Monday 2 July 2007

18. 14 NSW Engineers, Shrapnel Gully

The men on this cross, all from the 1st Field Coy of New South Wales Engineers, are:
Cpl Alexander J MacDonald 132 DoW 25 April 1915.
Cpl Hugh Colquhuon 239 DoW 19 June 1915.
2Cpl John J Gough 122 KIA 9 July 1915.
Spr Henry H Fairnham 54 KIA 26 April 1915.
Spr Walter Fairbairn 55 KIA 25 April 1915.
Spr Cecil WR Howlett 60 KIA 2 May 1915 (also see Photo 28 for his individual cross).
Spr William Moore 716 KIA 25 April 1915.
Spr Cleveland E Page 70 KIA 25 April 1915.
Spr James R Pantlin 74 KIA 5 May 1915.
Spr Fred Reynolds 191 KIA 25 April 1915.
Spr Francis L Wells 112 KIA 12 July 1915 (and see Photo 19).
2Cpl George H Bird 15 DoW 9 August 1915.
Spr Charles C Fowle 212 DoW 13 July 1915.
Spr Edward Moore Carter 344 DoW 23 July 1915.
They are in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.

The cross to the left commemorates Spr Claude D Turbet 41, of the 1st Field Coy Australian Engineers, KIA 8 August 1915 aged 20.
The cross behind on the right is to Pte William R James 1374 of the 17th Battalion AIF KIA 1 October 1915. Note the pile of used shell casings.