Category: 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, World War I

Categories: Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, World War I

Landing Level

This Category is for profiles of people associated with the 1st Battalion AN&MEF during the First World War.

The 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) was raised in Australia upon the outbreak of the First World War to seize and destroy German wireless stations in German New Guinea in the south-west Pacific so that they could not be used to warn Germany of Allied movements in the Pacific or threaten merchant shipping in the region. The battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Russell Watson. Following the successful capture of German possessions in the region, the 1st Battalion returned to Australia whilst further battalions of the AN&MEF were formed to provide occupation forces for the duration of the war. Many returned soldiers of the 1st Battalion subsequently transferred to the Australian Imperial Force and served in the Middle East and Europe.

Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force

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Charles Abbott 04 May 1886 St Leonards, New South Wales (Australia) - 30 Apr 1975

William Acheson 20 Jan 1887 Cronkbourne, Braddan, Isle of Man - abt 14 Oct 1974

Archibald Anderson abt Oct 1884 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 27 Jul 1916

C

Henry Caldwell 1895 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia - 09 Apr 1915

John Clancy 30 May 1895 Glebe, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Oct 1970

D

Harold Davey 13 Apr 1888 Milton, New South Wales (Australia) - 04 Feb 1953

William Davey abt Jun 1889 Milton, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Jun 1954

E

Thomas Eather 17 May 1887 Guyra, New South Wales - 01 Nov 1944

F

Walter Fenton 03 Oct 1888 Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 27 Oct 1917

G

Thomas Guy 20 Jul 1876 Nelligen, Colony of New South Wales - 31 Jan 1949

H

William Hammond 07 Jun 1893 Chatswood, New South Wales (Australia) - 1965

Harold Henley 1893 Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Aug 1916

M

Edward Martin 22 Aug 1875 Launceston, Tasmania (Australia) - 22 Sep 1950

John Meek 04 Jul 1894 Auckland, New Zealand - 05 Apr 1947

P

Daniel Poole 1882 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 1959

R

Robert Ramsay 06 Sep 1891 Germanton, New South Wales (Australia)

Norman Russett 03 Sep 1895 Randwick, New South Wales (Australia) - 1960

W

William Watson 19 May 1875 Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) - 30 Jun 1924

William Wilkin 15 Jul 1885 Witchford, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Y

Eric Young 1895 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Jul 1974

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