25th April 1917 On this day: Inspections   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report: Marching order parade of HQ. Brigade, A236 and B236 Batteries at 0930 with an inspection by the acting Brigade Commander. A good turnout. War Diaries Australian Troop Transports    HMAT A70 Ballarat Picture from: State Library of Victoria, picture number gr005940. The HMAT A70 Ballarat weighed 11,120 tons with an average cruise speed of 14 knots or 25.92 kmph. It was owned by the P & O SN Co, London. The Ballarat was torpedoed by a submarine in the English Channel on the 25th April 1917 and sank the next day. John Doran  Trench activity  Ongoing training  Clean and Comfortable  On the Move  ANZAC Day Celebrations  Trench Work  More German Activity  Gift Appreciated  Advance  Patrols  Shelling  Reinforcements  Derelict German Lines  Quiet                                  Refitting  Attack Made  New Positions  Wiring  Explosion Underground  Bombardment  Working Parties  In Billets  Canadians Take Over Front  Preparations  Shelling.  At Camblain L'Abbe cleaning and equipment parades.  Action Report  Marched from Steenvoorde to Reninghelst  Battalion in Support.  New Billets  Took over parts of the Front Line Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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Remembering those who died this day, 25th of April 1917. Capt. Wilfred Percival Avery. 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy. Pte. Charles Henry Batchelor. 27th Btn. (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Alfred Bentley. 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Jack Colclough Bradford. 9th Btn Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment Pte. Albert Carlisle Brash. 10th (Stockbrokers) Btn. Royal Fusiliers Pte. Andrew Baxter Chessar. 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Pte. John Eaton. 2nd Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers Pte. Garside "Ned" Edwin. 1/9th Batallion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. A/Cpl. William Gibbs. 11th Battalion Worcester Regiment Pte. Ernest Alfred Gilbert. 28th (Artists Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter Sidney Howes. 9th (Service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Pte. Ernest Albert Emmanuel Jones. 11th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Lt. Leopold Profeit. 8th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Percy Robinson. 7th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. William Royle. M.M. 250th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. Frederick William Scotting. 2/5th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment CSM. William Frederick Seedman. 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment L/Cpl. Charles Albert Stallard. 9th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick James Tait. 10th Btn. Scottish Rifles Read their Story. Lt. Arthur Elton Tandy. 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy. Read their Story. Pte. Jess Tunnicliffe. 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Wahlers. 1st/10th Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment Add a name to this list.

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