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The plaque commemorates those who served in the 1st Australian Infantry Battalion during World War One. The plaque location is indicated by a red poppy in the second image.
During the First World War, the 1st Battalion was raised for overseas service in 1914 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force. Attached to the 1st Brigade, the battalion served in Egypt initially before taking part in the fighting in Gallipoli against the Turks. Later the battalion was sent to the Western Front where it fought in the trenches in France and Belgium as part of the Australian Corps. Following the end of the war the battalion was disbanded in 1919.
Location
| Address: | Fairbairn & Limestone Avenues, Behind Captain Reg Saunders Courtyard, Australian War Memorial, Campbell, 2612 |
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| State: | ACT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.280105 Long: 149.148335 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW1 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 04-August-1914 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 28-June-1919 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Wednesday 12th March, 2008 |
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1st AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
1st DIVISION, AIF
1914 - 1918
Two Victoria Crosses At Lone Pine - One Victoria Cross At Bullecourt
Somme 1916 Somme 1918 Pozieres Bullecourt Ypres 1917 Menin Road Polygon Wood Broodseinde Poelcappelle Passchendaele Lys Hazelbrouck Amiens Albert 1918 (Chuignes) Hindenburg Line Epehy France and Flanders 1916-18 ANZAC Landing at ANZAC Defence of ANZAC Suvla Sari Bair - Lone Pine Gallipoli 1915 Egypt 1915-16 Herbertshohe
Dedicated To Those Who Served And In Memory Of All Who Died.
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Dedicated on 12 March 2008 by the First Battalion Association
