Australian 11th Battalion

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Soldiers of 11th Battalion posing on the Great Pyramid of Giza on 10 January 1915, prior to the landing at Gallipoli.

The Australian 11th Battalion was a World War I Australian Army unit. It was among the first infantry units raised for the 1st AIF during the First World War. It was the first battalion recruited in Western Australia, and with the 9th, 10th and 12th Battalions it formed the 3rd Brigade. By the end of the war 11th Battalion suffered casualties of 1115 killed, 2249 wounded (including gassed).

[edit] Battle honours

• Somme 1916
• Somme 1918
• Pozieres
• Bullecourt
• Ypres 1917
• Menin Road
• Polygon Wood
• Broodseinde
• Poelcappelle
• Passchendaele
• Lys
• Hazebrouck
• Amiens
• Albert 1918
• Hindenburg Line
• Epehy
• France and Flanders 1916-1918
• ANZAC
• Landing at ANZAC
• Defence at ANZAC
• Suvla
• Sari Bair
• Gallipoli 1915-1916
• Egypt 1915-1917

[edit] Decorations

• 1 VC
• 1 CB
• 2 CMG
• 7 DSO
• 1 OBE
• 30 MC, 1 bar
• 25 DCM, 1 bar
• 96 MM, 2 bars
• 3 MSM
• 85 MID
• 7 foreign awards

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