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The 39th Btn. AIF The 39th Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Australian Division, was raised at the Ballarat Showgrounds in Victoria on 21 February 1916. The 39th Btn departed for England from Melbourne on the 27th of May 1916 onboard the Ascanius. A further 7 reinforcements would follow, the last leaving Melbourne on the 2 February 1918. Arriving in England on the of 18th of July the 39th Battalion spent the next four months training and crossed to France to take up positions on the Western Front in late November 1916. Their first major action was the Battle of Messines, launched on the 7th of June 1917, when the battalion attacked over ground near Ploesteert Wood, close to the Ultimo and Factory Farm mines. The faced a 3 mile march from their camp which lead them through the wood under shelling from the enemy and a gas attack which slowed progress and claimed casualties. The 39th Battalion suffered particularly from the gas and less than a third of the troops who set out from the camp reached the reached their jumping off points. Those who did arrived just as the mines were detonated and went straight over the top, managing to capture the Battalions objectives on the Black Line. The 39th Battalion went onto the Battle of Passchendaele where they suffered 62 per cent casualties. In 1918 they saw action in the Spring Offensive when the enemy pushed through the lines. Their final action of the war was to be along the St Quentin Canal and the 39th Battalion was disbanded in March 1919 Announcements Do you have any friends or relatives who are over 95 years old? Please could you ask them if they have any recollections of childhood during The Great War or in the years immediatley after the war? We would like to preserve these memories before it is too late. We are also looking for recollections from the previous generation, please do ask elderly relatives if they recall any tales of life during the Great War told to them by older family members or friends and enter their recollections so that they can be preserved in our archive. Looking for help with Family History Research?      Please read our Family History FAQ's Thanks to everyone who attended our event We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. April 2012     Please note we currently have a large backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great Those known to have served with The 39th Btn. AIF during the Great War 1914-1918. Select a story link or scroll down to browse those stories hosted on this site. Pte. Daniel Munro (d.9th Jun 1917) Pte. Percy Charles Richards MM. (d.6th Dec 1917) Read their Story. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add,, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. Next Page    Last Page

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