1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
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| 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force | |
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| Years active: | August 1914 – February 1915 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Service: | Australian Army |
| Branch: | Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
| Full size: | 1,000 |
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| Created: | August 1914. |
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| Disbanded: | February 1915. |
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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 and Administrative |
| Parent unit: | Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force |
| Parent level: | Brigade |
| Start date: | August 1914 |
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| Theatre of war | |
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| Theatre name: | Pacific, Indian Ocean, West Indies and Western Mediterranean |
| Date entered: | September 1914 |
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Contents
Personal narratives
Ernest Baker
ANZAC Connections links to letters from Ernest William Baker written between 1914 and 1918. Catalogue description and his service record show that he served in:
- D Company, 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Private, service number 1038.
- C Company, 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), started as Private and rose to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, service number 1032.
Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin
- 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
- 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Dennis Gurney Broad
- Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items: letters to his mother from Rabaul
- B Company, 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
- later served on HMS Killingholme, Royal Naval Air Service, British but not covered by letters
Related media
Official Sources
Unit war diaries
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