5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
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| 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) | |
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| Years active: | – |
| Country: | Australia |
| Service: | Australian Army |
| Branch: | Australian Imperial Force |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
| Full size: | 1,000 |
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| Created: | |
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| Alternate names: | 5th Australian Infantry Battalion |
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| Disbanded: | |
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| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Parent unit: | 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) |
| Parent level: | Brigade |
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Contents
- 1 Personal narratives
- 1.1 Lance Corporal George Booley
- 1.2 Frederick Heatley Symonds
- 1.3 Francis George Didcock (Service number 52502)
- 1.4 Lieutenant John Joseph Bourke
- 1.5 Captain Herbert Spencer Dickinson
- 1.6 Lieutenant George Howard Earp
- 1.7 Captain George Lush Finlay
- 1.8 Major Robert Pearce Flockart
- 1.9 Private Harry Hodgman
- 1.10 Private Albert William Keown
- 1.11 Lieutenant George Leslie Makin
- 1.12 Sergeant Lawrence Stanley Vivian Moss
- 1.13 Sergeant Frank Jubilee Olle
- 1.14 Company Quartermaster Sergeant Richard Keith Phillips
- 2 Related media
- 3 Official sources
- 4 Other sources
- 5 References
Personal narratives
Lance Corporal George Booley
Frederick Heatley Symonds
Frederick Heatley Symonds joined this battalion in August 1914 and kept a diary while serving at Gallipoli in 1915. The diary has been transcribed by Heather Ford.
Francis George Didcock (Service number 52502)
Letters, postcards, cards, newspaper clippings, from a collection documenting the friendship between Fowler and Pte. Francis George Didcock, an Australian, held by The Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Sources, evidence: catalogue record includes service number and unit information. Based on record submitted for Henry Fowler by a member of the public.
Lieutenant John Joseph Bourke
- 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
- 2nd Machine Gun Company, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
- 21st Machine Gun Company, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Captain Herbert Spencer Dickinson
- 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
- 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Lieutenant George Howard Earp
- 1st Pioneer Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
- 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Captain George Lush Finlay
- 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
- attached headquarters 1st Australian Division
- attached headquarters 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Major Robert Pearce Flockart
Private Harry Hodgman
Private Albert William Keown
Lieutenant George Leslie Makin
Sergeant Lawrence Stanley Vivian Moss
Sergeant Frank Jubilee Olle
Company Quartermaster Sergeant Richard Keith Phillips
- transport section, 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
- 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
- Australian War Memorial: AWM4 Subclass 23/22 (unknown date–unknown date) (images free for non-commercial use)
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
