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[1] [2] [3] Prior to this, though, the battalion was reorganised in August 1942 with its machine gun company being transferred to form the 6th Machine Gun Battalion along with several other Militia machine gun companies. [23] After World War II the Citizens Military Force was reformed in 1948, although the 1st Battalion was not re-raised at ...
Soldiers from the 4th Division near Chateau Wood, Ypres, in 1917. In Australia, the outbreak of World War I was greeted with considerable enthusiasm. Even before Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, the nation pledged its support alongside other states of the British Empire and almost immediately began preparations to send forces overseas to engage in the conflict.
[1] [2] To his family, he was nicknamed "Harkey". He grew up on the family farms, and attended the local school, known as the Rock Tank. [3] In 1894, his father was one of six men who made a sensational find on the goldfields at Coolgardie, Western Australia. [4] They sold their claim to the Earl of Fingall for £180,000 and a sixth interest.
Defenders of Australia: The 3rd Australian Division 1916–1991. Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military Historical Publications. ISBN 1-876439-03-3. Stevenson, Robert (2007). "The Forgotten First: The 1st Australian Division in the Great War and its Legacy" (PDF). Australian Army Journal. IV (1): 185– 199. OCLC 30798241.
The AIF was an all volunteer force for the duration of the war. Australia was one of only two belligerents on either side not to introduce conscription during the war (along with South Africa). [82] [Note 4] Although a system of compulsory training had been introduced in 1911 for home service, under Australian law it did not extend to overseas ...
These changes, along with the economic downturn of the Great Depression which limited training opportunities, greatly affected the availability of manpower at the time and as a result a number of units were amalgamated at this time, [14] although the 46th Battalion was not one of those selected for this fate and it remained on the order of ...
World War II: Bonis–Porton; South-West Pacific 1943–45; Liberation of Australian New Guinea. [ 29 ] In 1961, the battalion – although no longer on the Australian Army's order of battle – was entrusted with the three battle honours awarded to the 2/26th Battalion for its service with the 2nd AIF during World War II.
During World War I, the 31st Battalion, AIF, received 16 battle honours, which were later passed to the 31st Battalion when it was re-raised as a militia battalion in 1921. [1] The 31st/51st Battalion earned five battle honours during World War II, while the 2/31st Battalion earned another 22, which were later passed to the Kennedy Regiment in ...