Sir John Monash, Personal Files Book 9, 29 August - 1 September 1915, Part 1

Conflict:

First World War, 1914–18

Part of Quest:

Sir John Monash (General, b.1865 - d.1931)

Subject:

Documents and letters

Status:

Finalised

Accession number:

RCDIG0000599

Difficulty:

13/8/15				M Gun Section
Unit	Off	Oths	Total	Off	Oths	Total
13^th Bn	20	611	631	—	30	661
14^th Bn	13	588	601	1	29	631
15^thBn	9	264	273	—	30	303
16^th Bn	12	443	455	1	30	486
	54	1906	1960	2	119	2081
					Off	Oths
Off Men available Trenches					48	1719
left in Bivouac & fatigues etc (Beach) Miners etc					8	306
& (includes MO Chaplains) (7)					56	2025

"A" Form.

Army Form C. 2121

MESSAGES AND SIGNALS.

1.166

1,296

7 10

8306

2025

305

1720

56, 205

56 2025

8 306

48 1719

14/8/15

Unit	Off.	Oths	Total	Off	Oths	Grand Total
13^th Bn	19	602	621	—	30	651
14^th Bn	13	572	585	1	30	616
15^thBn	11	281	292	—	29	321
16^th Bn	13	508	521	1	30	552
	56	1963	2019	2	119	2140
					Off	Oths
Officers & Men available for trenches					50	1877
Left in Bivouac on fatigue & detachment and (x)					8	205
including MOs & Chaplains					58	2082

MO	4
Chaplains	2
Ammunition & Bde HQ	2
	8

15/8/15 Machine Gun.

Unit	Offs	Oths	Total	Offs	Oths	Grand Total
13^th	19	570	589	—	30	619
14^th	13	576	589	1	29	619
15^th	11	274	285	—	30	315
16^th	13	512	525	1	28	554
	56	1932	1988	2	117	2107
						¹⁸⁶⁸ ²¹
Officers & men available for trenches					50	1847
Left in Bivouac Fatigues and on detachments					8	202
(x) include 2 Chaplains 4 MO (1 off Bde duties) 1 off Ammunition duties					58	2049

16-8-15
Machine Guns

Unit	Off.	Others	Total	Off	Others	Grand Total
13^th Bn	19	572	591	—	30	621
14^th Bn	13	577	590	1	29	620
15^th Bn	11	286	297	—	29	326
16^th Bn	12	518	530	1	30	561
	55	1953	2008	2	118	₂₁₂₈
Officers & men available for trenches Detachments etc					_Off 49 8	_Others 1869 202
					57	2071

17-6-15

Unit	Off.	Others	Total	Off	Others	Grand Total
13 Bn	20	549	569	—	29	598
14 Bn	13	548	561	1	30	592
15 Bn	11	315	326	—	29	355
16 Bn	13	483	496	1	30	527
	57	1895	1952	2	118	2072

	Off	Oths	Total
Men Available for trenches	50	1811 =	1861
On detachment in Bivouac. Chaps & MO} (Officers Ammunition ⁿ Bde HO6) ⁿ [Im??] Guard}	9	202 =	211
			2072

4th Aus Inf Bde
Casualty Report for 24 hours
ended 0600 18/8/15

Officers Killed Nil
" Wounded Nil
" Missing Nil

Other Ranks Killed 1
" Wounded 2
" Missing -

Officers Sick 2
Other Ranks " 33

38
(x) 15th Bn Major Snowden
16th Bn [K?] [Iv] Taylor

Casualties for 24 hours
ended 0600 to 19-8.15

Officers Killed }
" Wounded } Nil
" Sick }

Other Ranks Killed 5
" Wounded 3
" Sick to Hosp 40
48

19/8/15 Supplied
Total of Effective Strength only as. GO6

no6 Sect

Unit	Offs.	Oths.	Total	Off	Oths	Total
13^th Bn	19	500	519	—	27	546
14^th Bn	11	442	453	1	29	483
15^th Bn	7	210	217	—	30	247
16^th Bn	11	454	465	1	30	496
	48	1606	1654	2	116	1772

Casualties Officers Nil

Other Ranks } to

Killed 5 } 0600

Wounded 3 } 19/8/15

Sick to Hospital 40 }

20/8/15 Effective Strength

Unit	Off	Oths.	Total	Off	Oths	Grand Total
13	19	479	498	—	27	525
14	13	451	464	1	29	494
15	7	216	223	—	30	253
16	11	441	452	1	30	483
	50	1587	1637	2	116	1755

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