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* † [[Francis Dyson]] 21 Jul - 4 Sep 1916 | * † [[Francis Dyson]] 21 Jul - 4 Sep 1916 | ||
* [[Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor]] 22 Jul - 7 Oct 1916 | * [[Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor]] 22 Jul - 7 Oct 1916 | ||
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* [[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] 2 Sep - 22 Nov 1916 | * [[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] 2 Sep - 22 Nov 1916 | ||
* [[John Hall]] 2 Sep - 8 Oct 1916 | * [[John Hall]] 2 Sep - 8 Oct 1916 | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 3 September 2021
 Group of NCO's of the 3rd Training Battalion, AIF at Larkhill. AWMC04399 | |
Brief History
Originally formed in Egypt to provide training for reinforcements and those returning to active units after lengthy breaks. When the AIF units moved to France, the training unit was reformed at Perham Downs on 8 Aug 1916 as part of the 1st Training Group which supplied reinforcements for the 1st Division. The Training Group and its Training Battalions moved to Durrington 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 October 1917 before being disbanded on 8 Nov 1917.
Egypt
- Robert Rueben Rodgers 27 Aug 1917
- † Charles Maul Glover 15 Dec 1915 - 18 Apr 1916
- Arthur Thomas Orton MM MM 17 Apr - 8 May 1916
- † Thomas William Dowell 26 Apr - 7 Jun 1916
- William Carroll 10 - 6 Apr 1916 - includes voyage from Egypt to France.
- † Maurice Clarence Robinson 25 Apr - 30 Jul 1916
- Walter Raymond Farnham 27 Apr - 19 May 1916
- † Herbert George Lewis 4 May - 22 Jul 1916 during which time the unit relocated to England.
- James Lawrence McKenna 20 May - 26 Oct 1916 during which time the unit relocated to England.
England
Unit Staff
- William Isaac Little 25 Jun - 6 Nov 1917
- Herbert Lewis Battams 21 Jul - ?? Oct 1917
Trainees 1916
- Robert Lightbody 15 May - 4 Sep 1916
- Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM 6 - 24 Jul 1916
- Ernest Ball DCM 14 - 24 Jul 1916
- † Francis Dyson 21 Jul - 4 Sep 1916
- Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor 22 Jul - 7 Oct 1916
- Frederick William Thornton 24 Aug - 20 Dec 1916
- Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney 2 Sep - 22 Nov 1916
- John Hall 2 Sep - 8 Oct 1916
- Charles Kelly 2 Sep 24 - Nov 1916
- Donald Victor Chisholm 3 Sep - 21 Oct 1916
- Edward Bailey 25 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
- Richard Beattie 25 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
- John Goffin 25 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
- James Thomson MM September 1916
- John Alexander Spilsbury 30 Oct 1916 - 15 Jan 1917
- Cecil Walter Challis 3 Nov - 16 Dec 1916
- Charles Henry Partridge 3 Nov - 16 Dec 1916
- William George Rosekelly 3 Nov - 16 Dec 1916
- Thomas Hughie Culbertson 3 Dec 1916 - 15 Jul 1917
- John Macarthur Livingston 3 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
1917
- Albert Ernest Elkington 11 Jan - 2 May 1917
- Claude Eustace Herbert Evans 11 Jan - 4 Apr 1917
- Patrick Kiely 11 Jan - 2 May 1917
- Lancel Butcher 17 Feb - 2 May 1917
- Charles Henry Dohnt 17 Feb -13 May 1917
- John Flynn 17 Feb - 10 Mar 1917
- Walter Gaymer 17 Feb 1916 - 27 Jun 1917
- † David Alexander Sayer 17 Feb - 21 May 1917
- † David Andrew Allison 28 Mar - 2 Jul 1917 & 9 Jul - ?? Nov 1917
- George Joseph Harris 28 Mar - 8 Oct 1917
- Thomas Alfred Osborne 30 Mar - ?? Oct 1917
- Alfred Tennyson Needham 11 Jul - 6 Nov 1917
- John Laidlaw Paterson 26 Aug 1917 - 21 Jan 1918
- Robert Rueben Rodgers 26 Aug - 17 Oct 1917
Notes
External Links
[[Category:AIF Units]