12 October 1916

John Arthur ‘Jack’ Earls is killed in action in Belgium
William Walter Erickson is killed in action in France
British troops attack along a 6.5km front between Eaucourt and Bapume-Peronne road on the Somme, advancing the Allied line by just under one kilometre.
The Eighth Battle of the Isonzo ends in north-eastern Italy
The London Gazette publishes Sir Percy Lake’s despatch of 12 August 1916 relative to operations in Mesopotamia