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{{Infobox military unit
 
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
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| country = Australia
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| service = Australian Army
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| branch = Australian Imperial Force
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| type = Infantry
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| specific_type = Infantry battalion
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| size_at_full_strength = 1,000
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| alternate_unit_names = 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
 
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| start_date =  
 
| end_date =  
 
| end_date =  
| country = Australia
 
| service = Army
 
| branch =
 
| type = Infantry
 
| size_at_full_strength =
 
| disbanded =
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
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{{Infobox command structure
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| parent = 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
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| parent_level = {{BritishBrigade}}
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| relationship_type = Tactical
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}}
  
 
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== Personal narratives ==
 
== Personal narratives ==
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=== Arthur John Moore Burrowes ===
 
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=== Lance Corporal George Booley ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675824/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Frederick Heatley Symonds ===
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[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7600881 Frederick Heatley Symonds] joined this battalion in August 1914 and kept a diary while serving at Gallipoli in 1915. The diary has been [http://www.ocotilloroad.com/geneal/symonds2.html#FRED1882 transcribed by Heather Ford].
  
 
=== Francis George Didcock (Service number 52502) ===
 
=== Francis George Didcock (Service number 52502) ===
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Sources, evidence: catalogue record includes service number and unit information. Based on record submitted for Henry Fowler by a member of the public.
 
Sources, evidence: catalogue record includes service number and unit information. Based on record submitted for Henry Fowler by a member of the public.
  
== Related media (images etc) ==
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=== Lieutenant John Joseph Bourke ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675825/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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* [[5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* [[2nd Machine Gun Company, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* [[21st Machine Gun Company, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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=== Captain Herbert Spencer Dickinson ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675855/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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* [[5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* [[57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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=== Lieutenant George Howard Earp ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675796/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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* [[1st Pioneer Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* [[5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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=== Captain George Lush Finlay ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675793/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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* [[5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* attached headquarters [[1st Australian Division]]
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* attached headquarters [[2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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=== Major Robert Pearce Flockart ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675798/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Private Harry Hodgman ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675865/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Private Albert William Keown ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675846/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Lieutenant George Leslie Makin ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675772/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Sergeant Lawrence Stanley Vivian Moss ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10677289/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Sergeant Frank Jubilee Olle ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675776/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Company Quartermaster Sergeant Richard Keith Phillips ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10677292/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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* transport section, [[5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* [[57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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== Related media ==
 
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== Other Sources ==
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*{{War diary AWM|23|22}}
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=== Unit histories ===
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*[https://www.awm.gov.au/unit/U51445/ 5th Battalion at the Australian War Memorial]
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== Other sources ==
=== Bibliography ===
 
 
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[[Category:Units with personal narratives]]
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[[Category:Australian infantry battalions]]
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[[Category:Australian Imperial Force infantry battalions|05]]
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[[Category:Australian Imperial Force|Battalion 05]]
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[[Category:Australian Army|Battalion 05]]
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Latest revision as of 08:06, 11 August 2016

5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Years active:
Country: Australia
Service: Australian Army
Branch: Australian Imperial Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Alternate names: 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Parent level: Brigade
Start date:
End date:
Sources:


Personal narratives

Lance Corporal George Booley

Frederick Heatley Symonds

Frederick Heatley Symonds joined this battalion in August 1914 and kept a diary while serving at Gallipoli in 1915. The diary has been transcribed by Heather Ford.

Francis George Didcock (Service number 52502)

Letters, postcards, cards, newspaper clippings, from a collection documenting the friendship between Fowler and Pte. Francis George Didcock, an Australian, held by The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

Sources, evidence: catalogue record includes service number and unit information. Based on record submitted for Henry Fowler by a member of the public.

Lieutenant John Joseph Bourke

Captain Herbert Spencer Dickinson

Lieutenant George Howard Earp

Captain George Lush Finlay

Major Robert Pearce Flockart

Private Harry Hodgman

Private Albert William Keown

Lieutenant George Leslie Makin

Sergeant Lawrence Stanley Vivian Moss

Sergeant Frank Jubilee Olle

Company Quartermaster Sergeant Richard Keith Phillips

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • Australian War Memorial: AWM4 Subclass 23/22 (unknown date–unknown date) (images free for non-commercial use)

Unit histories


Other official documents

Other sources


References