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  • battle honours : Somme, 1918 (remove)

commanding officer (34)

  • White, Harold Fletcher (3)
  • Woolcock, Arthur Raff (2)
  • Anderson, William Hopton (1)
  • Arnott, John McLean (1)
  • Blake, David Valentine Jardine (1)
  • Board, Frederick Johnson (1)
  • Butler, Charles Philip (1)
  • Cecil, John Ernest (1)
  • Clark, James Purcell (1)
  • Davis, Charles Herbert (1)
  • Dean, George Henry (1)
  • Farrell, John (1)
  • Goddard, Henry Arthur (1)
  • Gordon, Douglas Dixon (1)
  • Grant, Francis George (1)
  • Heron, Alexander Robert (1)
  • Hindhaugh, Stanley George Allen (1)
  • Holborow, Grantley Andrew Hillier (1)
  • Hurry, Geoffry (1)
  • Lamb, Malcolm St John (1)
  • Logan, Marcus William (1)
  • Lord, John Edward Cecil (1)
  • Mansbridge, William Owen (1)
  • Martin, Ernest Edward (1)
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  • Morshead, Leslie James (1)
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  • Rankine, Robert (1)
  • Simpson, James William Albert (1)
  • Smith, Walter John (1)
  • White, Dudley Persse (1)
  • Williams, Ernest Morgan (1)
  • Woods, Frederick George (1)

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casualties (14)

  • 32 killed, 23 wounded (1)
  • 386 killed, 1321 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 405 killed, 1637 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 437 killed ,1346 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 444 killed, 1577 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 451 killed, 2052 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 452 killed, 1253 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 475 killed, 1714 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 481 killed, 1727 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 483 killed, 1485 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 499 killed, 1478 wouned (including gassed) (1)
  • 544 killed, 1450 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 57 killed, 328 wounded (1)
  • 581 killed, 1637 wounded (including gassed) (1)

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Conflict (1)

  • First World War, 1914-1918 (14)

related units (6)

  • 3rd Australian Division (12)
  • Australian Imperial Force (12)
  • 9 Brigade (4)
  • 11 Brigade (3)
  • 9 Division (1)
  • Royal Flying Corps (1)

related places (8)

  • Ypres (4)
  • Proyart (3)
  • Western Front (3)
  • Flanders (2)
  • Broadmeadows (1)
  • Point Cook (1)
  • Somme Valley (1)
  • Warneton (1)

Units

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  1. 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 42nd Battalion was raised at Enoggera, on the outskirts of Brisbane, in December 1915 and became part of the 11th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division. Due to sharing its numeric title with the ...

    U51482

  2. No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps

    Unit

    Note on Squadron numbering: The unit that would become known as 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), was formed at Point Cook, in Victoria on 19 September 1916. It was initially designated 2 Squ...

    U51018

  3. 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 33rd Battalion was formed in January 1916 at a camp established at the Armidale showground in New South Wales. The bulk of the battalion's recruits were drawn from the New England region and thus ...

    U51473

  4. 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 3rd Division was raised in Australia early in 1916. The 43rd Battalion was South Australia's contribution to the strength of the division. Along with the 41st, 42nd, and 44th Battalions, plus su...

    U51483

  5. 41st Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 41st Battalion was raised at Bell's Paddock Camp in Brisbane in February 1916 with recruits from Brisbane, northern Queensland and the northern rivers district of New South Wales. It formed part o...

    U51481

  6. 35th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 35th Battalion was formed in December 1915 in Newcastle, New South Wales. The bulk of the battalion's recruits were drawn from the Newcastle region and thus it was dubbed "Newcastle's Own". Reflec...

    U51475

  7. 37th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 37th Battalion was formed, as part of the 10th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division, in February 1916 at Seymour in Victoria. Its recruits were drawn from Melbourne, north-east Victoria and Gipp...

    U51477

  8. 36th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 36th Battalion was raised at Broadmeadow Camp, in Newcastle, New South Wales in February 1916. The bulk of the battalion's recruits had been enlisted as a result of a recruiting drive conducted am...

    U51476

  9. 38th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 38th Battalion was formed on 1 March 1916 at a camp established on the Epsom Racecourse at Bendigo in Victoria. Early training was disrupted by a severe outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis in th...

    U51478

  10. 39th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 39th Battalion was formed on 21 February 1916 at the Ballarat Showgrounds in Victoria and drew most of its recruits from the state's Western District. It became part of the 10th Brigade of the 3rd...

    U51479

  11. 40th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 3rd Division was raised in Australia early in 1916. The 40th Battalion was Tasmania's contribution to the strength of the division and it joined the Victorian-raised 37th, 38th and 39th Battalion...

    U51480

  12. 44th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 44th Battalion was raised at Claremont, Western Australia in February 1916. It formed part of the 11th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division, and soon became known as "Old Bill's Thousand" after ...

    U51484

  13. 34th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 34th Battalion was formed in January 1916 at a camp established at the Maitland showground in New South Wales. It was planned that the bulk of the battalion's recruits would be drawn from the Mait...

    U51474

  14. 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment

    Unit

    The 13th Light Horse Regiment was formed at Broadmeadows in Victoria in March 1915; it was the third light horse regiment to have been raised in that state. Its regimental number quickly led to it bec...

    U51047

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