Category: 10th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I

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

Landing Level

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.

• Australian War Memorial: 10th Australian Infantry Battalion.

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

William Worthington 16 May 1893 Penola, South Australia, Australia - 25 Aug 1918

John Younger 26 Mar 1879 Dimboola, Victoria, Australia - 10 Aug 1918

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