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The Old Sixteenth being a record of the 16th Battalion A.I.F., during the Great War, 1914-1918 [Australian Imperial Force]

Uploaded to the Internet Archive with a file from the State Library of Western Australia https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1246369 (Catalogue entry) https://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1246369_1 (online file) The author Captain Cyril Longmore was also the author of another Battalion history Eggs-a-Cook! The story of the Forty-Fourth , available in the Internet Archive. The 16th Battalion was raised mainly in Western Australia, with 3 Companies raised in South Australia. The Battalion fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. The Battalion was part of the 4th Brigade. The 4th Brigade consisted of 13th Battalion (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Battalion_(Australia) 14th Battalion (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Battalion_(Australia) 15th Battalion (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Battalion_(Australia) 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Battalion,_Royal_Western_Australia_Regiment 4th Brigade (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Brigade_(Australia) The 4th Brigade was initially part of the New Zealand and Australian Division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealan

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