Personal Files Book 9, 2 September - 9 September 1915

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Accession Number RCDIG0000600
Collection number 3DRL/2316
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 81
Object type Papers
Physical description 94 Image/s captured
Maker Monash, John
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

File of papers relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General John Monash, 4th Infantry Brigade. This file, originally part of Book 9, covers 2 September 1915 to 9 September 1915 and includes a Special Order from Sir Ian Hamilton congratulating the Australian troops on the Lone Pine attack, reports and messages from Durrant's Post, Sari Bair, preparations for a Naval bombardment, an estimation of food and stores requirements, and a request by Brigadier General Monash for more spectacles.
This file contains:
Message from NZ Divisional Train to HQ 4th Infantry Brigade, 2 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 2 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 2 September 1915;
Notes for the relief of 162nd Brigade by 161st Brigade, 2 September 1915;
Message from 161st Brigade to 4th Australian Brigade, 2 September 1915;
List of 'Effective Officers on Strength' for 13th Battalion, 3 September 1915;
List of 'Effective Officers on Strength' for 14th Battalion, 3 September 1915;
List of 'Effective Officers on Strength' for 15th Battalion, 3 September 1915;
List of 'Effective Officers on Strength' for 16th Battalion, 3 September 1915;
List of officers available for duty for 13th Battalion, [date unknown];
List of officers available for duty for 14th Battalion, 27 August 1915;
Message from Monash to G.O.C., 5th Australian Infantry Brigade, 3 September 1915;
List of officers in 15th and 16th Battalions, [date unknown];
Newspaper clipping describing the "attack on Knoll 60", recounting events at Gallipoli for 27, 28 and 29 August, 3 September 1915;
Message from 'ANZAC' to 4th Australian Brigade, 3 September 1915;
Message from 'ANZAC' to 4th Australian Brigade, 3 September 1915 [Copy];
Message from Captain Russell to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 3 September 1915;
Divisional Order No. 22, 3 September 1915;
Message from Lieutenant Colonel Cannan to Brigadier, 4th Infantry Brigade, 3 September 1915;
Message from Lieutenant Colonel Cannan to Brigade Major, 4th Infantry Brigade, 3 September 1915;
Message from Durrant's Post to 4th Brigade, 3 September 1915;
Message from Monash to Brigadier General Daniell, G.O.C. 161st Brigade, 4 September 1915;
Note from Brigadier Daniell to Monash, 4 September 1915;
Message from Lieutenant Colonel Cannan to Brigadier, 4th Infantry Brigade, 4 September 1915;
Message from Lieutenant Colonel Cannan to Brigade Major, 4th Infantry Brigade, 4 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 4 September 1915;
Message from Monash to HQ, NZ and Australian Division, suggesting changes to Divisional Routine Order of 3rd September, 4 September 1915;
Message from Monash to HQ, NZ and Australian Division, suggesting changes to Divisional Routine Order of 3rd September, 4 September 1915 [Copy];
Directive issued by Major Pinwill on 'Ruses Employed by the Enemy', 5 September 1915 [Draft];
Estimate of Men's Requirements, containing list of items for average of 7 persons for a period of 14 days. On the reverse is a menu for this period, 5 September 1915;
Message from O.C. NZ and Australian Divisional Train to A.Q.M.G. NZ and Australian Division, 5 September 1915;
Message from A.Q.M.G. NZ and Australian Division to HQ, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 5 September 1915;
Notes on trench warfare, including an extract from Orders and Circulars issued since arrival of NZ and Australian Division at ANZAC, 5 September 1915;
Notes for Officers, including information on trench warfare, 5 September 1915;
Directive issued by Major Pinwill on 'Ruses Employed by the Enemy', 5 September 1915;
Notes on trench warfare, including an extract from Orders and Circulars issued since arrival of NZ and Australian Division at ANZAC, 5 September 1915;
Memorandum No. 3 concerning the correct construction and use of 'Loopholes', from 31 May, 5 September 1915 [Copy];
Instructions for officers and NCOs in charge of posts and trenches, from 1 June, 5 September 1915 [Copy];
Special Orders from 25 May, 5 September 1915;
Notes on trench warfare and construction, from 1 June, 5 September 1915 [Copy];
Message from NZ Report Centre to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 5 September 1915;
Message from Lieutenant Colonel Braithwaite to NZ and Australian Division, 5 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Brigade, 6 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Brigade, 6 September 1915;
Letter from Colonel Chaytor to O.C. 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915 [Copy];
Notes on Defence, 7 September 1915;
Special Order issued by Sir Hamilton praising troops for their attack on Sari Bair, 7 September 1915;
Record of temperatures from 1 to 5 August, 7 September 1915;
Message from Monash to Staff Paymaster, AIF, providing permission for Captain Seelenmeyer to withdraw funds for the purchase of stores for the brigade, 7 September 1915;
Special Order issued by Sir Hamilton praising troops for their attack on Sari Bair, 7 September 1915 [Copy];
Special Army Corps Order issued by Brigadier General, General Staff, ANZAC, congratulating troops on their efforts in the war thus far, 7 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915;
Message from C.R.A. NZ Division to Monash, 7 September 1915;
Note from Monash, 7 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915;
Message from 162nd Brigade to 4th Brigade, 7 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915;
Message from 162nd Brigade to Durrant's Post, 7 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 7 September 1915;
List of expenditures, [date unknown];
Summary of events from No. 2 Post for 7 and 8 September, 8 September 1915;
Memorandum addressing the use of grenades, issued by Divisional HQ, No. 2 Post, 8 September 1915;
Message from Durrant's Post to 4th Brigade, 8 September 1915;
'War News', concerning events at the front in France, 8 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 8 September 1915;
Message from 163rd Brigade to 4th Australian Brigade, 8 September 1915;
Summary of events from No. 2 Post for 8 to 9 September, 9 September 1915;
Note from Monash to 54th Division, 9 September 1915;
Message from Lieutenant Colonel Commanding 162nd Brigade to Monash, 9 September 1915;
Message from 163rd Brigade to 4th Australian Brigade, 9 September 1915;
Message from 163rd Brigade to 4th Australian Brigade, 9 September 1915;
Letter from HQ, ANZAC, to Lieutenant Colonel Dobbin, Commandant, Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria requesting spectacles, 9 September 1915;
Message from 54th Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 9 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 9 September 1915;
Message from Captain Waller, O.C. A Company, 1/7th Essex to Brigade Major, 4th Brigade, 9 September 1915;
Message from Durrant's Post to 4th Brigade, 9 September 1915;
Message from Monash to HQ, NZ and Australian Division, 9 September 1915;
Message from NZ and Australian Division to 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, 9 September 1915.