1st Field Company
Australian Engineers
Major Headquarters |
Locations |
Dates |
Home Service |
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| Company raised in New South Wales. Enrolled in Sydney and into camp at the Royal Agricultural Society Grounds. | Aug 1914 |
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1st Australian Division |
Sailed from Sydney on board the Afric. |
18 Oct 1914 |
1st Australian Division |
Assembled in convoy in King George’s Sound. |
26 Oct 1914 |
1st Australian Division |
Departed King George’s Sound |
1 Nov 1914 |
Middle East and Egypt |
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1st Australian Division |
Arrived at
Aden via |
25 Nov 1914 |
1st Australian Division |
Suez Canal |
5 Dec 1914 |
1st Australian Division |
Mena Camp, Egypt |
15 Dec 1914 |
Gallipoli |
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1st Australian Division |
Lemnos |
4 Mar 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Anzac |
25 Apr - 30 Jun 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Landing at Anzac |
25-26 Apr 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Defence of Anzac |
19-21 May 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Mining and countermining operations opposite German Officer’s Trench |
Jun 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Sulva |
6-21 Aug 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Landing at Sulva |
6-15 Aug 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Sari Bair |
6-10 Aug 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Scimitar Hill |
21 Aug 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Relieved of front line duties |
13 Sep 1915 |
1st Australian Division |
Half company to rest camp at Mudros. Remainder of company working on fortifications and trenches. |
17 Sep 1915 |
Egypt |
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1st Australian Division |
Suez Canal Defences |
January 1916 |
France and Flanders |
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1st Australian Division |
Pozieres |
23 Jul - 3 Sep 1916 |
1st Australian Division |
Bullecourt |
3-17 May 1917 |
1st Australian Division |
Menin Road |
20-25 Sep 1917 |
1st Australian Division |
Polygon Wood |
26 Sep - 3 Oct 1917 |
1st Australian Division |
Broodseinde |
4 Oct 1917 |
1st Australian Division |
Poelcappelle |
7 Oct 1917 |
1st Australian Division |
Passchendaele |
12 Oct 1917 |
1st Australian Division |
Passchendaele |
26 Oct - 10 Nov 1917 |
1st Australian Division |
Hazebrouck |
12-15 Apr 1918 |
1st Australian Division |
Amiens |
8-11 Aug 1918 |
1st Australian Division |
Albert |
21-23 Aug 1918 |
1st Australian Division |
Epehy |
18 Sep 1918 |
1st Australian Division |
Pursuit to Mons |
28 Sep - 11 Nov 1918 |
OFFICERS:
Original officers of the company (1914)
First Reinforcement
2nd Lieutenant Henry Bachtold, D.S.O., M.C. Later Lieutenant Colonel. Commander, 14th Field Company, 1915-1916. C.R.E., 3rd Division, 1918. Civil Engineer in Sydney. Born: 22-8-1891 at Stanningley, Yorkshire, England.
Other Company Officers
Captain R.C. Herbertson. Mining Engineer of Brisbane and Mount Morgan, Queensland. Born: 7-4-1882 at Clunes, Victoria. Killed in action: 23-7-1916.
SOURCES:
1. Battle Honours of the Royal Engineers. The Royal Engineers Journal. The Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent, 1925-1932.
2. Mc NICOLL, R.R. The Royal Australian Engineers, 1902-1919: Making and Breaking. Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers, Canberra, 1979.