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Units are like small blocks of people placed into larger formations
From your Service Records you can find out what units your serviceperson was in. Most importantly write the dates from start to finish in each unit they served in and what rank they held at the time. This can help you build one half of your war profile in chapter five.
Australian Military Units from World War I-II, Malayan Emergency, Korean, Vietnam.
Army Structure Section, Platoon, Company, Battalion, Brigade, Division, Corps, Army
World War I
Infantry and Mounted Divisions WWI
Australian Infantry Battalions WWI
The 1st AIF was dominated by Infantry men .Of those that served overseas the break down of their service was.
| Infantry | 210,981 |
| Machine Guns | 4,476 |
| Artillery | 23,387 |
| Trench Mortars | 1,218 |
| Engineers | 9,950 |
| Tunnellers | 3,970 |
| Light Horse | 30,365 |
| Australian Flying Corps | 2,275 |
| Australian Army Service Corps | 9,735 |
| Australian Army Medical Corps | 12,945 |
| Australian Army Nursing Service | 2,054 |
| General Reinforcements | 15,071 |
| Miscellaneous ARMS Returned to Australia | 2,555 |
| Wireless | 434 |
| Cyclists | 570 |
| Chaplains | 386 |
| Transport Officers | 531 |
| Veterinary | 378 |
| Total Enlistments | 421,809 |
| Served Overseas | 331,781 |
| Killed in Action | 53,993 |
| Non Battle Deaths | 7,727 |
| Wounded in Action | 137,013 |
| Gassed | 16,496 |
| Prisoners of War | 3,647 |
| Prisoner-of-War Deaths | 109 |
My Family’s units during WWI
Albert Alfred Curry
29.11.15 – 16.02.16 PVT 15th Reinforcements, 4th Infantry Battalion.
16.02.16 – 06.08.16 PVT 56th Infantry Battalion, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
06.08.16 – 16.03.17 GNR 51st Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Division.
16.03.17 – 08.09.18 GNR 50th Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Division.
08.09.18 – 11.11.18 DVR 51st Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Division.
Henry Ernest Curry
27.08.15 – 16.02.16 PVT 7th Reinforcements, 20th Infantry Battalion.
16.02.16 – 17.03.16 PVT 56th Infantry Battalion, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
17.03.16 – 14.03.18 GNR 51st Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Division.
31.07.17 – 14.03.18 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery
14.03.18 – 08.09.18 GNR 50th Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Division.
08.09.18 – 11.11.18 GNR 51st Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Division.
Henry John Marchment
25.10.15 – 16.02.16 PVT 7th Reinforcements, 20th Infantry Battalion.
16.02.16 – 10.03.16 PVT 56th Infantry Battalion, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
10.03.16 – 26.03.17 PVT 14th MG Company, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
26.03.16 – 02.03.18 DVR 14th MG Company, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
02.03.18 – 11.11.18 DVR 14th MG Company, 5th MG Battalion, 5th Division.
Robert Westall Marchment
25.10.15 – 16.02.16 PVT 7th Reinforcements, 20th Infantry Battalion.
16.02.16 – 11.03.16 PVT 56th Infantry Battalion, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
11.03.16 – 15.08.17 DVR 14th MG Company, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
15.08.17 – 01.02.18 PVT 14th MG Company, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
01.02.18 – 02.03.18 L/CPL 14th MG Company, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
02.03.18 – 11.11.18 L/CPL 14th MG Company, 5th MG Battalion, 5th Division.
Stan Hastings Marchment
25.10.15 – 25.03.16 PVT 7th Reinforcements, 20th Infantry Battalion.
25.03.16 – 31.03.16 PVT Overseas Base
31.03.16 – 26.04.16 PVT Marched in and posted 5th Training Battalion
26.04.16 – 05.06.16 PVT 5th Training Battalion.
05.06.16 – 16.02.16 PVT 2nd Australian Division Base Depot
16.02.16 – 24.07.17 PVT 20th Infantry Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Division.
24.07.17 – 26.09.17 PVT 14th MG Company, 14th Brigade, 5th Division.
26.07.17 K.I.A. Battle of Polygon Wood, Glencorse Wood