1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force

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1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Years active: August 1914 – February 1915
Country: Australia
Service: Australian Army
Branch: Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
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Created: August 1914. 
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Disbanded: February 1915. 
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical and Administrative
Parent unit: Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: August 1914
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Theatre of war
Theatre name: Pacific, Indian Ocean, West Indies and Western Mediterranean
Date entered: September 1914
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Personal narratives

Ernest Baker

ANZAC Connections links to letters from Ernest William Baker written between 1914 and 1918. Catalogue description and his service record show that he served in:

  • D Company, 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Private, service number 1038.
  • C Company, 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), started as Private and rose to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, service number 1032.

Private Errol Cappie Nepean Devlin

Dennis Gurney Broad

  • B Company, 1st Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
  • later served on HMS Killingholme, Royal Naval Air Service, British but not covered by letters

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