A list of obituaries, death notices, in memoriam notices, in remembrance notices, and articles regarding the deaths of Australian military personnel as a consequence of their service in any armed conflict or war. This is only a selection of such items, as there are thousands of such notices in existence. The notices are arranged chronologically by date of publication.
Boer War (1899-1902)
The Boer War [newspaper extracts, 20 July 1900]
Captain H. C. Hamilton, of the Queensland Bushmen’s Contingent, from dysentery.
Corporal Oscar David King, of the First Victorian Contingent, at Hatherly, 17 July 1900.
Deaths [re Australian military personnel (Boer War), The Age, 28 July 1900]
Corporal Oscar David King, at Hatherly, South Africa.
In Memoriam [re Australian military personnel (Boer War), The Sydney Morning Herald, 17 October 1900]
George Martin, in South Africa.
In Memoriam [re Australian military personnel (Boer War), The Maitland Daily Mercury, 19 October 1900]
Trooper F. Avard, from wounds received, in South Africa.
Deaths [re Australian military personnel (Boer War), The Daily Telegraph, 27 October 1900]
Peter James Clancy, at Zandfontein, South Africa, 25 September 1900, aged 26 years.
See also: The late Trooper Clancy [letters re the Boer War, 3 January 1901]
Trooper Clancy, shot through the heart.
Deaths [re Australian military personnel (Boer War), The Argus, 8 December 1900]
Harry Hanley Brooke, at the Military Hospital, Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa, 24 October 1900.
Trooper F. H. Hand, Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, at Blood River, South Africa, 31 October 1900, aged 20 years.
Deaths [re Australian military personnel (Boer War), The Age, 23 January 1901]
Bertie Langley, at Naauwpoort, Transvaal (South Africa), 12 January 1901, aged 19 years and 9 months.
Fallen in the war: Memorial to Lieutenant Harriott [30 April 1901]
Lieutenant William Rupert Harriott, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, at the battle of Diamond Hill, South Africa, 12 June 1900, aged 23 years.
* The following was a mistaken report of a death:
The Boer War [mistaken report of a death, 27 April 1901; several items]
Lieutenant Kenneth James Beatty, incorrectly reported as dead during the Boer War (1899-1902).
Australian naval expedition to China (1900-1901)
In Memoriam [re Australian military personnel (Australian naval expedition to China), The Daily Telegraph, 9 November 1900]
Staff-Surgeon Steel, at Peking, north China, 10 November 1900.
See also: 1) Deaths [re Australian military personnel (Australian naval expedition to China), The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 November 1900]
John James Steel, Staff-Surgeon of the N.S.W. Naval Contingent, at Taku, China, aged 45 years.
2) In Memoriam [re Australian military personnel (Australian naval expedition to China), The Daily Telegraph, 9 November 1901]
Staff-Surgeon Steel, at Peking, north China, 10 November 1900.
In Memoriam [re Australian military personnel (Australian naval expedition to China), The Age, 22 October 1904]
Albert Arthur Gibbs (Arthur), Victorian Naval Contingent, of enteric fever, at Wei-hai-wei, China, 18 October 1900.
World War One (1914-1918)
Deaths [re Australian military personnel (WW1), The Sydney Morning Herald, 14 September 1914]
John Edward Walker (known as John Courtney), First Expeditionary Force, killed in action, at Herbertshohe, New Britain, 12 September 1914.
Deaths [re Australian military personnel (WW1), The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 1914]
Lieutenant Malcolm Chisholm, of the East Lancashire Regiment (UK), in France, 27 August 1914, aged 22.
Robert (Bob) Norbert Riedy, of pneumonia, at Garrison Hospital, Victoria Barracks.
An Australian falls [re the death of Lieutenant Malcolm Chisholm (WW1), 5 November 1914]
Lieutenant Malcolm Chisholm (East Lancashire Regiment, UK), wounded in the stomach at Mons (Belgium), aged 22 years.
See also: 1) The late Lieutenant W. Malcolm Chisholm [December 1914]
2) Obituary [re Australian military personnel (WW1), The Sydneian, December 1914]
3) Late Lieutenant Chisholm: Memorial service [15 March 1915]
4) “Like a soldier”: Australian officer’s gallant death [re Malcolm Chisholm (WW1), 15 March 1915]
* Lieutenant Malcolm Chisholm was the first Australian to die in World War One, although he was serving in the British Army, not with the Australian military forces.
Roll of Honor [Australian military personnel (WW1), The Daily Telegraph, 5 October 1917]
Corporal Gilbert Goldie Anschau, killed in action, in France, 5 May 1917.
Lieutenant Cecil Cleary, killed in action, in France, 20 September 1917.
2nd-Lieutenant Cyril Linton Verson, killed in action, 19 September 1917.
Deaths and bereavement cards [re Australian military personnel (WW1), 16 November 1917]
Pte. James N. Dole, 14th Australian Machine Gun Company, at the 3rd Canadian Clearing Station, 29 October 1917.
Pte. J. J. O’Brien, killed in action, 27 September 1917.
Sapper J. T. Pinal, killed in action, somewhere in France, 1 September 1917.
[Private Jack Yarrow, 60th Australian Infantry Battalion, in Belgium, 25 September 1917.]
On Active Service [Australian military personnel (WW1), 8 June 1918]
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Roll of Honour [Australian military personnel (WW1), The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 June 1918]
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Death [re Australian military personnel (WW1), The Border Watch, 17 September 1918]
Priv. William Henry Badenoch, 43rd Battalion, killed in action, in France, 1 September 1918, aged 20 years.
Roll of Honour; In Memoriam [re Australian military personnel (WW1), Mudgee Guardian, 27 March 1919]
Private Charles Hobbs, 54th Battalion, killed in action, in France, 29 March 1917.
Private Arthur Desmond (Des) Tattersall, died of wounds received at Armentiers, 22 March 1917, aged 21 years and 7 months.
Private Herbert C. Whitton, killed in action, in France, 29 March 1917.
On Active Service [re Australian military personnel (WW1), The Express and Telegraph, 2 May 1919]
Lloyd Ewart Pollard, 11th Field Ambulance, aged 24 years 6 months.
World War Two (1939-1945)
Roll of Honour; Deaths; On Active Service [re Australian military personnel (WW2), The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 May 1945]
[Long list, see link for details.]
On Active Service [re Australian military personnel (WW2), The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 June 1948]
[Long list, see link for details.]
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