Category: 26th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I

Categories: Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Gallipoli Campaign

The 26th Australian Infantry Battalion was raised in April 1915 for service in the First World War as part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), it was assigned to the 7th Brigade and consisted of personnel recruited from the states of Queensland and Tasmania. The battalion fought at Gallipoli in the latter stages of that campaign before being withdrawn to Egypt in late 1915. In mid-1916, it was sent to Europe where it served in the trenches of the Western Front in France and Belgium for the rest of the war, fighting in most of the battles that the Australians took part in between 1916 and 1918. At the end of the war it was disbanded as part of the demobilisation of the AIF. The battalion served under three commanding officers: George Ferguson, Reginald Travers, and William Davis.

Members of the battalion were awarded: two Victoria Crosses (VC); three Companions of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), one bar; one Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE); 23 Military Crosses (MC), three bars; 25 Distinguished Conduct Medals (DCM); 92 Military Medals (MM), four bars; four Meritorious Service Medals (MSM); 37 Mentions in Despatches; eight foreign awards.

Australian War Memorial: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion
Wikipedia:26th_Battalion_(Australia)


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Person Profiles (117)

A

22 Feb 1891 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jun 1970
02 Oct 1894 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jun 1918
03 Jun 1890 Murgheboluc, Victoria, Australia - 13 Apr 1959
08 Oct 1888 North Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 08 May 1946
27 Nov 1892 Charter's Towers, Queensland, Australia
26 Jan 1897 Toowoomba, Queensland (Australia) - 22 Mar 1917
abt 1893 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia - 03 May 1917

B

11 Oct 1896 Gympie, Queensland, Australia - 29 May 1967
19 Jul 1893 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 15 Apr 1917
27 Sep 1891 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jun 1918
25 Oct 1880 Munni, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jun 1955
10 Aug 1895 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 16 May 1954
04 Jun 1883 Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) - 22 Jul 1934 photo
24 Aug 1891 Taree, New South Wales (Australia) - 05 Jun 1961
07 Dec 1893 Jericho, Queensland, Australia - 07 Jun 1968 photo
21 Oct 1888 Mackay, Queensland, Australia - 11 Aug 1970 photo
05 Dec 1896 Longreach, Queensland, Australia - 20 Sep 1917
1893 Tomerong, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Jun 1978
17 Dec 1890 Tarrallan, Queensland, Australia - 24 Jul 1972

C

21 Oct 1890 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 08 Aug 1918
04 Jun 1895 Drysdale, Victoria, Australia - 27 Mar 1917 photo
31 Jan 1890 Maroon, Queensland (Australia) - 29 Jul 1916
24 Jun 1899 Queensland (Australia) - 02 Jan 1973
23 May 1892 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 03 May 1917
09 Nov 1893 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Jul 1985
11 Apr 1896 Burra, South Australia, Australia - 16 May 1959 photo
09 Jun 1885 Wycarbah, Queensland, Australia - 05 Aug 1916 photo
14 Dec 1892 Queensland, Australia - 05 Aug 1916
abt 1875 Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Mar 1952 photo
1893 Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 21 May 1947 photo
1898 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 1973
abt 05 Feb 1896 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 23 Feb 1985

D

18 Mar 1888 Hastings River, New South Wales, Australia - 26 May 1963
1888 Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 06 May 1918

E

19 Aug 1894 Bushley, Queensland, Australia - 03 Jul 1944

F

18 Jun 1872 Queensland, Australia - 20 Apr 1933
28 Sep 1877 Springsure, Queensland, Australia - 03 Jan 1951
15 Apr 1895 Queensland, Australia - 16 Apr 1918 photo

G

07 Feb 1891 Murphys Creek, Queensland, Australia - 1957
08 Mar 1899 Laidley, Queensland, Australia - 18 Jul 1973

G cont.

24 Jul 1892 Boat Harbour, Tasmania, Australia - 06 Aug 1916 photo
26 Dec 1887 Queensland, Australia - 16 Jan 1962
10 Sep 1895 George Town, Tasmania, Australia - 04 Oct 1917
1888 Hampton, Queensland, Australia - 03 Oct 1918 photo

H

08 Aug 1875 Yass, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Feb 1939
26 Jan 1884 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 14 Aug 1932
29 Nov 1874 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Apr 1939
13 Aug 1872 Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 02 Dec 1916

J

02 Sep 1891 Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia - 30 Mar 1918
1882 Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia - 15 Jun 1953
30 May 1895 North Codrington, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Feb 1980
25 Jan 1893 Sandhill, Colony of Tasmania - 15 Jul 1966 photo

K

06 May 1885 Douglas, Isle of Man - 1975
08 Jun 1894 Townsville, Queensland, Australia - 06 Jun 1946 photo
28 Jun 1890 Lilydale, Tasmania, Australia - 18 Jul 1970 photo
1892 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Sep 1945
abt 18 Feb 1896 Hersham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jul 1916
25 Sep 1892 Logan Village, Queensland (Australia) - 09 Jul 1946

L

19 Jun 1893 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 13 May 1976 photo
28 Oct 1894 Queensland, Australia - 12 Sep 1967
03 Jul 1896 Queensland (Australia) - 13 Jun 1974

M

04 Oct 1887 Clayfield, Queensland, Australia - 14 Nov 1916
05 May 1890 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Jun 1966
11 Sep 1896 Pomona, Queensland (Australia) - 31 Jan 1978 photo
14 Feb 1895 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 02 Nov 1917
13 Sep 1887 Tamborine, Queensland (Australia) - 04 Oct 1917
22 May 1893 Teviotville, Queensland, Australia - 20 Jan 1965
29 Nov 1888 Queensland, Australia - 05 Oct 1917
abt 28 Jul 1849 Pachor, Madhya Pradesh, India - 18 Sep 1941
19 Jun 1891 Cooktown, Queensland - 04 Jun 1921
1893 New Zealand - 20 Sep 1917
1897 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Oct 1917
27 May 1896 Blackall, Queensland, Australia - 01 May 1917
1897 Rathdowney, Queensland (Australia) - 14 Nov 1916
03 May 1892 Queensland (Australia) - 03 Oct 1917
abt 1895 - 29 Aug 1918

N

abt 1888 - 11 Oct 1917
26 Feb 1894 Queensland, Australia - 21 Mar 1918

O

15 Aug 1894 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

P

17 Apr 1887 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 31 Oct 1918
27 Jul 1887 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia - 29 Jul 1916 photo
28 Oct 1894 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 06 Aug 1968
abt 1885 - 10 Dec 1973
21 Nov 1886 Queensland, Australia - 09 Oct 1917

R

22 Oct 1895 - 01 Apr 1988
29 Apr 1888 Thompson Estate, Queensland, Australia - 25 Nov 1936
24 Dec 1891 Eton, Queensland, Australia - 07 Aug 1935

S

28 Jan 1897 Queensland, Australia - 20 Sep 1917
1881 County Kerry, Ireland - 04 Oct 1917
17 Feb 1896 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Jul 1979
abt 1895 - 03 Oct 1917
23 Nov 1890 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 11 Sep 1977
21 Jul 1897 Sunday Creek, Victoria, Australia - 08 Aug 1918
12 Mar 1891 Beaudesert, Queensland (Australia) - 05 Aug 1916 photo
26 Aug 1886 Queensland (Australia) - 03 May 1917
02 Aug 1880 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Jun 1968
16 Jul 1883 Surrey, England, United Kingdom photo
17 Jan 1894 Boonah, Queensland, Australia - 01 Nov 1917
25 Dec 1894 Dalby, Queensland, Australia - 12 Aug 1959
08 Dec 1890 Queensland, Australia - 04 Aug 1918
24 Jul 1897 Dalby, Queensland, Australia - 1947

T

04 Jun 1874 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia - 16 Jun 1953 photo
05 Jun 1901 Gympie, Queensland, Australia - 07 Oct 1917 photo
13 May 1891 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - 18 Jan 1946
22 Sep 1893 Queensland, Australia - 08 Apr 1943
04 Sep 1871 Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia - 05 Apr 1943
24 Apr 1891 Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand - 29 Jul 1916 photo
21 Apr 1888 Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia - 03 Nov 1972
1896 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 05 Aug 1916
03 Sep 1895 West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Mar 1965

W

05 Jul 1895 Millicent, South Australia, Australia - 20 Sep 1917
26 Feb 1891 Queensland, Australia - 05 Nov 1916
19 Aug 1883 Gogango, Queensland, Australia - 11 Apr 1956
24 Sep 1886 Oatlands, Tasmania (Australia) - 02 Sep 1918 photo
27 Aug 1894 Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Nov 1968

Y

18 Jul 1898 Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia - 31 Aug 1974

Z

17 Jul 1887 Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia - 07 Oct 1917




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