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''Egypt''
 
''Egypt''
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* † [[Frederick William Wallace Moore]] ?? Sep - 20 Oct 1915
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* † [[Stephen Henry Robson]] 29 Oct 1915 - 6 Jan 1916
 
* [[ William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]] 27 Nov - 10 Dec 1917
 
* [[ William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID]] 27 Nov - 10 Dec 1917
  
 
''England''
 
''England''
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'''Staff'''
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* [[William Isaac Little]] 26 Dec - 13 May 1918
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'''Trainees'''
 
* [[Pierre Wolfe Daimpre]] 10 Nov 1917 - 26 Jul 1918
 
* [[Pierre Wolfe Daimpre]] 10 Nov 1917 - 26 Jul 1918
 
* [[Walter Alfred King]] 28 Sep 1918 - ?? Apr 1919
 
* [[Walter Alfred King]] 28 Sep 1918 - ?? Apr 1919
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===2nd Training Battalion===  
 
===2nd Training Battalion===  
 
Formed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917 before being disbanded 25 Apr 1918.
 
Formed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917 before being disbanded 25 Apr 1918.
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'''Staff'''
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* [[William Isaac Little]] 7 Nov 1917 - 25 Feb 1918
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'''Trainees'''
 
* [[Claude Francis Cooper]] 3 - 30 Sep 1916
 
* [[Claude Francis Cooper]] 3 - 30 Sep 1916
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* [[Alfred Tennyson Needham]] 7 - 27 Nov 1917
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* † [[Daniel Malcolm Wann]] 7 Nov 1917 - 7 Jan 1918
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* † [[David Andrew Allison]] November 1917
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* [[Thomas Alfred Osborne]] ?? Nov 1917 - ?? Mar 1918
 
* [[Joseph George Benton Jnr]] 28 Dec 1917 - 25 Apr 1918
 
* [[Joseph George Benton Jnr]] 28 Dec 1917 - 25 Apr 1918
 
* [[Ernest Camp]] 27 Dec 1917 - 30 Mar 1918
 
* [[Ernest Camp]] 27 Dec 1917 - 30 Mar 1918
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* [[Peter Grant Watt]] 27 Dec 1917 - 2 Jun 1918
  
 
===3rd Training Battalion===
 
===3rd Training Battalion===
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* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] 17 Apr - 8 May 1916
 
* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] 17 Apr - 8 May 1916
 
* † [[Thomas William Dowell]] 26 Apr - 7 Jun 1916
 
* † [[Thomas William Dowell]] 26 Apr - 7 Jun 1916
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* [[William Carroll]] 10 - 6 Apr 1916 - includes the voyage from Egypt to France.
 
* † [[Herbert George Lewis]] 4 May - 22 Jul 1916 during which time the unit relocated to England.
 
* † [[Herbert George Lewis]] 4 May - 22 Jul 1916 during which time the unit relocated to England.
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* [[James Lawrence McKenna]] 20 May - 26 Oct 1916 during which time the unit relocated to England.
  
 
''England''<br>
 
''England''<br>
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''Trainees''
 
''Trainees''
* [[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]] 6 - 24 Jul
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* [[Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM]] 6 - 24 Jul 1916
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* [[Ernest Ball DCM]] 14 - 24 Jul 1916
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* † [[Francis Dyson]] 21 Jul - 4 Sep 1916
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* [[Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor]] 22 Jul - 7 Oct 1916
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* † [[Albert Ernest Elkington]] 11 Jan - 2 May 1917
 
* [[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] 2 Sep - 22 Nov 1916
 
* [[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] 2 Sep - 22 Nov 1916
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* [[Charles Kelly]] 2 Sep 24  - Nov 1916
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* [[Donald Victor Chisholm]] 3 Sep - 21 Oct 1916
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* [[Edward Bailey]] 25 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
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* [[Richard Beattie]] 25 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
 
* [[James Thomson MM]] September 1916
 
* [[James Thomson MM]] September 1916
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* [[Cecil Walter Challis]] 3 Nov - 16 Dec 1916
 
* [[Thomas Hughie Culbertson]] 3 Dec 1916 - 15 Jul 1917
 
* [[Thomas Hughie Culbertson]] 3 Dec 1916 - 15 Jul 1917
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* [[Claude Eustace Herbert Evans]] 11 Jan - 4 Apr 1917 -
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* [[Lancel Butcher]] 17 Feb - 2 May 1917
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* [[Charles Henry Dohnt]] 17 Feb -13 May 1917
 
* [[John Flynn]] 17 Feb - 10 Mar 1917
 
* [[John Flynn]] 17 Feb - 10 Mar 1917
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* † [[David Andrew Allison]] 28 Mar - 2 Jul 1917 & 9 Jul - ?? Nov 1917
  
 
===4th Training Battalion===
 
===4th Training Battalion===
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'''Trainees'''
 
'''Trainees'''
 
* [[William Plant]] 11 Mar - 6 Jun 1916
 
* [[William Plant]] 11 Mar - 6 Jun 1916
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* [[Frederick Sidney Gladstone]] 12 Mar 1916
 
* [[John William King]] 11 Apr - ?? May 1916
 
* [[John William King]] 11 Apr - ?? May 1916
* † [[Frank Ernest Cousens]] 25 Apr - 19 May 1916
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* † [[Frank Ernest Cousens]] 26 Apr - 19 May 1916
* [[Eugene Anthony Gillespie]] 4 Oct - 4 Nov 1917
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* [[John Wilfred Gargett]] 26 Apr - 18 May 1916
* [[William Arthur Green]] 25 Apr - ?? May 1919
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* [[William Arthur Green]] 26 Apr - ?? May 1916
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* † [[Hobart Turner]] 26 Apr - 17 May 1916
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* [[Frederick Sidney Gladstone]] 12 Mar 1916 - transfer to England
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* [[Gordon Vidgen Cross]] 15 - 30 May 1916
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* [[George Harris]] 15 Jun 1916 - transfer to England
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''England''<br>
 
''England''<br>
 
'''Staff'''
 
'''Staff'''
 
* [[James Clarence Taylor]] - attached from 76th Dental Unit 27 Jun - 6 Nov 1917
 
* [[James Clarence Taylor]] - attached from 76th Dental Unit 27 Jun - 6 Nov 1917
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* [[George Henry Martin MM MID]] 7 Jul - 2 Oct 1917
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* [[George Chistopher Dalziell DCM]] 3 Oct 1917 - 30 Mar 1918
  
'''Trainees'''
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'''Trainees'''<br>
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''1916''
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* [[Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM]] 28 May - 15 Aug 1916
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* † [[Ernest Clifford Noyce]] 12 Aug - 29 Sep 1916
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* [[Alexander Robinson]] 12 Aug - 29 Sep 1916
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* [[Frederick Sidney Gladstone]] transfer ex Egypt - 21 Sep 1916
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* [[George Harris]] transfer ex Egypt - 21 Sep 1916
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* [[Gordon Vidgen Cross]] 15 Aug - 21 Sep 1916
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* † [[Arthur Thomas Feast]] 10 Sep - 13 Oct 1916
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* [[William Thomas Saw]] 10 Sep 1916 - 21 Mar 1919
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* [[William Henry Gibbs]] 10 Sep - 20 Dec 1916
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* [[Cyril Arthur Woodland]] 12 Sep - 20 Dec 1916
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* [[Sidney Herrick Carter]] 25 Sep - 27 Nov 1916
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* [[William Francis Cohn]] 26 Sep - 18 Nov 1916
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* † [[Joseph Scott]] 23 Oct - 27 Nov 1916
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* [[Matthew Walsh]] 10 Nov 1916 - 8 Jul 1917
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* † [[Thomas Denteith]] 3 Dec 1916 - 15 Jan 1917
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* † [[Ernest Charles Thomas]] 3 Dec 1916 - 15 Jan 1917
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* [[Charles Fancote]] 13 Dec 1916 - 28 May 1917
 
* [[Sidney Hart]] 13 Dec 1916 - 9 Mar 1917
 
* [[Sidney Hart]] 13 Dec 1916 - 9 Mar 1917
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* [[Claude Robert Marsh]] 13 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
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* [[Benjamin Arthur McEvoy]] 13 Dec 1916 - 9 Apr 1917
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* [[Albert Tom Milton]] 13 Dec 1916 - 21 May 1917
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* [[John Edmond Rhodes]] 13 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
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''1917''
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* [[George Henry Aspinall]] 11 Jan - 27 Feb 1917
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* † [[Robert Prior Bailey]] 11 Jan - 3 May 1917
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* [[Samuel Thomas Lowth]] 11 Jan - 3 May 1917
 
* [[George Emanuel Nettleton]] 11 Jan - 11 Apr 1917
 
* [[George Emanuel Nettleton]] 11 Jan - 11 Apr 1917
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* † [[Alfred Charles Newman]] 11 Jan - 27 Feb 1917
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* [[Patrick Joseph O'Brien]] 11 Jan - 8 Jul 1917
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* [[Isaac Robert Powell]] 15 Jan - 27 Feb 1917
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* [[Edwin Patrick Hanrahan]] 17 Feb - 7 Mar 1917
 
* [[James Peter Henderson MM & Bar]] 27 Mar - 30 May 1917
 
* [[James Peter Henderson MM & Bar]] 27 Mar - 30 May 1917
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* [[Frederick James Allison MM]] 28 Mar - 8 Oct 1917
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* [[John Thomas Clements]] 28 Mar - 8 Jul 1917
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* [[Edwin Lawrence Reed]] 28 Mar - 8 Jul 1917
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* [[Clarence Otto Sladden]] 28 Mar - 8 Jul 1917
 
* [[John Kiely]] 30 Jun - 3 Nov 1917
 
* [[John Kiely]] 30 Jun - 3 Nov 1917
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* † [[John James Gill]] 26 Aug - 3 Dec 1917
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* [[Alfred Gittins]] 26 Aug - 2 Oct 1917
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* [[Frank Myales]] 22 Sep - 29 Oct 1917
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* [[Eugene Anthony Gillespie]] 4 Oct - 4 Nov 1917
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* [[Harold Percival Martin]] 4 Oct 1917 - 15 Jan 1918
  
 
===5th Training Battalion===
 
===5th Training Battalion===
Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917.
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Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917.<br>
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[[File:5th_Training Battalion.jpg]]<br>
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Back Row: Lieutenant W.G. Guard (20th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant W.J Kilpatrick (17/19th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant L.G. McColl (18/20th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant C.R. Graves (18/18th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant G.E. Roddis (15/17th Battalion) Lieutenant W.T. Bastin (19th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant S.M Blackshaw (18/17th Battalion) Lieutenant A.H. Leslie (18th Battalion) Lieutenant R.J. Louch (20th Battalion) Lieutenant W.G. Forster (A.A.S.C. Attached) Middle Row: Captain V.W. Edwards (Royal Fudiliers) Lieutenant A.S. Taplin (17th Battalion) Lieutenant A.S. Browne (17th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant R.T. Phelps, (18/17th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant A.H. Ison (19th Battalion) Lieutenant C.C. Finlay (17th Battalion) Lieutenant E. Parfitt M.M (18th Battalion) Lieutenant J.P Flynn (19th Battalion) Captain S.M.O 'Riordan (R.M.O) Front Row: Lieutenant R.C. Remington (Dental Officer) Lieutenant J.M Moore (20th Battalion) Lieutenant E.L Goodwin (19th Battalion) Quartermaster Captain E.T. Manefield (17th Battalion) Lieutenant C.H. Keppel M.C. (18th Battalion Adjutant) Major R.E. Hale (Commanding Officer 5th Brigade A.I.F) Major E.L Dawson (25th Battalion Attached) Captain J.A. Broadbent M.C (2nd in Command 20th Battalion) Lieutenant R.C. Anderson (17th Battalion) Lieutenant L.W. Blake (19th Battalion) Lieutenant W.H Cullen (19th Battalion). IWM photo
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'''Staff'''
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* [[Douglas Gordon Scott MC]] 16 May - 4 Sep 1918
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* [[William Alfred Leaver MC MM]] 15 Jan 1918 - 2 Sep 1918
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'''Trainees'''
 
* [[Leslie Norman Elkington]] 5 Apr - 16 Oct 1918
 
* [[Leslie Norman Elkington]] 5 Apr - 16 Oct 1918
 
* [[Wilfred (George) Nettleton]] 5 Apr - 3 Dec 1918
 
* [[Wilfred (George) Nettleton]] 5 Apr - 3 Dec 1918
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* [[John George (Jack) Ray]] 16 May - 4 Jun 1918
 
* [[John George (Jack) Ray]] 16 May - 4 Jun 1918
 
* [[Allahbuse Jan Butt]] 16 Jul - 3 Oct 1918
 
* [[Allahbuse Jan Butt]] 16 Jul - 3 Oct 1918
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* [[George Charles Unwin]] 16 Jul - 3 Oct 1918
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* [[Joseph Watson]] 16 Jul - 3 Oct 1918
 
* [[Rolf Montgomery Allom]] 28 Jul - 16 Oct 1918  
 
* [[Rolf Montgomery Allom]] 28 Jul - 16 Oct 1918  
 
* [[Oliver John Dowell]] 17 Aug - 3 Oct 1918
 
* [[Oliver John Dowell]] 17 Aug - 3 Oct 1918
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* [[Henry Ivor Passmore DCM]] 9 Oct 1917 - 5 Mar 1918
 
* [[Henry Ivor Passmore DCM]] 9 Oct 1917 - 5 Mar 1918
 
* † [[William Barge]] 7 Nov 1917 - 28 Jan 1918
 
* † [[William Barge]] 7 Nov 1917 - 28 Jan 1918
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* † [[Basil Kelley]] 1 Feb - 28 Apr 1918
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* † [[Albert Squire]] 8 Nov 1917 - 22 Jan 1918
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* [[James Arthur (Artie) Williams]] 8 Nov 1917 - 11 Feb 1918
  
 
===7th Training Battalion===  
 
===7th Training Battalion===  
 
Egypt and then reformed at Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.<br>
 
Egypt and then reformed at Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.<br>
''Egypt''
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''Egypt''<br>
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'''1915'''
 
* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]] 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
 
* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]] 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
 
* † [[Ernest Selkirk MID]] 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
 
* † [[Ernest Selkirk MID]] 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
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* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]] 27 Nov 1915 - 27 Feb 1916
 
* [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]] 27 Nov 1915 - 27 Feb 1916
 
* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]] 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
 
* † [[Charles Joseph Gerald Raynor]] 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
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'''1916'''
 
* [[Thomas William Kerry]] 10 Feb - 2 Mar 1916
 
* [[Thomas William Kerry]] 10 Feb - 2 Mar 1916
 
* [[Edward Patrick Barker]] 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916  
 
* [[Edward Patrick Barker]] 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916  
 
* [[George Edward Binns]] 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916
 
* [[George Edward Binns]] 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916
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* [[William Mathews]] 7 - 20 Mar 1916
 
* † [[John Huntley]] 12 Mar - 1 Apr 1916
 
* † [[John Huntley]] 12 Mar - 1 Apr 1916
 
* † [[Frank Leslie Sexton]] 12 Mar - 2 Apr 1916
 
* † [[Frank Leslie Sexton]] 12 Mar - 2 Apr 1916
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* † [[William Barge]] 8 Jul - 6 Nov 1917
 
* † [[William Barge]] 8 Jul - 6 Nov 1917
  
'''Trainees'''
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'''Trainees 1916'''
 
* [[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]] 15 May - 24 Sep 1916
 
* [[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]] 15 May - 24 Sep 1916
 
* [[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]] ??Jun - 8 Sep 1916
 
* [[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]] ??Jun - 8 Sep 1916
 
* [[Edward Armstrong]] 12 Jun - 14 Sep 1916
 
* [[Edward Armstrong]] 12 Jun - 14 Sep 1916
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* † [[Basil Kelley]] 13 Jun - 8 Aug 1916
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* [[Patrick Michael]] 22 Jul - 13 Oct 1916
 
* [[Patrick Francis Brennan]] 10 Sep - 14 Nov 1916
 
* [[Patrick Francis Brennan]] 10 Sep - 14 Nov 1916
 
* † [[David Edward Bromley]] 10 Sep - 1 Nov 1916  
 
* † [[David Edward Bromley]] 10 Sep - 1 Nov 1916  
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* [[Alfred James Hansen MM]] 10 Sep 1916 - 12 Dec 1916
 
* [[Alfred James Hansen MM]] 10 Sep 1916 - 12 Dec 1916
 
* [[Paul Henzell Hemy]] 10 Sep - 1 Nov 1916
 
* [[Paul Henzell Hemy]] 10 Sep - 1 Nov 1916
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* [[Leo Patrick Kane]] 10 Sep - 12 Dec 1916
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* † [[Arthur Lewis]] 10 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
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* [[Ernest Alfred (Jack) Lewis]] 10 Sep - 2 Nov 1916
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* † [[Reginald Peter Lewis]] 10 Sep - 1 Nov 1916
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* [[William Edward McKenna]] 10 Sep - 20 Dec 1916
 
* [[Robert Poole]] 10 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
 
* [[Robert Poole]] 10 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
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* † [[Frederick James Powell]] 10 Sep - 1 Nov 1916
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* [[Thomas Henry Rice]] 10 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
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* † [[Albert Edward See]] 10 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
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* [[Sidney Francis Till]] 10 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
 
* † [[William Barge]] 21 Sep 1916 - 25 Feb 1917
 
* † [[William Barge]] 21 Sep 1916 - 25 Feb 1917
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* † [[Gordon Weston Johanson]] 25 Sep - 15 Nov 1916
 
* † [[Reuben Arnold MM]] 26 Sep - 12 Dec 1916
 
* † [[Reuben Arnold MM]] 26 Sep - 12 Dec 1916
 
* [[Harold Empsall]] 21 Nov - 20 Dec 1916
 
* [[Harold Empsall]] 21 Nov - 20 Dec 1916
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* † [[Joseph Reginald Jones]] 21 Nov - 20 Dec 1916
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* † [[Arthur John Verrall]] 21 Nov - 20 Dec 1916
 
* † [[Angus Dearden]] 3 Dec 1916 - 21 May 1917
 
* † [[Angus Dearden]] 3 Dec 1916 - 21 May 1917
 
* † [[James Willie Bush]] 3 - 28 Dec 1916
 
* † [[James Willie Bush]] 3 - 28 Dec 1916
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* [[John Esperance Blair]] 29 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
 
* [[John Esperance Blair]] 29 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
 
* † [[Wilfred Norman Robinson]] 29 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
 
* † [[Wilfred Norman Robinson]] 29 Dec 1916 - 7 Feb 1917
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'''Trainees 1917'''
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* [[Keith Herbert Sloan]] 6 Jan - 8 Oct 1917
 
* [[Robert Henry Blake]] 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
 
* [[Robert Henry Blake]] 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
 
* [[William Wilfred Gerald Liddington]] 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
 
* [[William Wilfred Gerald Liddington]] 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
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* [[Ephraim Shepherd]] 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
 
* [[Henry (Harry) Butcher]] 17 Feb 1917 - 10 May 1917
 
* [[Henry (Harry) Butcher]] 17 Feb 1917 - 10 May 1917
* [[Albert William Barratt]] 3 Mar - 13 Jun 1917
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* [[David Forbes Abernethy]] 4 Mar - 13 Jun 1917
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* [[Albert William Barratt]] 4 Mar - 13 Jun 1917
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* [[George Henry Holroyd]] 4 Mar - 24 Sep 1917
 
* [[Albert Thomas Myers]] 4 Mar - 13 Jun 1917
 
* [[Albert Thomas Myers]] 4 Mar - 13 Jun 1917
* [[David Forbes Abernethy]] 4 Mar - 13 Jun 1917
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* [[Robert George Orrock]] 4 Mar - 14 Jun 1917
 
* [[Henry William Buckland]] 28 Mar - 8 Jul 1917
 
* [[Henry William Buckland]] 28 Mar - 8 Jul 1917
 
* † [[Stephen Gittins]] 28 Mar - 16 Oct 1917
 
* † [[Stephen Gittins]] 28 Mar - 16 Oct 1917
 
* [[Leonard Alfred Sawtell]] 28 Mar 1917 - 16 Jun 1918
 
* [[Leonard Alfred Sawtell]] 28 Mar 1917 - 16 Jun 1918
 
* [[Frederick John Chester]] 30 Mar - 30 Jul 1917
 
* [[Frederick John Chester]] 30 Mar - 30 Jul 1917
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* † [[James Edward Richardson]] 6 - 26 Aug 1917
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* † [[Albert Squire]] 26 Aug 1917 - 7 Nov 1917
 
* [[Henry Ivor Passmore DCM]] 17 - 18 Sep 1917  
 
* [[Henry Ivor Passmore DCM]] 17 - 18 Sep 1917  
 
* [[John (Junior) Shepherd]] 17 Sep 1917 - 5 Mar 1917
 
* [[John (Junior) Shepherd]] 17 Sep 1917 - 5 Mar 1917
* [[Frederick Hobs]] 29 Sep - 19 Oct 1917
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* [[James Arthur (Artie) Williams]] 17 Sep 1917-7 Nov 1917
  
 
===8th Training Battalion===  
 
===8th Training Battalion===  
 
Formed at Larkhill on 5 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and hen to Fovant 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 5 Nov 1917.
 
Formed at Larkhill on 5 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and hen to Fovant 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 5 Nov 1917.
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* † [[Hobart Turner]] 9 Jun - 6 Sep 1916
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* [[Harry Simpson Francis]] 2 Dec 1916 - 10 Jan 1917
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* [[Frederick Robert Weedon]] 2 - 17 Dec 1916
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* [[William James Barnard]] 28 Dec 1916 - 8 Jul 1917
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* † [[George Rowland Benton]] 28 Dec 1916 - 27 Feb 1917
 
* [[Roslyn Christopher Coulston]] 28 Dec 1916 - 29 Jul 1917
 
* [[Roslyn Christopher Coulston]] 28 Dec 1916 - 29 Jul 1917
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* [[William George Martin]] 28 Dec 1916 - 19 Mar 1917
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* [[Frederick Owen Werndly]] 28 Dec 1916 - 1 Aug 1918 - DOW Halloy-Les-Pernois
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* [[Patrick Wilford Kelly]] 13 Jan - 15 Apr 1917
  
 
===9th Training Battalion===  
 
===9th Training Battalion===  
 
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916 and Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 before being disbanded on 12 Oct 1917.<br>
 
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916 and Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 before being disbanded on 12 Oct 1917.<br>
 
'''Staff'''
 
'''Staff'''
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* [[George Henry Norman Pringle]] 24 Mar - 1 Aug 1918
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* [[Edgar Copley Adams MID]] Jun - Dec 1918
 
* [[Jason Howard]] 17 Jul 1918 on
 
* [[Jason Howard]] 17 Jul 1918 on
  
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===10th Training Battalion===   
 
===10th Training Battalion===   
 
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant on 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 31 Mar 1918<br>
 
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant on 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 31 Mar 1918<br>
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[[File:10th_Training_Battalion.jpg]]<br>
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Back Row: Lieutenant E. Wyndham, 2nd Lieutenant D.R. Davies, 2nd Lieutenant A.R. Mills, Lieutenant L.R. Hart, (Assistant Adjutant) 2nd Lieutenant J. Stanley, Lieutenant G.L. McIntyre (O.C. "D" Coy) 2nd Lieutenant C.R. Hawker, 2nd Lieutenant H.W. McBean. Middle Row: 2nd Lieutenant W.P.D. Murie, 2nd Lieutenant H.H. Bowden, Lieutenant H. Kaufman, 2nd Lieutenant W.J. Paterson, Lieutenant H.L. Foster, 2nd Lieutenant K.D. Marshall, 2nd Lieutenant W.F. Zimmerman, 2nd Lieutenant W.J. Boyland, 2nd Lieutenant C.L.A. Ramway, Lieutenant H. McColl, (Messing Officer), 2nd Lieutenant J.H. Wilson. Front Row: Lieutenant L.J. Beattie, (Musketry Officer) Lieutenant W.J. Collins (O.C. "B" Coy.) Captain P.J.F. O'Shea (Medical Officer), Chaplain T.H. Justice, 2nd Lieutenant P. Neilson (Adjutant), Captain (Hon.Mjr) H.V. Carr, Commanding Officer, 2nd Lieutenant E. Lewis (Quarter Master) Captain F.C. Wood, (O.C. "A" Coy.) 2nd Lieutenant A.T. Brading, Chaplain S. Forsyth, 2nd Lieutenant C.P. Christensen (Bombing Officer). credit IWM photo
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'''Staff'''
 
'''Staff'''
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* [[Harry Simpson Francis]] 23 - 29 Jan 1918
 
* [[James Clarence Taylor]] - attached from 76th Dental Unit 25 Mar - 2 Apr 1918
 
* [[James Clarence Taylor]] - attached from 76th Dental Unit 25 Mar - 2 Apr 1918
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'''Trainees'''
 
'''Trainees'''
 
* [[Joseph William Smith ]] ?? Mar - 29 Apr 1917
 
* [[Joseph William Smith ]] ?? Mar - 29 Apr 1917
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* [[Clarence William Hammond]] 5 Nov - 17 Dec 1917
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* † [[Leslie Charles Hutchinson]] 5 Nov - 27 Dec 1917
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* [[Mervyn Alexander Stalker]] 11 Nov 1917 - 15 Jan 1918
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* † [[Cecil Herbert McKeown]] 11 Nov 1917 - 22 Jan 1918
 
* [[Charles Henry Murray]] 24 Jan  - ?? Mar 1918
 
* [[Charles Henry Murray]] 24 Jan  - ?? Mar 1918
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* [[George Henry Norman Pringle]] 30 Jan - 20 Feb 1918
  
 
===11th Training Battalion===   
 
===11th Training Battalion===   
Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 8 Nov 1917.
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Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 8 Nov 1917.<br>
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[[File:11th_Training_Battalion.jpg]]<br>
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Back Row: 2nd Lieutenant H.I. Taylor, 2nd Lieutenant G.S. Devonshire, 2nd Lieutenant W.H. Parker, 2nd Lieutenant H.V. Peterson, 2nd Lieutenant H.G. McKenzie, 2nd Lieutenant E.J. Piper, (Mr E Bradley Y.M.C.A), 2nd Lieutenant G.S. West, 2nd Lieutenant A.I. Smith, 2nd Lieutenant H. Wiles, 2nd Lieutenant H. Dent, 2nd Lieutenant A.J. Browne, 2nd Lieutenant G.O. Wilson, 2nd Lieutenant D.S. Meares. Centre Row: 2nd Lieutenant L. Pavy, 2nd Lieutenant L.W. Barnes, 2nd Lieutenant G.H. Loriand, 2nd Lieutenant R.F. Darling, 2nd Lieutenant T.S. Lewis, 2nd Lieutenant F.W. McGibbon, 2nd Lieutenant I.G. Symons, 2nd Lieutenant L.S. Watts, 2nd Lieutenant A. Horsburgh, 2nd Lieutenant T.R. Beamish, 2nd Lieutenant T.S. Bartley, Lieutenant W.H.A. McDonnell, 2nd Lieutenant J.S. Smith, 2nd Lieutenant W. Hunt, 2nd Lieutenant J.S. Heal. Front Row: 2nd Lieutenant H.S. Lanyon, 2nd Lieutenant H.T. Harper, 2nd Lieutenant S.R. Warry, Captain R.S. Ranking, Captain P.M. Swanson, Lieutenant T.F. Rice Adjutant, Major C.C. Campbell C.O., Lieutenant W.Clarke Q.M., Captain H.W. Tilling R.M.O, Captain H.T. Phillips, Lieutenant P. Young, Caplain Rev J.A. Malcolmson, 2nd Lieutenant W.N. Maddeford, Lieutenant J.F. Gill, 2nd Lieutenant J. Mitchell. IWM photo.<br>
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'''Staff'''
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* † [[Alfred Parker]] 1 Jan - 1 Oct 1917
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* [[Harry Simpson Francis]] 11 Jan - 6 Nov 1917
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* [[Norman Leslie Skewes]] 11 Jan - 3 Dec 1917
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'''Trainees'''
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* † [[Martin Abolin]] 22 Jul - 17 Nov 1916
 
* [[Charles Frederick George Judd]] 26 Sep 1916 - 26 Dec 1916
 
* [[Charles Frederick George Judd]] 26 Sep 1916 - 26 Dec 1916
 
* † [[Thomas Hesketh]] 26 Sep - 13 Nov 1916
 
* † [[Thomas Hesketh]] 26 Sep - 13 Nov 1916
 
* † [[Ernest John Coles]] 26 Sep - 20 Nov 1916
 
* † [[Ernest John Coles]] 26 Sep - 20 Nov 1916
 
* [[John Waldegrave Packer]] 26 Sep - 9 Nov 1916
 
* [[John Waldegrave Packer]] 26 Sep - 9 Nov 1916
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* [[Harry Simpson Francis]] ?? Sep - 13 Oct 1916
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* [[Thomas Kinsman Bickell]] 2 Nov - 16 Dec 1916
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* † [[Alfred Parker]] 2 Dec 1916- 1 Jan 1917 - to unit cadre
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* [[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]] 3 - 19 Dec 1916
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* [[Wilfred George Bettenay]] 3 - 19 Dec 1916
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* † [[Tom Baxter Joyce]] 3 Dec 1916 - 15 Jan 1917
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* [[Archibald Shepherd]] 3 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
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* [[William Wright Casterton MM]] 13 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
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* [[Walter Eugene Cockram]] 13 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
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* † [[Ernest William Serls]] 13 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
 
* [[Charles Henry Murray]] 29 Dec 1916 - 23 Jan 1918
 
* [[Charles Henry Murray]] 29 Dec 1916 - 23 Jan 1918
 
* [[William Percy Matthews]] 29 Dec 1916 - 9 Apr 1917
 
* [[William Percy Matthews]] 29 Dec 1916 - 9 Apr 1917
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* [[John Henry Whitfield]] 29 Dec 1916 - 27 Feb 1917
 
* [[John Henry Whitfield]] 29 Dec 1916 - 27 Feb 1917
 
* [[Thomas Ramsell]] 29 Dec 1916 - 24 Feb 1917
 
* [[Thomas Ramsell]] 29 Dec 1916 - 24 Feb 1917
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* [[Mervyn Alexander Stalker]] 29 Dec 1916 - 9 Feb 1917 & 11 Feb - 10 Nov 1917
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* [[William Atkins]] 11 Jan - 15 Jul 1917
 +
* † [[William George Ball]] 11 Jan - 18 Apr 1917
 +
* † [[Beverley Loxton Bennett]] 11 Jan - 19 Nov 1917
 +
* [[Robert Frank Bickford]] 11 Jan - 3 Jun 1917
 +
* [[William Bingham]] 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
 
* [[Arthur Clarke]] 11 Jan - 21 May 1917
 
* [[Arthur Clarke]] 11 Jan - 21 May 1917
 +
* [[Harry Simpson Francis]] 11 Jan - 6 Nov 1917
 +
* [[Robert Hastings Joyce]] 19 Feb - 18 Apr 1917
 +
* † [[Charles Alexander Wann]] 11 Mar - 1 Jul 1917
 +
* [[Albert John Harris]] 18 Apr - 19 Aug 1917
 
* † [[William Savage]] 11 Jan - 8 May 1917
 
* † [[William Savage]] 11 Jan - 8 May 1917
 
* [[George William Piesley]] 5 Feb - 24 Apr 1917  
 
* [[George William Piesley]] 5 Feb - 24 Apr 1917  
 
* [[Eric Horace Bell]] 3 Mar - 10 Jun 1917
 
* [[Eric Horace Bell]] 3 Mar - 10 Jun 1917
 +
* † [[Stephen Hubert Christian (Hughie) Wallace]] 4 Mar - 16 Sep 1917
 +
* † [[Robert Melville Salter]] 28 Mar - 22 Oct 1917
 +
* [[John Humphrey Coyle]] 4 - 13 Jun 1917
 +
* † [[George Alexander Armstrong]] ?? - 18 Jun 1917
 +
* [[Henry Ogilvie Allom (Jnr)]] 18 Apr - 19 Aug 1917
 
* † [[Gordon Walter Bone]] 18 Apr - 15 Jun 1917
 
* † [[Gordon Walter Bone]] 18 Apr - 15 Jun 1917
 +
* [[Clarence William Hammond]] 26 Aug - 4 Nov 1917
 +
* † [[Cecil Herbert McKeown]] 26 Aug 1917 - 10 Nov 1917
 +
* † [[Leslie Charles Hutchinson]] 26 Aug - 4 Nov 1917
  
 
===12th Training Battalion===   
 
===12th Training Battalion===   
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'''Staff'''
 
'''Staff'''
 
* † [[Frank Ernest Cousens]] 20 May - 6 Jun 1916  
 
* † [[Frank Ernest Cousens]] 20 May - 6 Jun 1916  
 +
* [[William Plant]] 12 Apr - 12 Sep 1918
 
'''Trainees'''
 
'''Trainees'''
 
* [[John William King]] ?? May - 6 Jun 1916
 
* [[John William King]] ?? May - 6 Jun 1916
 
<br>
 
<br>
''England''
+
''England''<br>
 
'''Staff'''
 
'''Staff'''
 
* [[James Clarence Taylor]] - attached from 76th Dental Unit 7 Nov 1917 - 24 Mar 1918
 
* [[James Clarence Taylor]] - attached from 76th Dental Unit 7 Nov 1917 - 24 Mar 1918
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* [[William Dobson Stevens]] 13 Jun - 3 Sep 1916
 
* [[William Dobson Stevens]] 13 Jun - 3 Sep 1916
 
* [[Frederick William Scott]] 29 Jun - 15 Sep 1916
 
* [[Frederick William Scott]] 29 Jun - 15 Sep 1916
 +
* [[Patrick Francis Fitzgerald]] 29 Dec 1916 - 14 Feb 1917
 
* [[Albert Nock]] 11 Jan - 20 Jul 1917  
 
* [[Albert Nock]] 11 Jan - 20 Jul 1917  
 
* [[Ernest William George Reed]] 11 Jan - 13 Jun 1917
 
* [[Ernest William George Reed]] 11 Jan - 13 Jun 1917
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* † [[Arthur Werndly]] 4 Mar - 3 Jun 1917
 
* † [[Arthur Werndly]] 4 Mar - 3 Jun 1917
 
* [[Albert John Llewellyn Reed]] 8 Apr - 21 Jul 1917
 
* [[Albert John Llewellyn Reed]] 8 Apr - 21 Jul 1917
 +
* [[Aubrey Turner]] 22 Dec 1917 - 14 Apr 1918
 
* [[John Alexander Trotter]] 29 Dec 1916 - 27 Mar 1917
 
* [[John Alexander Trotter]] 29 Dec 1916 - 27 Mar 1917
 
* [[James Edward Grabham]] 11 Apr - 9 Dec 1918
 
* [[James Edward Grabham]] 11 Apr - 9 Dec 1918
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===13th Training Battalion===   
 
===13th Training Battalion===   
 
Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and disbanded 12 April 1918<br>
 
Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and disbanded 12 April 1918<br>
''Unit Staff''
+
'''Unit Staff'''
 
* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]] 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
 
* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]] 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
  
  
''Trainees''<br>
+
'''Trainees'''<br>
 +
''1915''
 
* [[William Charles Woodland]] 15 Dec 1915 - 3 Sep 1916
 
* [[William Charles Woodland]] 15 Dec 1915 - 3 Sep 1916
* [[Edward William Tink]] 14 May 1916 (Egypt) - 17 Dec 1916 (France)
+
 
 +
''1916''
 +
* [[Edward William Tink]] 14 May 1916 (Egypt) - 17 Dec 1916 (England)
 +
* [[Fritz Robert Jaentsch]] 17 Jun - 30 Dec 1916
 +
* † [[Charles Stephen Haughey]] 22 Jul - 13 Jul 1916
 
* [[Clarence Victor Watson]] 27 Jul - 7 Oct 1916
 
* [[Clarence Victor Watson]] 27 Jul - 7 Oct 1916
 +
* [[Macalister Adair Blain]] 26 Sep - 24 Dec 1916
 
* † [[Albert Victor Berry]] 26 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
 
* † [[Albert Victor Berry]] 26 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
 +
* [[William Edwin Cousens MM]] 26 Sep - 25 Nov 1916
 +
* [[Donald Gordon Melville Huggins]] 26 Sep - 25 Nov 1916
 
* [[William Bertie Claude Moulden]] 26 Sep 1916 - 15 Jan 1917
 
* [[William Bertie Claude Moulden]] 26 Sep 1916 - 15 Jan 1917
 
* [[James Edward Grabham]] 15 Nov 1916 - 10 Apr 1918
 
* [[James Edward Grabham]] 15 Nov 1916 - 10 Apr 1918
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* [[Ernest (Roy) William Sladden]] 3 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
 
* [[Ernest (Roy) William Sladden]] 3 Dec 1916 - 3 Feb 1917
 
* † [[Felix Edmund John Sainsbury]] 3 Dec 1916 - 9 Jun 1917
 
* † [[Felix Edmund John Sainsbury]] 3 Dec 1916 - 9 Jun 1917
 +
 +
''1917''
 
* [[Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM]] 11 Jan - 13 Apr 1917
 
* [[Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM]] 11 Jan - 13 Apr 1917
 
* [[Charles Leonard Lockhart]] 11 Jan - 8 May 1917
 
* [[Charles Leonard Lockhart]] 11 Jan - 8 May 1917
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* [[Harold Hopgood Surman]] 28 Mar -24 Jun 1917
 
* [[Harold Hopgood Surman]] 28 Mar -24 Jun 1917
 
* [[William Richard (Billy) Orr]] 28 Mar 1917 - 17 Feb 1918
 
* [[William Richard (Billy) Orr]] 28 Mar 1917 - 17 Feb 1918
 +
* [[Alan Harry Boyce]] 26 Aug - 11 Dec 1917
 
* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]] 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
 
* [[Victor Norman Chandler MM]] 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
 
* [[John Kiely]] 3 Nov - 3 Dec 1917
 
* [[John Kiely]] 3 Nov - 3 Dec 1917
 
* [[Eugene Anthony Gillespie]] 4 Nov 1917 - 15 Jan 1918
 
* [[Eugene Anthony Gillespie]] 4 Nov 1917 - 15 Jan 1918
 +
* [[Frank Myales]] 31 Nov 1917 - 15 Jan 1918
 +
* [[Charles Blunt]] 3 Dec 1916 - 24 Jun 1917 - 13th Training Battalion
 
* [[Ellis Shackleton]] 27 Dec 1917 - 10 Apr 1918
 
* [[Ellis Shackleton]] 27 Dec 1917 - 10 Apr 1918
 
* [[Archibald Watson]] 28 Dec 1917 - 10 Apr 1918
 
* [[Archibald Watson]] 28 Dec 1917 - 10 Apr 1918
 +
 +
''1918''
 
* [[Gordon Devereux MM]] 5 Jan - 30 Mar 1918
 
* [[Gordon Devereux MM]] 5 Jan - 30 Mar 1918
 +
* [[James Owen Horrocks]] ?? Jan - 27 Mar 1918
 +
* [[Douglas Campbell Wills Winning]] 15 Feb - 19 Mar 1918
  
 
===14th Training Battalion===   
 
===14th Training Battalion===   
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===15th Training Battalion===
 
===15th Training Battalion===
Formed at Larkhill on 8 Oct 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Fovant on 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 12 Apr 1918.
+
Formed at Larkhill on 8 Oct 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Fovant on 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 12 Apr 1918.<br>
 +
 
 +
[[File:15th_Training_Battalion.jpg]]<br>
 +
 
 +
Back Row: Lieutenant McKay W.S. (50th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant Harding F.E (49th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant Hall W.J (52nd Battalion Quarter Master) 2nd Lieutenant Lackman R.H. (50th Battalion Musketry Officer) 2nd Lieutenant Burton R. (52nd Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant Gibson J.B. (52nd Battatlion) Middle Row: Lieutenant Beresford W.R. (50th Battalion) Lieutenant Richards G.E. (49th Battalion) Lieutenant Keats W.F. (52nd Battalion Bombing Officer) Lieutenant Thomas H. (52nd Battalion) Lieutenant Caufield W.E.G. (Dentist) 2nd Lieutenant Maunder D.S. (49th Battalion) Lieutenant Lipman A.A. (52nd Battalion Assistant Adjutant) Lieutenant Higham E.A. (51st Battalion) Lieutenant Hamilton Fisher (51st Battalion) Front Row: Captain Steward A.M. (52nd Battalion) Captain Hunt A.E. (Second in Command) Major Herbert M.J. (50th Battalion Commanding Officer) Captain Christophers W.H. (52nd Battalion Adjutant) Captain Kelly J.P. (Medical Officer) Captain Kelly H.C. (51st Battalion) credit IWM photo<br>
 +
 
 +
 
 
* [[Francis William Wakeham]] 1 Jul - 3 Sep 1917
 
* [[Francis William Wakeham]] 1 Jul - 3 Sep 1917
 +
 +
===69th Training Battalion===
 +
On 1 February 1917 the British government made a formal request for a sixth division.  On 15 February 1917 the Australian government assented and the Sixth Division began to form in England.  The 16th Brigade was to include the 61st, 62nd, 63rd and 79th Battalions, the 17th brigade to include the 65th, 66th, 67th and 70th Battalions. However, heavy casualties in the fighting at Bullecourt in April and May, and at Messines in June caused the project to be abandoned. As Australia had democratically rejected the introduction of conscription on 28 Oct 1916 and the flow of voluntary recruits was barely enough to maintain the existing Divisions. The project for the 6th Division was abandoned in late 1917. The 69th Battalion was formed in England on 19 Mar 1917 before being disbanded on 19 Oct 1917.
 +
 +
'''Battalion Personnel'''
 +
* † [[Reginald Peter Lewis]] 19 Sep - 13 Oct 1917
 +
* [[William Mathews]] 19 Sep - 8 Dec 1917
 +
 +
===HQs 2nd Training Brigade===
 +
'''Unit Staff'''
 +
* [[Harry Simpson Francis]] 7 Nov 1917 - 23 Jan 1918
  
 
===Overseas Training Brigade===
 
===Overseas Training Brigade===
 
''Unit Staff''
 
''Unit Staff''
 
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]] Dec 1916 - Sep 1917
 
* [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Jnr)]] Dec 1916 - Sep 1917
 +
* [[Bernard O'Reilly]] 17 May - ?? Jul 1917
 
* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] ?? - 30 Nov 1918
 
* [[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] ?? - 30 Nov 1918
 
* [[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]] 8 Jan - 29 Jun 1918
 
* [[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]] 8 Jan - 29 Jun 1918
 
* † [[William Barge]] 28 - 30 Jan 1918
 
* † [[William Barge]] 28 - 30 Jan 1918
 +
* [[Arthur Leworthy Bettenay]] 7 Aug 1918 - ?? Jan 1919
 +
* [[Patrick (John) Curo]] 1 Dec 1918 - 30 May 1919
  
''Trainees''
+
''Trainees''<br>
 +
'''1917'''
 +
* † [[George Scrivener]] 5 Apr - 19 Jul 1917
 +
* [[Daniel Adkins Lewis]] ?? May - 25 Jul 1917 
 +
* [[John Henry Holroyd]] 23 May - 12 Aug 1917
 +
* [[Alfred Martin Tilly]] ?? May - ?? Sep 1917
 +
* [[Robert Sang Herd]] mid year 1917 - late Sep 1917
 
* [[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] 10 Aug - 30 Sep 1917
 
* [[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] 10 Aug - 30 Sep 1917
* [[Charles Fielder]] 12 Sep - 13 Oct 1917 & 30 Aug - 3 Oct 1918
+
* [[John Hobbs]] 15 Aug - 9 Sep 1917
* [[Albert Victor Berry]] 10 - 27 Nov 1917  
+
* [[Patrick Francis Brennan]] 12 Sep - 8 Oct 1917
* [[Edward Patrick Barker]] 11 Jan - 26 Mar 1918 & 12 Jul - 8 Aug 1918
+
* [[Charles Fielder]] 12 Sep - 13 Oct 1917
 +
* [[Alfred Martin Tilly]] 19 Sep - 8 Oct 1917
 
* [[Gordon Devereux MM]] 22 Sep 1917 - 4 Jan 1918
 
* [[Gordon Devereux MM]] 22 Sep 1917 - 4 Jan 1918
 +
* [[Frederick Hobbs]] 29 Sep - 19 Oct 1917
 +
* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]] 29 Sep - 19 Oct 1917
 +
* [[John Harold Coffen]] 6 Oct - 9 Nov 1917
 
* [[Harold Empsall]] 12 Oct 1917 - 2 Jan 1918
 
* [[Harold Empsall]] 12 Oct 1917 - 2 Jan 1918
* [[Richard Evans MM]] 1 - 9 Jan 1918
+
* [[Alfred Gittins]] 20 Oct 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
* [[Albert John Egan MID]] 29 Jan - 28 Feb 1919
 
* † [[Thomas Hesketh]] 11 May - 4 Jun 1918
 
* [[John Henry Holroyd]] 23 May - 12 Aug 1917
 
* [[Daniel Adkins Lewis]] May - 25 Jul 1917 & 29 May - 18 Jun 1918
 
* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]] 29 Sep - 19 Oct 1917
 
 
* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]] 5 - 26 Nov 1917
 
* [[Frederick Edwin Murphy]] 5 - 26 Nov 1917
 
* [[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]] 8 Nov 1917 - 6 Feb 1918
 
* [[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]] 8 Nov 1917 - 6 Feb 1918
 +
* † [[Albert Victor Berry]] 10 - 27 Nov 1917
 +
* [[John Goffin]] 13 Nov 1917 - 6 Feb 1918
 +
* [[Lancel Butcher]] 27 Nov - 18 Dec 1917
 
* [[John Arthur Patterson MM]] 5 Dec 1917 - 2 Jan 1918
 
* [[John Arthur Patterson MM]] 5 Dec 1917 - 2 Jan 1918
* [[Patrick Francis Brennan]] 12 Sep - 8 Oct 1917
+
* [[Ernest Ball DCM]] 25 - 26 Dec 1917  
 +
* [[Leith John Newton Angelo]] 29 Dec 1917 - 22 Jan 1918
 +
 
 +
'''1918'''
 +
* [[Richard Evans MM]] 1 - 9 Jan 1918
 
* [[John Alexander Trotter]] 2 - 20 Jan 1918
 
* [[John Alexander Trotter]] 2 - 20 Jan 1918
 +
* [[Edward Patrick Barker]] 11 Jan - 26 Mar 1918 & 12 Jul - 8 Aug 1918
 
* [[George Turner]] 17 - 28 Jan 1918
 
* [[George Turner]] 17 - 28 Jan 1918
 +
* [[Gustaf Adolf Olson]] 18 Jan - 1 Feb 1918
 +
* [[Frederick Sidney Gladstone]] 22 Jan - 6 Feb 1918
 
* [[Leslie James Godfrey]] 26 Jan - 3 Mar 1918
 
* [[Leslie James Godfrey]] 26 Jan - 3 Mar 1918
 +
* † [[David Alexander Sayer]] 6 - 27 Feb 1918
 +
* [[William Plant]] 28 Feb - 12 Sep 1918
 +
* [[William James Allen]] ?? - 12 Mar 1918
 
* [[Hector Lionel Saw]] 14 - 27 Mar 1918
 
* [[Hector Lionel Saw]] 14 - 27 Mar 1918
 +
* [[Robert Frank Bickford]] 16 Mar 1918 & 1 - 23 Oct 1918
 +
* [[William Plant]] 23 Mar - 12 Apr 1918
 +
* [[Norman Sedrick Tonkin]] 9 Apr - 7 May 1918
 +
* [[Albert John Harris]] 11 Apr - 7 May 1918
 +
* [[William John (Bill) Hart]] 26 Apr - 29 May 1918
 +
* † [[Rupert Gregg]] 1 May - 3 Jul 1918
 +
* † [[Thomas Hesketh]] 11 May - 4 Jun 1918
 
* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]] 16 May - 4 Jun 1918
 
* [[Alfred Arthur Martin]] 16 May - 4 Jun 1918
 +
* [[Daniel Adkins Lewis]] 29 May - 18 Jun 1918
 +
* [[Ernest Ball DCM]] 4 Jun - 16 Jul 1918
 
* [[William Percival Nairn]] 21 Jun - 11 Sep 1918
 
* [[William Percival Nairn]] 21 Jun - 11 Sep 1918
 
* [[Claude Francis Cooper]] 11 Jul - 28 Aug 1918
 
* [[Claude Francis Cooper]] 11 Jul - 28 Aug 1918
 +
* † [[Albert Ernest Elkington]] 15 Jul - 7 Aug 1918
 +
* [[Charles Fielder]] 30 Aug - 3 Oct 1918
 +
* [[Leo Patrick Kane]] 12 Sep - 16 Oct 1918
 +
* [[Norman Sedrick Tonkin]] 18 Sep - 24 Nov 1918
 +
* [[Arthur Frederick William Eivers]] 10 Oct 1918 - ?? Feb 1919
 
* [[Cecil James Clark]] 17 Oct - 21 Nov 1918
 
* [[Cecil James Clark]] 17 Oct - 21 Nov 1918
 
* [[Charles John Mitchell]] 24 Oct - 20 Nov 1918
 
* [[Charles John Mitchell]] 24 Oct - 20 Nov 1918
* [[William Plant]] 28 Feb - 12 Sep 1918
+
 
* [[Arthur Frederick William Eivers]] 10 Oct 1918 - ?? Feb 1919
+
'''1919'''
 +
* [[Albert John Egan MID]] 29 Jan - 28 Feb 1919
  
 
===Artillery Training Depot===
 
===Artillery Training Depot===
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Grantham, Heytesbury <br>
 
Grantham, Heytesbury <br>
 
''Unit Staff''
 
''Unit Staff''
 +
* [[Bernard O'Reilly]] ?? Jul - 10 Oct 1917
 +
* [[Henry George Price]] Jul 1917 - Nov 1918
 
* [[James Murray Whiteley]] 31 Dec 1917 - 2 Oct 1918
 
* [[James Murray Whiteley]] 31 Dec 1917 - 2 Oct 1918
  

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Brief History

Egyptian camps after Gallipoli
The last British units evacuated from Gallipoli arrived in Egypt at the end of February 1916. Over a 6-week period, ships disembarked veterans of the Gallipoli Campaign and reinforcements from Australia. The ships that docked at Alexandria and Port Said also unloaded animals, guns and supplies for the troops. Both the Australian and British forces were exhausted. The AIF restructured its units to take in the reinforcements from Australia. Battalions were split to contain a mix of veterans and new arrivals. The officers and their men underwent more rigorous training before embarking on the campaigns on the Western Front and in the Sinai:

  • a machine-gun school operated at Mo'ascar Isolation Camp at Ismailia (until it moved to the Imperial School of Instruction at Zeitoun)
  • a training centre operated in Tel-El-Kebir, between Port Said and Cairo (until training was transferred to the AIF depots in England)
  • The Imperial School of Instruction was started by Major Edward Colston, who had served in the South African War. The school ran classes for officers and NCOs on existing and emerging technologies, including:
  • artillery warfare
  • grenadier - grenade (bomb) throwing
  • Lewis guns, Vickers machine guns and Stokes mortars
  • signal and telephone operations

Signallers and telegraphists provided communication services for troops. They used an extensive network of military telegraphs over 1600km of front. They did specialised training to meet the challenges of Egypt - long distances, camel transport, desert, sandstorms and mirage. [1]

Warfare training in England
Later in the war, AIF troops arriving in England from Australia were trained at military depots on the Salisbury Plain. The aim was to turn them into soldiers who were partly prepared for trench warfare in Belgium and France.

Example syllabus The No. 1 Training Company of the 15th Training Battalion covered warfare topics in the last 3 weeks of its 14-week training program. Instruction included:

  • wiring
  • firing rifle grenades
  • firing the Lewis light machine gun
  • dealing with a gas attack
  • using bombs (hand grenades)
  • using the bayonet
  • routines in the trenches

After completing training in England, the troops received an extra 10 days of training at the major British base depot at Étaples near Boulogne, on the French coast. British officers subjected them to a strict medical check and some military 'tests', such as practicing their response to gas attacks.[2]

1st Training Battalion

Existed in Egypt before later being reformed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917.

Egypt

England Staff

Trainees

2nd Training Battalion

Formed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917 before being disbanded 25 Apr 1918. Staff

Trainees

3rd Training Battalion

Egypt and then reformed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny, 10 October 1917 before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.
Egypt

England
Unit Staff

Trainees

4th Training Battalion

Originally in Egypt, it was reformed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916 before being disbanded 4 Nov 1917.

Egypt
Trainees


England
Staff

Trainees
1916

1917

5th Training Battalion

Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917.

5th Training Battalion.jpg

Back Row: Lieutenant W.G. Guard (20th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant W.J Kilpatrick (17/19th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant L.G. McColl (18/20th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant C.R. Graves (18/18th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant G.E. Roddis (15/17th Battalion) Lieutenant W.T. Bastin (19th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant S.M Blackshaw (18/17th Battalion) Lieutenant A.H. Leslie (18th Battalion) Lieutenant R.J. Louch (20th Battalion) Lieutenant W.G. Forster (A.A.S.C. Attached) Middle Row: Captain V.W. Edwards (Royal Fudiliers) Lieutenant A.S. Taplin (17th Battalion) Lieutenant A.S. Browne (17th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant R.T. Phelps, (18/17th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant A.H. Ison (19th Battalion) Lieutenant C.C. Finlay (17th Battalion) Lieutenant E. Parfitt M.M (18th Battalion) Lieutenant J.P Flynn (19th Battalion) Captain S.M.O 'Riordan (R.M.O) Front Row: Lieutenant R.C. Remington (Dental Officer) Lieutenant J.M Moore (20th Battalion) Lieutenant E.L Goodwin (19th Battalion) Quartermaster Captain E.T. Manefield (17th Battalion) Lieutenant C.H. Keppel M.C. (18th Battalion Adjutant) Major R.E. Hale (Commanding Officer 5th Brigade A.I.F) Major E.L Dawson (25th Battalion Attached) Captain J.A. Broadbent M.C (2nd in Command 20th Battalion) Lieutenant R.C. Anderson (17th Battalion) Lieutenant L.W. Blake (19th Battalion) Lieutenant W.H Cullen (19th Battalion). IWM photo


Staff

Trainees

6th Training Battalion

Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 23 Apr 1918. Staff

7th Training Battalion

Egypt and then reformed at Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.
Egypt
1915

1916


England
Staff


Trainees 1916

Trainees 1917

8th Training Battalion

Formed at Larkhill on 5 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and hen to Fovant 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 5 Nov 1917.

9th Training Battalion

Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916 and Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 before being disbanded on 12 Oct 1917.
Staff

Trainees

10th Training Battalion

Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant on 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 31 Mar 1918

10th Training Battalion.jpg

Back Row: Lieutenant E. Wyndham, 2nd Lieutenant D.R. Davies, 2nd Lieutenant A.R. Mills, Lieutenant L.R. Hart, (Assistant Adjutant) 2nd Lieutenant J. Stanley, Lieutenant G.L. McIntyre (O.C. "D" Coy) 2nd Lieutenant C.R. Hawker, 2nd Lieutenant H.W. McBean. Middle Row: 2nd Lieutenant W.P.D. Murie, 2nd Lieutenant H.H. Bowden, Lieutenant H. Kaufman, 2nd Lieutenant W.J. Paterson, Lieutenant H.L. Foster, 2nd Lieutenant K.D. Marshall, 2nd Lieutenant W.F. Zimmerman, 2nd Lieutenant W.J. Boyland, 2nd Lieutenant C.L.A. Ramway, Lieutenant H. McColl, (Messing Officer), 2nd Lieutenant J.H. Wilson. Front Row: Lieutenant L.J. Beattie, (Musketry Officer) Lieutenant W.J. Collins (O.C. "B" Coy.) Captain P.J.F. O'Shea (Medical Officer), Chaplain T.H. Justice, 2nd Lieutenant P. Neilson (Adjutant), Captain (Hon.Mjr) H.V. Carr, Commanding Officer, 2nd Lieutenant E. Lewis (Quarter Master) Captain F.C. Wood, (O.C. "A" Coy.) 2nd Lieutenant A.T. Brading, Chaplain S. Forsyth, 2nd Lieutenant C.P. Christensen (Bombing Officer). credit IWM photo

Staff

Trainees

11th Training Battalion

Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 8 Nov 1917.

11th Training Battalion.jpg
Back Row: 2nd Lieutenant H.I. Taylor, 2nd Lieutenant G.S. Devonshire, 2nd Lieutenant W.H. Parker, 2nd Lieutenant H.V. Peterson, 2nd Lieutenant H.G. McKenzie, 2nd Lieutenant E.J. Piper, (Mr E Bradley Y.M.C.A), 2nd Lieutenant G.S. West, 2nd Lieutenant A.I. Smith, 2nd Lieutenant H. Wiles, 2nd Lieutenant H. Dent, 2nd Lieutenant A.J. Browne, 2nd Lieutenant G.O. Wilson, 2nd Lieutenant D.S. Meares. Centre Row: 2nd Lieutenant L. Pavy, 2nd Lieutenant L.W. Barnes, 2nd Lieutenant G.H. Loriand, 2nd Lieutenant R.F. Darling, 2nd Lieutenant T.S. Lewis, 2nd Lieutenant F.W. McGibbon, 2nd Lieutenant I.G. Symons, 2nd Lieutenant L.S. Watts, 2nd Lieutenant A. Horsburgh, 2nd Lieutenant T.R. Beamish, 2nd Lieutenant T.S. Bartley, Lieutenant W.H.A. McDonnell, 2nd Lieutenant J.S. Smith, 2nd Lieutenant W. Hunt, 2nd Lieutenant J.S. Heal. Front Row: 2nd Lieutenant H.S. Lanyon, 2nd Lieutenant H.T. Harper, 2nd Lieutenant S.R. Warry, Captain R.S. Ranking, Captain P.M. Swanson, Lieutenant T.F. Rice Adjutant, Major C.C. Campbell C.O., Lieutenant W.Clarke Q.M., Captain H.W. Tilling R.M.O, Captain H.T. Phillips, Lieutenant P. Young, Caplain Rev J.A. Malcolmson, 2nd Lieutenant W.N. Maddeford, Lieutenant J.F. Gill, 2nd Lieutenant J. Mitchell. IWM photo.

Staff

Trainees

12th Training Battalion

Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and then to Hurdcott on 14 Sep 1918
Egypt
Staff

Trainees


England
Staff

Trainees

13th Training Battalion

Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and disbanded 12 April 1918
Unit Staff


Trainees
1915

1916

1917

1918

14th Training Battalion

Formed at Larkhill on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916 and then Hurdcott on 25 Oct 1918.

15th Training Battalion

Formed at Larkhill on 8 Oct 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Fovant on 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 12 Apr 1918.

15th Training Battalion.jpg

Back Row: Lieutenant McKay W.S. (50th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant Harding F.E (49th Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant Hall W.J (52nd Battalion Quarter Master) 2nd Lieutenant Lackman R.H. (50th Battalion Musketry Officer) 2nd Lieutenant Burton R. (52nd Battalion) 2nd Lieutenant Gibson J.B. (52nd Battatlion) Middle Row: Lieutenant Beresford W.R. (50th Battalion) Lieutenant Richards G.E. (49th Battalion) Lieutenant Keats W.F. (52nd Battalion Bombing Officer) Lieutenant Thomas H. (52nd Battalion) Lieutenant Caufield W.E.G. (Dentist) 2nd Lieutenant Maunder D.S. (49th Battalion) Lieutenant Lipman A.A. (52nd Battalion Assistant Adjutant) Lieutenant Higham E.A. (51st Battalion) Lieutenant Hamilton Fisher (51st Battalion) Front Row: Captain Steward A.M. (52nd Battalion) Captain Hunt A.E. (Second in Command) Major Herbert M.J. (50th Battalion Commanding Officer) Captain Christophers W.H. (52nd Battalion Adjutant) Captain Kelly J.P. (Medical Officer) Captain Kelly H.C. (51st Battalion) credit IWM photo


69th Training Battalion

On 1 February 1917 the British government made a formal request for a sixth division. On 15 February 1917 the Australian government assented and the Sixth Division began to form in England. The 16th Brigade was to include the 61st, 62nd, 63rd and 79th Battalions, the 17th brigade to include the 65th, 66th, 67th and 70th Battalions. However, heavy casualties in the fighting at Bullecourt in April and May, and at Messines in June caused the project to be abandoned. As Australia had democratically rejected the introduction of conscription on 28 Oct 1916 and the flow of voluntary recruits was barely enough to maintain the existing Divisions. The project for the 6th Division was abandoned in late 1917. The 69th Battalion was formed in England on 19 Mar 1917 before being disbanded on 19 Oct 1917.

Battalion Personnel

HQs 2nd Training Brigade

Unit Staff

Overseas Training Brigade

Unit Staff

Trainees
1917

1918

1919

Artillery Training Depot

Formed in Egypt during January 1916. Arrived England 20 June 1916. Renamed Reserve Artillery Brigade 28 November 1916.
Egypt

England

Pioneer Training Battalion

Formed at Sutton Veny on 8 Nov 1917 and was active until after November 1918.
Unit Staff

Trainees

Machine Gun Training Depot

Grantham, Heytesbury
Unit Staff

Trainees

Engineers Training Depot

Brightlingsea with a Signals section at Shefford

29th Training Squadron Australian Flying Corps

Flying stations in Egypt Neither ground crews nor airmen in the Australian Flying Corps were prepared for wartime service when they reached Egypt. Some were sent to two local British squadrons for instruction in bombing, gunnery and photography. Others went to England for further flight training.

Flying stations in England Point Cook graduates who arrived at Royal Flying Corps stations (flying bases) around England undertook months of training. Aircrews had to be well-prepared before they could join a line squadron to face German planes in the skies over Belgium and France.

The airmen were taught the science of aviation and operational tasks, such as:

  • battery ranging for artillery work
  • gunnery
  • observation and interpretation of the ground from above
  • photography and surveillance
  • Experienced pilots lectured trainees on conditions over the Western Front and the latest aerial combat tactics.

Accidents were common during training. The average trainee pilot in the Royal Flying Corps destroyed two aircraft and wrecked six undercarriages. Towards the end of 1917, the AFC had 4 training squadrons in England - together they formed the Australian Training Wing. The graves of 32 Australians in English cemeteries prove that it was dangerous learning to fight in the air - 23 are buried at Leighteron Church Cemetery.[3]

Army Service Corps (AASC) Training Depot

1st ANZAC School of Instruction

This establishment was in France (Abbeville?)

Notes

  1. DVA (Department of Veterans' Affairs) (2021), Training Australian army recruits during World War I, DVA Anzac Portal, accessed 26 March 2021, http://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/training
  2. DVA (Department of Veterans' Affairs) (2021), Training Australian army recruits during World War I, DVA Anzac Portal, accessed 26 March 2021, http://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/training
  3. DVA (Department of Veterans' Affairs) (2021), Training Australian army recruits during World War I, DVA Anzac Portal, accessed 26 March 2021, http://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/training

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