Statistics drawn from the Nominal Roll and unit records
Ages - Old & Young - not always did enlistees tell Recruiting Officers the absolute truth
6 - Accountants
4 - Axemen
16 - Bakers
4 - Barmen
4 - Battery Hands
69 - Blacksmiths
10 - Boilermakers
17 - Boot makers
4 - Boundary Riders
12 - Bricklayers
21 - Blacksmiths Strikers
9 - Builders
10 - Bushmen
27 - Butchers
105 - Carpenters
5 - Chairmen
3 - Chauffers
43 - Clerks
25 - Coal Miners
31 - Cooks
10 - Dairymen
1 - Dental Surgeon
36 - Electricians
50 - Engineers
22 - Farm Labourers
5 - Fettlers
21 - Firemen
5 - Fishermen
5 - Fitter & Turners
30 - Fitters
7 - Gangers
2 - Geologists
7 - Grooms
8 - Hairdressers
849 - Labourers
15 - Mine Managers
1545 - Miners
101 - Mining Engineers
23 - Mining Management
6 - Motor Engineers
37 - Plumbers
27 - Prospectors
12 - Quarrymen
39 - Railway Workers
7 - Saddlers
21 - Shearers
16 - Stockmen
9 - Tailors
3 - Turners
11 - Wellborers
Trades and Callings
as stated on Enlistment papers
374 Members of the Aust Tunnelling Companies & the AEMMB Company
(incls. 9 Members of the original Australian Mining Corps died before they could embark)
1 - Died of burns
2 - Drowned
6 - Died while POWs
7 - Died at Sea
9 - Accidentally killed
82 - Died of Disease or Illness
89 - Died of Wounds
178 - Killed in Action
DECORATIONS and AWARDS of the Australian Tunnellers
At least 229 Decorations and Awards were made to Unit members in the 3 years the Tunnellers were on the Western Front
8 x DSO : Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
5 x OBE : Officer of the Order of the British Empire
53 x MC : Military Cross (including 1+Bar & 1 +2Bars to MC)
34 x DCM : Distinguished Conduct Medal (including 1 +Bar to DCM
30 x MSM : Meritorious Service Medal
90 x MM : Military Medal
Foreign Awards
3 x CdeG (Fr) : Croix de Guerre, France
5 x CdeG (Bel) : Croix de Guerre, Belgium
1 x Montenegrin Medal Silver Medal for Bravery
Approximately 570 of our Tunnellers registered their Next of Kin as living outside Australia, 52 of these died on active service
