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1st Infantry Battalion, AIF
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Those known to have served with1st Infantry Battalion, AIF during the Great War 1914-1918. - Blakey James Robert. Pte. (d.2nd May 1915)
- Bramley George Ernest.
- Carter MID. Herbert Gordon. Lt.Col.
- Champion Benjamin William. Lt.
- Davis Percy Charles. Pte. (d.6th-11th August 1915)
- Gammage John Kingsley. Pte.
- Gardiner Reginald Scott. Lt.
- Gregory Walter Leonard. Pte. (d.22nd Mar 1918)
- Malloy Michael. Pte. (d.23rd May 1915)
- Manning Guy Owen. Capt. (d.18th June 1915)
- Manning Guy Owen. Capt. (d.18th June 1916)
- Muir Frederick Warren. Pte. (d.28th Nov 1915)
- Shout VC, MC. Alfred John. Cpt. (d.11th Aug 1915)
- Stainton William Edward. Sgt.
- Taylor Peter Arbuckle. Pte.
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Pte. Walter Leonard Gregory 1st Battalion (d.22nd Mar 1918) Walter Gregory joined the 1st Battalion, AIF with 18th Reinforcements.
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Capt. Guy Owen Manning 1st Btn. (d.18th June 1916) Captain Manning is buried in the Kavieng European Cemetery in Papua New Guinea.
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George Ernest Bramley 1st Battalion Three Bramley brothers enlisted.
George Ernest Bramley was the second eldest of four sons. Born to William Thomas Bramley and Emily Caroline Pike, in Randwick, NSW. He was a farmer when he enlisted 28th of August 1914. He sailed on the HMAT Afric and fought at Lone Pine. He was wounded 5th of April 1915, a bullet wound to the forehead. He returned home 23rd of October 1918. He married and had a son. The son never married.
His brothers, 2114 Frank Albert Bramley was listed as missing then found killed in action, 7th of December 1915 at Lone Pine and 3019 Charles Frederick Bramley, enlisted 17th of October 1916. He was wounded but returned home.
I have no photos of them. My interest is I am writing the Bramley history. There are no descendants coming from William and Emily. Their youngest fourth son died of Spanish Flu after they returned home.
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Capt. Guy Owen Manning 1st Btn. (d.18th June 1915) Captain Manning was buried in the Kavieng European Cemetery in New Guinea, Grave 14.
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Pte. Peter Arbuckle Taylor 13th Reinforcement 1st Pioneer Battalion Please see the AIF project for details. He died in 1928
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Pte. James Robert Blakey 1st Btn. (d.2nd May 1915) James Blakey died of wounds on the 2nd of May 1915 age 23 and is buried in the Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.
He was the son of John Henry and Margaret Ann Blakey of 17 Hollingreave Rd., Burnley, England.
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Pte. Michael Malloy 1st Btn. (d.23rd May 1915) Michael Malloy died on the 23rd of May 1915 and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
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Pte. Percy Charles Davis 1st Btn. (d.6th-11th August 1915) Percy Davis died between the 6th and 11th of August 1915, aged 25. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Percy was the son of Charles Samuel and Isabella Davis. Native of Stewart's Brook, Scone, New South Wales.
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Cpt. Alfred John Shout VC, MC. 1st Btn. (d.11th Aug 1915) Alfred Shout died of wounds on the 11th of August 1915, aged 35 and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial in the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29328, dated 15th Oct., 1915, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine trenches, in the Gallipoli Peninsula. On the morning of the 9th Aug., 1915, with a very small party, Capt. Shout charged down trenches strongly occupied by the enemy, and personally threw four bombs among them, killing eight and routing the remainder. In the afternoon of the same day, from the position gained in the morning, he captured a further length of trench under similar conditions, and continued personally to bomb the enemy at close range under very heavy fire until he was severely wounded, losing his right hand and left eye. This most gallant officer has since succumbed to his injuries."
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Pte. Frederick Warren Muir 1st Infantry Battalion (d.28th Nov 1915) Frederick Warren Muir, a law student from Unanderra, enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force at Randwick on 22nd August 1914. He had brief military experience, having spent two-and-a-half years as a lieutenant in the cadets. Muir was assigned to the 1st Infantry Battalion and left Sydney for Egypt aboard HMAT Afric on 18th October 1914.
After training at Egypt, Muir departed with the 1st Battalion for the Dardanelles and participated in the landing on 25th April 1915. He wrote home to his mother almost every week from the trenches, describing in detail his experiences at the front line. His letters were published in the South Coast Times, a local paper in Wollongong.
In late November 1915, Muir was badly wounded and taken to the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle, just off the coast of the peninsula. Unfortunately, on 28th November he succumbed to his wounds and was buried at sea. Frederick Muir is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey.
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Lt. Reginald Scott Gardiner 1st Australian Division Reginald Scott Gardiner was born at Casterton, Victoria in 1893. A school teacher before enlisting as a private on 25th August 1914. Gardiner was made a clerk in the Divisional Headquarters, 1st Australian Division, and departed Melbourne on HMAT Orvieto on 22nd October 1914.
Gardiner went initially to Egypt, where he was promoted to corporal on 1st March 1915, and then to Gallipoli via Lemnos. He witnessed the landing at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915 from aboard one of the transport ships. Gardiner was promoted to sergeant on 24th July 1915 while serving at Gallipoli. He was transferred to Egypt on 2nd October 1915 re-joining his unit at Gallipoli on 18th October 1915. Gardiner departed Gallipoli as part of the evacuation and, on return to Egypt, was transferred to 4 Section Medical, AIF Headquarters on 22nd December 1915.
In June 1915 Gardiner was sent to England for officer training which resulted in his commission as a second lieutenant on 18th December 1916. He left for France on 16th January 1917 where he joined the 55th Infantry Battalion. According to his service record, Gardiner was "brought to notice of Secretary of State of War for valuable service rendered in connection with the war" on 24th February 1917. He was promoted to lieutenant on 22nd May 1917. While in the 55th Battalion, Gardiner served both as a signalling officer and an intelligence officer. He also spent time between 25th April and 2nd August 1918 attached to Headquarters, 14th Australian Infantry Brigade.
Gardiner left England to return to Australia on 25th February 1919. The medical history he provided on arrival in Australia indicated he was feeling fit despite the long war years during which he had suffered from influenza at Gallipoli in 1915 and was gassed in November 1917. He had not been hospitalised on either occasion. He left the Australian Imperial Force on 16th June 1919. Reginald Gardiner died on 14th November 1922.
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Pte. John Kingsley Gammage 1st Btn. John Kingsley Gammage was born at Cootamundra, New South Wales in 1887. At the time of his enlistment in late January 1915, Gammage listed his father, William Gammage, as his next of kin and his occupation as a baker. He departed Australia with the 1st Battalion aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 10th April 1915.
Gammage landed at Gallipoli on 26th June 1915. He was wounded in the left leg during the battle of Lone Pine in August 1915 and was sent to Mudros for treatment and recuperation. He re-joined the 1st Battalion on 25th September 1915. After the evacuation from Gallipoli, Gammage returned to Egypt with the Battalion but was transferred to the Imperial Camel Corps on 29th January 1916. He served with the Corps in Libya and Palestine.
Attached to the Anzac Provost Corps from 16th March 1918, Gammage was transferred permanently when the Imperial Camel Corps was disbanded in June 1918. He received a promotion to extra regimental second corporal on 9th March 1919. John Gammage departed Egypt aboard HMAT Delta to return to Australia on 2nd August 1919.
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Lt. Benjamin William Champion 1st Infantry Battalion Benjamin William Champion was born at Stanmore, New South Wales, in 1897. Prior to the First World War he spent four years as an army cadet and developed a career as a dental apprentice. He enlisted as an 18-year-old with the Australian Imperial Force on 11 May 1915 after gaining his father's permission. Champion departed Sydney with reinforcements for the 1st Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Orsova on 14 July 1915.
In November 1915, Champion was sent to Gallipoli to join the 1st Battalion soldiers already serving on the peninsula. He was evacuated at the end of the month after sustaining wounds to the face and thigh. Champion rejoined his unit on the Western Front and was rapidly promoted through the ranks in 1916. His experiences at Lagnicourt, Broodseinde Ridge, and Passchendale are documented in detail in the diary he kept since the day he had enlisted. In one entry Champion mentions a German soldier who bandaged up a British soldier, only to be killed later; the allies subsequently erected the German soldier's grave. Champion's final promotion was to the rank of Lieutenant in 1917, a year in which he again sustained wounds from battle. On 15 April 1918, while at Pradelles, he sustained a shell injury to his left leg that was consequently amputated. Champion returned to Australia in June.
He settled in the Newcastle area, where he established a dental practice. Several years after the war he married and remained in the Newcastle area until his death in 1978.
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Lt.Col. Herbert Gordon Carter MID. 1st Infantry Battalion Herbert Gordon Carter was born at Sydney, New South Wales, on 24 March 1885 to parents Herbert and Antoinette Carter. An electrical engineer by trade, he enlisted on 3 September 1914 at the age of 29. Enlisting with the 1st Infantry Battalion, Carter was appointed the rank of lieutenant. On 18 October 1914 he embarked from Sydney on HMAT Afric. His brother, Captain Robert Burnside Carter, also served during the First World War with the British Army.
Serving at Gallipoli in 1915, he was promoted to the rank of captain and then major that same year. In 1916 he was transferred to the 53rd Infantry Battalion and later the 5th Pioneer Battalion. In August 1916, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and took over command of the 5th Pioneer Battalion for the remainder of the First World War.
On 31st of January 1917, Carter married Lydia Kate King from Orange, New South Wales, who was then working with the 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Southall, England. Carter received a mentioned in dispatches three times and he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in January 1918. Herbert Carter returned to Australia on 5 April 1919
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Sgt. William Edward Stainton 1st Battalion William Edward Stainton was born in Liverpool UK, moved to Australia where he enlisted in 1914. He became a reinforcement for the 1st Battalion AIF and fought and wounded several times at Gallipoli 1915. William died of war injuries in 1930 in New South Wales Australia.
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