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==Brief History== | ==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. | + | 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. |
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| − | 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. | + | 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 expansion. 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 its even numbered sections to the new battalion. |
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| − | 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. | + | 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. |
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| − | 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. | + | 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". |
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| − | 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. | + | 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.<ref>"Legs-Eleven": Being the Story of the 11th Battalion (A.I.F.) in the Great War of 1914–1918. Belford 1992 P. 665</ref> The battalion was disbanded in 1919. |
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===Battalion Personnel=== | ===Battalion Personnel=== | ||
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* [[Alexander Donald]] 17 Mar - 2 Apr 1916 - to 51st Battalion | * [[Alexander Donald]] 17 Mar - 2 Apr 1916 - to 51st Battalion | ||
* † [[Frank William Dowell]] 2 Mar - 30 May 1916 - KIA Condonnerie, France | * † [[Frank William Dowell]] 2 Mar - 30 May 1916 - KIA Condonnerie, France | ||
| + | * † [[William Duffy]] 17 Jan - 9 Apr 1917 - KIA Morchies, France | ||
* [[Victor Emanuel Durling]] 7 Jan - 29 Feb 1916 - to 51st Battalion | * [[Victor Emanuel Durling]] 7 Jan - 29 Feb 1916 - to 51st Battalion | ||
* † [[Francis Dyson]] 7 Sep 1916 - 15 Apr 1017 - KIA Lagnicourt | * † [[Francis Dyson]] 7 Sep 1916 - 15 Apr 1017 - KIA Lagnicourt | ||
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F | F | ||
* [[Walter Raymond Farnham]] ?? Oct 1915 - 26 Apr 1916 - Medical return to Australia | * [[Walter Raymond Farnham]] ?? Oct 1915 - 26 Apr 1916 - Medical return to Australia | ||
| + | * † [[Thomas Flavin]] 20 Oct 1915 - 15 Apr 1917 KIA Louverval, France | ||
* [[Cyril Foxwell]] 15 Jun 1915 - 30 Aug 1915 - Medical return to Australia | * [[Cyril Foxwell]] 15 Jun 1915 - 30 Aug 1915 - Medical return to Australia | ||
G | G | ||
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* † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]] 17 Aug 1914 - 21 Sep 1917 - KIA Glencorse Wood | * † [[Herbert Frank O'Neill]] 17 Aug 1914 - 21 Sep 1917 - KIA Glencorse Wood | ||
P | P | ||
| − | * [[Charles Henry Partridge]] | + | * [[Charles Henry Partridge]] 17 Jan 1917 - 18 May 1918 |
| − | * [[John Laidlaw Paterson]] | + | * [[John Laidlaw Paterson]] 22 Jan - 10 Aug 1918 - WIA Lihons |
| − | * [[John Donaldson Patterson]] | + | * [[John Donaldson Patterson]] 25 May 1916 - 2 Apr 1919 |
| − | * [[Arthur Pilgrim]] | + | * [[Arthur Pilgrim]] 9 Sep 1914 - 2 Jan 1915 |
| − | * † [[Keith George Harman Podger]] 2 Mar - 19 Apr 1916 | + | * † [[Keith George Harman Podger]] 2 Mar - 19 Apr 1916 KIA Mouquet Farm |
| − | * [[Hector Louis Polain]] | + | * † [[Hector Louis Polain]] 9 Jan 1916 - 15 Apr 1917 - KIA Noreuil |
R | R | ||
| − | * [[Maurice Clarence Robinson]] | + | * † [[Maurice Clarence Robinson]] 12 Aug 1916 - 20 Sep 1917 - KIA Menin Road |
| − | * [[Stephen Henry Robson]] | + | * † [[Stephen Henry Robson]] 7 Jan - 23/25 Jul 1916 - KIA Pozières |
| − | * [[Robert Rueben Rodgers]] | + | * [[Robert Rueben Rodgers]] 26 Oct 1917 - 20 Mar 1918 |
| − | * [[William George Rosekelly]] | + | * [[William George Rosekelly]] 17 Jan 1917 - 20 Nov 1918 |
| − | * [[William Edgar Rowe]] | + | * † [[William Edgar Rowe]] 2 Mar 1916 - 21 Mar 1918 - KIA Neuve Eglise |
S | S | ||
| − | * [[David Alexander Sayer]] | + | * † [[David Alexander Sayer]] 16 Jun 1917 - 10 Aug 1918 - KIA Lihons |
* [[Henry Giles Schmidt]] 7 Jan - 1 Mar 1916 to 51st Battalion | * [[Henry Giles Schmidt]] 7 Jan - 1 Mar 1916 to 51st Battalion | ||
| − | * [[George Scrivener]] | + | * † [[George Scrivener]] 2 Mar 1916 - 20 Sep 1917 - KIA Ypres salient |
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* [[Hugh Henry Smith]] 16 Jun 1915 - 24 Apr 1916 - to 48th Battalion | * [[Hugh Henry Smith]] 16 Jun 1915 - 24 Apr 1916 - to 48th Battalion | ||
| − | * [[John Alexander Spilsbury]] | + | * [[John Alexander Spilsbury]] 8 Sep 1914 - 20 Sep 1917 - WIA (3rd time) Polygon Wood |
| − | * [[Arthur William Symonds]] | + | * † [[Arthur William Symonds]] 2 Mar 1916 - 9 Oct 1917 - DOW Broodseinde Ridge |
T | T | ||
* [[James Thomson MM]] 7 Jan - 23 Jul 1916 (WIA Pozieres) - to 51st Battalion | * [[James Thomson MM]] 7 Jan - 23 Jul 1916 (WIA Pozieres) - to 51st Battalion | ||
| − | * [[Frederick William Thornton]] | + | * [[Frederick William Thornton]] 7 - 25 Feb 1917 - Died of illness |
| + | * [[Edward William Tink]] 12 Dec 1915 - 2 Apr 1916 | ||
* [[John James Thorpe]] 24 May - 24 Jul 1916 (WIA - Pozieres) | * [[John James Thorpe]] 24 May - 24 Jul 1916 (WIA - Pozieres) | ||
| − | * [[Leslie Huon Truman]] | + | * [[Leslie Huon Truman]] 7 May - 28 Jun 1915 KIA Gallipoli |
| − | * [[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]] | + | * † [[John Wesley Gladstone Turner]] 18 Aug 1914 - 6 Aug 1915 - KIA Gallipoli |
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V | V | ||
| − | * [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] | + | * [[Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier]] 2 Mar - 25 Jul 1916 -- WIA Pozières |
W | W | ||
| − | * [[Daniel Malcolm Wann]] | + | * [[Daniel Malcolm Wann]] 22 Jan - 13 Aug 1918 - DOW Lihons |
| − | * [[Peter Grant Watt]] | + | * [[Peter Grant Watt]] 11 Jun - 31 Jul 1918 - WIA Somme region |
| − | * [[Frederick Robert Weedon]] | + | * [[Frederick Robert Weedon]] 4 Aug 1917 - 2 Oct 1917 - WIA Westhoek Ridge |
| − | * [[Richard John Williams]] | + | * † [[Richard John Williams]] 25 May - 25 Jul 1916 - KIA 25 Jul 1916 - Pozières |
| − | * [[James Winning]] | + | * † [[James Winning]] 7 May - 6 Aug 1915 - KIA Lone Pine, Gallipoli |
| − | * [[Vernon Claude Witney]] 10 May - 12 Dec 1915 | + | * [[Vernon Claude Witney]] 10 May - 12 Dec 1915 to 51st Battalion |
==Battle Honours== | ==Battle Honours== | ||
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* 7 foreign awards | * 7 foreign awards | ||
| − | ==Notes== | + | ==Notes - further reading== |
| − | Content for the history and honours sections has come from a combination of Wikipedia and the Australian War Memorial websites. | + | Content for the history and honours sections has come from a combination of Wikipedia and the Australian War Memorial websites. |
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| + | For more detailed description of the 11th Battalion's participation in ww1, see:br> | ||
| + | *''Legs-Eleven'' by Capt Walter C. Befford; | ||
| + | *''Fremantle to France'' by Ian Gill 2003 - Advance Press Pty Ltd, and | ||
| + | *''Game to the Last'' - James Hurst 2005 - Big Sky Publishing.; | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:12, 28 January 2024
 Some of the 36 11th Bn men killed at Leane's Trench. AWM photoP08678.006 | |
 11th Battalion at Alexandria enroute to Lemnos. Credit Army Museum of Western Australia | |
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 expansion. 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 its 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
A
- John Alexander Adamson 28 Feb 1915 - 13 Mar 1918 WIA
- David Andrew Allison a reinforcement who didn't join the battalion in the field.
B
- Edward Bailey 24 Feb 1917 - 23 Apr 1919
- Ernest Ball DCM 4 Jul 1915 - 15 Aug 1918 WIA (gassed)
- James Barber 9 Mar - 24 Jul 1916 - WIA Pozières
- Percival (Peter) Clement Bassett 2 Mar 1916 - 29 Jan 1919
- Richard Beattie 26 Dec 1916 - 11 Jan 1917 - Medical evacuation & over age
- Thomas Kinsman Bickell 17 Jan - 7 May 1917 - WIA Noreuil
- † Walter Bell Blair 6 Oct 1914 - 2 May 1915 - KIA Gallipoli
- † Richard John James Bransby 17 Jan - 6 May 1917 - KIA 2nd Bullecourt
- Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM 9 Aug 1916 - 7 Apr 1917 - WIA
- Lancel Butcher 10 May 1917 - 20 May 1919
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID 12 Dec 1915 - 29 Feb 1916 - 51st Battalion
C
- William Carroll 25 - 30 May 1916 - WIA - medical discharge
- Cecil Walter Challis 17 Jan 1917 - 24 Apr 1919
- Donald Victor Chisholm 17 Mar 1916 - 15 Apr 1917 - POW Lagnicourt
- † Sidney Charles Clarke 4 Aug 1915 - 12 Mar 1916 - to 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
- Henry Thomas Cockram 7 Jan - 1 Mar 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- John Harold Coffen Aug 1914 - 28 Feb 1918 - medical
- George Sidney Cook 4 Aug 1915 - 29 Feb 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- † Herbert William Coxhead medically discharged before he joined them
- † William Moore Crellin 29 Jul 1916 - 7 May 1917 - KIA Noreuil
- Thomas Hughie Culbertson 4 - 18 Aug 1917 - to 1st Division Signals Company & 15 Mar - 24 Apr 1919
- Alfred Cecil Clarence Curtis Aug 1914 - 8 Jun 1915 - Medical
D
- † Walter Edward Dalziell 7 Jan - 29 Feb 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- Charles Henry Davis 7 Jan - 1 Mar 1916 - 51st Battalion
- Aubrey Cecil Dawson 2 Mar - 22 Jul 1916 - WIA Pozières
- Charles Henry Dohnt 28 May 1917 - 23 Apr 1919
- Alexander Donald 17 Mar - 2 Apr 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- † Frank William Dowell 2 Mar - 30 May 1916 - KIA Condonnerie, France
- † William Duffy 17 Jan - 9 Apr 1917 - KIA Morchies, France
- Victor Emanuel Durling 7 Jan - 29 Feb 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- † Francis Dyson 7 Sep 1916 - 15 Apr 1017 - KIA Lagnicourt
E
- † Rudolf Eberhardt 2 Mar - 30 May 1916 - KIA Cordonnerie Farm, Fromelles
- Albert John Egan MID 7 Jan - 29 Feb 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- † Albert Ernest Elkington 10 May 1917 - 23 Aug 1918 - KIA Chuignes, France
- Claude Eustace Herbert Evans 24 Apr 1917 - 20 Apr 1919
- Richard Evans MM 7 Jan - 1 Mar 1916 - to 51st Battalion
F
- Walter Raymond Farnham ?? Oct 1915 - 26 Apr 1916 - Medical return to Australia
- † Thomas Flavin 20 Oct 1915 - 15 Apr 1917 KIA Louverval, France
- Cyril Foxwell 15 Jun 1915 - 30 Aug 1915 - Medical return to Australia
G
- Walter Gaymer 7 Jul 1917 - 23 Apr 1919
- † Charles Maul Glover 1 Mar 1915 - 1 Mar 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- John Goffin 26 Dec 1916 - ?? Apr 1919
H
- John Hall 1 May 1917 - 14 Oct 1918
- George Joseph Harris 16 Oct 1917 - 13 Feb 1918
- William Joseph Hayden 2 Mar - 22 Jul 1916- WIA Shell shock Pozières
- Robert Sang Herd 29 Jul 1916 - 3 Apr 1919
- Thomas Hetherington 16 Jun 1915 - 31 Aug 1918
- † Frederick James Howard 17 Mar - 23 Jul 1916 - KIA Pozieres
- John Charles Hutchinson 1 Sep 1914 - 25 Apr 1915
J
- † Fritz Robert Jaentsch 7 May 1915 - 28 Feb 1916
K
- James Kershaw 7 Jan - 1 Mar 1916 - to 51st Battalion
- Arthur George Kettley 4 Aug 1915 - 30 May 1916 - KIA Fleurbaix
- Patrick Kiely 10 May 1917 - 2 Oct 1918
- Frederick William Vernon King 29 Jul 1916 - 4 Jan 1917 - died of illness
L
- † Herbert George Lewis 2 Mar - 2 Apr 1916 - 51st Battalion
- Robert Lightbody 7 Sep 1916 - 15 Mar 1918 - WIA Neuve Eglise
- William Isaac Little 29 Jun 1916 - 23 Apr 1919
- John Macarthur Livingston 10 Feb - 14 Apr 1917
M
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews 2 Mar 1916 - 16 Apr 1917 - POW
- George Badham Milton 29 Jul 1916 - 16 Apr 1917 - KIA Lagnicour
- Frank Moore 25 May 1916 - 3 Nov 1917 - WIA Zonnebeke
- † Frederick William Wallace Moore 12 Dec 1915 - 30 May 1916 - KIA Cordonnerie Farm, Fromelles
- Frederick Edwin Murphy 17 Aug 1914 - 20 Apr 1916 - to 15th Machine Gun Company
N
- Alfred Tennyson Needham 6 Dec 1917 - 3 Jun 1918 - WIA Villers - Bretonneux
O
- † Herbert Frank O'Neill 17 Aug 1914 - 21 Sep 1917 - KIA Glencorse Wood
P
- Charles Henry Partridge 17 Jan 1917 - 18 May 1918
- John Laidlaw Paterson 22 Jan - 10 Aug 1918 - WIA Lihons
- John Donaldson Patterson 25 May 1916 - 2 Apr 1919
- Arthur Pilgrim 9 Sep 1914 - 2 Jan 1915
- † Keith George Harman Podger 2 Mar - 19 Apr 1916 KIA Mouquet Farm
- † Hector Louis Polain 9 Jan 1916 - 15 Apr 1917 - KIA Noreuil
R
- † Maurice Clarence Robinson 12 Aug 1916 - 20 Sep 1917 - KIA Menin Road
- † Stephen Henry Robson 7 Jan - 23/25 Jul 1916 - KIA Pozières
- Robert Rueben Rodgers 26 Oct 1917 - 20 Mar 1918
- William George Rosekelly 17 Jan 1917 - 20 Nov 1918
- † William Edgar Rowe 2 Mar 1916 - 21 Mar 1918 - KIA Neuve Eglise
S
- † David Alexander Sayer 16 Jun 1917 - 10 Aug 1918 - KIA Lihons
- Henry Giles Schmidt 7 Jan - 1 Mar 1916 to 51st Battalion
- † George Scrivener 2 Mar 1916 - 20 Sep 1917 - KIA Ypres salient
- Hugh Henry Smith 16 Jun 1915 - 24 Apr 1916 - to 48th Battalion
- John Alexander Spilsbury 8 Sep 1914 - 20 Sep 1917 - WIA (3rd time) Polygon Wood
- † Arthur William Symonds 2 Mar 1916 - 9 Oct 1917 - DOW Broodseinde Ridge
T
- James Thomson MM 7 Jan - 23 Jul 1916 (WIA Pozieres) - to 51st Battalion
- Frederick William Thornton 7 - 25 Feb 1917 - Died of illness
- Edward William Tink 12 Dec 1915 - 2 Apr 1916
- John James Thorpe 24 May - 24 Jul 1916 (WIA - Pozieres)
- Leslie Huon Truman 7 May - 28 Jun 1915 KIA Gallipoli
- † John Wesley Gladstone Turner 18 Aug 1914 - 6 Aug 1915 - KIA Gallipoli
V
- Albert Cornelius Jesse Verrier 2 Mar - 25 Jul 1916 -- WIA Pozières
W
- Daniel Malcolm Wann 22 Jan - 13 Aug 1918 - DOW Lihons
- Peter Grant Watt 11 Jun - 31 Jul 1918 - WIA Somme region
- Frederick Robert Weedon 4 Aug 1917 - 2 Oct 1917 - WIA Westhoek Ridge
- † Richard John Williams 25 May - 25 Jul 1916 - KIA 25 Jul 1916 - Pozières
- † James Winning 7 May - 6 Aug 1915 - KIA Lone Pine, Gallipoli
- Vernon Claude Witney 10 May - 12 Dec 1915 to 51st Battalion
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 - further reading
Content for the history and honours sections has come from a combination of Wikipedia and the Australian War Memorial websites.
For more detailed description of the 11th Battalion's participation in ww1, see:br>
- Legs-Eleven by Capt Walter C. Befford;
- Fremantle to France by Ian Gill 2003 - Advance Press Pty Ltd, and
- Game to the Last - James Hurst 2005 - Big Sky Publishing.;
- ↑ "Legs-Eleven": Being the Story of the 11th Battalion (A.I.F.) in the Great War of 1914–1918. Belford 1992 P. 665