Pheasant Wood Soldiers found in 2010 (96)

In 2010, one year after the reinterment of the soldiers recovered from Pheasant Wood, the first identified headstones were revealed at Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery.

These men were among the Australian soldiers buried by German forces after the Battle of Fromelles. Their identification was made possible through historical research, battlefield archaeology, forensic science and DNA provided by families.

The soldiers listed below were identified in the first year of the Pheasant Wood identification program. Names marked with an asterisk (*) were noted in German records as buried.

Soldiers identified in 2010

Linked names open the soldier story where one is currently available.

A–D

Colin Henry Arnott
Michael Balkin *
Rossiter Alfred Barrett *
Allan Bennett *
George Verner Benson *
Raymond Charles Bishop *
Herbert Thomas Bolt *
Harold John Bourke *
Norman Leslie Brumm *
Edward Nason Burney *
Robert David Burns *
Eric Harding Chinner *
Alexander Stanley Clingan
Maurice Corigliano *
Thomas Joseph Cosgriff
Henry Alfred Cressy *
George Croft
Harry Croker *
William Joseph Cuckson *
William Cullen
Robert Arthur Dewar *
Edwin Henry Dibben *
Benedick John Arthur Dunstan *
Fred Arthur Dyson *

E–M

Harold Esam *
Patrick William Fahey *
Samuel Farlow *
Robert Gladstone Fenwick *
Robert Courtney Green *
Gilbert Allen Griffiths *
Norman Arthur Hale *
Laurence Harriot *
Leslie William Hart *
Charles Henry Hawcroft *
William Bruce Higgins *
Clifford Dawson Holliday *
Arnold Holmes *
David George Irvin *
Allan William James Irving *
Frederick James
Ernest Augustus Jentsch *
Cyril Donald Johnston *
Haslem Marsden Harding Kendall
Daniel Michael Lawlor *
Leslie Leister *
Frank Oliver Loader *
George Henry Lucre *
Henry Mayer

M–R

Athol Halliday McDowell
Alexander McGregor McKenzie *
Hughie McLean *
Berrol Mendelsohn *
Alan Mitchell
Alfred Victor Momplhait *
William Moore
Gilbert Major Morey
Cecil Morgan AKA Myers *
John Morley AKA Howard *
Joseph Howard Nevill *
Ignatius Bertram Norris *
George Pagan *
John Parker *
Frederick Parry *
Raymond Holstein Pflaum *
Walter Pheasant *
Harold Charles Pitt *
Herbert George Pollard *
Albert Ernest Pratt
Walter Hainsworth Pretty *
Howard James Randall *
Frederick Rawlings
James Alexander Reid *

R–W

Samuel James Thomas Ridler *
William Ronson
James Hugh Ross *
William Polding Ryan
Victor Horatio Buller Sampson
Robert Grieve Moncrieff Scott *
Victor George Simon
Malcolm Spence *
Gregory Francis Stalgis *
Joseph Raymond Stead *
Frank Steed
Charles Frederick Tisbury
William Charles Tucker *
John Turner *
Aime Verpillot *
Laurence Stanley Vincent *
Joseph Patrick Wallis (Wailes) *
Thomas Richard Webb
Arthur Joseph Weir *
Reginald Raymond Wildman AKA Bradney *
Ernest Frank Wilkin *
Henry Victor Willis *
Eric Robert Wilson *
Samuel Charles Wilson *

Remembered with Honour

The table below records the soldiers identified in 2010, including their regimental number, rank, battalion and company where known.

Reg. No.	Rank	Surname	First & Middle Names	Battalion	Company
1968	Pte	Arnott	Colin Henry	30th	C
4254	Pte	Balkin*	Michael	54th	A
3031	Pte	Barrett*	Rossiter Alfred	55th	C
1602	L/Cpl	Bennett*	Allan	32nd	D
840	Pte	Benson*	George Verner	30th	D
3761	Pte	Bishop*	Raymond Charles	55th	B
3009	Cpl	Bolt*	Herbert Thomas	55th	A
1682	Pte	Bourke*	Harold John	30th	D
1470	Pte	Brumm*	Norman Leslie	29th	D
1226	Pte	Burney*	Edward Nason	32nd	D
	Lt	Burns*	Robert David	14MGC
	Lt	Chinner*	Eric Harding	32nd	B
3168	Pte	Clingan	Alexander Stanley	53rd
2011	Pte	Corigliano*	Maurice	32nd	B
2150	Pte	Cosgriff	Thomas Joseph	59th	B
4179	Pte	Cressy*	Henry Alfred	54th	B
2006	Pte	Croft	George	30th	D
2010	Pte	Croker*	Harry	30th	D
3032	Pte	Cuckson*	William Joseph	54th	C
623	Pte	Cullen	William	31st	C
3047	Pte	Dewar*	Robert Arthur	55th	B
4183	Pte	Dibben*	Edwin Henry	54th	B
4483	Pte	Dunstan*	Benedick John Arthur	54th	A
3560	Pte	Dyson*	Fred Arthur	54th	D
391	Pte	Esam*	Harold	31st	B
3060	Pte	Fahey*	Patrick William	55th
80	Pte	Farlow*	Samuel	29th	Pioneer
882	Pte	Fenwick*	Robert Gladstone	30th	D
1274	Cpl	Green*	Robert Courtney	32nd	D
1276	Pte	Griffiths*	Gilbert Allen	32nd	D
702	Pte	Hale*	Norman Arthur	31st	C
4509	Pte	Harriot*	Laurence	54th	A
865	Pte	Hart*	Leslie William	32nd	C
188	Pte	Hawcroft*	Charles Henry	30th	A
196	Pte	Higgins*	William Bruce	30th	D
4801	Pte	Holliday*	Clifford Dawson	54th	B
955	Pte	Holmes*	Arnold	32nd	C
4807	Pte	Irvin*	David George	54th	A
1528	Pte	Irving*	Allan William James	32nd	A
3347	Pte	James	Frederick	14MGC	A
3331	L/Sgt	Jentsch*	Ernest Augustus	53rd	C
4315	Pte	Johnston*	Cyril Donald	54th	B
365	Cpl	Kendall	Haslem Marsden Harding	31st	B
126	Pte	Lawlor*	Daniel Michael	32nd	A
4840	Pte	Leister*	Leslie	55th	B
2064	Pte	Loader*	Frank Oliver	32nd	B
467	Pte	Lucre*	George Henry	30th	A
2873	Pte	Mayer	Henry	55th	C
3194	Sgt	McDowell	Athol Halliday	60th	B
1797A	Pte	McKenzie*	Alexander McGregor	32nd	B
293	Pte	McLean*	Hughie	32nd	D
	Lt	Mendelsohn*	Berrol	55th	A
	Lt	Mitchell	Alan	30th	C
3282	Pte	Momplhait*	Alfred Victor	32nd	B
3393	Pte	Moore	William	53rd	A
3366	Pte	Morey	Gilbert Major	53rd
2055	Pte	Morgan AKA Myers*	Cecil	31st	?
258	Pte	Morley AKA Howard*	John	31st	A
269	Pte	Nevill*	Joseph Howard	31st	A
	Lt Col	Norris*	Ignatius Bertram	53rd
2906	L/Cpl	Pagan*	George	54th	A
572	Lt	Parker*	John	30th	C
320	Pte	Parry*	Frederick	29th	A
161	Pte	Pflaum*	Raymond Holstein	32nd	C
2462	Pte	Pheasant*	Walter	54th	A
595	Pte	Pitt*	Harold Charles	32nd	B
324	Pte	Pollard*	Herbert George	29th	A
3009	Lt	Pratt	Albert Ernest	53rd	A
1556	Pte	Pretty*	Walter Hainsworth	32nd	B
1558	Pte	Randall*	Howard James	32nd	A
916	Pte	Rawlings	Frederick	31st	D
335	Sgt	Reid*	James Alexander	29th	A
1036	Pte	Ridler*	Samuel James Thomas	32nd	C
3102	Pte	Ronson	William	53rd
1216	Pte	Ross*	James Hugh	29th	D
1520	A/Sgt	Ryan	William Polding	31st	B
	Maj	Sampson	Victor Horatio Buller	53rd	B
1046	Pte	Scott*	Robert Grieve Moncrieff	32nd	C
1516	Pte	Simon	Victor George	32nd	A
4614	Pte	Spence*	Malcolm	30th	D
2898	Pte	Stalgis*	Gregory Francis	14MGC
187	Pte	Stead*	Joseph Raymond	32nd	A
755	Cpl	Steed	Frank	30th	C
1623	Pte	Tisbury	Charles Frederick	30th	D
1581	Pte	Tucker*	William Charles	32nd	B
767	Pte	Turner*	John	30th	C
4885	Pte	Verpillot*	Aime	53rd	A
777	Pte	Vincent*	Laurence Stanley	30th	C
4617	Pte	Wallis (Wailes)*	Joseph Patrick	54th	C
2910	Pte	Webb	Thomas Richard	60th	B
358	Pte	Weir*	Arthur Joseph	29th	A
1888	Pte	Wildman AKA Bradney*	Reginald Raymond	54th	B
1314	Pte	Wilkin*	Ernest Frank	29th	D
983	Pte	Willis*	Henry Victor	31st	D
4887	Pte	Wilson*	Eric Robert	53rd	B
3534	Pte	Wilson*	Samuel Charles	53rd	B

Henry Willis.jpg — Henry Victor Willis - Pheasant Wood Cemetery, Duty Done

Allan Bennett.jpg — Allan Bennett at Pheasant Wood

Herbert Bolt.jpg — Herbert Bolt at Pheasant Wood Cemetery, Never Forgotten