 May 1945 Pte Cyril Fernie, Morisset, AASC Gull Force, 7 May 1945 Pte Leslie John Harwood Giles, Hamilton, 2/1 Guard Regiment, 7 May 1945 Signalman Noel John Salmon, Newcastle, New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company, 7 May 1945 Pte Ernest OBrien, Wallsend, 31 Garrison Battalion, 8 May 1943 Pte George Edward Thompson, Murrurundi, 2/30 Infantry Battalion, 8 May 1945 Pilot Officer Walter Thomas Peters, Wallsend, 463 Squadron, 10 May 1944 Flight Segt Kevin Campbell Waight, East Maitland, 467 Squadron, 10 May 1944 Pte Jack Dudley Collison, Moonan Flat, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, 10 May 1945 May they rest in eternal peace No Hunter Valley servicemen are recorded as dying this week in the Korean War of 1950-1953. No Hunter Valley serviceman is recorded as dying this week in the South Vietnam War of 1962 –1972. No Hunter Valley serviceman is recorded as dying this week in the Indonesian Confrontation of 1963-1966. No Hunter Valley serviceman is recorded as dying this week in East Timor. No Hunter Valley serviceman is recorded as dying this week in Afghanistan. Sudan War details extracted from the Hunter Valley Sudan War 1885 Data Base. Boxer Rebellion details extracted from the Hunter Valley Boxer Rebellion 1900-1901 Data Base. South African Boer War details extracted from the Hunter Valley South African Boer War 1899-1902 Data Base. First World War details extracted from the book, Where Heroes Sleep - Hunter Valley Fallen of The Great War and from the CD-ROM, Hunter Valley Diggers of World War One 1914-1918. Second World War details extracted from the Hunter Valley World War Two 1939-1945 Data Base. Korean War details extracted from the Hunter Valley Korean War 1950-1953 Data Base. Vietnam War details extracted from the Hunter Valley Vietnam War 1962-1972 Data Base.

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