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| − | John Alexander Adamson | + | * [[John Alexander Adamson]] |
| − | David Andrew Allison | + | * [[David Andrew Allison]] |
| − | + | * [[Edward Bailey]] | |
| − | Edward Bailey | + | * [[Ernest Ball DCM]] |
| − | Ernest Ball DCM | + | * [[James Barber]] |
| − | James Barber | + | * [[Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett]] |
| − | Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett | + | * [[Richard Beattie]] |
| − | Richard Beattie | + | * [[Thomas Kinsman Bickell]] |
| − | Thomas Kinsman Bickell | + | * [[Walter Bell Blair]] |
| − | Walter Bell Blair | + | * [[Richard John James Bransby]] |
| − | Richard John James Bransby | + | * [[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]] |
| − | Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM | + | * [[Lancel Butcher]] |
| − | Lancel Butcher | + | * [[William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]] 12 Dec 1915 - 29 Feb 1916 |
| − | + | * [[William Carroll]] | |
| − | William Carroll | + | * [[Cecil Walter Challis]] |
| − | Cecil Walter Challis | + | * [[Donald Victor Chisholm]] |
| − | Donald Victor Chisholm | + | * [[Sydney Charles Clarke]] |
| − | Sydney Charles Clarke | + | * [[John Harold Coffen]] |
| − | John Harold Coffen | + | * [[Herbert William Coxhead]] |
| − | Herbert William Coxhead | + | * [[William Moore Crellin]] |
| − | William Moore Crellin | + | * [[Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis]] |
| − | Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis | + | * [[Aubrey Cecil Dawson]] |
| − | + | * [[Charles Henry Dohnt]] | |
| − | Aubrey Cecil Dawson | + | * [[Frank William Dowell]] |
| − | Charles Henry Dohnt | + | * [[Francis Dyson]] |
| − | Frank William Dowell | + | * [[Rudolf Eberhardt]] |
| − | Francis Dyson | + | * [[Albert Ernest Elkington]] |
| − | + | * [[Claude Eustace Herbert Evans]] | |
| − | Rudolf Eberhardt | + | * [[Walter Raymond Farnham]] |
| − | Albert Ernest Elkington | + | * [[George Weston Firns]] |
| − | Claude Eustace Herbert Evans | + | * [[Cyril Foxwell]] |
| − | + | * [[Walter Gaymer]] | |
| − | Walter Raymond Farnham | + | * [[William Henry Gibbs]] |
| − | George Weston Firns | + | * [[Charles Maul Glover]] |
| − | Cyril Foxwell | + | * [[John Goffin]] |
| − | + | * [[John Hall]] | |
| − | Walter Gaymer | + | * [[George Joseph Harris]] |
| − | William Henry Gibbs | + | * [[William Joseph Hayden]] |
| − | Charles Maul Glover | + | * [[Robert Sang Herd]] |
| − | John Goffin | + | * [[Thomas Hetherington]] |
| − | + | * [[Frederick James Howard]] | |
| − | John Hall | + | * [[John Charles Hutchinson]] |
| − | George Joseph Harris | + | * [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]] |
| − | William Joseph Hayden | + | * [[Arthur George Kettley]] |
| − | Robert Sang Herd | + | * [[Patrick Kiely]] |
| − | Thomas Hetherington | + | * [[Frederick William Vernon King]] |
| − | Frederick James Howard | + | * [[Robert Lightbody]] |
| − | John Charles Hutchinson | + | * [[William Isaac Little]] |
| − | + | * [[John Macarthur Livingston]] | |
| − | Fritz Robert Jaentsch | + | * [[Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews]] |
| − | + | * [[George Badham Milton]] | |
| − | Arthur George Kettley | + | * [[Frank Moore]] |
| − | Patrick Kiely | + | * [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]] |
| − | Frederick William Vernon King | + | * [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]] |
| − | + | * [[Alfred Tennyson Needham]] | |
| − | Robert Lightbody | + | * [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]] |
| − | William Isaac Little | + | * [[Thomas Alfred Osborne]] |
| − | John Macarthur Livingston | + | * [[Charles Henry Partridge]] |
| − | + | * [[John Laidlaw Paterson]] | |
| − | Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews | + | * [[John Donaldson Patterson]] |
| − | George Badham Milton | + | * [[Arthur Pilgrim]] |
| − | Frank Moore | + | * [[Hector Louis Polain]] |
| − | Frederick William Wallace Moore | + | * [[Maurice Clarence Robinson]] |
| − | Frederick Edwin Murphy | + | * [[Stephen Henry Robson]] |
| − | + | * [[Robert Rueben Rodgers]] | |
| − | Alfred Tennyson Needham | + | * [[William George Rosekelly]] |
| − | + | * [[William Edgar Rowe]] | |
| − | Herbert Frank O'Neill | + | * [[David Alexander Sayer]] |
| − | Thomas Alfred Osborne | + | * [[George Scrivener]] |
| − | + | * [[John (Senior) Shepherd]] | |
| − | Charles Henry Partridge | + | * [[Hugh Henry Smith]] |
| − | John Laidlaw Paterson | + | * [[John Alexander Spilsbury]] |
| − | John Donaldson Patterson | + | * [[Arthur William Symonds]] |
| − | Arthur Pilgrim | + | * [[Frederick William Thornton]] |
| − | Hector Louis Polain | + | * [[John James Thorpe]] |
| − | + | * [[Leslie Huon Truman]] | |
| − | Maurice Clarence Robinson | + | * [[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]] |
| − | Stephen Henry Robson | + | * [[William Lamplough Ullyott]] |
| − | Robert Rueben Rodgers | + | * [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] |
| − | William George Rosekelly | + | * [[Daniel Malcolm Wann]] |
| − | William Edgar Rowe | + | * [[Peter Grant Watt]] |
| − | + | * [[Frederick Robert Weedon]] | |
| − | David Alexander Sayer | + | * [[Richard John Williams]] |
| − | George Scrivener | + | * [[James Winning]] |
| − | John (Senior) Shepherd | + | * [[Vernon Claude Witney]] |
| − | Hugh Henry Smith | + | |
| − | John Alexander Spilsbury | ||
| − | Arthur William Symonds | ||
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| − | Frederick William Thornton | ||
| − | John James Thorpe | ||
| − | Leslie Huon Truman | ||
| − | John Wesley Gladstone Turner | ||
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| − | William Lamplough Ullyott | ||
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| − | Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier | ||
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| − | Daniel Malcolm Wann | ||
| − | Peter Grant Watt | ||
| − | Frederick Robert Weedon | ||
| − | Richard John Williams | ||
| − | James Winning | ||
| − | Vernon Claude Witney | ||
==Battle Honours== | ==Battle Honours== | ||
*ANZAC | *ANZAC | ||
Revision as of 02:47, 19 February 2021
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 Some of the 36 11th Bn men killed at Leane's Trench. AWM photoP08678.006 | |
Contents
Brief History
The 11th Battalion was raised shortly after the outbreak of World War I as part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), an all-volunteer force raised for overseas service. It was the first battalion recruited in Western Australia, and following a brief training period in Perth, the battalion sailed to Egypt where it undertook four months of intensive training.
Along with the 9th, 10th, and 12th Battalions it formed the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division. Volunteers included men who had previously served in the part-time forces before the war.
The 3rd Brigade was the covering force for the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915 and so the 11th Battalion was, along with other covering force units, first ashore at around 4:30 am. In August 1915 the battalion was in action in the Battle of Lone Pine.
Following the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt where the AIF was undergoing radical change. This saw the veteran battalions split to provide cadres for new battalions and as a part of this process, the 11th Battalion provided personnel to the 51st Battalion, by transferring the even numbered sections to the new battalion.
In March 1916, the battalion boarded HMT Empress of Britain, for deployment to the Western Front in France and Belgium where it took part in trench warfare until the end of the war in November 1918.
Its first major action in France was at Pozieres in the Somme valley in July 1916. After Pozieres, the battalion manned trenches near Ypres in Flanders before returning to the Somme valley for winter.
In 1917 the battalion took part in the brief advance that followed the German Army's retreat to the Hindenburg Line including defending the German counterattack at Louverval, France, in April 1917. The battalion subsequently returned to Belgium to participate in the offensive that became known as the Third Battle of Ypres.
The battalion helped to stop the German spring offensive in March and April 1918, and later that year participated in the great Allied offensive launched east of Amiens on 8 August 1918. This advance by British and empire troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front, one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as "the black day of the German Army in this war".
The 11th Battalion continued operations until late September 1918. In November 1918 members of the AIF began to return to Australia. In February 1919, the 11th and 12th Battalions were amalgamated due to steadily declining numbers in both battalions. They remained so linked until their last members returned home for demobilisation and discharge.
By the end of the war, a total of over 9,000 men had served in the 11th Battalion, of which 1,115 were killed and 2,424 wounded.[1] The battalion was disbanded in 1919.
Battalion Personnel
- John Alexander Adamson
- David Andrew Allison
- Edward Bailey
- Ernest Ball DCM
- James Barber
- Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett
- Richard Beattie
- Thomas Kinsman Bickell
- Walter Bell Blair
- Richard John James Bransby
- Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM
- Lancel Butcher
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID 12 Dec 1915 - 29 Feb 1916
- William Carroll
- Cecil Walter Challis
- Donald Victor Chisholm
- Sydney Charles Clarke
- John Harold Coffen
- Herbert William Coxhead
- William Moore Crellin
- Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis
- Aubrey Cecil Dawson
- Charles Henry Dohnt
- Frank William Dowell
- Francis Dyson
- Rudolf Eberhardt
- Albert Ernest Elkington
- Claude Eustace Herbert Evans
- Walter Raymond Farnham
- George Weston Firns
- Cyril Foxwell
- Walter Gaymer
- William Henry Gibbs
- Charles Maul Glover
- John Goffin
- John Hall
- George Joseph Harris
- William Joseph Hayden
- Robert Sang Herd
- Thomas Hetherington
- Frederick James Howard
- John Charles Hutchinson
- Fritz Robert Jaentsch
- Arthur George Kettley
- Patrick Kiely
- Frederick William Vernon King
- Robert Lightbody
- William Isaac Little
- John Macarthur Livingston
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews
- George Badham Milton
- Frank Moore
- Frederick William Wallace Moore
- Frederick Edwin Murphy
- Alfred Tennyson Needham
- Herbert Frank O'Neill
- Thomas Alfred Osborne
- Charles Henry Partridge
- John Laidlaw Paterson
- John Donaldson Patterson
- Arthur Pilgrim
- Hector Louis Polain
- Maurice Clarence Robinson
- Stephen Henry Robson
- Robert Rueben Rodgers
- William George Rosekelly
- William Edgar Rowe
- David Alexander Sayer
- George Scrivener
- John (Senior) Shepherd
- Hugh Henry Smith
- John Alexander Spilsbury
- Arthur William Symonds
- Frederick William Thornton
- John James Thorpe
- Leslie Huon Truman
- John Wesley Gladstone Turner
- William Lamplough Ullyott
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier
- Daniel Malcolm Wann
- Peter Grant Watt
- Frederick Robert Weedon
- Richard John Williams
- James Winning
- Vernon Claude Witney
Battle Honours
- ANZAC
- Landing at Anzac
- Defence of Anzac
- Suvla
- Sari Bair
- Gallipoli
- Egypt 1915-16
- Somme 1916-18
- Poziéres
- Bullecourt
- Ypres 1917
- Menin Road
- Polygon Wood
- Broodseinde
- Poelcapple
- Passchendaele
- Lys
- Hazebrouck
- Amiens
- Albert 1918
- Hindenberg Line
- Epehy
- France and Flanders 1916-18.
Individual Honours
- 1 Victoria Cross (Lt Charles Pope)
- 1 Companion of the Order of the Bath
- 2 Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- 7 Distinguished Service Orders
- 1 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 30 Military Crosses and one Bar
- 25 Distinguished Conduct Medals with one Bar
- 96 Military Medals with two Bars - (Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM)
- 3 Meritorious Service Medals
- 85 Mentions in Despatches and
- 7 foreign awards
Notes
Content for the history and honours sections has come from a combination of Wikipedia and the Australian War Memorial websites.
- ↑ "Legs-Eleven": Being the Story of the 11th Battalion (A.I.F.) in the Great War of 1914–1918. Belford 1992 P. 665