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The bronze 'Bullecourt Digger', created by Melbourne sculptor Peter Corlett, stands in the Australian Memorial Park just outside Bullecourt, along the Rue des Australiens and along the side road to Reincourt-les-Cagnicourt. In April and May 1917, the AIF lost 10,000 soldiers, killed or wounded in the fields the digger surveys.

416,809 Australians enlisted voluntarily during the Great War (conscription was never imposed). 61,527 were killed and 156,000 were wounded, gassed or taken prisoner. ‘We Diggers were a race apart.’ wrote Captain George Miller (48th Battalion AIF). ‘Long separation from Australia had seemed to cut us completely away from the land of our birth. The longer a man served, the fewer letters he got, the more he was forgotten. Our only home was our unit, and that was constantly being decimated, and rebuilt by strangers. Pride in ourselves, in face of a world of friends and enemies, was our sustaining force.’ Valuable research by John Paskulich from Perth, Western Australia has helped establish that a large contingent of men with strong connections to Nottinghamshire served with Australian forces between 1914 and 1918 and that 110 lost their lives. This section commemorates their sacrifice and acknowledges Australia's huge contribution to Britain's First World War victory. David Nunn

Memorial location
Names on Memorial

Ernest William Baker - Ernest William Baker

Arthur Bamford - Arthur Bamford

Charles Barker - Charles Barker

Thomas Albert Barnes - Thomas Albert Barnes

Samuel Bass - Samuel Bass

John George Bell - John George Bell

Archibald Douglas Bennett - Archibald Douglas Bennett

Harry Betts - Harry Betts

Arthur Boot - Arthur Boot

William Ernest Booth - William Ernest Booth

Robert Bottomore - Robert Bottomore

Horace Bower - Horace Bower

Charles Basil Bradley - Charles Basil Bradley

John William Brewitt - John William Brewitt

David Briggs - David Briggs

Arthur Brooks - Arthur Brooks

Ernest Brown - Ernest Brown

Frederick Brown - Frederick Brown

Thomas Arthur Brown - Thomas Arthur Brown

Herbert Arthur Browne - Herbert Arthur Browne

Sidney Feltham Bull - Sidney Feltham Bull

Christopher Collins Burgin - Christopher Collins Burgin

Samuel Ernest Burley - Samuel Ernest Burley

Harry Burton - Harry Burton

Benjamin Clark - Benjamin Clark

James George Cole - James George Cole

Thomas Frederick Conroy - Thomas Frederick Conroy

Robert Walker Coulthard - Robert Walker Coulthard

Arthur Crampton - Arthur Crampton

Benjamin Cross - Benjamin Cross

Albert Edwin Cuthbert - Albert Edwin Cuthbert

George Frederick Dale - George Frederick Dale

George Henry Dawson - George Henry Dawson

William Derry - William Derry

Arthur Elliott - Arthur Elliott

Arthur Clarence Evans - Arthur Clarence Evans

Edward Henry Fiennes-Clinton - Edward Henry Fiennes-Clinton

Owen Clay Ford - Owen Clay Ford

Arthur Henry Thomas Forster - Arthur Henry Thomas Forster

John Henry Foster - John Henry Foster

William Goldie Gall - William Goldie Gall

Bertie Edward Gamble - Bertie Edward Gamble

Edward Gee - Edward Gee

Alfred Sydney Alexander Godrich - Alfred Sydney Alexander Godrich

Albert Inder Goss - Albert Inder Goss

Amos Gratton - Amos Gratton Breedon

Herbert Green - Herbert Green

Robert Courtney Green - Robert Courtney Green

Cecil Raymond Heaton - Cecil Raymond Heaton

Ernest Holland - Ernest Holland

Arnold Holmes - Arnold Holmes

Arthur Comfort Holroyd - Arthur Comfort Holroyd

James Horne - James Horne

Harry Howett - Harry Howett

Charles Hurt - Charles Hurt

Harry Hutchinson - Harry Hutchinson

Thomas Harold Kimpton - Thomas Harold Kimpton

Lewis Knight - Lewis Knight

Leonard Langley - Leonard Langley

Abraham Isaac Levene - Abraham Isaac Levene

George Marples - George Marples

John Marshall - John Marshall

Arnold Roy Martin - Arnold Roy Martin

Stephen Watson Marwick - Stephen Watson Marwick

James Ewart Mathers - James Ewart Mathers

Alexander May - Alexander May

William Thomas Meggitt - William Thomas Meggitt

William Arthur Miller - William Arthur Miller

William Henry Mills - William Henry Mills

James Jackson Mollison - James Jackson Mollison

Henry Dodson Noon - Henry Dodson Noon

Albert Nusser - Albert Nusser

Harry Odam - Harry Odam

John Ould - John Ould

Alfred Parker - Alfred Parker

Alfred Parr - Alfred John Parr

Edgar Isaac Parr - Edgar Isaac Parr

James Burrows Pearson - James Burrows Pearson

Archibald Douglas Pettigrew - Archibald Douglas Pettigrew

Joseph Victor Piggott - Joseph Victor Piggott

Frank Randle - Frank Randle

Charles Rawlings - Charles Rawlings

Frederick Read - Frederick Read

Ambrose Regan - Ambrose Edwin Regan

Samuel Renshaw - Samuel Renshaw

James Rimmer - James Rimmer

James William Sampson - James William Sampson

John William Saxton - John William Saxton

Herbert Douglas Scanlon - Herbert Douglas Scanlon

Thomas Henry Sears - Thomas Henry Sears

Harry Shooter - Harry Shooter

Harold Simons - Harold Simons

Charles Ernest Sladen - Charles Ernest Sladen

Thomas Henry Slater - Thomas Henry Slater

George Smart - George Smart

Edmund Smeeton - Edmund Smeeton

William Smith - William Smith

Herbert Edward Spurr - Herbert Edward Spurr

Jesse Stevenson - Jesse Stevenson

Edwin Hutchinson Taylor - Edwin Hutchinson Taylor

William Taylor - William Taylor

William Henry Taylor - William Henry Taylor

George Henry Thicthener - George Henry Thicthener

Thomas Wade - Thomas Wade

George Everett Walters - George Everett Walters

Arthur Whaley - Arthur Whaley

Charles Barry Whitcombe - Charles Barry Whitcombe

James White - James White

Albert White - Albert Edward White

Ernest Winfield - Ernest Winfield

Frank William Wise - Frank William Wise

Photos
  • The bronze 'Bullecourt Digger', created by Melbourne sculptor Peter Corlett, stands in the Australian Memorial Park just outside Bullecourt, along the Rue des Australiens and along the side road to Reincourt-les-Cagnicourt. In April and May 1917, the AIF lost 10,000 soldiers, killed or wounded in the fields the digger surveys.
    Photo David Nunn - The bronze 'Bullecourt Digger', created by Melbourne sculptor Peter Corlett, stands in the Australian Memorial Park just outside Bullecourt, along the Rue des Australiens and along the side road to Reincourt-les-Cagnicourt. In April and May 1917, the AIF lost 10,000 soldiers, killed or wounded in the fields the digger surveys.