MISSING STAR & VICTORY MEDAL. CAME FROM IPSWICH QUEENSLAND. STARTED WITH 25th BN 1 TO 8 REINFORCEMENTS JUNE 1915. I THINK IT SHOULD STATE EEF, THEN BEF AND IN 1915 AS INTITED TO STAR? ALEXANDRIA BEF TO FRANCE 26/3/1916. STARTED WITH 2nd PIONEER BN 12/3/16. GUNSHOT WOUND TO FACE FRANCE BOULOGAL??? ENGLAND FOR TREATMENT AND CHANGED OR TRAINED FOR FIELD ARTILLERY GUNNER 13/11/17. JOINED THE 2nd DIVISION ARTILLERY COLOUM 7/12/17. 5th FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY FRANCE 4/12/17. GUNNER DUE TO PREVIOUS WOUND IN INFANTRY. Post will be Tracking, sign for your end A4 envelope. 25th Australian Infantry Battalion. The 25th Battalion was raised at Enoggera in Queensland in March 1915 as part of the 7th Brigade. Although predominantly composed of men recruited in Queensland, the battalion also included a small contingent of men from Darwin. The battalion left Australia in early July, trained in Egypt during August, and by early September was manning trenches at Gallipoli. At Gallipoli the 7th Brigade reinforced the depleted New Zealand and Australian Division. The 25th Battalion, however, had a relatively quiet time because the last major Allied offensive had been launched, and turned back, in the previous month. It left the peninsular on 18 December 1915. After further training in Egypt, the 25th Battalion proceeded to France. Landing on 19 March 1916, it was the first AIF battalion to arrive there. Now fighting as part of the 2nd Division, it took part in its first major battle at Pozieres between 25 July and 7 August in the course of which it suffered 785 casualties. After a spell in a quieter sector of the front in Belgium, the 2nd Division came south in October to attack again in the Somme Valley. The 25th Battalion took part in two attacks to the east of Flers, both of which floundered in the mud. Although it acted in a supporting role at the second battle of Bullecourt, the 25th Battalion did not carry out a major offensive role again until 20 September 1917, when it was part of the 2nd Division’s first wave at the battle of Menin Road in Belgium. Victory here was followed up with the capture of Broodseinde Ridge on 4 October. The 25th reprised its role from Menin Road, in what was its last large-scale offensive action for the year. 1918 was an exhausting year for the 25th Battalion. It fought to turn back the German spring offensive in April, and then participated in battles at Morlancourt, Hamel, Amiens and along the Somme Valley as the German Army was pushed ever closer to defeat. These actions sapped the strength of the AIF, already terribly weak due to earlier casualties and lack of reinforcements. In September, the 25th was one of several battalions ordered to disband to reinforce others. Its troops mutinied, winning the Battalion a temporary reprieve. The battalion went into the line one last time on 3 October 1918 and took part in a successful attack to break through the German defences around Beaurevoir. It was disbanded nine days later. The item “AUST WAR MEDAL WW1 2165 L/BDR HOLLAND F W 25th BN MEF & BEF AIF (BROKEN GROUP)” is in sale since Monday, January 9, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “ibyou2″ and is located in Maitland, NSW. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Authenticity: Original
- Country: Australia
- Campaign: World War I
- Product Type: Medals
- Era: 1900s