Category: 43rd Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I

Categories: Australian Imperial Force, World War I

The 3rd Division was raised in Australia early in 1916. The 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion was South Australia's contribution to the strength of the division. Along with the 41st, 42nd, and 44th Battalions, plus support troops, it formed the 11th Brigade. The battalion embarked in June 1916 and, after landing briefly in Egypt, went on to Britain for further training. It arrived on the Western Front in late December 1916, where it remained until the Armistice. The 43rd joined the advance that followed the 2nd Division's victory at Mont St Quentin and it was during this operation that temporary Corporal Lawrence Weathers earned the battalion's only Victoria Cross. He was mortally wounded in the battalion's next battle. The same shell killed his uncle, Lance Corporal J J Weathers." Through 1919 the men of the 43rd Battalion returned to Australia in drafts for demobilisation and discharge. The battalion had three commanding officers: John Farrell, Charles Philip Butler, and Douglas Dixon Gordon.

Members of the battalion were awarded: one Victoria Cross (VC); two Companions of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO); one Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE); one Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE); 20 Military Crosses (MC); 15 Distinguished Conduct Medals (DCM); 74 Military Medals (MM), four bars; three Meritorious Service Medals (MSM); 19 Mentions in Despatches; six foreign awards.

Australian War Memorial: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion.

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William Abbott 19 Jan 1896 Cross Roads, South Australia, Australia - 31 Jul 1917

David Anderson 02 Jan 1897 Toora, Victoria, Australia - 01 Oct 1973

Hugo Arthur abt 1882 Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 11 Aug 1918

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Albert Bishop 30 Apr 1887 Norton Summit, South Australia, Australia - 18 Jan 1968

Alfred Bishop 12 May 1890 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 04 Oct 1917

Stanley Blackman 23 Jan 1886 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 18 Dec 1964

Elmo Bonython 22 Feb 1897 Summertown, South Australia, Australia - 08 Jul 1975

Kenneth Bonython 19 Sep 1895 Summertown, South Australia, Australia - 15 Dec 1924

Clarence Bowen 1899 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Aug 1917

Herbert Bray 24 Mar 1895 Barunga, South Australia, Australia - 11 Oct 1917

Edward Brereton 24 Oct 1895 Port Broughton, South Australia, Australia - 05 Jul 1918

Clifford Bungey 27 Jun 1896 Norton Summit, South Australia, Australia - 28 Nov 1964

William Burman 06 Jul 1890 Ulooloo, South Australia, Australia - 17 Aug 1917

Charles Burton 25 Oct 1885 Kooringa, South Australia, Australia - 14 Oct 1917

Robert Burton 13 Dec 1897 Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia - 04 Oct 1917

Charles Butler 16 Jul 1880 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 25 Sep 1953

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Harold Channon 01 Nov 1894 Queenstown, South Australia, Australia - 20 Dec 1975

Allan Chapman 18 Sep 1871 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 06 Sep 1917

Mark Colley 30 Dec 1874 Humbug Scrub, South Australia, Australia - 13 Apr 1917

Edward Coombe 15 Feb 1875 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 15 Dec 1925

Stanley Shepley Coombs 07 Oct 1882 Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia - 28 May 1918

William Crase 1888 Moonta, South Australia, Australia - 14 Jul 1958

Benjamin Crouch 24 Sep 1893 Prairie, South Australia - 31 Jul 1917

George Crouch 14 Oct 1914 Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jan 1942

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Arthur Davidson 22 Jan 1886 Norwood, South Australia, Australia - 22 Apr 1918

Antonio Delmenico 1899 Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia - 11 Jun 1917

Arthur Dibdin 21 Sep 1889 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 09 May 1975

Edgar Dolphin 08 Sep 1891 Talia, South Australia - 1953

Arthur Dorling 22 Dec 1897 Sturt, South Australia, Australia - 06 May 1975

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Edward Foster 12 Mar 1895 Queenstown, South Australia, Australia - 04 Oct 1917

Thomas Foster 1884 Gulong, Victoria, Australia - 05 Oct 1917

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Charles Godlee 03 Jan 1882 Near Fowlers Bay, South Australia, Australia - 07 Feb 1918

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William Healey 23 Jul 1893 Norwood, South Australia (Australia) - 01 Jun 1918

Henry Heyer 17 Feb 1892 Upper Sturt, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1917

Alfred Hilton 12 Nov 1897 Renmark, South Australia, Australia - 13 Jun 1965

Arnold Hitchcock 1893 York, Western Australia - 08 Dec 1982

William Hosler abt 1889 Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom - abt 21 May 1973

William Hourigan abt 1894 Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia

Elliot House 28 Aug 1893 Mount Torrens, South Australia, Australia - 03 Nov 1958

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Harold Inwood 1898 Burra, South Australia, Australia - 23 Jul 1974

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Clifford Jacobs 26 Nov 1894 Cherry Gardens, South Australia, Australia - 29 Sep 1918

Hal Jacobs 26 Nov 1894 Cherry Gardens, South Australia, Australia - 30 Sep 1960

James Jacobs 04 Nov 1888 Willunga, South Australia, Australia - 31 Jul 1917

Walter Josephs 05 Mar 1893 Kooringa, South Australia - 29 Mar 1918

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Oliver Kirkland abt 18 Aug 1895 Saddleworth, South Australia. - 09 May 1985

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Richard Ladhams 22 Jan 1900 Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia - 1983

Richard Lanyon 04 May 1889 Stepney, South Australia, Australia - 13 Oct 1942

Christopher Little 16 Mar 1871 Haverton Hill, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom - 28 Mar 1918

Oswald Lucas 04 Jul 1892 Gawler River, South Australia, Australia

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Alexander McKinnon Jun 1889 Charlotte Waters, Northern Territory - 04 Oct 1917

Hugh Miller 1895 Mannanarie, South Australia, Australia - 01 Sep 1918

Arthur Moar 16 Jun 1890 Angas Plains, South Australia, Australia - 31 Jul 1917

Frederick George Moody 09 Apr 1886 Walkerville, South Australia, Australia - 28 Jul 1948

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Christopher Nankivell 25 May 1876 Kadina, South Australia - 07 Dec 1936

Roy Nixon 08 Feb 1891 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 10 Aug 1960

George Northcott abt 1895 Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia - 23 Aug 1918

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Alexander Olsson 30 Mar 1890 Nar Nar Goon, Victoria. - abt Aug 1961

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Wilfrid Fewkes Partridge 11 Dec 1880 Keyneton, South Australia, Australia - 28 May 1977

William Pengilly 22 Dec 1885 Parkside, South Australia, Australia - 15 Oct 1917

William Plew 09 Sep 1887 Eurilpa, South Australia - 05 Sep 1958

Mark Porter 16 Oct 1889 West Quorn, South Australia - 10 Feb 1952

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Cyril Rigney 22 Feb 1897 Raukkan, Point McLeay, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 1917

Peter Roach 05 Jan 1898 Moonta, South Australia, Australia - 05 Jul 1918

Harold Rowell 17 Aug 1881 Lockleys, South Australia, Australia - 1951

Alfred Rowntree 13 Jul 1888 Cunningham, South Australia, Australia - 12 Feb 1918

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John Salt 16 Jun 1899 Bayswater, South Australia, Australia - 19 Sep 1963

Frederick Scanlan abt 07 Oct 1895 Stepney, South Australia, Australia - 18 Jun 1988

Leonard Schroder 26 Feb 1895 Norwood, South Australia, Australia

Cleve Scott 1896 Port Broughton, South Australia, Australia - 22 Jul 1918

Michael Searle 06 Jun 1895 Albany, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Mar 1970

Frederick Sims 07 Dec 1885 Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia - 04 Oct 1917

Frederick Spargo 20 Dec 1884 Norton Summit, South Australia, Australia - 01 Sep 1918

Arnold Stacy 03 Jan 1885 Clare, Colony of South Australia. - 10 Jun 1917

Thomas Surfield 11 Oct 1881 Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia - 15 Jul 1959

George Symes 23 Apr 1881 Koolunga, South Australia, Australia - 07 Feb 1947

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Joseph Tonkin 06 Jan 1893 Kadina, South Australia, Australia - 27 Nov 1974

Frank Trowbridge 02 Jul 1893 Parkside, South Australia, Australia - 28 Mar 1968

James Trowbridge 08 Nov 1870 Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia - 31 Oct 1917

Harold Truasheim 22 Dec 1897 Queensland, Australia - 22 May 1981

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William Veitch 1886 Kent Town, South Australia, Australia - 26 May 1918

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Hugh Wallace 13 Sep 1897 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 1970

Lawrence Weathers 14 May 1890 Te Kopuru, New Zealand - 29 Sep 1918

James Westbury 03 Jul 1899 Broken Hill, New South Wales - 12 Jul 1952

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