WW1 Timeline

This timeline is of events that relate to the people remembered in the Avenue.

The people linked to from an event were probably present at that event. According to their service records they were with their unit when the unit was involved in that event.

• 28^th June 1914 - Archduke Ferdinand assassinated.

  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Duchess Sophie by Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip.

  Links

  • Wikipedia
  • Ducksters Education Site
• 4^th August 1914 - Britain declares war on Germany.

  Links

  • The Guardian, 5^th August 1914
  • AWM | The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to May 4, 1915
  • Australia's entry to war in1914
• 6^th August - 6^th November 1914 - Operations against German Pacific territories.

  People

  John Clement McFarlane

  Edward Arthur Oliver

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • HMAS Encounter - AWM
  • HMAS Encounter - Navy
  • HMAS Sydney - AWM
  • HMAS Sydney - Navy
  • The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force - First to Fight, 1914 - Navy site
• 11^th September 1914 - First 20 volunteers from Bacchus Marsh farewelled.

  Most embarked in October.

  People

  Charles Waterhouse

  Charles Edwards

  William Morton

  Samuel Minnett

  Colin Todd

  William MacKenzie

  Maurice Whelan

  Thomas Oliver

  Alex. Murdoch

  Richard Barry

  Charles Lyle

  Alfred Farrow

  Arthur Hine

  Reginald Evans

  Thos. O'Leary

  Webbe Crook

  Frank Crook

  George Moore

  John Campbell

  Wm. Clark

  Links

  • The Bacchus Marsh Express 12th September 1914
• 9^th November 1914 - HMAS Sydney engages and sinks the SMS Emden.

  People

  John Clement McFarlane

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • Australian Navy
  • Medal - Sinking of SMS Emden by HMAS Sydney
• 3^rd February 1915 - 28^th February 1917 - The Sinai Campaign.

  People

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 25^th April 1915 - 22nd November 1915 - The Gallipoli Campaign.

  People

  James Meade Almond

  Edward John Bottle

  Raymond Boyd

  William Brennan

  Isaac Brunt

  John Robert Calderwood

  John Robert Cashmore

  Harold Heathcote Hayes Chambers

  William Clark

  Richard Joseph Harrison Coates

  Henry (Harry) Andrew Condon

  James Daniel Connell

  James Cosgrove

  Cecil Werribee (Webbe) Crook

  Charles Ernest Crook

  Francis Herbert Crook

  Richard Croton

  Melville Robert Cuthbertson DCM

  George Thomas Davis

  Norman David Davison

  Thomas Joseph Dodemaide

  William Alexander Drever

  William Henry Dukelow

  Charles Rupert Edwards

  John Emmett

  Reginald Robert Evans

  Alfred (Fairy) Edmund Fairbank

  Alfred George Farrow

  Herbert Ilot George

  Charles Arthur Gladman

  Thomas Charles Edward Godfrey MC

  Arthur William Hine

  Clive Boyer Hopkins

  Fenton (Barney) Henry Lay MM

  Harold John Jones

  Herbert Joseph King

  Charles Lorne Lyle

  Edmund (Ted) Edward Marsh

  James McGregor

  John James McPherson

  Rupert Theo Vance Moon VC

  David Roy Moore

  George Moore

  James Hogg Moore

  Kenneth Ernest Moore

  William Robert Morton MSM

  Alexander (Scottie) Murdoch

  Harrie Stacey Oliver

  Thomas Oliver

  Edwin Orton

  Percy Oswin

  Michael John O′Brien DCM

  James O′Leary

  Thomas O′Leary

  George Gibson Paterson MM MC

  William John Pezet

  Francis (Frank) Michael Joseph Pigott

  George Cranstoun Platt

  George Cranstoun Robson

  Ivan John Russell

  John Stanley Short

  Richard Norman Smith

  Thomas Henry Smith

  Colin McKellar Todd

  John Edward Garth (Jack) Turnour

  James (Jimmie) Walter Henry Usher

  William Vallence MM

  Thomas Charles (Charlie) Waterhouse

  Henry (Harry) Watson

  John (Jack) Melville West

  Maurice Joseph Whelan

  Stanley Witham

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 25^th April 1915 - Gallipoli landing at ANZAC Cove.

  People

  Isaac Brunt

  Harold Heathcote Hayes Chambers

  Henry (Harry) Andrew Condon

  Cecil Werribee (Webbe) Crook

  Francis Herbert Crook

  Thomas Joseph Dodemaide

  William Henry Dukelow

  John Emmett

  Alfred George Farrow

  Herbert Ilot George

  Charles Arthur Gladman

  Arthur William Hine

  Clive Boyer Hopkins

  Fenton (Barney) Henry Lay MM

  Charles Lorne Lyle

  Edmund (Ted) Edward Marsh

  George Moore

  Alexander (Scottie) Murdoch

  Thomas Oliver

  Edwin Orton

  Michael John O′Brien DCM

  Thomas O′Leary

  George Gibson Paterson MM MC

  William John Pezet

  George Cranstoun Robson

  Ivan John Russell

  John Edward Garth (Jack) Turnour

  Thomas Charles (Charlie) Waterhouse

  Henry (Harry) Watson

  John (Jack) Melville West

  Stanley Witham

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • Wikipedia
  • New Zealand History
• 28^th April 1915, 6^th May 1915, 4^th June 1915 - Three battles of Krithia.

  People

  Thomas Joseph Dodemaide

  John Emmett

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 6^th August 1915 - Battle of Lone Pine.

  People

  Raymond Boyd

  James Daniel Connell

  Richard Croton

  Melville Robert Cuthbertson DCM

  George Thomas Davis

  Norman David Davison

  Thomas Joseph Dodemaide

  William Henry Platt

  Ivan John Russell

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • Wikipedia
  • firstworldwar.com
• December 1915 - 26^th April 1916 - The siege of Kut-al-Amara.

  People

  Francis Luke Adams

  Links

  • The Mesopotamia campaign
• 22^nd November 1915 - 6^th January 1916 - Evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsular.

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 1^st July 1916 - 18^th November 1916 - Somme offensive.

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 19^th July 1916 - Battle of Fromelles.

  People

  William Brennan

  Archbold (Archie) Clark

  Leslie Davis

  Alfred (Fairy) Edmund Fairbank

  Clive Boyer Hopkins

  Edwin Joseph Morley

  Ernest Robert Oliver

  Hubert (Hugh) George Price MSM

  John Stanley Short

  Gordon Thomas Smith

  John Edward Garth (Jack) Turnour

  Stanley Witham

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • Australian War Memorial - encyclopedia
  • Australian War Memorial - article
• 23^rd July 1916 - 7^th August 1916 - Battle of Pozieres.

  People

  Hugh Joseph Bottle

  Henry Hodson Campbell

  William Robert Cook

  Richard Croton

  Melville Robert Cuthbertson DCM

  George Thomas Davis

  Alexander Durward

  William Albenia Edgerton

  Herbert Ilot George

  Charles Arthur Gladman

  Thomas Charles Edward Godfrey MC

  Robert (Tom) Thomas Grant

  Robert John Hogg

  James Martin Kennelly

  Herbert Joseph King

  Fenton (Barney) Henry Lay MM

  John Main

  Edmund (Ted) Edward Marsh

  Neil McLachlan MC

  Walter Gordon Medling

  Francis Arthur Moore

  Michael John O′Brien DCM

  Kenneth Ernest Moore

  Francis (Frank) Michael Joseph Pigott

  Frederick Russell

  Robert Joseph Russell

  Melville Gardiner Smith

  Richard Norman Smith

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 8^th August - 3^rd September 1916 - Battle for Mouquet Farm.

  People

  Hugh Joseph Bottle

  George William Cameron

  Edwin Cobham

  Melville Robert Cuthbertson DCM

  William Dixon

  Thomas Joseph Dodemaide

  Alexander Durward

  William Albenia Edgerton

  Thomas Charles Edward Godfrey MC

  William Goudie

  Robert (Tom) Thomas Grant

  Robert John Hogg

  James Martin Kennelly

  Herbert Joseph King

  Fenton (Barney) Henry Lay MM

  David Sylvester Lindsay

  Edmund (Ted) Edward Marsh

  Albert Martin

  Neil McLachlan iC

  Walter Gordon Medling

  Francis Arthur Moore

  Kenneth Ernest Moore

  Michael John O′Brien DCM

  James O′Leary

  William John Pezet

  Francis (Frank) Michael Joseph Pigott

  Frederick Russell

  Robert Joseph Russell

  Richard Norman Smith

  James (Jimmie) Walter Henry Usher

  Thomas Warke

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 4^th - 5^th September 1916 - Battle of Romani.

  People

  Robert George Davison

  John James McLachlan

  William Sims West MM

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 23^rd December 1916 - Battle of Magdhaba.

  People

  Robert George Davison

  Clarence Joseph Earl

  William Sims West MM

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 3^rd March 1917 - 1^st Battle of Gaza.

  People

  William Giles Chippindall

  John James McPherson

  William Sims West MM

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 11^th March 1917 - 1^st Battle of Bullecourt.

  People

  Thomas Hart Booth

  Alexander Durward

  Robert (Tom) Thomas Grant

  Cornelius Hanrahan

  Fenton (Barney) Henry Lay MM

  Robert John Hogg

  Robert Joseph Russell

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 17^th April 1917 - 2^nd Battle of Gaza.

  People

  William Giles Chippindall

  John James McPherson

  William Sims West MM

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 25^th April 1917 - HMAT Ballarat torpedoed

  People

  Links

  • SOLDIERS' LETTERS. (1917, July 14). The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1866 - 1918), p. 3. Retrieved February 3, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74226511
• 3^rd - 17^th May 1917 - 2^nd Battle of Bullecourt.

  People

  Grant McDonald Kerr

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 7^th - 14^th June 1917 - Battle of Messines.

  People

  Edward Harold Cashmore

  Charles Ernest Crook

  Charles Rupert Edwards

  Alexander James Gibson

  Robert John Hogg

  Charles Arthur Jones MM,

  Leo Paul Little MC

  Bernard Patrick Love

  George Bernard Morgan

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 31^st July - 10^th November 1917 - 3^rd Battle of Ypres.

  People

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 20^th - 25^th September 1917 - Battle of Menin Road.

  People

  Wilfred George Ernest Davis

  Thomas Joseph Dodemaide

  James Johansen

  Alfred James Knight (Hallam)

  John Main

  Neil McLachlan MC

  William John Pezet

  William Henry Symington

  James (Jimmie) Walter Henry Usher

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 26^th September 1917 - Battle of Polygon Wood.

  People

  Patrick Cecil Barry

  Albert (Ted) Joseph Buckley

  John Henderson Campbell

  Leslie Davis

  Vere Dubout

  Alfred (Fairy) Edmund Fairbank

  Harry Sutherland Grant

  Cornelius Hanrahan

  Grant McDonald Kerr

  Thomas Murphy

  Michael John O′Brien DCM

  Charles Halford Platt MM

  Hubert (Hugh) George Price MSM

  Cyril Francis Ramsey

  Charles Henry Somerton

  John Edward Garth (Jack) Turnour

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 4^th October 1917 - Battle of Broodseinde Ridge.

  People

  Joseph Boyd

  John Robert Calderwood

  Albert James Carter

  Leslie Davis

  Wilfred George Ernest Davis

  William Alexander Drever

  Roy Meade Emmett

  Thomas Charles Edward Godfrey MC

  Charles Arthur Gladman

  Charles Arthur Jones MM

  Leo Paul Little MC

  John Campbell Low

  John Main

  Francis Arthur Moore

  William Henry Nolan

  William John Pezet

  John (Jack) William Ross

  Ivan John Russell

  John Charles (Charlie) Smyth

  William Henry Symington

  Arthur Wallace (Tom) Turnour

  James (Jimmie) Walter Henry Usher

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 12^th October 1917 - 1st Battle for Passchendael.

  People

  Joseph Boyd

  Alexander Durward

  William Albenia Edgerton

  Robert John Hogg

  Leo Paul Little MC

  Arthur Wallace (Tom) Turnour

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 31^st October 1917 - Attack on Beersheeba.

  People

  William Giles Chippindall

  Alan Rutherford Davison

  William Samuel Alexander McKenzie

  John James McPherson

  Arthur Stapley Moon

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • The charge of the Light Brigade
• 27^th March - 30^th April 1918 - Attacks on Dernancourt.

  People

  Alexander Durward

  William Albenia Edgerton

  Robert John Hogg

  Fenton (Barney) Henry Lay MM

  George Bernard Morgan

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 24^th - 25^th April 1918 - Battle of Villers Bretonneux.

  People

  Charles William Bird

  William Alfred Cook

  Leslie Davis

  Harry Sutherland Grant

  Grant McDonald Kerr

  Hubert (Hugh) George Price MSM

  James Ryan

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 1^st May - 31^st August 1918 - 2^nd Battle of Marne.

  People

  Charles Ernest Crook

  Charles Edwards

  Neil Patterson Simpson

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 4^th July 1918 - 2^nd Battle of Hamel.

  People

  Robert John Hogg

  William Robert Kerr

  Richard Norman Smith

  John Charles (Charlie) Smyth

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 8^th - 11^th August 1918 - Battle of Amiens.

  People

  Keith Forsythe Anderson

  Lionel Edgar Bird MM

  Raymond Boyd

  Leslie Davis

  Thomas Joseph Dodemaide

  Alexander Durward

  William Albenia Edgerton

  Alfred (Fairy) Edmund Fairbank

  Alexander James Gibson

  Harry Sutherland Grant

  Charles Arthur Jones MM,

  Grant McDonald Kerr

  William Robert Kerr

  Fenton (Barney) Henry Lay MM

  John Main

  John McGregor

  Neil McLachlan MC

  Francis Arthur Moore

  George Bernard Morgan

  Edwin Orton

  William John Pezet

  Charles Halford Platt MM

  Hubert (Hugh) George Price MSM

  Robert Muir Reid

  Richard Norman Smith

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 18^th - 29^th September 1918 - Hindenburg Outpost Line.

  People

  Norman David Davison

  Alexander Durward

  William Albenia Edgerton

  Robert John Hogg

  Harold John Jones

  Thomas Henry Manly

  George Bernard Morgan

  Percy Oswin

  Hubert (Hugh) George Price MSM

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • Breaking the Hindenburg Line
• 18^th - 25^th September 1918 - Battle of Megiddo.

  People

  William Annesley Campbell

  William Giles Chippindall

  Robert George Davison

  William Samuel Alexander McKenzie

  John James McPherson

  John Patrick Nolan

  Arthur Nicholas Alfred O′Hara

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 27^th September - 2^nd October 1918 - St Quentin Canal.

  People

  Keith Forsythe Anderson

  Joseph Boyd

  Alexander James Gibson

  John Edward Johansen

  Charles Arthur Jones MM,

  Samuel Minnett

  Rupert Theo Vance Moon VC

  Edwin Orton

  Hubert (Hugh) George Price MSM

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 5^th October 1918 - Battle of Montbrehain.

  People

  Alfred Frank Anderson

  William Robert Cook

  Francis Arthur Moore

  Kenneth Ernest Moore

  John Charles (Charlie) Smyth

  Charles George West MM

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
• 11^th November 1918 - Armistice of Compiègne.

  Links

  • Australian War Memorial
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • Final Victory and Armistice