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leanne king
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Re: WW1 Unit History
Thank you so much for your immediate reply. I will follow your directions and hope for success.
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Re: Battalion Histories
If there are only one or two specific questions you have in the immediate future it is is just possible that someone with a copy might do a "look-up" for you
It is worth asking
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The 7th Battalion book by Dean and Gutteridge is almost impossible to get. If you need a look up, I will oblige however.
Ron Austin is working on a totally new history of the 7th Battalion, due for publication next year.
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Sorry, but no specific numbers at all. I have the 10th Light Horse War Diary as well and that does not go into detail either.
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Re: Battalion Histories
Hi neville  Im researching my family history and my great grandfather amos cook fought for australia in the 43rd battalion. what kind of information do you have on the 43rd battalion? Id love any references or information that could be helpful, id like to find out as much as possible about him, thank you. Tamara.
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Re: Battalion Histories
43rd Battalion AIF (South Australia) [11th Infantry Brigade]
Formed South Australia 7 March 1916. Departed Adelaide Afric 9 June 1916.
1st Reinforcements Adelaide Afric 9 June 1916,
2nd Reinforcements departed Adelaide Ballarat 12 August 1916,
3rd Reinforcements departed Adelaide Anchises 28 August 1916,
4th Reinforcements departed Fremantle Port Melbourne 30 October 1916,
5th Reinforcements departed Fremantle Argyllshire 9 November 1916,
6th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Berrima 16 December 1916,
7th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Borda 23 June 1917,
8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ormonde 7 March 1918.
Battle Honours: Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodeseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Somme 1918, Ancre 1918, Amiens, Albert 1918, Mont St Quentin, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, France and Flanders 1916-18
England, Western Front
by Ross Mallett (ADFA)
43rd Battalion
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 support troops, it formed the 11th Brigade.
The battalion embarked in June 1916 and, after landing briefly in Egypt, went on to Britain for further training. The battalion arrived on the Western Front in late December. The 43rd Battalion spent 1917 bogged in bloody trench warfare in Flanders. In June the battalion took part in the battle of Messines and in October the Third Battle of Ypres.
The battalion spent much of 1918 fighting in the Somme valley. In April they helped stop the German Spring offensive at Villers-Bretonneux. In July the battalion was part of General Monash’s attack at Hamel. In August and September the battalion helped drive the Germans back to the Hindenburg Line. The 43rd joined the advance that followed the 2nd Division’s victory at Mont St Quentin and it was during this operation that Temporary Corporal Lawrence Weathers earned the battalion’s only Victoria Cross. Weathers was mortally wounded in the battalion’s next battle. The battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel John Farrell wrote “..he died at the Regimental Aid Post, and lies buried on the battlefield. The same shell killed his uncle, who bore the name of Lance-Corporal J.J. Weathers.”
At 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front. The November Armistice was followed by the Treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919. Through 1919 the men of the 43rd Battalion returned to Australia in drafts for demobilisation and discharge. Text from AWM
386 killed, 1321 wounded (including gassed)
Decorations
1 VC
2 DSO
1 OBE
1 MBE
20 MC
15 DCM
74 MM, 4 bars
3 MSM
19 MID
6 foreign awards
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Hi Neville,
I've stumbled (thankfully) across this message board in my efforts to research some history of the units my grandfather fought with in WWII. The Australian War Memorial site lists him as serving with 16th/Bn from 10/07/42 until 07/12/42 before serving with 30th/Bn from 09/11/42 until 10/08/45 (don't ask me how he can serve with both Battalions for a month). Anyway, I see you have an amazingly impressive collection of Aust Bn histories and I was hoping you might be kind enough to refer me to any worthwhile texts on the 16th/Bn and 30th/Bn.
Brgds
Craig
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sk1210 wrote:
Hi Kate
Infantry:
I have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 33rd, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 53rd, 57th, 60th.
I also have unpublished war diary manuscripts that I have written on the 26th and the 52nd Bns
Light Horse:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th and Camels.
I have the entire 1st AIF Nominal Roll on CD-Rom and I have all 36 2nd AIF histories. If anyone needs a lookup - no problem.
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Neville Browning
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