Category: 11th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I

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

The 11th Battalion was raised at Blackboy Hill Camp near Perth and became the Western Australia contribution to the 3rd Brigade in the 1st Division. The 3rd Brigade comprised battalions from the smaller States. It was also destined to be the Covering Force (i.e., first ashore) at Gallipoli, and the 11th Battalion was to be the left forward battalion. The 11th Battalion landed astride of the Ari Burnu Promontory and struck inland to Plugges Plateau through the tangle of scrub and steep gullies. Their original objective was to be along Third (aka Gun) Ridge north of Scrubby Knoll. Like the rest of the landing force they were to be thwarted by the terrain and the Ottoman response and were held to the Second Ridge line along which the ANZAC position was consolidated. The 11th had several commanding officers during the war: James Lyon Johnston, Raymond Lionel Leane, Stephen Harricks Roberts, Ernest Hilmer Smith, John Newman, and Rupert Anstice Rafferty.

Members of the battalion were awarded: one Victoria Cross (VC); one Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB); two Companions of the order of St Michael and St George (CMG); seven Companions of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO); one Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE); 30 Military Crosses (MC), one bar; 25 Distinguished Conduct Medals (DCM), one bar; 96 Military Medals (MM), two bars; three Meritorious Service Medals (MSM); 85 Mentions in Despatches; seven foreign awards.

Australian War Memorial: 11th Australian Infantry Battalion.
RSL Virtual War Memorial: 11th Infantry Battalion.
Wikipedia: 11th Battalion (Australia).

Northam to Gallipoli - ANZAC Tree

A

Robert Adam 1889 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Jul 1915

Thomas Allsop 1884 Woori Yallock, Victoria, Australia - 27 May 1961

B

Albany Bell 1894 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 23 Feb 1972

James Bettles 12 Aug 1885 Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia - 10 Sep 1917

Thomas Bickell Jun 1894 Devon, England, United Kingdom - 1965

Robert Blair 15 Dec 1895 Fremantle, Western Australia (Australia) - 17 Aug 1973

David Bovell 01 May 1887 Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia - 12 Apr 1951

Daniel (Boyde) Garrett 1895 Bride, Isle of Man - 08 Aug 1915

Harry Boyland 10 Jun 1889 Prospect, New South Wales, Australia - 30 May 1916

George Boyle 24 Aug 1882 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 1960

William Bucci 23 Feb 1897 Gympie, Queensland, Australia - 25 Jul 1916

David Buckle 1886 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia - 22 Jan 1938

Daniel Buckley 1883 Greenough, Western Australia, Australia - 03 Apr 1958

Frank Buggins 1893 Albany, Western Australia. - 25 Aug 1961

C

Eric Carlin 25 Sep 1885 Port Lincoln, South Australia - 03 Sep 1916

Kenneth Choat 26 Mar 1895 Mount Barker Spring, South Australia, Australia - 13 Aug 1962

William Connell abt 1863 Wonnerup, Western Australia - 15 Apr 1948

Anthony Corley 16 Mar 1877 Dublin South, County Dublin, Ireland - 17 Sep 1915

George Cotterill 27 Apr 1895 East Fremantle, Australia - 10 Mar 1967

Bertie Crockenberg 1888 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 10 Aug 1918

Frederick Cross 1881 Busselton, Western Australia - 18 Mar 1958

Walter Cross 1890 Augusta, Western Australia, Australia - 22 Jun 1918

D

Walter Davis 28 Jan 1879 Geraldton, Colony of Western Australia - 10 Apr 1917

Thomas Doherty 1884 Packenham, Victoria - 10 Apr 1917

Edmund Drake-Brockman 21 Feb 1884 Busselton, Western Australia - 01 Jun 1949

Thomas Driver 1875 Lambeth, Surrey - 01 Oct 1915

E

Robert Easom Sep 1891 Great Glen, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Apr 1959

Harry Edwards 1893 Melbourne, Victoria - 16 Jun 1959

F

Albert Facey 31 Aug 1894 Maidestone, Victoria - 11 Feb 1982

Roy Facey 1890 The Loddon, Victoria, Australia - 28 Jun 1915

John Fahey 02 Oct 1883 Glenough, Tipperary, Ireland - 28 Apr 1959

G

Benjamin Gannaway 19 Nov 1884 Preston, Colony of Victoria - 04 Nov 1918

John Gorman 1893 Albany, Western Australia, Australia - 03 May 1915

Alexander Grant abt 1878 Raywood, Victoria, Australia - abt 01 Aug 1915

Edward Green 1890 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 17 Aug 1931

H

John Harburn 1898 Fremantle, Western Australia - 16 Aug 1916

Jack Hawley 1896 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Norman Hillbrick 27 Feb 1892 Clarendon, Victoria, Australia - 06 May 1917

Cecil Hitchcock 1892 Fremantle, Western Australia - 28 May 1916

J

Frederick Jacka 25 Nov 1893 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Jun 1956

Egbert James 08 Nov 1887 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Mar 1965

K

Herbert Kemp 13 Jul 1893 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 09 Apr 1917

Rupert Krakouer Jul 1895 Albany, Western Australia, Australia

L

Charles Lambert 1884 Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Dec 1961

George Lamerton 21 Mar 1888 Fremantle, Western Australia - 10 Aug 1918

Raymond Leane 12 Jul 1878 Prospect, South Australia (Australia) - 25 Jun 1962

Thomas Lenane 13 Aug 1894 Bindi Bindi, Western Australia, Australia - 10 Apr 1917

Louis Leon Le Nay abt 1892 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Aug 1918

Norman Lindsay 1893 Taradale, Colony of Victoria - 24 Jul 1918

William Luckie 1872 Nelson, New Zealand - 28 Aug 1919

M

Walter Marwick 10 May 1890 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 28 Nov 1927

Francis Matthews 16 Jun 1888 Braidwood, New South Wales - 03 May 1915

Francis McJannet 24 Sep 1891 Durisdeer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom - 25 Apr 1915

Frederick McJannet 1891 Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 14 Jun 1958

Thomas McKellar 1889 Avon Plains, Victoria, Australia - 04 Sep 1966

William Mead Jul 1886 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 23 Jul 1916

Leslie Miller 08 Sep 1896 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 24 May 1965

Major Monkhouse 05 Feb 1896 Freshwater, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 01 Mar 1971

John Myales 1874 Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia, Australia - 11 Feb 1956

O

Norman Oats 1898 Esperance, Western Australia, Australia - 07 Oct 1917

Aubrey Ockerby Apr 1891 Sydney, New South Wales - 1976

O cont.

Horace Ockerby Mar 1893 Devonport, Tasmania

P

Charles Pengelly 1896 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - 21 Sep 1917

Melville Pethick 07 Nov 1892 Willunga, South Australia, Australia - 26 Aug 1981

Alfred Phillips 18 Dec 1881 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 15 Oct 1946

Albert Pike 04 Jan 1887 Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia - 01 Mar 1961

Christopher Pike 30 Jul 1882 George Town, Tasmania - 15 Feb 1935

Hector Polain 1892 Footscray, Victoria (Australia) - 15 Apr 1917

Charles Pope 05 Mar 1883 London, England - 15 Apr 1917

Cecil Popplewell abt 1886 Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand - 19 May 1915

John Porter 1881 London, England - 22 Nov 1964

Q

Walter Quarrie 31 Oct 1891 Bride, Isle of Man - 02 Jul 1915

R

Alexander Rail 1896 Bendigo, Colony of Victoria - 24 Apr 1982

William Reed 30 Dec 1895 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Sep 1938

Thomas Rose 16 Oct 1888 Roelands, Western Australia, Australia - 24 Nov 1973

S

Thomas Salt 1900 Shepparton, Colony of Victoria - 1977

William Shambrook 27 Dec 1892 Roma, Queensland, Australia - 07 Oct 1917

Robert Smith 23 May 1892 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - 25 Jan 1957

Archibald Spring 1876 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia - 25 Feb 1917

William Straughair 20 Jan 1897 Fremantle, Colony of Western Australia. - 17 Sep 1976

Ernest Summerton 17 Dec 1891 Boolcunda, South Australia, Australia - 14 Oct 1919

T

Luke Taylor 09 Mar 1892 Gympie, Queensland, Australia - 14 Dec 1955

Cecil Tuckey 20 Feb 1882 Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia - 22 Jan 1961

Eugene Tuite abt 1875 Paddington, New South Wales (Australia) - 06 Aug 1915

V

William Vidler 24 May 1889 Petersfield, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Apr 1939

W

William Walsh 16 Jan 1889 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 13 Oct 1917

William Watson 1876 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 11 Aug 1948

George Withers 1877 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia - 06 May 1917

Colin Woods 1894 York, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Nov 1916

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