KIA Names Missing From Plaques

 

• ANDERSON: Albert Charles # 60326 WWI  †  (see sub-page)

 

• ANDERSON: Thorvald Magnus # 2555 WWI  † (shares sub-page with brother Albert Charles)

 

• BETTS: Nelson Hector # 3305 WWI  †  Born in 1877 at Bowna Nsw. NOK listed as John Frederick Betts (brother – of Bowna Nsw via Albury). Locality on enlistment – Albury Nsw. This is possibly the K. Betts listed in the AIF section on page 9 of the .pdf styled "Missing Names". The connection to the Lavington area maybe his brother & NOK John Frederick Betts who is living in Wagga Road Lavington from 1930 until at least 1943. KIA (died) 14 January 1917 on board H.M.A.T Beltana in the port of Sierra Leone West Africa. Cause of death – Measles & Broncho Pneumonia. Buried in the Kissy Road Cemetery Freetown Sierra Leone West Africa.

 

• PALMER: Ernest Charles # 900 WWI  †  Born in 1894 at Tumbarumba Nsw. NOK listed as Mrs. E. C. Palmer (mother – PO Adelong Nsw formerly Wymah via Albury Nsw). A mail driver from Wymah, NSW, Pte Palmer embarked with the 13th Battalion, H Company, on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Ulysses (A38). Pte Palmer served with his unit at Gallipoli where he was wounded by enemy fire at Australia Valley in August 1915 and evacuated to England. In January 1916, having recovered from his wounds he rejoined the 13th Battalion and was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal, receiving later that year an appointment as a Corporal (Cpl) when the unit was posted to France. KIA 12 August 1916 Poziers. Listed at Villers-Bretonneux.

 

• MEREDITH: W. B. # S4222 (RAN – WWII)  †  Wilfred (William) Bickford Meredith born 13 December 1921 at Bondi Nsw. NOK listed as Reginald Bickford Meredith (father – Randwick Nsw.) NOK changed to Minnie Meredith (mother – Westbury street St. Kilda Vic on 29 January 1942. Then mother - Lavington via Albury Nsw on 16 March 1942. Then mother – Westbury street St Kilda on 9 April 1942. Details from service record). Locality on enlistment – Unkown. Presumed dead on 8 December 1942 off Timor aboard HMAS Armidale. Should have been included with those listed as KIA's at top of Plaques. Son of Reginald Bickford Meredith (who is listed) & Minnie Fazacerkley.

 

• SPURR: Herbert Hector # 2992 WWI  †  Born in 1889 in the Parish of Lavington near Albury Nsw (place of birth obtained from his service record). NOK listed as Joseph Spurr (father – PO Walbundrie Nsw). Locality on enlistment – King's Head Hotel Park street Sydney Nsw. KIA. Died on the 15 May 1918 at the 61st Casualty Clearing Station France from gunshot wounds received. Interred in the Vignacourt British Cemetery near Amiens (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 7), France.

 

• SPURR: Thomas Anthony # 944 WWI  †  Born 1887 in the Parish of Hume near Albury Nsw (as per NSW BDM Index) or Gerogery Nsw (as per Honour Roll Circular), or Four Mile Creek Vic. (as per service record). NOK listed as Mrs. Sarah P. Spurr (mother – living at Tallangatta Valley Vic – changed to Mr. G. Spurr [brother] Lavington PO via Albury Nsw. Locality on enlistment – Tallangatta Valley Vic. KIA 19 October 1917. Interred Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium.

 

KIA Listed on Plaques in the AIF Section

 

• POTTER: Arthur Valentine # 845 WWI  †   (listed as A. N. Potter). Born 1892 Moss Vale Nsw. NOK listed as D. S. Potter (father – Donald Sherwood Potter Wyse street Albury – address changed to Town Hall Albury). Locality on enlistment – Melbourne Vic. Border Morning Mail & Riverina Times report

  The 6th Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. Like the 5th, 7th and 8th Battalions, it was recruited from Victoria and, together with these battalions, formed the 2nd Brigade.

  The battalion was raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. It later took part in the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915, as part of the second wave.

  As part of the attempt to seize the Gallipoli Peninsula in order to suppress the Turkish defences guarding the Dardanelles, military landings were made at Cape Helles at the southern tip of the peninsula (the main landing) and on the west coast near Ari Burnu. At this secondary objective two Divisions of the ANZAC Corps landed over 1 kilometre north of their planned objective (Gaba Tepe) and in the darkness and confusion of the early morning faced rugged and difficult country. Units mixed up on their arrival rushed inland and became separated from the main force, which came under growing fire from the Turkish defenders. While Turkish reinforcements arrived, the Anzac position became increasingly precarious as the assaulting force failed to secure their initial objectives. Falling back on improvised and shallow entrenchments the Anzacs held on for a crucial first night. By that first evening 16,000 men had been landed; of those over 2,000 Australians had been killed or wounded (http://www.awm.gov.au/units/event_70.asp)

   

• Arthur Valentine was amongst those 2,000 casualties  KIA 25 April 1915 at Gallipoli. He is buried at Lone Pine Cemetery (Row L, Grave No. 10), Gallipoli, Turkey.