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6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
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Those known to have served with6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force during the Great War 1914-1918. - Birks VC MM Frederick. 2nd Lt. (d.21 September 1917)
- Birks VC MM. Frederick. Lt. (d.21st Sep 1917)
- Clogan Jack McIntyre. Pte. (d.26th August 1916)
- Greenwood Ernest Thompson. Pte.
- Harvie MM. James Tait McKinley. CSM. (d.10th Jul 1918)
- Mathers Daniel Gordon. Pte
- Walker Thomas. Pte. (d.8th May 1915)
- Wall MC, CdeG. Frederick Lawrence. Lt.Col.
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Pte. Jack McIntyre Clogan 6th Btn. Australian Infantry (d.26th August 1916) Jack Clogan was with the Australian Infantry 14th Reinforcements, 6th Battalion; He enlisted on the 15 September 1915 and embarked on 28 January 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles. On the 26 August 1916 he died in St John's Hospital at Etaples, France as a result of wounds sustained in the battle of Pozieres. He is buried in the Etaoles Military Cemetery in France.
Son of John and Elizabeth Clogan, of East St., Daylesford, Victoria, Australia.
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Pte. Ernest Thompson Greenwood 6th Btn. My grandfather, Ernest Greenwood, served in France in 1917 and 1918. I have letters he had sent to his parents about his time at the war and his time at First Southern General Hospital.
He specifically requested that his brother Hedley not be allowed to enlist because of the slaughter and carnage that was involved. Being a builder by trade, he said that the hospital wasn't very well built as compared to what his building capabilities and standards were, which used to give us all quite a good laugh. He was extremely grateful to the care he received and all the staff involved. He used to joke, as he was balding, that he stuck his head out of the trench too far, and the Germans shot his hair off.
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Pte. Thomas Walker "D" Coy. 6th Btn. (d.8th May 1915) Thomas Walker was killed in action during 2nd Battle of Krithia aged 20. He was the much loved son of Katie Walker and the late Robert Walker, brother of Agnes, William and Alexander.
Born on the 10th of July 1894 at Korumburra, Victoria, Australia.
He had been employed by Victorian Railways in Newport. Thomas enlisted on the 17th Aug 1914 at Macclesfield, Victoria and embarked Melbourne on 19 October 1914 for Cairo, Egypt. He is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Lt. Frederick Birks VC MM. 6th Btn. Australian Infantry (d.21st Sep 1917)  Lieutenant Frederick Birks served with the 6th Australian Infantry AIF during WW1 and died on the 21st September 1917, Age: 23. He is buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium
He was the son of Samuel and Mary Birks. Born at Buckley, Flintshire, Wales.
An extract from the Third Supplement to The London Gazette, No. 30372, of 8th November, 1917, records the following:-
For most conspicuous bravery in attack, when, accompanied by only a corporal, he rushed a strong point which was holding up the advance. The corporal was wounded by a bomb, but 2nd Lt. Birks went on by himself, killed the remainder of the enemy occupying the position, and captured a machine gun. Shortly afterwards he organised a small party and attacked another strong point which was occupied by about twenty-five of the enemy, of whom many were killed and an officer and fifteen men captured. During the consolidation this officer did magnificent work in reorganising parties of other units which had been disorganised during the operations. By his wonderful coolness and personal bravery 2nd Lt. Birks kept his men in splendid spirits throughout. He was killed at his post by a shell whilst endeavouring to extricate some of his men who had been buried by a shell.
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CSM. James Tait McKinley Harvie MM. 6th Battalion (d.10th Jul 1918) My Grandfather, James Tait McKinley Harvie, migrated to Australia shortly before W.W.I. He was born in Glasgow.
I believe he trained with the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders before migrating.
He joined the A.I.F. on 20/7/15 in Melbourne and was killed on 10th July 1918 having fought throughout the war. He was posthumously awarded the Military Medal and is buried in the Borre Military Cemetery in Northern France. My grandfather left my father, Thomas and his brother James, both of whom were born in Glasgow, in the care of my grandmother.
Are there any records of James Tait McKinley Harvie? If so his family would be most grateful for copies or anything you might be able to provide, particularly any photographs.
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Lt.Col. Frederick Lawrence Wall MC, CdeG. Australian Army Medical Corps Frederick Lawrence Wall, born in 1892, was a medical practitioner from Adelaide who joined the war effort as a captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps on 25 May 1915. He departed Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 17 June 1915. After arriving in Egypt, he was seconded to the 9th Field Ambulance at Gallipoli. He was in charge of a forward aid post at Lone Pine in August 1915 and then joined the 6th Infantry Battalion as a medical officer.
After serving at Gallipoli, Wall was transferred with his unit to France and earned a Military Cross for his constant devotion to duty at Pozières in mid-1916.
By 1918, Wall had risen to the rank of major and was serving with the 7th Field Ambulance when he was awarded the Croix de Guerre for continuous bravery throughout his service in France. Wall returned to Australia in March 1919.
Frederick Wall also served as a lieutenant colonel at the 110th Casualty Clearing Station in Tarakan, Borneo during the Second World War.
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