12th Field Ambulance
Nominal Roll
Note: This roll is intended as a guide only and has been compiled from various sources, primarily the First World War Nominal Roll Database, on the Australian War Memorial Web-Site, which contains some errors and omissions explained in the introduction to the Roll. Names of members of the Unit were also extracted from those identified in photographs on the AWM's Photographic Database. An asterisk (*) indicates that an individual was identified as belonging to the 12th Field Ambulance in a photograph but was not located on the Nominal Roll. This Roll is not exhaustive and I would appreciate hearing from anyone who can clarify or add information.
Abbreviations
D.O.W. (Died of Wounds); K.I.A. (Killed in Action); DISCH (Discharged);
R.T.A. (Returned to Australia - Embarkation Date)
Awards
MC : Military Cross. Founded in 1914 by King George V for gallant and distinguished service in action by officers in the Army of the rank of Captain or below and Warrant Officers. Bars were authorised for additional acts of gallantry by Warrant in 1916. Only four Australians received second bars in the 1914-1918 War.
MM : Military Medal. The army non-officer ranks' equivalent of the Military Cross. The Military Medal was instituted by King George V in l916 to recognise `Bravery in the Field' of Army NCO's and other ranks. The first awards were backdated and a number of Australians were decorated for bravery on Gallipoli in 1915. Nearly 10,000 awards were made in the 1914-1918 to Australians including seven to Australians nurses.
DCM : Distinguished Conduct Medal. Founded by Queen Victoria in 1854. The Distinguished Conduct Medal is awarded for acts of gallantry which, though conspicuous, do not merit the award of the Victoria Cross. It is awarded to Warrant Officers, non-commissioned Officers and men of the Army.
DSO : Distinguished Service Order. Founded in 1886 by Queen Victoria. Appointments as Companions of the Distinguished Service Order are made to officers of the three armed services for gallantry or for distinguished service in the face of the enemy.
Surname; Given Names; Rank; Reg. No.; Date Enlisted; Fate; Date
ABERLE Ernest (MM) Pte 6191 29/9/1915 R.T.A. 1/7/1919
AGAR William Arthur Cpl 2068 1/10/1914 R.T.A. 8/10/1918
AGNEW James Whitson Ainslie Pte 13252 30/7/1915 K.I.A. 29/9/1917
AITCHISON Alexander Mailer Pte 14020 1/4/1916 R.T.A. 11/11/1917
ALDRICH Victor Alexander Sgt 9440 29/9/1915 R.T.A. 12/4/1919
ANDERSON Clyde Garnet Pte 1531 12/7/1915 R.T.A. 15/9/1918
ANDERSON David Vallance Kerr (MM) Pte 13254 13/7/1915 D.O.W. 1/10/1917
ANDERSON James Ingils Capt 20/8/1914 R.T.A. 24/1/1919
ANDERSON William George ? 14931 21/1/1916 R.T.A. 21/6/1919
ASHBY Clyde Arthell Allan Pte 15636 25/2/1916 R.T.A. 23/7/1918
ASTON Arthur John Pte 13255 13/7/1915 D.O.W. 15/6/1917
AVORY Charles Francis Pte 3005 10/7/1915 *
BAGSHAW Allan Drv 15924 14/2/1916 R.T.A. 21/6/1919
BAIRD Herbert Alfred (MSM) S/Sgt 8752 29/7/1915 R.T.A. 16/6/1919
BANNERMAN Percy Andrew Drv 6309 ? 24/2/1915 R.T.A. 19/2/1919
BARKER Ernest George (MM) L/Cpl 3753 17/3/1915 R.T.A. 27/9/1917
BARKER William Frederick (DCM) L/Cpl 1372 26/9/1914 DISCH. 12/9/1918
BARNARD Harold (MM) L/Cpl 1371 17/9/1914 R.T.A. 9/12/1918
BARNES Albert James Pte 7860 22/9/1917 R.T.A. 1/8/1919
BARRY Cecil Benedict Pte 9506 12/8/1915 R.T.A. 17/6/1918
BASTOW Robert Pte 6196 8/9/1914 R.T.A. 1/7/1919
BATES Herbert John L/Cpl 1421 5/10/1914 R.T.A. 23/10/1918
BAYLISS Ray Hope L/Cpl 1370 10/9/1914 R.T.A. 3/12/1918
BAYLY William Richard L/Cpl 15639 16/3/1916 R.T.A. 18/7/1919
BEANLAND John Phillip Drv 2075 8/3/1915 R.T.A. 12/4/1916
BEAR Charles Henry L/Cpl 4045 ? 27/2/1915 R.T.A. 4/5/1917
BELL Claude Selwyn Pte 2129 6/5/1916 R.T.A. 3/7/1919
BENDY Alfred Edward Pte 15510 28/12/1915 -
BENNETT Francis William Pte 13152 21/6/1916 R.T.A. 19/6/1919
BENNETTS Cecil Pte 13256 9/7/1915 R.T.A. 20/5/1919
BENNETTS Thomas Leslie Pte 10077 17/8/1915 R.T.A. 2/6/1919
BENSON Henry (MM) L/Cpl 11 2/2/1915 R.T.A. 29/5/1919
BENSON William Pte 6963 17/10/1916 R.T.A. 7/7/1919
BENYON John (DCM; MM) Pte 3372 8/3/1915 D.O.W. 2/9/1916
BERTRAM Alexander (MM) L/Cpl 3382 22/3/1915 R.T.A. 9/3/1919
BEST Horace James Dvr 2431 2/3/1915 R.T.A. 2/1/1919
BEST John Cleveland Pte 14136 6/5/1916 R.T.A. 19/4/1919
BETHELL Leslie Henning Pte 13257 15/7/1915 R.T.A. 15/5/1919
BICKART Joseph Pte 9387 8/7/1915 R.T.A. 19/8/1919
BIRKENSHAW Henry Hendy Pte 10026 26/8/1915 R.T.A. 20/4/1919
BLACKALL Horace Manning Pte 2523 4/7/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1919
BLATCH Harold Herbert Pte 2875 5/9/1916 -
BOLGER Robert Perciful (MM) L/Cpl 6427 19/8/1915 -
BOOTH Frank Thomas Pte 4830 28/9/1915 ? R.T.A. 19/6/1918 ?
BORSTEL Richard (MSM) Sgt 1367 14/9/1914 R.T.A. 8/10/1918
BOWDEN Leonard Sgt 3406 3/2/1915 R.T.A. 23/3/1919
BOWERS Stanley Wilson Cpl 582 10/9/1914 R.T.A. 25/9/1919
BOYES John Charles L/Cpl 13594 17/9/1915 R.T.A. 4/6/1919
BROOKS Kenneth Charles Pte 13589 15/12/1915 R.T.A. 20/10/1918
BROOKS Lawrence Edmund Pte 17277 1/3/1916 R.T.A. 23/7/1919
BROWN Alfred William Cpl 1365 7/9/1914 R.T.A. 8/10/1918
BROWN Charles Albert L/Cpl 13155 24/1/1916 R.T.A. 1/6/1919
BROWN Frederick Eales Pte 13264 18/6/1915 R.T.A. 8/11/1918
BROWN Richard Wilson Pte 13598 14/1/1916 R.T.A. 5/4/1918
BROWNE Denis John Maj - -
BROWNE Leslie Roberts Pte 6518 12/2/1916 R.T.A. 23/6/1919
BROWNING Oakley Alsop Pte 9587 6/101915 DISCH. 10/4/1917
BURKE C.J. Pte 13260 *
BURKE J.T. Sgt 1302 *
BURNETT John Pte 827 26/8/1914 R.T.A. 28/3/1919
CALLAGHAN Clive Stewart Pte 3377 1/3/1915 R.T.A. 9/3/1919
CAMERON John James Cpl 8981 30/7/1915 R.T.A. 4/6/1919
CAMP Gilbert Henry Dvr 14423 6/12/1915 R.T.A. 20/6/1919
CARR Victor Albert Pte 3716 19/8/1915 R.T.A. 11/5/1919
CATTELL Frederick Edward Pte 13674 16/12/1915 R.T.A. 16/6/1919
CAVANAGH Francis Thomas Pte 2348 28/5/1915 R.T.A. 23/3/1919
CHAMBERLAIN Frederick Reeve (MM) Pte 3383 8/3/1915 K.I.A. 10/7/1918
CHAPMAN Arthur Pte 9834 20/1/1916 R.T.A. 1/6/1919
CHAPMAN Alick Atkinson Lieut 9/10/1914 D.O.W. 27/1/1917
CHAPMAN John Edward Pte 9835 20/1/1916 DISCH. 20/9/1919
CHARLTON John Andrew Pte 15641 10/2/1916 R.T.A. 28/8/1919
CHATBRAND George Edward Dvr 13604 16/10/1915 R.T.A. 4/12/1918
CHILD Herbert Stanley Pte 2405 16/12/1914 R.T.A. 21/12/1917
CHIRNSIDE J.H. Sgt 1920 *
CLARK Victor Claud Pte 6484A 24/4/1916 -
CLARKE Norman Roden Pte 17279 21/2/1916 -
CLERKE A.H. Sgt 5368 *
COBURN Clarence Gilbert Pte 5357 23/3/1916 R.T.A. 21/6/1919
COKER Leonard Gordon Pte 15642 1/4/1916 R.T.A. 23/8/1919
CONNELL George Henry (MM) L/Cpl 203 12/4/1915 R.T.A. 20/6/1919
CORMACK Raymond Fairhurst (DCM; MM) Pte 5511 22/6/1915 R.T.A. 31/6/1919
COSTIGAN Joseph Michael Pte 6049 17/6/1916 R.T.A. 3/7/1919
CUTTS William Charlie Pte 13275 29/7/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1919
DADDOW Frank Pte 9660 25/9/1915 R.T.A. 14/1/1917
DAILEY Owen (MM) Cpl 1220 10/9/1914 R.T.A. 28/3/1919
DARDIS Percy Clifford Pte 9091 19/7/1915 R.T.A. 5/7/1916
DAVIES Edwin Cpl 9092 10/7/1915 R.T.A. 20/5/1919
DAVIES Elvin William Sgt 5571 23/6/1915 R.T.A. 4/6/1919
DAVIES H. Dvr 9608 *
DILLON Edward Birmingham Pte 63 27/1/1915 R.T.A. 19/2?/1919
DIX Quentin William Pte 13763 6/10/1915 K.I.A. 2/4/1918
DIXON Robert Smith L/Cpl 3275 31/7/1916 R.T.A. 18/1/1919
DUNN V.J. Pte 13608 *
DYBALL George (MM) Pte 4460 5/10/1915 R.T.A. 10/6/1919
EDDIE Francis Farquhar (MSM) W/O 12 18/8/1914 R.T.A. 24/9/1918?
EDWARDS L.J. (MM) L/Cpl 13285 *
EMERY Arthur Whiteman L/Cpl 14807 26/7/1915 R.T.A. 18/7/1919
FARMER Harold George Pte 6321 19/10/1916 R.T.A. 23/9/1919
FENNER David (MM & Bar) Pte 1353 10/9/1914 R.T.A. 23/10/1918
FINDLOW Albert Pte 9093 24/7/1915 R.T.A. 24/6/1916
FINLAY David Maurice Pte 2316 26/6/1916 R.T.A. 19/4/1919
FITZPATRICK Roy Pte 14606 21/2/1916 R.T.A. 1/7/1919
FLEMMING Archibald Dommick Pte 13096 9/10/1915 R.T.A. 26/9/1917
FORD William Cpl 987 19/10/1914 R.T.A. 20/11/1918
FORDHAM Darrell Keith (MM) S/Sgt 1352 19/9/1914 R.T.A. 24/9/1918
FORRESTER Arthur Gilbert (MM; DCM) L/Cpl 7989 18/8/1915 - -
FORRESTER Charles William L/Cpl 9094 28/6/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1919
FRANCIS Burnett Percy Pte 1589 15/5/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1919
FURZE Tasman Arthur Pte 110 7/5/1915 R.T.A. 19/2/1919
FUSSELL Thomas (MM) Pte 9685 2/8/1915 R.T.A. 2/6/1919
GALBRAITH William S. Pte 8069 12/7/1915 R.T.A. 4/6/1919
GERRING Victor Harold Pte 16264 14/2/1916 R.T.A. 23/7/1919
GIBSON Arthur Horace Lieut. Col. - -
GRANT Robert Pte 3111 5/7/1915 -
GRIMSEY Harry L/Cpl 2083 - R.T.A. 19/8/1919
GRIMSHAW James (MM) Pte 16109 2/3/1916 R.T.A. 16/3/1919
GRYST Austin Elmer Pte 17688 11/9/1916 R.T.A. 31/3/1919
GUPPY Norman George Pte 2537 8/7/1915 R.T.A. 20/5/1919
HANLON William Francis Pte 9635 10/7/1915 D.O.W. 3/4/1918
HARDING Gordon Charles Pte 7739 1/3/1917 R.T.A. 22/7/1919
HARTLETT Edward Albert Pte 8281 1/7/1915 R.T.A. 31/3/1919
HAZLETT H.H. Qu. Mast. & Hon. Capt. *
HENDERSON Alfred Donald Pte 17343 30/11/1916 R.T.A. 19/6/1919
HENDRY John Gordon (MM) Sgt 1113 12/9/1914 R.T.A. 6/5/1919
HIGHAM Sydney James Pte 14040 9/8/1915 R.T.A. 5/7/1919
HOGAN Edgar Patrick Cpl 17139 2/8/1916 R.T.A.* 3/7/1919
HOLDEN John Rupert L/Cpl (?Sgt) 55 27/8/1914 R.T.A. 16/6/1919
HOLT Samuel Pte 17511 22/2/1916 R.TA 22/8/1919
HORSBURGH Herbert George Pte 13303 6/7/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1919
HUME Horace Pte 1338A 14/9/1914 R.T.A 5/3/1919
HUNT Ivan Cecil Pte 8283 23/6/1915 R.T.A 31/3/1919
HUTHWAITE Vincent Roy Pte 4198 9/10/1915 K.I.A. 3/4/1918
INCH Albert Ware (DCM) Pte 2036 2/11/1914 R.T.A. 15/9/1918
JAMES Joseph Sampson? L/Sgt 3323 1/3/1915 R.T.A. 27/4/1919
JAMES William Charles Pte 3308 17/7/1915 K.I.A. 29/7/1916
JENKINS Edward Riley (MM) Pte 17347 11/2/1916 R.T.A. 2/6/1919
JENKINS G. Pte 5451 *
JOHNSON William George Pte 5513 5/5/1915 R.T.A. 28/9/1919
JONES Eric Claude Pte 8356 9/7/1915 R.T.A. 28/2/1919
JONES Evan Pte 2402 22/9/1914 R.T.A. 20/5/1919
JONES J.T. (MC) Capt *
JOWERS Albert Joseph Pte 4456 12/1/1916 R.T.A. 9/8/1919
JOWERS Frederick Pte 8697 9/7/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1917 (?)
KEAREY Richard George (DCM) Pte 3781 5/8/1915
KEARNEY Joseph Keenan L/Cpl 4253 18/3/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1919
KEATING Walter Birmingham Pte 3362 17/2/1915 R.T.A. 19/2/1919
KELLY Stuart Samuel Pte 19656 8/8/1917 R.T.A. 22/8/1919
KENWORTHY Arthur Stanley Pte 14837 15/10/1915 R.T.A. 10/6/1919
KILLURY Patrick Bede Cpl 14851 7/7/1915 R.T.A. 21/3/1919
KILMARTIN Thomas Gerald L/Sgt 2437 27/2/1915 K.I.A. 7/4/1917
KING Valentine Dvr 5136 13/1/1916 R.T.A. 25/8/1919
KIRBY Robert Lester Dvr 7680 17/5/1915 R.T.A. 24/1/1918
KIRBY Robert Lester Dvr 7680 17/5/1915 R.T.A. 24/1/1918
KIRBY Stanley Henry (DCM) Sgt 3150 8/3/1915 R.T.A. 16/3/1919
KIRBY Stanley Henry (DCM) Sgt 3150 8/3/1915 R.T.A. 16/3/1919
KROHN Victor Leslie Pte 17350 23/12/1915 R.T.A. 4/1/1919
KUHN Albert John Pte 13310 19/6/1915 R.T.A. 20/5/1919
LAKE Cecil Ernest Cpl 17299 30/3/1916 R.T.A. 24/7/1919
LAMPARD Horace Frank (MM) Pte 3354 6/3/1915 R.T.A. 25/2/1919
LANGLEY Clarence Roy Pte 3712 3/8/1915 R.T.A. 12/7/1919
LAWLESS Cornelius Joseph L/Cpl 1375 27/10/1914 R.T.A. 26/7/1919
LAWRENCE James Atkinson Pte 13808 28/12/1915 R.T.A. 16/6/1919
LAWSON James Albert Pte 17291 12/3/1916 R.T.A. 5/7/1919
LeHURRY T.W. Pte 2823 *
LeMESSURIER Frederick Neill (DSO) Maj - R.T.A. 20/12/1918
LENEHAN Eric Brennan Pte 8359 11/7/1915 R.T.A. 11/5/1919
LEWIS Albert Edward Pte 1567 24/2/1916 R.T.A. 16/1/1919
LITTON E.E. Pte 3130 *
LLOYD George William (MM) L/Cpl 3219 17/3/1915 R.T.A. 20/11/1918
LORD John Edward Pte 4246 10/7/1915 R.T.A. 22/12/1918
LOVELL Frank Stanley Pte 7878 10/6/1915 R.T.A. 3/5/1919
LYONS Herbert Arthur Pte 9641 23/7/1915 R.T.A. 6/1/1919
LYONS Jack Bain Pte 9420 14/6/1915 R.T.A. 3/5/1919
MACKAY John Shaw (MC & Bar) Maj. 18/8/1914 R.T.A. 11/5/1919
MACKENZIE William Arthur Pte 17355 25/1/1916 R.T.A. 19/6/1919
MACLEOD K.J. S/Sgt 3203 *
MAHER Cecil Pte 731 1/10/1914 R.T.A. 8/10/1918
MALCOLM Roy Bertie (MM & Bar) Sgt 3352 24/2/1915 R.T.A. 27/4/1919
MALLARD Leslie James Gnr 2095 29/9/1915 R.T.A. 25/3/1919
MALONEY William Arthur L/Cpl 3650 21/1/1915 R.T.A. 5/4/1918
MANN Hemage John Pte 9789 13/7/1915 R.T.A. 5/3/1919
MATTHEWS George Charles Tpr 164 19/8/1914 R.T.A. 21/3/1915
MAXWELL Stuart Glenister Pte 3137 11/2/1915 R.T.A. 19/2/1919
MAY John Raymond Pte 19470 20/8/1917 R.T.A. 23/7/1919
MAYS John Edmund Pte 15933 21/2/1916 R.T.A. 23/9/1918
McBEAN Victor Harold Pte 21706 9/6/1917 R.T.A.
McCAFFREY Lawrence Ambrose Cpl 13416 5/11/1915 R.T.A. 24/8/1918
McCAY Samuel John (MM) Pte 2432 2/3/1915 R.T.A. 25/1/1919
McDONALD Angus Pte 19466 24/8/1917 R.T.A. 31/3/1919
McDOWELL Walter Leslie Cpl 3370 17/3/1915 R.T.A. 28/3/1919
McERVALE Philip Benjamin Pte 21782 11/7/1917 R.T.A. 23/7/1919
McGOLDRICK Edward Pte 1757 21/7/1915 R.T.A. 30/1/1918
McGRATH Michael James Pte 9790 19/6/1915 R.T.A. 10/9/1917
McKENNA Clarence Derby Dvr 1326 10/9/1914 R.T.A. 12/3/1918
McKENZIE T. Pte 16122 K.I.A.*
McMAHON Cornelieus Michael (MM) Pte 13045 8/7/1915 R.T.A. 0?/04/1919
McMULKIN Leslie James Pte 5609 23/3/1916 R.T.A. 20/4/1919
McMULLEN W. (MM) Dvr 13376 *
McNALLY William George L/Cpl 8528 7/8/1915 R.T.A. 28/3/1919
MILLER H. Pte 2613 *
MILNE Robert Pte 2?41 19/9/1914 R.T.A. 26/1/1919
MILTHORPE Robert McGeogh Pte 19469 1/8/1917 R.T.A.
MINN Fred Pte 223 18/8/1914 R.T.A. 24/9/1918
MINTY James Dargo (MM) L/Cpl 224 15/2/1915 R.T.A. 30/11/1918
MITCHELL Harold James Dvr 14940 5/1/1916 R.T.A.
MONTGOMERY Walter Stanley Pte 6734 13/4/1915 R.T.A. 19/4/1919
MORATH Albert Arthur Pte 370 19/8/1914 R.T.A. 28/3/1919
MORTON Wilfred Sgt 1325 10/9/1914 R.T.A. 24/8/1918
MOSS Thomas Bourford Pte 796A 1/12/1914 R.T.A. 8/1/1919
MUNRO John Adam Pte 14616 24/1/1916 R.T.A. 19/6/1919
MURPHY Augustine (MM) Pte 1323 9/9/1914 R.T.A. 24/9/1918
MURPHY Francis Patrick Pte 15320 27/1/1916 R.T.A. 16/3/1918
MURRAY Ernest James Pte 2772 10/4/1916 R.T.A. 4/7/1919
MURRAY George Edward Pte 1324 16/9/1914 DISCH 15/2/1918
NANCARROW Henry Pte 44440 16/3/1915 D.O.W. 3/4/1918
NEIL Harold John Lieut 5/11/1914 R.T.A. 24/9/1918
NELMES Albert Pte 20863 7/2/1916 R.T.A. 1/6/1919
NORTH Cecil Benjamin Pte 14866 4/6/1915 R.T.A. 27/7/1917
NUGENT Victor Michael Pte 4155 2/4/1915 R.T.A. 31/5/1919
O'LOUGHLIN William Sydney Pte 2329 24/6/1915 R.T.A. 20/10/1918
PAGE George Robert Cpl 13330 3/7/1915 R.T.A. 31/5/1919
PALMER Edward Henry Pte 17006 12/1/1916 R.T.A. 31/5/1919
PALMER Harrie John Cpl 9395 5/7/1915 R.T.A. 5/1/1919
PATTERSON Alexander McMurray (MM) L/Cpl 13176 22/2/1916 R.T.A. 25/9/1919
PEARCE John (MM) Pte 8203 14/7/1915 R.T.A. 2/3/1919
PENSON Henry Ray Pte 17729 12/2/1916 -
PETERSEN (PETERSON) Alfred Stanley Pte 17015 23/9/1916 R.T.A. 18/7/1919
PITCHER Frank (MM) Sgt 1318 11/9/1914 R.T.A. 16/10/1918
POWER Leslie Pte 2833 8/2/1915 K.I.A. -
PRICE Thomas James (MM & Bar) L/Cpl 1317 10/9/1914 R.T.A. 19/4/1919
PRIDDLE Maurice William Pte 9536 8/10/1915 R.T.A. 8/4/1919
PROVAN Allan Irving Pte 13339 30/7/1915 R.T.A. 22/5/1919
PROWSE Frank L/Cpl 13340 6/7/1915 R.T.A. 28/3/1919
RAYSIDE J. (MM) Pte 1316 *
READ Evert George Pte 13344 29/6/1915 R.T.A. 9/7/1919
RICHARDSON Joseph (MM) L/Cpl 2021 11/9/1914 R.T.A. 8/10/1918
RICHTER Arthur Oscar Pte 13238 4/4/1916 R.T.A. 3/7/1919
ROACH Michael Denny L/Cpl 9843 14/12/1916 R.T.A. 1/6/1919
ROBERTSON Leslie McNab L/Cpl 193 18/8/1914 R.T.A. 27/4/1919
ROBERTSON William L. Dvr 7295 1/11/1916 R.T.A. 6/9/1919
ROBINSON James Leslie L/Cpl 13347 16/7/1915 R.T.A. 15/5/1919
RYAN Martin L/Cpl 9096 3/6/1915 R.T.A. 28/3/1919
SANDFORD Frederick Thomas Pte 13085 10/1/1916 R.T.A. 12/6/1919
SCANDRETT Robert Roe Pte 13354 13/9/1915 R.T.A.* 25/2/1919
SHARRY