Australian regiments

The following table probably does not contain all of the Australian units that were stationed in and around Fovant during World War I. However, these are the units that have so far been identified from photographs, letters and other sources.

Some of the unit titles are incomplete and there are almost certainly some duplicates. We stand ready to amend the list whenever new evidence becomes available. We will be grateful for any help that you can give.

UnitDateUnitDate
10th Bn. AIF191953rd Bn. AIFMar 1917
10th Trg. Bn. AIF54th Bn. AIF
12th Trg. Bn. 4th Div.18/12/191855th Bn. AIF
13th Bn. AIF18/12/191856th Bn. AIF
13th Machine Gun Co.56th Bn., 14th Inf Bde.
14th Bn. 4th Bde. AIF57th Bn. AIF
14th Bn. AIF18/12/191858th Bn. AIF
15th Bn. AIF18/12/191859th Bn. AIF
16th Bde. (Bn?) AIF5th Aust. PioneersSep 1917
16th Bde.(69th Bn., 6th Div.)19195th BG Rwy Co.AIF
17th Bn. AIFMar 19185th Reinf., 46th Bn., 12 Inf Bde.
18th Bn. AIF5th Trg.
19th Bn. AIF6/60th Bn., 15th Bde.
1st Aust. Div. Signal Co.Dec 191760th Bn. AIF1918
1st Aust. Field Artillery Bde.61st Bn. AIF
1st Aust. PioneersJul 191762nd Bn. AIF
1st Bn. AIFOct 191763rd Bn. AIF
1st Training Div.64th Bn. AIF
20/2 Bn. AIF69th Bn. (16th Bde, 6th Div.)1919
212th Aust. Machine Gun Bn.6th Trg. Bde.
21st Bn. AIFDec 19177th Bn. AIFNov 1918
22/28 Reinforcements AIF7th Co. Engineers
22nd Bn. AIF9/40th Bn AIF
23rd Bn. AIFFeb 191994th Bde
24th Bn. AIF9th Aust. Light TM Batt.
26th Bn. AIF19199th Trg Bn.
27th Bn. AIF4th Apr.19189th Trg Bn., 36th Bn. AIF
28th Bn. AIFDec 1916, Aug 19189th/30th Bn. 8th Bde.
29th Bn. AIFJune 1917AAMS
2nd Bn. AIFDec 1916AANS
2nd Trg. Bde.Apr 1918AASC
30th Bn. AIFFeb 1917AFA, AMAG AIF, Hurdcott
31st Bn. (8th Trg Bn., 4th Div., C Co.)AIF
31st Bn. AIFAIF 3rd Command Depot
32nd Bn. AIFAIF C Co.
34th Bn. AIFAMTS21/11/1916
35th Bn. AIF1918ATS
36th Bn. AIFNov 1917Aust. Army Medical Corps
37th Bn. AIF (39th)Aust. Army Postal CorpsOct 1917
37th Bn.AIF. 10th Bde.Aust. Field Artillery
38th Bn. AIF1917Aust. Flying Corps
3rd Aust. PioneersNov 1918Aust. Imperial Force
3rd Trg. Div.Aust. Machine Gun Corps.
40th Bn. AIFMar 1917Aust. Nursing Corps
41st Bn. AIFMar 1918Aust. Reinforcement
41st Bn. HQRS Sig. staffAust. Reinforcement 7th,1918
43rd Bn. AIFNov 1918Aust. TM. Battery
46th Bn. AIF1919, 18/12/1918D Co., 8th Trg. Bn.,
48th Bn. AIFE Co. 15th Trg. Bn. 58th Bn.
49th Bn. AIFField Artillery, 8th Bde.Nov 1918, Feb 1919
4th Australian PioneersMay 1917, Feb 1919Infantry, AIF.
5/46th Bn. 12 Inf.No 4 Sqn. AAFC1919
5/59 Bn. AIFRoyal Australian Air Force
50th Bn. AIF18/12/1918South Aust. Field Ambulance
51st Bn. AIFNov 1918

You may be able to find more details from the database contained in the very useful website of the Families and Friends of the First AIF Inc.

Australian Soldiers

M.A.M. 

January 2007

Content last updated 

26 November 2015