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  • Holland, Austin Claude Selwyn (4)
  • Davies, Charles Stewart (3)
  • McArthur, John (3)
  • Davies, Charles Robert (2)
  • Denehy, Charles Aloysius (2)
  • Layh, Herbert Thomas Christopher (2)
  • Marshall, Norman (2)
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  • Scanlan, John Joseph (2)
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  • Street, Frederick (2)
  • Abbott, Percy Phipps (1)
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  • Bennett, Alfred Wilton (1)
  • Cameron, Henry Gervais Lovett (1)
  • Cass, Walter Edmund Hutchinson (1)
  • Cheeseman, William Joseph Robert (1)
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  • 458 killed, 1207 wounded (1)
  • 485 killed, 1399 wounded (1)
  • 505 killed, 1253 wounded (1)
  • 507 killed, 1328 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 529 killed, 1630 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 544 killed, 1592 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 575 killed, 1532 wounded, including gassed (1)
  • 613 killed, 1466 wounded (1)
  • 615 killed, 1550 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 647 killed, 1647 wounded (including gassed) (1)
  • 795 killed, 1619 wounded (1)

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  • First World War, 1914-1918 (11)

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  1. 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion

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    The 32nd Battalion was raised as part of the 8th Brigade at Mitcham, on the outskirts of Adelaide, on 9 August 1915. Only two companies were raised from South Australian enlistees - another two were f...

    U51472

  2. 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 53rd Battalion was raised in Egypt on 14 February 1916 as part of the "doubling" of the AIF. Half of its recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 1st Battalion, and the other half, fresh reinforc...

    U51493

  3. 31st Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 31st Battalion was raised as part of the 8th Brigade at Enoggera, on the outskirts of Brisbane, in August 1915. Some of the battalion's companies, however, were also raised at Broadmeadows Camp in...

    U51471

  4. 58th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 58th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 17 February 1916 as part of the expansion of the AIF. Roughly half of its recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 6th Battalion, and the other half, fresh r...

    U51498

  5. 54th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 54th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 16 February 1916 as part of the "doubling" of the AIF. Half of its recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 2nd Battalion, and the other half, fresh reinforc...

    U51494

  6. 57th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 57th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 18 February 1916 as part of the "doubling" of the AIF. Half of its recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 5th Battalion, and the other half, fresh reinforc...

    U51497

  7. 56th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 56th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 14 February 1916 as part of the "doubling" of the AIF. Half of its recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 4th Battalion, and the other half, fresh reinforc...

    U51496

  8. 30th Australian Infantry Battalion

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    The 30th Battalion was raised as part of the 8th Brigade at Liverpool in New South Wales on 5 August 1915. Most of its recruits hailed from the Newcastle region and other parts of country New South Wa...

    U51470

  9. 59th Australian Infantry Battalion

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    The 59th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 21 February 1916 as part of the expansion of the AIF. Approximately half of its recruits came from the veteran 7th Battalion, and the other half were fresh re...

    U51499

  10. 29th Australian Infantry Battalion

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    The 29th Battalion was raised as part of the 8th Brigade at Broadmeadows Camp in Victoria on 10 August 1915. Having enlisted as part of the recruitment drive that followed the landing at Gallipoli, an...

    U51469

  11. 55th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 55th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 12 February 1916 as part of the "doubling" of the AIF. Half of its recruits were Gallipoli veterans from the 3rd Battalion, and the other half, fresh reinforc...

    U51495

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