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- 101. HQ 1st
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this Brigade was 1st Aust. Div. Order
No. 562, 8.3.1915, unless otherwise stated.
- 102. 1st Battalion,
1915 - 1919
- 103. 2nd Battalion:
Superseded by No. 104 on 16.3.1915.
- 104. 2nd Battalion,
1915 - 1919 Auth. 1st Aust.
Div. Order No. 5 91, 16.3.1915.
- 105. 3rd Battalion,
1915 - 1919
- 106. 4th Battalion,
1915 - 1919
- 107. HQ 2nd
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade was 1st Aust. Div. Order
No. 562, 8.3.1915, unless otherwise stated.
- 108. 5th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 109. 6th Battalion :
Superseded by No. I 10 on
16.3.1915.
- 110. 6th Battalion,
1915 - 1919: Auth. 1st Aust. Div. Order No. 591,
16.3.1915.
- 111. 7th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 112. 8th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
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- 113. HQ 3rd
Aust Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade is 1st Aust. Div. Order
No. 5 62 of 8.3.1915, unless otherwise stated.
- 114. 9th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 115. 10th Battalion:
Superseded by No. 116 on 16.3.1915.
- 116. 10th Battalion,
1915 - 1919 : Auth. 1st Aust.
Div. Order No. 5 91, 16.3.1915.
- 117. 11th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 118. 12th Battalion,
1915 - 1919
- 119. HQ 4th
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade was 4th Aust. Brigade
Order No. 134, 31.3.1915.
- 120. 13th Battalion,
1915 - 1919
- 121. 14th Battalion,
1915 - 1919
- 122. 15th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 123. 16th Battalion,
1915 - 1919
- 124. HQ 5th
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade was 2nd Aust. Div. Instr.,
para. 2, 3.8.1915.
- 125. 17th Battalion,
1915 - 1919 :
- 126. 18th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 127. 19th Battalion,
1915 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.
- 128. 20th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 129. HQ 6th
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade is 2nd Aust. Div. Instr.,
para. 2, 3.8.1915.
- 130. 21st Battalion,
1915 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.
- 131. 22nd Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 132. 23rd Battalion,
1915 - 1919 :
- 133. 24th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 134. HQ 7th
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade is 2nd Aust. Div. Instr.,
para. 2, 3.8.1915.
- 135. 25th Battalion,
1915 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.
- 136. 26th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 137. 27th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
- 138. 28th Battalion,
1915 - 1919:
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- 139.HQ 8th
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1915 - 1917 : Auth.
HQ Aust. & NZ Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916. It is
unlikely that this was the first authority, and the use of the
horizontal rectangle suggests that the patches of the 8th Brigade
were in use prior to
February 1916. Superseded by Nos. 144 to 148 in February 1917.
- 140. 29th Battalion,
1915 - 1917
- 141. 30th Battalion,
1915 - 1917
- 142. 31st Battalion,
1915 - 1917
- 143. 32nd Battalion,
1915 - 1917
- 144. HQ 8th Aust.
Infantry Brigade, 1917 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade was Australian Imperial
Force Order 497, 23.2.1917.
- 145. 29th Battalion,
1917 - 1918 Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.
- 146. 30th Battalion,
1917 - 1919
- 147. 31st Battalion,
1917 - 1919
- 148. 32nd Battalion,
1917 - 1919:
- 149. HQ 9th
Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916
- 1919 : The authority for all
units of this brigade was Australian Imperial Force Order 231,
26.8.1916.
- 150. 33rd Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 151. 34th Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 152. 35th Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 153. 36th Battalion,
1916 - 1918: Disbanded in May 1918.
- 154. HQ
10th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1919
The authority for all units of this brigade was ATO 231,
26.8.1916.
- 155. 37th Battalion,
1916 - 1918: Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.
- 156. 38th Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 157. 39th Battalion,
1916 - 1919
- 158. 40th Battalion,
19 - 1919:
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- 159. HQ
11th Aust. Infantry Brigade,
1916 - 1919 : The authority for
all units of this brigade was Australian Imperial Force Order 231,
26.8.1916.
- 160. 41st Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 161. 42nd Battalion,
1916 - 1918 : Absorbed by the 41st Bn on October
12th, 1918.
- 162. 43rd Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 163. 44th Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 164. HQ
12th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1917 The
authority for all units of this brigade was HQ Aust. & NZ
Forces CM No. 17, 25.2.1916.
- In February 1917 Nos. 164 to 168 were
superseded by Nos. 169 to 173.
- 165. 45th Battalion,
1916 - 1917:
- 166. 46th Battalion,
1916 - 1917
- 167. 47th Battalion,
1916 - 1917:
- 168. 48th Battalion,
1916 - 1917:
- 169. HQ 12th Aust.
Infantry Brigade, 1917 - 1919 The
authority for all units of this brigade is Australian Imperial
Force Order 497, 23.2.1917.
- 170. 45th Battalion,
1917 - 1919:
- 171. 46th Battalion,
1917 - 1919 :
- 172. 47th Battalion,
1917 - 1918: Disbanded in May 1918.
- 173. 48th Battalion,
1917 - 1919 :
- 174. HQ
13th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1917 The
authority for all units of this brigade was HQ Aust. and NZ Forces
CM No. 17, 25.2.1916.
- In February 1917, Nos. 174 to 178 were
superseded by Nos. 179 to 183.
- 175. 49th Battalion,
1916 - 1917:
- 176. 50th Battalion,
1916 - 1917:
- 177. 51st Battalion,
1916 - 1917:
- 178. 52nd Battalion,
1916 - 1917:
- 179. HQ 13th Aust.
Infantry Brigade, 1917 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade is Australian Imperial
Force Order 497, 23.2.1917.
- 180. 49th Battalion,
1917 - 1919:
- 181. 50th Battalion,
1917 - 1919:
- 182. 51st Battalion,
1917 - 1919:
- 183. 52nd Battalion,
1917 - 1918: Disbanded in May 1918.
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- 184. HQ
14th Aust. Infantry Brigade,
1916 - 1919 : The authority for
all units of this brigade is HQ Aust. and NZ Forces CM No. 17,
25.2.1916.
- 185. 53rd Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 186. 54th Battalion,
1916 - 1918 : Disbanded on October 12th, 1918.
- 187. 55th Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 188. 56th Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 189. HQ
15th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1916 - 1919 : The
authority for all units of this brigade is HQ Aust and NZ Forces
CM No. 17, 25.2.1916.
- 190. 57th Battalion,
1916 - 1919
- 191. 58th Battalion,
1916 - 1919
- 192. 59th Battalion,
1916 - 1919:
- 193. 60th Battalion,
1916 - 1918 : Absorbed by the 59th Battalion in
September 1918.
- 194. HQ
16th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1917 : Auth.
AAG AlF Letter No. 15/42,25.5.1917 for all units.
- This brigade was initially raised in March
1917 with the 61st, 65th, 69th and 70th Battalions and was
disbanded in September 1917
- 195. 61st Battalion,
1917
- 196. 62nd Battalion,
1917 : A battalion order
dated 23.7.1917 stating that supplies of this patch were on
hand and must be worn is referred to in a hand written note on
the back of a page of Treloar's correspondence with the
official historian's staff in AWM 93, item 12/3/11. Disbanded
in October 1917.
- 197. 63rd Battalion,
1917
- Note. 64th Battalion was never formed.
- 198. HQ
17th Aust. Infantry Brigade, 1917 : Auth.
AAG AlF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917 for all units.
- Established in May 1917, disbanded in
September.
- 199. 65th Battalion,
1917
- 200. 66th Battalion,
1917:
- 201. 67th Battalion,
1917 :
- Note: 68th Battalion was never raised.
- 202. 69th Battalion,
1917: Auth. AAG AIF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917.
- 203. 70th Battalion,
1917 : Auth. AAG AEF Letter No. 15/42, 25.5.1917.
A series of coloured cards depicting
the colour patches approved for infantry units of the 6th Division,
supplied by the AQMG, AIF Depots in UK, on 5.6.1917,48 show brown as
the battalion colour of the 70th Battalion however this is believed to
be in error, and purple, as shown in the Official War History, was
that issued.
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The
material on this section of the site is drawn from "Distinguishing
Colour Patches of the Australian Military Forces 1915-1951" by
Keith Glyde. ISBN 0-6460-36640-8 |
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