Category: 31st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I

Categories: Australian Imperial Force, World War I

The 31st Australian Infantry Battalion was raised as part of the 8th Brigade at Enoggera, on the outskirts of Brisbane, in August 1915. The 8th Brigade joined the newly raised 5th Australian Division in Egypt, and proceeded to France, destined for the Western Front, in June 1916. The 31st Battalion fought its first major battle at Fromelles on 19th July 1916. It disbanded in France on 21st March 1919. The battalion had four commanding officers: Frederick William Toll, Charles Stewart Davies, John McArthur, and Neil Mackenzie Freeman.

Members of the battalion were awarded: one Victoria Cross (VC); one Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), one bar; two Officers of the order of the British Empire (OBE); twenty Military Crosses (MC), two bars; one AlbM; eleven Distinguished Conduct Medals (DCM); 68 Military Medals (MM), eight bars, one 2nd bar; four Meritorious Service Medals (MSM); six foreign awards.

Australian War Memorial: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion.

A

Charles Allen 1891 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 05 Mar 1952

James Alsbury 12 Feb 1891 Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - 01 Feb 1960

Robert Anderson 24 Feb 1896 Queensland, Australia - 26 Sep 1917

George Apsey 1892 Plaistow, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 31 Oct 1969

B

Richard Bainbridge 29 Jan 1896 Longreach, Queensland, Australia - 24 Oct 1917

Norman Barber 02 Feb 1917 Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia

Edwin Barnes 13 Nov 1897 Woodhill, Queensland, Australia - 23 Feb 1917

Cornelius Behan 1894 Macksville, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Oct 1966

William Bernhagen 15 Jun 1898 Maroon, Queensland (Australia) - 22 Mar 1971

Edmund Bligh 05 Oct 1884 Charleville, Queensland (Australia) - 10 Apr 1918

Harry Boughton 1897 Lochinvar, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Oct 1965

Patrick Bugden 17 Mar 1897 South Gundurimba, New South Wales (Australia) - 28 Sep 1917

C

Walter Chalk 1889 Queensland, Australia - 21 Jan 1963

Thomas Crozier 1898 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) - 1966

D

James Danaher 09 Sep 1889 Queensland, Australia - 27 Sep 1917

Norman Dee 24 May 1897 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 02 Oct 1970

Julian Dodd 09 Feb 1898 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 11 Sep 1955

Alexander Duncan 22 Jul 1891 Pimpama, Queensland (Australia) - 03 May 1918

E

Arthur Esam 20 Apr 1894 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia - 19 Jul 1916

Alfred Evans 11 Jun 1896 Wycarbah, Queensland, Australia - 26 Dec 1915

F

George Fordyce Jan 1898 Queensland (Australia) - 29 Oct 1919

G

Ivan Gair 21 Feb 1895 Queensland, Australia - 30 Sep 1918

Robert Gorry 01 Apr 1890 Peel, Isle of Man - 14 Sep 1969

H

William Harburn 28 Sep 1895 Auburn, New South Wales - 02 Nov 1971

Patrick Hawley 14 Mar 1894 Charleston, North Queensland, Australia - 27 Sep 1917

K

Francis Kane abt 1887 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Feb 1917

Frederick Kane 1890 County Antrim, Ireland - 20 Oct 1937

Francis Keogh 22 Jan 1896 Ondit, Victoria, Australia - 1968

William (Kratz) Regan 1895 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Sep 1983

L

William Leeder 20 Jan 1886 Charlton, Victoria, Australia - 21 Mar 1918

Arthur Lewis 17 Jun 1895 Boowoogum, Queensland, Australia - 17 Apr 1967

M

Frederick Marshall abt 11 Aug 1895 Poona, Maharashtra, India - 08 Jan 1962

Walter Mulvena 05 Jul 1897 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia - 28 May 1943

O

Arthur Oswald 12 Sep 1895 Clifton, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Feb 1966

P

Charles Pike 22 Feb 1895 Camperdown, Colony of Victoria - 17 May 1958

Clement Pike abt Feb 1890 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Aug 1916

George Pike 1887 Geelong, Colony of Victoria - 1973

Q

Ernest Quailey 1893 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Jun 1957

R

Cyril Rafter 01 Jan 1895 Queensland, Australia - 28 Aug 1917

R cont.

William Rafter 12 Jul 1892 Queensland, Australia - 07 Dec 1958

William Renouf 04 Nov 1898 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 29 Jan 1959

Reginald Robinson 07 Dec 1895 Queensland, Australia - 07 Jan 1940

Wesley Rowland 1892 Homebush, Victoria, Australia - 21 Jul 1916

S

Donald (Schwonberg) Stanbury 10 Mar 1884 Maclean, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Mar 1917

Ernest Simkin 23 Nov 1890 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 11 Sep 1977

Leslie Simpson abt 1894 St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Aug 1916

William Sing 02 Mar 1886 Clermont, Colony of Queensland (Australia) - 19 May 1943

Ernest Spreadborough 12 Dec 1874 Warwick, Queensland, Australia - 19 Jul 1916

T

Albert Terrens 15 Apr 1892 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 21 Jul 1916

George Tice abt 1892 - 26 Sep 1917

Frederick Toll 18 Jan 1872 Bowen, Queensland (Australia) - 06 Nov 1955

Mario Torazzi 21 Apr 1885 Highgate Hill, Queensland, Australia - 1966

U

William Underwood abt 1885 Oakey, Queensland, Australia - 04 Jan 1931

W

Victor Wease 19 Sep 1897 Canungra, Queensland (Australia) - 15 May 1952

Albert Williams 11 Jun 1887 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 03 Oct 1916

Frederick Williams abt 1881 Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia - 26 Sep 1917

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