Red Cross Files: Bapaume

The following twenty-six men of the 22nd Battalion were killed during the period of duty when the Battalion and the AIF was pursuing the retreating German Army to the Hindenburg Line in the Spring of 1917. Some of the men have WW1 Red Cross Files for the Wounded and Missing – click on the links below to learn more of their fate, often from first hand accounts from their comrades. A few photographs of headstones can be found by clicking on the relevant Cemetery link, plus click on Service Number link for biographies of the 5th/22nd Battalion focus group.

Lest We Forget

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Regt No.	Rank	Name	Init.	Yr	Cause of Death	Date of Death	Country	Cemetery / Memorial
4465	Sgt	HURTER	E C T	28	Killed in Action	07/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4583	Pte	KAVANAGH	T	40	Killed in Action	10/02/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
5459	Pte	MATSON	W L	29	Killed in Action	10/02/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
5315	Pte	BIBER	F W	53	Killed in Action	10/02/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
5371	Pte	JAGO	G E	37	Killed in Action	10/02/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
1744	Pte	LOCARNINI	C B	19	Illness	20/02/1917	France	DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
3963	Cpl	WITTNER	H	23	Killed in Action	21/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
221	Pte	NICKSON	F	23	Killed in Action	25/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
153	Sgt	FLEMING	P	25	Killed in Action	25/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
1889	Pte	CALLANDER	N	26	Killed in Action	25/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4971	Pte	ALEXANDER	C H	30	Killed in Action	25/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4421	L-Cpl	DWYER	G B	21	Killed in Action	25/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
5684	Pte	SMITH	R F	19	Killed in Action	25/02/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
5073	Pte	PEACOCK	W A	22	Died of Wounds	26/02/1917	France	DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
	Lieut.	CORNE	W	23	Killed in Action	26/02/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
37	Pte	KRUGER	J H	20	Died of Wounds	26/02/1917	France	DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
5300	L-Cpl	LE BON	E G	27	Died of Wounds	03/03/1917	France	ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
6170	Pte	WALLIS	B T	25	Killed in Action	03/05/17* note: initial CWGC record incorrect. Amended to KIA at Bullecourt	France	BAILLEUL ROAD EAST CEMETERY, ST. LAURENT-BLANGY
	2nd Lieut.	MASSIE	H V	24	Died of Wounds	08/03/1917	France	DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
5356	Pte	GOODALL	J B	36	Killed in Action	09/03/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
4497	Pte	MAHER	P	22	Killed in Action	10/03/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4174	Pte	McGANN	H N	27	Died of Wounds	11/03/1917	France	ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
3864	Pte	LANDER	R	23	Killed in Action	12/03/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
1501	Pte	WYNN	J	25	Killed in Action	15/03/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
2391	Cpl	SIDDELL	J W	22	Killed in Action	16/03/1917	France	WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
76	Pte	CORNISH	P J	22	Illness	29/03/1917	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL