The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I: Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai PeninsulaCollett, Herbert Brayley
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The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I: Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula
Collett, Herbert Brayley
Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 28th; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia
Returned from
| | A. M. P. |Australia with Reinforcements
| | |1916, and rejoined, 1917.
| | |Severely wounded, 1917, and
| | |again invalided.
O.C. No. 1 |Lieutenant |Davey, A. H. |Promoted Captain. Invalided
Platoon | | |1916.
O.C. No. 2 |2nd Lieut. |Pugh, C. H. |Wounded. Promoted Captain.
Platoon | | |
O.C. No. 3 |2nd Lieut. |Denson, H. R.|Seconded with Imperial Camel
Platoon | | |Corps, Jan., 1916. Thence
| | |transferred to 14th Light
| | |Horse. Served in Sinai and
| | |Palestine with that Regiment.
| | |Promoted Major. _D.S.O._
O.C. No. 4 |2nd Lieut. |Read, G. A. |Promoted Lieut.-Colonel.
Platoon | | |Commanded Battalion from 5/1/17
| | |to 28/9/17. Severely wounded.
| | |Invalided. Thrice mentioned in
| | |Despatches. _D.S.O._
| | |Montenegrin _Order of Danilo_,
| | |5th Class.
| | |
"B" COMPANY. | | |
| | |
Officer |Major |Jeffrey, |Attached to 27th Battn.,
Commanding | | F. R. |8/6/15. Afterwards transferred
| | |to that unit. Previously served
| | |in the South African War with
| | |City Imperial Volunteers.
2nd in Command |Captain |Stroud, W. G.|Commanded "B" Company until
| | |October, 1915. Invalided.
2nd in Command |Lieut. |Jackson, |Attached from 27th Battn.,
| | P. E. |_vice_ Major Jeffrey.
| | |Promoted Captain. Died of
| | |wounds, France, 31/5/16.
O.C. No. 5 |2nd Lieut. |Ruddock, |Acting Adjutant, Oct.-Nov.,
Platoon | | H. E. C. |1915. Died of pneumonia, Egypt,
| | |22/11/15.
O.C. No. 6 |Lieut. |Gibbings, |Commanded "B" Company in 1916.
Platoon | | C. T. |Promoted Captain. Killed in
| | |action, France, 29/7/16.
O.C. No. 7 |2nd Lieut. |Hargraves, |Invalided Oct., 1915. Rejoined
Platoon | | G. A. |Sept., 1917. Wounded. Invalided
| | |Nov., 1917.
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