Category: 10th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I
Categories: Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Gallipoli Campaign | Battle of Pozières
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- This Catgeory is for profiles of people associated with the 10th Infantry Battalion, AIF, during the First World War.
The 10th Infantry Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the AIF during the First World War. The battalion was recruited in South Australia, and together with the 9th, 11th and 12th Battalions, formed the 3rd Brigade. The battalion was raised within weeks of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked for overseas just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving in early December. The 3rd Brigade was the covering force for the ANZAC landing on 25th April 1915 and so was the first ashore at around 4:30 am. In 1916, the battalion re-deployed to the Western Front, in northern France and Flanders, Belgium.
The 10th had more commanding officers than any other battalion, 13 in total: Stanley Weir (1914-15, 1916), Miles Beevor (1915-16), George Dorricutt Shaw, James Samuel Denton, Felix Gordon Giles, Rupert Anstice Rafferty, Ross Jacob, Alexander Steele, Gordon Cathcart Campbell, Clarence Rumball, John Newman, William McCann, and Maurice Wilder-Neligan.
Members of the 10th Battalion were awarded: three Victoria Crosses (VC); one Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG); nine Companions of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and one bar; 34 Military Crosses (MC) and four bars; sixteen Distinguished Conduct Medals (DCM); 149 Military Medals (MM), eleven bars and one 2nd bar; nine Meritorious Service Medals (MSM); 47 Mentions in Despatches; and eleven foreign awards.
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Harold Rainey
15 Dec 1891 Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia - 07 Aug 1915
Clemens Reiners
21 Jul 1896 Renmark, South Australia, Australia - 29 Mar 1979
Harold Riggs
07 Jul 1890 Gawler, South Australia, Australia - 06 Oct 1932
Philip Robin
10 Aug 1884 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 28 Apr 1915
Allan Robinson
26 Feb 1895 Hundred of Tinline, South Australia, Australia - 18 Jul 1986
Albert Rowney
25 Nov 1893 Campbelltown, South Australia, Australia - 09 Oct 1917
Clarence Rumball
13 Aug 1892 Fowlers Bay, South Australia, Australia - 12 May 1979
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John Sanders
12 Nov 1890 Port Victoria, South Australia, Australia - 02 Dec 1931
Cleve Scott
1896 Port Broughton, South Australia, Australia - 22 Jul 1918
Frank Scott
1894 Daly, South Australia, Australia - 08 Oct 1917
George Seigert
19 May 1895 Hallett, South Australia, Australia - 21 Sep 1917
Arthur Shiers
28 Jun 1896 Stepney, South Australia (Australia) - 08 Aug 1989
Andrew Shillabeer
06 Feb 1897 One Tree Hill, South Australia, Australia - 08 Oct 1917
Albert Simmons
19 Nov 1895 Mount Bryan East, South Australia, Australia - 25 Apr 1918
Henry Skinner
10 Apr 1893 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 02 May 1915
Colin Smith
1895 Semaphore, South Australia (Australia) - 06 Oct 1917
Donald Smith
20 Mar 1894 Kensington Park, South Australia, Australia - 26 Jan 1960
Eric Smith
28 Apr 1892 Kensington Park, South Australia, Australia - 30 Apr 1915
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Frank Sparrow
28 Jan 1875 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 18 Jan 1960
David Spry
23 Apr 1893 Coobowie, South Australia, Australia - 27 Feb 1970
Arthur Sullivan
27 Nov 1896 Crystal Brook, South Australia (Australia) - 09 Apr 1937
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Gordon Taylor
abt 1892 Silverton, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Apr 1918
Melton Teague
29 Sep 1893 Johnburg, South Australia, Australia - 01 Apr 1973
Raymund Thorpe
29 Apr 1898 Cherry Gardens, South Australia, Australia - 11 Jun 1966
Joseph Tieste
1882 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 22 Aug 1916
Claude Toll
21 Aug 1898 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 04 Nov 1974
John Tonkin
31 Dec 1874 Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia - 01 May 1957
Arthur Trenwith
04 Mar 1891 Willamulka, South Australia, Australia - 17 Feb 1917
Rupert Twaits
abt 31 May 1887 Richmond, Colony of Victoria, Australia - 23 May 1960
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Joseph Ulseth
11 Jul 1896 Glanville, South Australia, Australia - 16 Aug 1916
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Robert Varcoe
24 Aug 1890 Millicent, South Australia, Australia - 30 Jul 1918
John Vaughan
14 Nov 1879 Norwood, South Australia - 21 Aug 1955
Clement Veitch
31 May 1893 Balaklava, South Australia, Australia - 29 Aug 1967
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Clarence Walker
13 Oct 1896 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 13 Dec 1916
Stanley Weir
23 Apr 1866 Norwood, South Australia (Australia) - 14 Nov 1944
William Westbury
abt 1878 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia - 20 Feb 1936
Leonard Weston
12 Mar 1894 Quorn, South Australia, Australia - 25 Jun 1915
Edward Whitbread
07 Mar 1887 Bagots Gap, South Australia, Australia - 25 Jul 1916
Horatio White
02 Jul 1877 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 19 Dec 1917
Percy Winter
01 Apr 1894 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 13 Aug 1916
Charles Wise
17 Mar 1883 Willowie, South Australia, Australia - 25 Jul 1945
James Wishart
07 May 1881 Angaston, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jun 1949
Charles Woods
1892 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 23 Jul 1916
Thomas Woods
abt 1884 Croydon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jun 1915
Frank Work
08 Dec 1892 Hamilton, South Australia - 08 Oct 1959
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John Younger
26 Mar 1879 Dimboola, Victoria, Australia - 10 Aug 1918
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