lionboxer Posted 9 January , 2005 Share Posted 9 January , 2005 What was C coy 11th BN AIF doing on 15/16 April 1917 Lionboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward_N_Kelly Posted 10 January , 2005 Share Posted 10 January , 2005 From the Australian Official History (Volume IV): (p 362) The area of the 1st Australian Division being fan-shaped, this advance of April 13th-14th had increased the divisional frontage to 13,000 yards. This was held on the right, from the canal to beyond the Bapaume-Cambrai road, by the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the 1st Brigade: and on the left, from Louverval to the ridge between Lagnicourt and Noreuil, by the 11th and 9th Battalions of the 3rd Brigade. While specific companies are not mentioned by name the 11th was well mixed up in the Battle of Lagnicourt. See the Official Histories on the AWM website or grab this pdf for the particular action : Lagnicourt - the German counter-stroke particularly from page 363. Cheers Edward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 10 January , 2005 Share Posted 10 January , 2005 Lionboxer Are you after information on a particular person in the 11th Battalion or just generally C Company? I have the two unit histories of the 11th at home so can have a look for you. Regards Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionboxer Posted 10 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 10 January , 2005 Andrew The person I'm researching was Pte. EA Leeder 5133, but I would be interested in what C coy did. I believe that Lt Pope won the VC at this action and it would be nice if we could link our man to this. Leeder came from my village here in Norfolk but joined up in Bunbury Western Australia. Lionboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionboxer Posted 10 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 10 January , 2005 Thanks for the link Edward. Lionboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 11 January , 2005 Share Posted 11 January , 2005 Andrew The person I'm researching was Pte. EA Leeder 5133, but I would be interested in what C coy did. I believe that Lt Pope won the VC at this action and it would be nice if we could link our man to this. Leeder came from my village here in Norfolk but joined up in Bunbury Western Australia. Lionboxer Lionboxer Unfortunately there wasn't much about C Company mentioned. The only mentions are as follows From 'Legs Eleven' by WC Belford "A Company reported that the enemy had broken through the company on the left (C Company) and taken up a position in an old trench threatening A Company's position and the enemy was still advancing from the direction of Noreuil" From 'Fremantle to France' by Ian Gill "Two posts of C Company were attacked and overwhelmed. The majority of men are captured when their ammunition runs out. One post holds out the entire day before surrendering" Most of the extra details were about the actions of A Company to whom Lt Charles Pope VC belonged. Unfortunately the POW Repatriation statements are not on the internet yet but are in the Australian War Memorial's Archive. I've had a look through these before for different units and they often give an indication of what happened to certain people in the battalion such as how they met their death. They are often worth getting if you can afford it. I copied the following from the Record search facility on the national archives website for the 11th Battalion. Many of these men would be from C Company. http://www.naa.gov.au Sort order: Series no and control symbol Title Contents start date Title 1st Australian Division, 11th Battalion 14 to 25 April 1917. [statements made by prisoners of war: Beatty, Lyon, Pettit, Stuart, 1911 Boulter, 1112 Camden, 1006 Robinson, 2472 Wigmore, 3695 Walker, 2406 McKellar, 2603 Godfrey, 4293 Smith, 6010 Glyde, 5977 Anderson, 1783 Jarvis, 5209 Skelton, 2105 Boddington, No 5340 W S Austin, No 5047 W V Bagley, No 5474 J W J Balchin, 5985 Barfield, 6229 Bath, 2896 McCabe, 2894 McCarthy, 632 Batten, 1370 Key, 6126 Huntley, 5387 Farrell, 5749 De San Miguel, 5348 Bauer, 3740 Burns, 4128 O'Rourke, 5351 Bellew, 6534 Livingston, 5998 Boxall, 5046 Armstrong, 5765 O'Brien, 6473 Bowles, 6238 Brading, 5074 Clowes, 5077 Collins, 6018 Cooke, 6497 Cranston, 3327 Filmer, 5397 Ginbey, 4510 Griffiths, 5104 Hall, 6118 Jones, 2920 McInnes, 4563 McLaughlin, 3903 Matthews, 6083 Moncrieff, 5162 Musgrove, 86 Oden, 5445 Osborn, 336 Perrie, 2185 Pettersen, Phillips, Pierce, Ross, Sanderson, Singe, Wibberley, Woodings Series number AWM30 Control symbol B5.44 Contents date range 1918 - 1919 Access status Open Location Australian War Memorial Barcode no 744886 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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