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Gallipoli 9th Battalion First Ashore

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3733 1471

Address: Wynter Road, Enoggera 4051 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.gallipoli-9bnfirstashore.org

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23.01.2022 9RQR is the current Army Reserve 9th Battalion. Its battle honours include those of the 9th Bn AIF. It is celebrating 150 years of service this year and has a new page: #9thbattalion

23.01.2022 Clement Dearden may have been Qlds oldest WWI digger. His 3 sons all served with the 9th Bn AIF - State Library of Queensland WWI Centenary blog story: #anzac100 #qanzac100

21.01.2022 993 Pte (later Lt) John Joseph Chapman, of 9th Bn AIF, war diary extracts digitised by Australian War Memorial as part of Anzac Connections project. February to June 1915 at Egypt, Lemnos Island and Gallipoli; and April to December 1916 at England, Ireland including the Easter Rebellion, and France - www.awm.gov.au/collection/1DRL/0197 #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion #gallipoli:

20.01.2022 4737 Private Benjimine Bridgewater of 9th Bn AIF - State Library of Queensland WWI Centenary blog story: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

19.01.2022 New plaque caption for Maryborough Qld. Plaque unveiling is on 22 April 2017:

18.01.2022 On 24 August 1917, a 9th Bn AIF Band group portrait taken in France: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

18.01.2022 On 1 February 1917, 2397 Private William John Ingham, of 9th & 49th Bns AIF, was severely wounded in the front line at Flers, France. He died of wounds that day at the nearby 45th Casualty Clearing Station. We remember him - State Library of Queensland WWI Centenary blog story: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion #49thbattalion

18.01.2022 296 LCpl James Henderson, a 9th Bn AIF hero:

17.01.2022 On 31 July 1917, the Third Battle of Ypres started, a 9th Bn Battle Honour. Battle info at www.awm.gov.au/collection/E104

17.01.2022 Battle of Polygon Wood Service at Rockhampton - The Morning Bulletin item. John Wynd enlisted in the 9th Bn and fought at Gallipoli with the 9th:

13.01.2022 On 20 October 1917, 772 Farrier Sergeant John Wynd, of 9th & 49th Bns, & 42nd Battery 11th Field Artillery Brigade AIF, was killed in action in Belgium. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. We remember him:

13.01.2022 2901A Pte Charles Weatherstone of 9th Bn AIF - Australian War Memorial Last Post ceremony held today. Speech starts at ~4:53 mark. Charles AWM Roll of Honour page www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1667405 Charles service summary aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=316891 Thanks to Shane Holding for sharing. We remember Charles:

12.01.2022 The 9th Battalion AIF Living History Unit at the Emu Park RSL Dawn Service on ANZAC Day:

12.01.2022 new 9th Battalions Museum fb page - includes 9th Battalion AIF content: #9thbattalion #gallipoli

12.01.2022 3103 Private Thomas Joseph Haynes, of 25th & 9th Bns AIF, was killed in action on 15 April 1917. We remember him - State Library of Queensland WWI Centenary blog story: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

12.01.2022 On 4 October 1917, the Battle of Broodseinde was fought, a 9th Bn Battle Honour. Battle info at anzacportal.dva.gov.au//australian-remembrance-/tyne-cot-5:

11.01.2022 On 1 July 1917, the Commanding Officer, some other Officers, the RSM and Senior NCOs of the 9th Bn AIF with mascot dog in France: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

11.01.2022 On 3 May 1917, the Second Battle of Bullecourt started, a 9th Bn Battle Honour. 26 men of the 9th were killed during the Battle. We remember them:

10.01.2022 Pte John Cleary of 9th Bn AIF - Australian War Memorial Last Post ceremony at 4.55pm AEDT 15 January AWM Januarys Last Post ceremonies www.awm.gov.au/events/last-post-ceremony-calendar/#january17 Johns AWM Roll of Honour page www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1712794 Johns service summary aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=55059 Thanks also to 9th Battalion AIF. We will remember him:

10.01.2022 Our 9th Bn AIF First Ashore Display exhibition at Chermside has finished. The displays have been dismantled and taken into storage at our 9th Bns Museum at Enoggera (www.9bnassoc.org/join_us). Some highlights of our Display include: - 700 visitors attending, including many relatives of 9th Bn AIF men - conducting and recording the seven 9th Bn AIF Heroes Lectures... - having Pte John Leaks Victoria Cross at his lecture. The 9th Battalions Association and its volunteers have honoured the 9th Bn AIF men, their service and sacrifices: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion #gallipoli See more

09.01.2022 Duty Nobly Done book's fb page - includes 9th Battalion AIF content: #9thbattalion

07.01.2022 In August 1917, the band of the 9th Bn AIF leading a Bn route march near Hazebrouck, France: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

07.01.2022 1128 members of the 9th Bn AIF were killed in action or died of wounds. All of their names are listed on our displays Honour Wall. We remember them: #gallipoli #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

06.01.2022 Good article in todays Sunday Mail newspaper. Includes: - Adam Holloway & his Duty Nobly Done book, written about 11 of his relatives who fought in WWI, some were in the 9th Battalion AIF - 1916 WWI letter written by his relative Cpl Frank Holloway of 9th Bn AIF from the Western Front #9thbattalion

06.01.2022 On 7 May 1917, 2695 Private Leslie Albert Creed, of 9th Bn AIF, was killed in action at Bullecourt, France. He was buried nearby but after the war his grave was not found. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. We remember him: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

05.01.2022 On 9 October 1917, the Battle of Poelcappelle was fought, a 9th Bn Battle Honour. Battle info at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poelcappelle. Captured German soldiers at Poelcappelle:

05.01.2022 1724 Private George Crigan Graham, of 9th & 42nd Bns AIF, photos & papers collection has been digitised - State Library of Queensland WWI Centenary blog story: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

05.01.2022 On 20 September 1917, the Battle of Menin Road started, a 9th Bn Battle Honour. Battle info at www.awm.gov.au/collection/E97:

05.01.2022 On 2 November 1917, 1153 Sergeant Edward Alexander Keid of 9th Bn AIF was killed in action in Belgium. He was one of six brothers who enlisted, four of whom were killed in action and one was wounded. More info at aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=160730 His service documents at recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRe/Interface/ViewImage.aspx We remember him:... #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion See more

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03.01.2022 2339A Private Cedric Earl Brady, of the 9th Bn AIF, wrote a letter to his mother from near Lagnicourt, France in 1917. It was published in The Brisbane Courier on 26 July 1917: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

03.01.2022 On 10 August 1917, Colonel M Wilder-Neligan DSO DCM leading a 9th Bn AIF parade near Hazebrouck, France: #anzac100 #qanzac100 #9thbattalion

01.01.2022 Battle of Polygon Wood service on Sunday 24 September at Rockhampton Qld. Thanks to Jon Cookson for sharing:

01.01.2022 BBC News drone video [~3 minutes] of Gallipoli 2015. Thanks to Ray McNab for sharing:

01.01.2022 Duty Nobly Done books fb page - includes 9th Battalion AIF content: #9thbattalion

01.01.2022 Some of Lt Duncan Chapmans platoon & scouts of 9th Bn AIF:

01.01.2022 On 26 September 1917, the Battle of Polygon Wood started, a 9th Bn Battle Honour. Battle info at anzacportal.dva.gov.au//australian-remembrance-/tyne-cot-6: