Song of the 10th Battalion |
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| Title : | Song of the 10th Battalion |
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| Creator : | Brewster-Jones, H. | ||
| Place Of Creation : | [Adelaide, S.A.] | ||
| Publisher : | Mail Newspapers Limited | ||
| Date of creation : | [1914] | ||
| Additional Creator : | Beresford, C. R. | ||
| Format : | Sheet music | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Embarking in October 1914 the 10th Battalion was one of the first two AIF units to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Stanley Price Weir, born in Norwood in 1866, was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel and given comand of the 10th Battalion. For Weir's 'gallantry and his consistent skill, tact and judgement in command' he won the Distinguished Service Order. He he retired from the A.M.F. in March 1921 as an honorary brigadier general. |
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| Coverage year : | 1914 |
| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Further reading : | Holmes, Robyn. The collector's book of sheet music covers, Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2001 Australian dictionary of biography, Melbourne : Melbourne University Press; London ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1966-<2002> |
| Internet links : | Australian War Memorial : see Australians at War, Australian Military Units, First World War, Infantry battalions |
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