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50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 6th June 1915 50th AIF leave Egypt 12th June 1915 50th AIF arrive in France 12th August 1915 Reliefs  50th Battalion AIF moved into the front line at Wire Trench near La Boisselle on the Somme. They were quickly ordered forward to relieve the 16th Battalion. Upon reaching Tom's Cut, the movement was spotted by enemy observers and a heavy barrage rained down. They met the men of the 16th in Park Lane with both battalions, crowding into the trench as the exchange took place. The heavy barrage continued until 7.30pm when it eased somewhat. The 50th suffered heavy losses, especially amongst officers and NCOs. 13th Nov 1916 Very Cold Night 14th Nov 1916 Enemy Aircraft 15th Nov 1916 Patrols 16th Nov 1916 Air Combat Observed 17th Nov 1916 Working Party 18th Nov 1916 Snow and Ice 19th Nov 1916 Reliefs Completed 20th Nov 1916 Working Party 21st Nov 1916 Salvage 22nd Nov 1916 Aircraft Downed 23rd Nov 1916 Aircraft Active 25th Nov 1916 Wet and Miserable 26th Nov 1916 Reliefs Completed 27th Nov 1916 Aircraft Lost 28th Nov 1916 Cold Day 29th Nov 1916 Very Cold 30th Nov 1916 Letters Home 1st Dec 1916 Ground Frozen 2nd Dec 1916 Parcels Arrive 3rd Dec 1916 Letters from Home 4th Dec 1916 On Leave 5th Dec 1916 Train Cancelled 6th Dec 1916 At Rest Station 7th Dec 1916 On the Move 8th Dec 1916 On Leave 9th Dec 1916 On Leave 10th Dec 1916 On Leave 11th Dec 1916 On Leave 12th Dec 1916 On Leave 13th Dec 1916 On Leave 14th Dec 1916 On Leave 15th Dec 1916 On Leave 16th Dec 1916 On Leave 17th Dec 1916 On Leave 18th Dec 1916 On Leave 19th Dec 1916 On Leave 20th Dec 1916 Back in Camp 21st Dec 1916 Slow Train 22nd Dec 1916 Changes 23rd Dec 1916 Route March 24th Dec 1916 Festive Celebrations 25th Dec 1916 Christmas Dinner 26th Dec 1916 Route March 27th Dec 1916 Bathing 28th Dec 1916 Tactical Excerise 29th Dec 1916 Boxing Match 30th Dec 1916 Football Match 31st Dec 1916 New Year Hopes 1st Jan 1917 Sports 1st Sep 1917 On the Move 2nd Jan 1917 Route March 2nd Sep 1917 Town bombed 3rd Jan 1917 On the March 3rd Sep 1917 Kit Inspection 4th Jan 1917 On the March 5th Jan 1917 Baths 6th Jan 1917 On the March 7th Jan 1917 Prepararations 8th Jan 1917 Reliefs 9th Jan 1917 Under Shellfire 10th Jan 1917 Very Cold Night 11th Jan 1917 Snow Fall 12th Jan 1917 Artillery in Action 13th Jan 1917 Enemy Raid 14th Jan 1917 Working Party 15th Jan 1917 Enemy Artillery Active 16th Jan 1917 Enemy Observed 17th Jan 1917 Heavy Snow Fell 18th Jan 1917 Heavy Snow 19th Jan 1917 Repremand & Recommedations 20th Jan 1917 Frozen Boots 21st Jan 1917 Enemy Shelling 22nd Jan 1917 Lunch Distrupted 23rd Jan 1917 Enemy Aircraft 24th Jan 1917 Enemy Aircraft 25th Jan 1917 Artillery in Action 26th Jan 1917 Aircraft Active 27th Jan 1917 Prisoners Taken 28th Jan 1917 Christmas Comforts Arrive 29th Jan 1917 Freezing Cold 30th Jan 1917 Fire 31st Jan 1917 Rough Night 1st Feb 1917 Attack Made 1st Dec 1917 Football 2nd Feb 1917 Counter Attack 2nd Dec 1917 Jumping 3rd Feb 1917 Artillery In Action 3rd Dec 1917 On Stand by 4th Feb 1917 Parcels Arrive 4th Dec 1917 At Rest 5th Feb 1917 Still Cold 5th Dec 1917 Training 6th Feb 1917 Aircraft Lost 6th Dec 1917 On the Move 7th Feb 1917 Enemy Aircraft 7th Dec 1917 On the Move 8th Feb 1917 Artillery In Action 8th Dec 1917 Parade 9th Feb 1917 Nice Day 9th Dec 1917 On the March 10th Feb 1917 Under Shellfire 10th Dec 1917 Ready to Move 11th Feb 1917 Transport Lines 11th Dec 1917 Inspection 12th Feb 1917 Gas Alarm 12th Dec 1917 Training 13th Feb 1917 Late Night 13th Dec 1917 Artillery Active 14th Feb 1917 Ground Frozen 14th Dec 1917 Fatigues 15th Feb 1917 Preparing for Reliefs 15th Dec 1917 Football 16th Feb 1917 Ammunition Dump Targeted 16th Dec 1917 Football 17th Feb 1917 No Mans Land Inspected 17th Dec 1917 Snowball Fights 18th Feb 1917 Night Patrols 18th Dec 1917 Very Cold 19th Feb 1917 Fatigues 19th Dec 1917 On the March 20th Feb 1917 Patrols 20th Dec 1917 On Leave 21st Feb 1917 Plans Changed 21st Dec 1917 On Leave 22nd Feb 1917 Difficult Reliefs 22nd Dec 1917 On Leave 23rd Feb 1917 Hostile Shelling 23rd Dec 1917 On Leave 24th Feb 1917 On the March 24th Dec 1917 On Leave 25th Feb 1917 On the March 25th Dec 1917 On Leave 26th Feb 1917 Man Under Arrest 26th Dec 1917 On Leave 27th Feb 1917 Reorganisation 27th Dec 1917 On Leave 28th Feb 1917 Cavalry Moving Up 28th Dec 1917 On Leave 29th Dec 1917 On Leave 30th Dec 1917 On Leave 1st Mar 1917 Range Practice 2nd Mar 1917 Lecture for Officers 3rd Mar 1917 Football Matchs 4th Mar 1917 Church Parade 5th Mar 1917 Heavy Snow 6th Mar 1917 Training 7th Mar 1917 Route March & Lectures 8th Mar 1917 Training 9th Mar 1917 Exercise 10th Mar 1917 Football 11th Mar 1917 Church Parade 12th Mar 1917 Training 13th Mar 1917 On the Rangers 14th Mar 1917 Training 15th Mar 1917 Training 16th Mar 1917 Training 17th Mar 1917 Practice Attack 18th Mar 1917 Preparing for Attack 19th Mar 1917 Attack Made 20th Mar 1917 On Leave 21st Mar 1917 On the March 22nd Mar 1917 Parade & Baths 23rd Mar 1917 Route March 25th Mar 1917 Good Observation 26th Mar 1917 On the March 24th Mar 1917 Training 27th Mar 1917 Reliefs Completed 28th Mar 1917 Under Shellfire 29th Mar 1917 Under Shellfire 30th Mar 1917 Preparations 31st Mar 1917 Attack Postponed 1st Apr 1917 Preparations for Attack 2nd Apr 1917 Attack Made 3rd Apr 1917 Reliefs Completed 4th Apr 1917 Reorganisation 5th Apr 1917 Burial Party Shelled 6th Apr 1917 Burial Party 7th Apr 1917 Changeable 8th Apr 1917 Effects sent Home 9th Apr 1917 Ready to Move 10th Apr 1917 Stand To 11th Apr 1917 On the Move 12th Apr 1917 Burial Party 13th Apr 1917 Reliefs Completed 14th Apr 1917 On the Move 15th Apr 1917 Praise for Battalion Work 16th Apr 1917 Commission Recomended 17th Apr 1917 Rain 18th Apr 1917 Instructors Arrive 19th Apr 1917 Back in Billets 20th Apr 1917 Late Night 21st Apr 1917 Parade & Baths 22nd Apr 1917 On Leave 23rd Apr 1917 On Ranges 24th Apr 1917 Fine Day 25th Apr 1917 ANZAC Day Celebrations 26th Apr 1917 Training & Route March 27th Apr 1917 Afternoon Tea 28th Apr 1917 Half Holiday 29th Apr 1917 Medals Presented 30th Apr 1917 Scheme 1st May 1917 Route March 2nd May 1917 Training 3rd May 1917 Courts Martial 4th May 1917 Courts Martial 5th May 1917 Courts Martial 6th May 1917 Church Parade 7th May 1917 On Ranges 8th May 1917 Rifle Meeting 9th May 1917 Rifle Meeting 10th May 1917 On Leave 11th May 1917 On Leave 12th May 1917 On Leave 13th May 1917 On Leave 14th May 1917 On Leave 15th May 1917 On Leave 16th May 1917 On Leave 17th May 1917 On Leave 18th May 1917 On Leave 19th May 1917 On Leave 20th May 1917 On Leave 21st May 1917 Return from Leave 22nd May 1917 Return from Leave 23rd May 1917 Route March 24th May 1917 Visit to the Line   25th May 1917 Letters Home 26th May 1917 Advanced Guards 27th May 1917 Cricket Match 28th May 1917 Court of Inquiry 29th May 1917 OC's Meeting 30th May 1917 Preparations for Attack 31st May 1917 On the March 1st Jun 1917 On the March 2nd Jun 1917 Route Recce 3rd Jun 1917 Very Warm Day 4th Jun 1917 Ammunition Dump Targeted 5th Jun 1917 Ammunition Train Blown up 6th Jun 1917 Inspected Model 7th Jun 1917 Into Support   8th Jun 1917 Wild Romours 9th Jun 1917 Pushing Forwards 10th Jun 1917 Pushing Forwards 11th Jun 1917 Trophy Gained 12th Jun 1917 Back to Camp 13th Jun 1917 At Camp 14th Jun 1917 Brigade Parade 15th Jun 1917 Cricket Match 16th Jun 1917 Cricket Match 17th Jun 1917 On the Move 18th Jun 1917 Huge Storm 19th Jun 1917 Courts Martial 20th Jun 1917 Orders to Move 21st Jun 1917 On the Move 22nd Jun 1917 Courts Martial 23rd Jun 1917 Ceremonial Parade 24th Jun 1917 Enemy Aircraft 25th Jun 1917 Medals Awarded 26th Jun 1917 Inspection 27th Jun 1917 Aircraft Active 28th Jun 1917 Advance Guard 29th Jun 1917 Demonstration 30th Jun 1917 On the Move 1st Jul 1917 Cricket Match 2nd Jul 1917 General Killed 3rd Jul 1917 Baths 4th Jul 1917 Royal Visit   5th Jul 1917 Quiet Place 6th Jul 1917 Ammunition Dump Targeted 7th Jul 1917 Route March 8th Jul 1917 Wet Day 9th Jul 1917 Parades 10th Jul 1917 Medals Presented 11th Jul 1917 Balloons Downed 12th Jul 1917 Rifle Practice 13th Jul 1917 Into Support 14th Jul 1917 Under Shellfire 15th Jul 1917 In the Trenches 16th Jul 1917 Strongpoint Captured 17th Jul 1917 Enemy Aircraft   18th Jul 1917 Gas Shells 19th Jul 1917 Relieved   20th Jul 1917 Determination   21st Jul 1917 Parade & Baths 22nd Jul 1917 On the March 23rd Jul 1917 In Billets 24th Jul 1917 Route March 25th Jul 1917 Parade & Baths 26th Jul 1917 Route March 27th Jul 1917 Inspection 28th Jul 1917 Demonstration & Lectures 29th Jul 1917 Thunderstorm 30th Jul 1917 Lecture 31st Jul 1917 Route March 1st Aug 1917 Wet Day 2nd Aug 1917 Wet Day 3rd Aug 1917 Interview 4th Aug 1917 Fourth Year of War 5th Aug 1917 Church Parade 6th Aug 1917 On Stand by 7th Aug 1917 Route March 8th Aug 1917 On the March 9th Aug 1917 Turnips 11th Aug 1917 Artillery In Action 12th Aug 1917 Viewing Model 13th Aug 1917 Looking Back 14th Aug 1917 Aircraft Downed 15th Aug 1917 On the March 16th Aug 1917 Accident 17th Aug 1917 Into Support 18th Aug 1917 Town bombed 19th Aug 1917 Church Parade 20th Aug 1917 Enemy Aircraft Downed 21st Aug 1917 On the March   22nd Aug 1917 Gas Shells   23rd Aug 1917 Improving Positions 24th Aug 1917 Front Line Recce 25th Aug 1917 Preparing for Reliefs 26th Aug 1917 Muddy Tracks 27th Aug 1917 Wet Day in the Trenches 28th Aug 1917 Very Muddy 29th Aug 1917 Preparing for Reliefs 30th Aug 1917 Artillery In Action 31st Aug 1917 Reliefs Completed   4th Sep 1917 On the Move 5th Sep 1917 Parades 6th Sep 1917 Parades 7th Sep 1917 At the Ranges 8th Sep 1917 Kit Inspection 9th Sep 1917 March Past 10th Sep 1917 Working Hard 11th Sep 1917 Parades 12th Sep 1917 Battalion Sports 13th Sep 1917 Training 14th Sep 1917 Training 15th Sep 1917 Competition 16th Sep 1917 Brigade Sports 17th Sep 1917 Lecture 18th Sep 1917 Training 19th Sep 1917 Training 20th Sep 1917 On the Move 21st Sep 1917 On the Move 22nd Sep 1917 Preparations for Attack 23rd Sep 1917 Preparations for Attack 24th Sep 1917 Preparations for Attack 25th Sep 1917 Preparations for Attack 26th Sep 1917 Attack Made 27th Sep 1917 At Casualty Clearing Station 28th Sep 1917 To Hospital 29th Sep 1917 Enemy Aircraft 30th Sep 1917 Enemy Aircraft 4th Oct 1917 Visit to Hospital 19th Oct 1917 Discharged 20th Oct 1917 Travelling 21st Oct 1917 Gas Test 22nd Oct 1917 Walk by the Sea 23rd Oct 1917 Medical Board 24th Oct 1917 Dull Day 25th Oct 1917 Court of Inquiry 26th Oct 1917 Stitches 27th Oct 1917 Court of Enquiry 28th Oct 1917 Into Town 29th Oct 1917 Into Town 30th Oct 1917 Very Wet Day 31st Oct 1917 Travelling 1st Nov 1917 Travelling 2nd Nov 1917 Wet Day 3rd Nov 1917 Wet Day 4th Nov 1917 Lousy 5th Nov 1917 Baths 6th Nov 1917 Travelling 7th Nov 1917 Letters from Home 8th Nov 1917 Demonstration 9th Nov 1917 Seniority 10th Nov 1917 Football 11th Nov 1917 Church Parade 12th Nov 1917 Sunny Day 13th Nov 1917 On the March 14th Nov 1917 Route March 15th Nov 1917 Fine Day 16th Nov 1917 On the March 17th Nov 1917 On the March 18th Nov 1917 On the March 19th Nov 1917 At Rest 20th Nov 1917 On the March 21st Nov 1917 On the March 22nd Nov 1917 On the March 23rd Nov 1917 On the March 24th Nov 1917 Cleaning 25th Nov 1917 Church Parade 26th Nov 1917 Colder Day 27th Nov 1917 Into Town 28th Nov 1917 Dull Day 29th Nov 1917 Route March 30th Nov 1917 Company Dinner 31st Dec 1917 On Leave If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force ? There are:397 items tagged 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force during the Great War 1914-1918. Armitage MID Harold Edwin. Capt. Brown Jarvis Harry. Pte. Creighton Edward William. Cpl. (d.22nd Aug 1917) Davey William Charles. Pte. Jensen VC JÃÆ?Ã???rgen Christian. Pte All 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 Add a Name to this List Records of 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force from other sources. 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If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. 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. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Jarvis Harry Brown 50th Battalion Jarvis Brown was born 12 November 1883 in Port Pirie, SA. He married Nellie Adelaide Miller of Foster Street, Forestville, SA (born in 1891, died 6 May 1984, aged 78 years - buried in Cheltenham Cemetery), daughter of James Pearce Miller. Jarvis' occupation prior to enlistment in the Australian Army was a baker in Port Broughton, SA. He was the tallest of the brothers being 5foot 6 and a half inches. He was 32 years old when he joined the Army in March 1916 enlisting in the 50th Battalion. He was reported missing in action on the 10th of June 1916 and was captured and became a prisoner of war from 10th of June 1917 to December 1918 who was captured at the Battle of Messines in Belgium. He was taken to Dulmen camp then to Lindberg in Germany. He was discharged from the Army and returned to Australia on the 9th of March 1919 on the Ulysses. He resided with Nellie and their children at 11 Shakespeare Avenue, Brayville, South Australia. He died in the Repatriation Hospital, Springbank, SA aged 77 years in January 1961, buried in Centennial Park Cemetery. Tonia Brown Add to this record.   Capt. Harold Edwin "Rollo" Armitage MID 10th Infantry Battalion Harold Edwin Salisbury "Rollo" Armitage was born 11 November 1894 at Norwood, South Australia. He was educated at public schools in Adelaide and at the University of Adelaide. Armitage worked as a junior teacher at the school house in Millicent, South Australia and was completing a university course in Arts before the outbreak of the First World War. He had also spent some time with the cadets. Armitage enlisted on 24 March 1915 as a private, but quickly received a commission as a second lieutenant and was assigned to the 10th Infantry Battalion. He departed Australia aboard HMAT Hororata on 20 April 1915. He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 August 1915 and later captain. Armitage was transferred to the 50th Infantry Battalion on 2 March 1916 while stationed in Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt. He was transferred to France and arrived at Marseilles on 12 June 1916. He received a Mention in Despatches for leading his men on the night of 12 and13 August 1916. Harold Armitage was killed in action on 3 April 1917 and is buried at Noreuil Australian Cemetery, France s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. William Charles Davey 50th Battalion William Davey was my Grandfather. He was an Iron Worker from the South Australian Mid North town of Burra where his Cornish parents settled in the 1850's. He enlisted on the 16th of Aug 1915 at the age of 24yrs. On the 26th of February 1916 his Unit were joined by 500 of all ranks of the 10th Battalion at Habieta. On the 27th they moved from the Railhead to Serapeum to Tel-el-Kebir. On the 9th 1916 they took up position in trenches & occuped 9 miles of trenches. At the end of the month the Battalion was relieved by 8th Hampshires. On the 2nd of June the Battalion moved back to Serapeum and went on leave to Alexandria in marching ordertwo days later. On the 5th of June they boarded H.M.T Ardadian and sailed on the 6th arriving at Marseilles at 4pm on the 12th of June. By the 12th of August they were at Brickfields and were ordered to move to the Wire Trench at front line, suffering heavy shelling & many casualites. Over the next four days the Battalion gained their objectives, though with many casulaties, 110 killed, 400 wounded, and were relieved by 4th Battalion. Between the 17th and 29th of August they marched from Brickfields to Warloy to La Vicogne to Montrelet to Rubempre to Vandencourt to Brickfields, Albert. His Casualty Form - Active Service is a little hard to read beyond this, but as far as I can make out it reads as follows:- 31st August 1916 to England via Boulogne, 21st December 1916 Transferred to 2nd Australian Hospital England, 22nd Transferred to Weymouth. December 7 - 13th 1916 (Dates are out of order here.) Report no4 Co - From Weymouth ex furlo. 4th May 1917 Received #2 CO Depot Weymouth in from Wancham? 23rd May 1917 Invalided back to Australia per A33 (Irratable Heart) for home service. 27th May 1917 to Weymouth - For embarkation to Australia His discharge papers cite him as being "medically unfit (not due to misconduct" with the the following medical Board proceedings & documents, B.179, B.178, B.122 & Record card A.29. I'm still doing research, so would appreciate any information on Weymouth N02 Command Depot, Australian Troops and what exactly is a "Irratable Heart"? is this a shell shock or gas attack reaction? Was it a common condition amongst the Allies? Source for some of the above information:- Hurcombe's Half Hundred p302. Peter J Davey Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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