The Pheasant Wood Soldiers

The Pheasant Wood Soldiers

In 2008, a mass grave was discovered behind German lines near the village of Fromelles, France. Buried in that grave were 250 Australian and British soldiers who had died during the disastrous Battle of Fromelles in July 1916. After nearly a century lying nameless beneath a farmer’s field, these soldiers were respectfully recovered and reburied at Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery. The first burials took place in 2010.

Naming the Soldiers

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Army, volunteers, families, historians, and scientists — and with the aid of DNA matching and historical military records — there are now180 of the 250 soldiers buried at Pheasant Wood who have been identified. Each soldier named is a person returned to their family, community, and history and remembered with honour.

Click on the year to see more details about the soldiers identified by year

2010 Soldiers (96) 2011 Soldiers (14) 2012 Soldiers (9)
2013 Soldiers (5) 2014 Soldiers (19) 2015 Soldiers (0)
2016 Soldiers (6) 2017 Soldiers (1) 2018 Soldiers (9)
2019 Soldiers (7) 2020 and 2021 Soldiers (0) 2022 Soldiers (2)
2o23 Soldiers (5)
2024 (7)
2025 (0)

Plan for Pheasant Wood Cemetary Layout

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Pheasant Wood Cemetery Plan
source CWGC
Regimental No Rank Surname First and Middle Names Battalion Company Year identified GDL Burial Plot Age
2560 Sgt Anderson David Samuel 54th B 2014   III. E. 16 24
2825 Pte Ansell Alfred William Fitch 5th Pioneer   2024 GDL III. E. 12. 29
1968 Pte Arnott Colin Henry 30th C 2010   III. B. 2. 21
3007 Pte Baker Vinton Battam 55th B 2014 GDL III. E. 7 31
4254 Pte Balkin Michael 54th A 2010 GDL IV. A. 6. 38
346 Pte Barber William 32nd A 2013 GDL IV. A. 11 47
1062 Pte Barnatt George Robert 29th D 2024   IV. C. 10. 31
3006 Corporal Barr Percy George Archibald 54th   2024 GDL IV. E. 10 19
3031 Pte Barrett Rossiter Alfred 55th C 2010 GDL I. F. 10. 19
352 Pte Batt Arthur George 32nd  A 2019   IV. D. 9 32
10 Sgt Baumann Oscar Eric 32nd A 2023 GDL II. E. 11 20
191 Pte Bell Henry 29th A 2018 GDL I. A. 1 39
1602 L/Cpl Bennett Allan 32nd D 2010 GDL II. E. 15. 31
840 Pte Benson George Verner 30th D 2010 GDL II. F. 4. 22
  Lieut Benson James 32nd A 2016   I. C. 10 36
605 Pte  Bills Thomas Henry 31st C 2013 GDL I. F. 4 24
3761 Pte  Bishop Raymond Charles 55th B 2010 GDL I. E. 11. 20
3009 Cpl Bolt Herbert Thomas 55th A 2010 GDL III. B. 6. 22
1682 Pte  Bourke Harold John 30th D 2010 GDL III. B. 5. 22
1218 Pte Boyce William Edwin 32nd   2018 GDL II. E. 10 29
1983 Pte Breguet Justin Hercules 29th B 2016 GDL I. C. 4 29
3487 Pte Brindall Clifton Sydney 54th D 2016   I. A. 6 23
3013 Pte Broadhurst Leonard 55th B 2012 GDL IV. C. 4. 22
4744 Pte Bromley Albert Clive 53rd A 2011 GDL I. A. 7. 19
1522 Pte Broom Sidney 31st C 2016 GDL I. A. 4 26
585 Pte Brumby William Christopher 31st C 2024   I. B. 6. 29
1470 Pte Brumm Norman Leslie 29th D 2010 GDL I. B. 5. 19
609 Pte Burke William 30th  C 2016 GDL I. F. 3 21
1226 Pte Burney Edward Nason 32nd D 2010 GDL IV. D. 2. 23
  Lt Burns Robert David 14MGC   2010 GDL I. F. 1. 28
495 Sgt Campbell Jack Marchmont 54th E 2014 GDL II. D. 9 21
2793 Pte Cardew Thuiller Lake 54th A 2017   I. D. 7 25
  Lt Chinner Eric Harding 32nd B 2010 GDL II. D. 8. 22
1239 Pte Claxton Maurice James 32nd D 2023   IV. D. 11. 24
3168 Pte Clingan Alexander Stanley 53rd   2010 GDL III. E. 8. 22
3585 Pte  Connolly William Thomas 54th D 2014 GDL IV. A. 1 19
2011 Pte Corigliano Maurice 32nd B 2010 GDL II. F. 14. 32
2150 Pte Cosgriff Thomas Joseph 59th B 2010   IV. C. 9. 20
4420 L/Cpl Craigie William Andrew 54th B 2011 GDL IV. A. 10. 34
77 Pte Crawford John Alexander 32nd A 2019   II. A. 2 32
4179 Pte Cressy  Henry Alfred 54th B 2010 GDL II. C. 11. 22
79 Pte  Crocker John Edwin 32nd A 2014 GDL IV. B. 1 20
2006 Pte Croft George 30th D 2010 GDL III. D. 2. 24
2010 Pte Croker Harry 30th D 2010 GDL III. B. 7. 24
3032 Pte Cuckson William Joseph 54th C 2010 GDL II. A. 4. 27
623 Pte Cullen William 31st C 2010   IV. E. 4. 19
3047 Pte Dewar Robert Arthur 55th B 2010 GDL II. F. 7. 30
4183 Pte Dibben Edwin Henry 54th B 2010 GDL I. F. 7. 33
3557 Pte  Doust Willie Hilton 54th D 2014 GDL IV. E. 5 20
641 Pte Dunn Leslie Clarke 31st C 2019   I. D. 10 28
4483 Pte Dunstan Benedick John Arthur 54th A 2010 GDL I. E. 1. 23
3560 Pte Dyson Fred Arthur 54th D 2010 GDL III. A. 1. 19
391 Pte Esam Harold 31st B 2010 GDL III. C. 8. 22
3060 Pte Fahey Patrick William 55th   2010 GDL III. C. 7. 22
80 Pte Farlow Samuel 29th Pioneer 2010 GDL IV. D. 6. 41
882 Pte Fenwick Robert Gladstone 30th D 2010 GDL I. C. 11. 21
3310 Cpl Fletcher Frederick 55th   2011 GDL IV. C. 3. 22
4779 Pte Forland Robert Carrington 53rd A 2012   IV. B. 6. 19
3046 Pte Forrest John Robertson 54th A 2012   IV. A. 3. 25
2584 Pte Francis Thomas William 29th D 2013 GDL IV. A. 4 26
889 Pte Gardner Henry 30th D 2018 GDL II. F. 5 29
4811 Pte Geason Percy 55th C 2011   III. B. 3. 29
1291 L/Cpl Glenn Frederick James 30th C 2014 GDL III. C. 3 20
555 Pte Goulding John Joseph 31st B 2012 GDL IV. D. 1. 33
1537 Pte Grace Walter Allen 31st   2022 GDL II. F. 15. 22
3543 Pte Graham Herbert James 54th   2024   IV. A. 2 24
20 Pte Gray Edwin Charles 32nd A 2022 GDL IV. D. 8. 20
4296 Pte  Gray Sidney John 54th C 2014 GDL II. B. 1 22
1274 Cpl Green Robert Courtney 32nd D 2010 GDL III. C. 9. 30
  Lt Griffen Reginald Theodore 32nd A 2014   III. C. 4 24
1276 Pte Griffiths Gilbert Allen 32nd D 2010 GDL I. E. 8. 30
702 Pte Hale Norman Arthur 31st C 2010 GDL III. E. 9. 21
4509 Pte Harriot Laurence 54th A 2010 GDL IV. B. 4. 27
865 Pte Hart Leslie William 32nd C 2010 GDL III. D. 3. 22
1390 Pte Haslam Herbert James 29th A 2011 GDL II. B. 5. 26
188 Pte Hawcroft Charles Henry 30th A 2010 GDL II. C. 2. 21
2056 Pte Hepple Matthew 30th D 2011   I. F. 5. 19
196 Pte  Higgins William Bruce 30th D 2010 GDL I. D. 3. 19
4801 Pte Holliday Clifford Dawson 54th B 2010 GDL I. E. 7. 21
955 Pte Holmes Arnold 32nd C 2010 GDL IV. B. 10. 27
1291 Pte Honey George 32nd D 2019 GDL III. D. 1 30
4188 Pte Hope Edwin James 54th C 2019 GDL I. D. 4 28
3327 Pte Hungerford George William 53rd A 2011 GDL III. E. 6. 25
4807 Pte Irvin David George 54th A 2010 GDL IV. E. 1. 23
1528 Pte  Irving Allan William James 32nd A 2010 GDL I. E. 4. 21
3347 Pte James Frederick 14MGC A 2010   IV. A. 7. 22
2144 Pte Jamieson William Alexander 31st C 2012 GDL IV. E. 7. 19
3331 L/Sgt Jentsch Ernest Augustus 53rd C 2010 GDL II. A. 5. 22
2203 Pte Johnson Arthur Joseph 29th A 2012 GDL I. E. 3 38
715 L/Corp Johnson Ralph 31st C 2019 GDL II. F. 9 17
4315 Pte Johnston Cyril Donald 54th B 2010 GDL I. D. 6. 24
365 Cpl Kendall Haslem Marsden Harding 31st B 2010   II. F. 16. 21
1603 Pte  Knable Adolf Thompson 32nd D 2014 GDL II. E. 14 22
126 Pte Lawlor Daniel Michael 32nd A 2010 GDL II. D. 10. 29
4840 Pte Leister Leslie 55th B 2010 GDL I. E. 5. 21
1168 Cpl Livingston David Frederick 29th D 2011 GDL III. D. 5. 40
2064 Pte Loader Frank Oliver 32nd B 2010 GDL I. C. 9. 31
467 Pte Lucre George Henry 30th A 2010 GDL III. D. 7. 23
137 Pte Maudsley Robert Thomas 32nd A 2016 GDL II. C. 4 27
2873 Pte Mayer Henry 55th C 2010   IV. B. 5. 23
1011 Pte McCulloch Alexander 32nd C 2018 GDL I. F. 6 35
1553 Pte  McDonald Archie 31st A 2014 GDL IV. E. 8 20
3194 Sgt McDowell Athol Halliday 60th B 2010   III. B. 4. 26
3873 Pte McGuarr Richard James 55th   2023 GDL III. C. 1. 27
1797A Pte McKenzie Alexander McGregor 32nd B 2010 GDL I. D. 1. 25
151 Pte McKenzie John Gordon 32nd A 2013 GDL I. D. 5 25
293 Pte McLean Hughie 32nd D 2010 GDL IV. C. 6. 28
  Lt Mendelsohn Berrol 55th A 2010 GDL II. F. 2. 25
  Lt Mitchell Alan 30th C 2010   I. C. 2. 22
3282 Pte Momplhait Alfred Victor 32nd B 2010 GDL IV. B. 2. 29
3393 Pte Moore William 53rd A 2010   I. F. 8. 26
3366 Pte Morey Gilbert Major 53rd   2010   III. D. 14. 41
2055 Pte Morgan AKA Myers Cecil or Colin 31st ? 2010 GDL I. B. 7. 16
258 Pte Morley AKA Howard John 31st A 2010 GDL IV. E. 3. 47
  Capt Mortimer Kenneth Malcolm 29th   2018 GDL III. E. 5 20
1590 Cpl Murray Charles William 30th C 2011 GDL IV. B. 7. 24
269 Pte Nevill Joseph Howard 31st A 2010 GDL II. F. 1. 22
  Lt Col Norris Ignatius Bertram 53rd   2010 GDL III. A. 3. 35
314 Pte O'Donnell Stanley Richard 29th A 2018   II. D. 13 27
319 Pte O'Donnell William 29th A 2013 GDL II. E. 8 27
316 Pte  Oliver Ernest Robert 29th A 2014 GDL IV. C. 5 30
2906 L/Cpl Pagan George 54th A 2010 GDL II. D. 3. 25
1082 Pte Page Alexander Russell Robert 32nd C 2023   IV. D. 3. 30
2092 Pte  Parham Edgar William 32nd B 2014 GDL I. D. 11 38
572 Lt Parker John 30th C 2010 GDL III. E. 11. 20
320 Pte Parry Frederick 29th A 2010 GDL II. D. 4. 20
161 Pte Pflaum Raymond Holstein 32nd C 2010 GDL I. B. 11. 19
2462 Pte Pheasant Walter 54th A 2010 GDL IV. B. 11. 22
595 Pte Pitt Harold Charles 32nd B 2010 GDL IV. D. 4. 19
324 Pte Pollard Herbert George 29th A 2010 GDL IV. A. 5. 25
3009 Lt Pratt Albert Ernest 53rd A 2010   I. E. 10. 23
1556 Pte Pretty Walter Hainsworth 32nd B 2010 GDL I. C. 6. 19
1558 Pte Randall Howard James 32nd A 2010 GDL IV. D. 10. 25
916 Pte Rawlings Frederick 31st D 2010   III. A. 6. 29
335 Sgt Reid James Alexander 29th A 2010 GDL III. C. 2. 22
3256 Pte Reid Maurice Leslie 32nd A 2011   III. C. 10. 26
1036 Pte Ridler Samuel James Thomas 32nd C 2010 GDL IV. B. 3. 43
3102 Pte Ronson William 53rd   2010   I. F. 2. 24
1087 CSM Rose William Henry Christian 55th F 2014   I. A. 9 20
1216 Pte Ross James Hugh 29th D 2010 GDL II. D. 1. 23
4299 Pte Russell Arthur Joseph 54th B 2011 GDL II. E. 12. 20
743 Pte Ryan Daniel Bernard 30th C 2011 GDL II. D. 12. 35
1520 A/Sgt Ryan William Polding 31st B 2010   I. A. 2. 20
  Maj Sampson Victor Horatio Buller 53rd B 2010 GDL IV. C. 1. 28
1046 Pte Scott Robert Grieve Moncrieff 32nd C 2010 GDL II. E. 6. 21
3433 Pte Shannon Peter Paul 53rd C 2019 GDL IV. B. 8 36
  Capt Sheridan Thomas Francis 29th A 2011   III. B. 9. 36
1516 Pte Simon Victor George 32nd A 2010   IV. C. 2. 23
1245 Pte  Smith Gordon Thomas 29th D 2014 GDL II. B. 9 23
509 Lance Corporal Smith Harold Thompson 8th FCE   2024 GDL III. E. 14. 20
3983 Pte Smith James Robert 31st D 2018 GDL III. E. 4 23
4614 Pte Spence Malcolm 30th D 2010 GDL I. B. 2. 23
3924 Pte  St Smith Herbert Newey 55th C 2014 GDL III. B. 8 40
2898 Pte Stalgis Gregory Francis 14MGC   2010 GDL I. D. 9. 21
187 Pte Stead Joseph Raymond 32nd A 2010 GDL I. C. 5. 21
755 Cpl Steed Frank  30th C 2010   II. C. 10. 33
2772 Corporal Stephen William John 55th   2023   II. E. 5. 28
2825 Pte Thompson Alfred 55th D 2018 GDL I. D. 2 23
1623 Pte Tisbury Charles Frederick 30th D 2010   III. E. 10. 23
1252 Cpl Tuck Alfred George 29th D 2012 GDL III. D. 12. 22
1581 Pte Tucker William Charles 32nd B 2010 GDL II. F. 6. 20
767 Pte Turner John 30th C 2010 GDL II. D. 6. 20
4885 Pte Verpillot Aime 53rd A 2010 GDL II. D. 2. 25
777 Pte Vincent Laurence Stanley 30th C 2010 GDL II. C. 6. 21
4617 Pte Wallis (Wailes) Joseph Patrick 54th C 2010 GDL I. E. 2. 19
311 Pte Walsh Leslie Gordon 31st A 2011 GDL II. F. 13. 23
2184 Pte Ward Claude 30th D 2012   III. E. 3. 23
318 Pte  Weakley Percy 31st A 2014 GDL IV. E. 2 32
2910 Pte Webb Thomas Richard 60th B 2010   II. F. 10. 26
358 Pte Weir Arthur Joseph 29th A 2010 GDL I. B. 4. 27
1311 Pte Welling Ernest Frank 30th C 2024   II. B. 2 31
1888 Pte Wildman AKA Bradney Reginald Raymond 54th B 2010 GDL III. A. 4. 20
1314 Pte Wilkin Ernest Frank 29th D 2010 GDL II. E. 16. 23
4249 Pte  Williamson Albert 53th B 2014 GDL II. A. 3 24
983 Pte Willis Henry Victor 31st D 2010 GDL II. F. 11. 20
4887 Pte Wilson Eric Robert 53rd B 2010 GDL II. E. 2. 20
3534 Pte Wilson Samuel Charles 53rd B 2010 GDL II. E. 1. 30
794 CSM Woodman Harold George 31st D 2014 GDL III. A. 2 30
2485 Pte Wynn John Cyril 30th A 2012 GDL I. C. 1. 20
795 Pte Yeo Claude 30th C 2018   II. C. 1 43