Category: 8th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I

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

The 8th Australian Infantry Battalion was among the first infantry units raised for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) during the First World War. Like the 5th, 6th and 7th Battalions, it was recruited from Victoria and, together with these battalions, formed the 2nd Brigade. The battalion was raised from rural Victoria by Lieutenant Colonel William Bolton within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914 and embarked just two months later. After a brief stop in Albany, Western Australia, the battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2nd December. It later took part in the ANZAC landing on 25th April 1915, as part of the second wave. Commanding officers of the 8th were William Kinsey Bolton, Charles Brand, Graham Coulter, and John Wesley Mitchell.

Members of the battalion were awarded: three Victoria Crosses (VC); ten Companions of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), one Bar; 33 Military Crosses (MC), six Bars; 43 Distinguished Conduct Medals (DCM); 32 Military Medals (MM), one bar; four Meritorious Service Medals (MSM); 45 Mentions in Despatches; nine foreign awards.

Australian War Memorial: 8th Australian Infantry Battalion.

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Thomas Agar 1897 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia - 1949

Richard Andrewartha 1888 Stawell, Colony of Victoria (Australia) - 1959

Joseph Arthur 1880 Vaughan, Victoria, Australia - 12 Dec 1952

B

Raymond Baldock 1894 Jeparit, Victoria, Australia - 20 Sep 1917

Harry Barber 16 Mar 1893 Somerville, Victoria, Australia - 12 Feb 1974

Richard Barry 27 Jan 1878 Stockport, South Australia, Australia - 23 Jun 1948

Harold Barton Aug 1891 Woorak, Victoria, Australia - 22 Jun 1961

James Baulch 03 Apr 1890 Mount Eccles, Colony of Victoria - 15 Feb 1979

Leith Baulch abt 01 Jan 1893 Macarthur, Colony of Victoria - 14 Apr 1918

Frederick Bawden 1887 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia - 04 Oct 1917

Henry Bawden 1889 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia - 25 May 1965

Robert Beatham 16 Jun 1894 Glassonby, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom - 11 Aug 1918

Moore Bolton 25 Aug 1891 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 1963

William Bolton 01 Nov 1860 Lostock Gralam, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Sep 1941

William Boyd 13 Mar 1898 Colac, Colony of Victoria - 23 Nov 1923

Charles Brand 04 Sep 1873 Ipswich, Queensland (Australia) - 31 Jul 1961

C

Samuel Carr abt 1871 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 11 Jun 1935

Arthur Clayton 07 Dec 1894 Unley, South Australia, Australia - 21 Aug 1916

John Collins abt 1887 Colony of Victoria - 20 Sep 1917

Thomas Cooke 05 Jul 1881 Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand - 28 Jul 1916

John Cooper 21 Feb 1889 North Fitzroy, Victoria. - 20 Sep 1917

Alexander Cossey 27 Mar 1896 Elsternwick, Colony of Victoria, Australia - abt 1968

Walter Coulstock 1893 Warrnambool, Colony of Victoria - May 1915

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Reginald Dabb 18 May 1895 Murtoa, Victoria, Australia - 26 Sep 1916

Harold Darcy 1898 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Sep 1953

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Ronald Edwards 1896 Port Fairy, Colony of Victoria - 03 Mar 1917

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William Farley 14 Feb 1895 Beechworth, Colony of Victoria - 16 Jun 1960

George Forsythe 1896 Nurrabiel, Victoria, Australia - 1966

Albert Frith 1895 Colac, Victoria, Australia - 08 May 1915

William Frith 06 Dec 1886 Carpendeit, Victoria, Australia - 1975

Harold Fry 10 Apr 1894 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 1949

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Thomas Harris 12 Mar 1890 Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia - 06 May 1969

James Hunter 1896 Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia - 1950

J

Harry Jerram 1894 Beechworth, Victoria, Australia - 1955

William Joynt 19 Mar 1889 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - 05 May 1986

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William Kane 1885 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia - 1952

Frederick Keays 12 Jul 1898 Richmond, Colony of Victoria. - 24 Jun 1983

Edward Killalea 04 Jan 1884 Westbury, Tasmania, Australia - 17 Mar 1934

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George Landy 1896 South Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 29 Jul 1916

Robert Lindsey 1891 Allendale, Victoria, Australia - 03 May 1915

Robert Long 1887 Taree, New South Wales, Australia - 1964

Walter Lonie 30 Aug 1889 Cupar, Fife, Scotland - 19 Dec 1949

Charles Lukey 1885 Stawell, Victoria (Australia) - 1967

Leonard Lukey 1890 Sale, Victoria, Australia - 04 Oct 1917

William Lukey 1883 Geelong, Victoria (Australia) - 1969

Francis Lukin 1874 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 1926

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George Maher abt 1877 Beaufort, Victoria, Australia - 18 Aug 1916

Charles Marc 1898 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 05 Oct 1917

Alexander Mathieson 1879 Moyston, Victoria, Australia - 1950

David Morgan 1897 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 23 Mar 1934

Charles Morris abt 1895 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 27 May 1946

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Alexander Munro 1894 Yanac, Victoria, Australia - 18 Aug 1916

Ivon Murdoch 19 Oct 1892 Camberwell, Victoria, Australia - 12 Aug 1964

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Thomas Nicholson 1887 Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia - 03 Jul 1918

Ralph Noden 1891 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 26 Jul 1916

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William Odgers 06 Aug 1896 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia - 13 Jul 1962

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Rupert Palmer abt 1888 Horsham, Colony of Victoria - 08 May 1915

George Pearce 1896 Saint Arnaud, Victoria - 11 Jul 1966

Herbert Pell 19 Dec 1888 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia - 20 Aug 1968

John Pike 07 Jan 1890 Mansfield, Colony of Victoria - 21 Apr 1920

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Arthur Rippon 1894 Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1941

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Thomas Sage 20 Oct 1889 Angaston South Australia - 25 Apr 1915

John Salt 1893 Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 30 Sep 1918

Charles Saunders 1897 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 20 Sep 1917

Albert Sheldrick 1887 Hotham, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria - 1942

Percy Smalley 12 Sep 1896 Bendigo, Colony of Victoria - 19 Mar 1984

Louis Smith 18 Apr 1891 Angaston, South Australia, Australia - 07 May 1917

James Spinks 1895 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia - 05 Aug 1916

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George Thompson 1885 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia - 06 Feb 1950

Walter Tinsley 24 Dec 1898 Richmond, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Jun 1969

William Tonkin 1874 Sutton Grange, Victoria, Australia - 18 Aug 1916

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Francis Warren 1893 Moyston, Colony of Victoria - 1915

Arthur Webster 1890 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - 31 Jul 1915

Arthur Wood 1893 Collingwood, Colony of Victoria - 11 Aug 1918

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