carm wrote: >Could anyone be of assistance with the areas these units saw >service in the 1914-1918 war >Thank you >Ray > > 34TH BN ARMY --CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR 34th Infantry Battalion (New South Wales) [9th Infantry Brigade] Formed New South Wales February 1916. Departed Sydney Hororata 2 May 1916. Battle Honours: Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodeseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Somme 1918, Avre, Amiens, Albert 1918, Mont St Quentin, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, France and Flanders 1916-18 >56 TH BTN. COOTAMUNDRA NSW - CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR 56th Infantry Battalion (New South Wales) [14th Infantry Brigade] Formed Egypt 14 February 1916 from the 4th Infantry Battalion. Battle Honours: Egypt 1916, Somme 1916-18, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Ancre 1918, Villers-Bretonneux, Amiens, Albert 1918, Mont St Quentin, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, France and Flanders 1916-18 >118TH HAWKINIBYER ???? UNIT VIC 118th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery (1) [9th Field Artillery Brigade] Formed England August 1916 for 9th Field Artillery Brigade. Disbanded 6 March 1917. England, Western Front 118th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery (2) [9th Field Artillery Brigade] Formed Australia 1916 for 9th Field Artillery Brigade. Departed Melbourne Aeneas 3 October 1916. Disbanded on arrival in England October 1916, owing to a unit of the same name being raised in the United Kingdom. >3RD DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE ----- >VETINARY SECTION AS A > >FARRIER AT MARIBYRNONG VIC --TRANSFERRED TO 3RD D.A.C. FRANCE >10/3/1917--TRANFERRED TO A.G.B.D. FROM D.A.C. ---CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR >D.A.C. & A.G..B.D ????????? MEANS DAC=Division Ammunition Column. A horse transport unit that hauled shells for the field artillery. AGBD= Australian General Base Depot. The depot in France for men other than infantry. This unit fought on the Western Front > 58th Battalion Australian Infantry SERVICE: Army--CONFLICT: 1914-1918 58th Infantry Battalion (Victoria) [15th Brigade] Formed Egypt 21 February 1916 from the 6th Infantry Battalion. Battle Honours: Egypt 1916, Somme 1916-18, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Avre, Villers-Bretonneux, Amiens, Albert 1918, Mont St Quentin, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, France and Flanders 1916-18 Egypt, Western Front >3RD BN--1ST MACHINE GUN BATTALION A.I.F. ----CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR Formed France 2 March 1918 with 9th, 10th, 11th and 23rd Machine Gun Companies assigned. Western Front >8TH BATT. A.I.F. ---------CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR >------------------ 8th Infantry Battalion (Victoria) [2nd Infantry Brigade] Formed Victoria August 1914. Battle Honours: Landing at Anzac, Anzac, Helles, Krithia, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-16, Somme 1916-18, Pozieres, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Broodeseinde, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, France and Flanders 1916-18 >11TH LIGHT HORSE----CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR 11th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland and South Australia) [4th Light Horse Brigade] Formed Queensland February 1915 for 4th Light Horse Brigade. Departed Brisbane Medic 2 June 1915 less B Squadron which departed Brisbane Borda 17 June 1916. Relieved of assignment to 4th Light Horse Brigade 26 August 1915 and broken up. A Squadron and Machine Gun Section attached to 2nd Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron attached to 5th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron attached to 9th Light Horse Regiment. Reconstituted at Maadi, Egypt 20 February 1916 and assigned to 4th Division. Relieved of assignment to 4th Division 4 March 1916 and attached to 2nd Light Horse Brigade. Redesignated 1st Camel Regiment September 1916. Resumed its original identity and assigned to reformed 4th Light Horse Brigade February 1917. Battle Honours: Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Romani, Maghdaba-Rafah, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jordan (Es Salt), Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917-18 Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai,Palestine >7TH BATT, 1ST A.I.F -----CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR 7th Infantry Battalion (Victoria) [2nd Infantry Brigade] Formed Victoria August 1914. Battle Honours: Landing at Anzac, Anzac, Helles, Krithia, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-16, Somme 1916-18, Pozieres, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Broodeseinde, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, France and Flanders 1916-18 >59 BATTALION------CONFLICT 1914--1918 WAR Formed Egypt 24 February 1916 from the 7th Infantry Battalion. Battle Honours: Egypt 1916, Somme 1916-18, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Avre, Villers-Bretonneux, Amiens, Albert 1918, Mont St Quentin, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, France and Flanders 1916-18 For more information on the above, see: >==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== >First AIF Order of Battle 1914-1918 >http://www.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/index.html -- ---- First AIF Order of Battle: http://www.adfa.edu.au/~rmallett/