No. 6 | 7th Australian Infantry Battalion

This memorial was dedicated on 16th October 2015 to coincide with the 100th Anniversary Reunion of the Battalion. To aid with the construction of this memorial, a $4000 grant was given to the SA branch of the 7th Battalion RAR association. The plaque features the unit colours of brown and red as well as the symbol of the victoria cross which was awarded to four of the Battalion’s members.

 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
1st Division, AIF
1914 – 1918

Four Victoria Crosses
Lone Pine 1915

Somme 1916     Lys                          Krithia
Somme 1918     Hazebrouck             ANZAC
Pozieres            Amiens                   Landing at ANZAC
Bullecourt         Albert 1918             Defence at ANZAC
Ypres 1917       (Chuignes)               Suvla
Menin Road       Hindenburg Line      Sari Bair
Polygon Wood   Epehy                       Lone Pine
Broodseinde     France and Flanders 1916-1918    Gallipoli 195
Poelcappelle     Suez Canal
Passchendale    Helles                       Egypt 1915-1916

In memory of those who died on active service and all those who served in the battalion

Dedicated on the 100th Anniversary Reunion of the Battalion October 16th 2015

7th Battalion

The 7th Battalion stands as one of the first assembled for the Australian Infantry Force during the First World War. Raised within a fortnight of the declaration of war in August 1914, the Battalion was lead by Lieutenant Colonel H.E. “Pompey” Elliott. Two months after formation, the Battalion was shipped out to Egypt and became part of the second wave of the ANZAC landing on 25 April 1915. In March 1916, the Battalion was deployed to France and the Western Front after the ANZAC withdrawal from Gallipoli. Following the Battalions conflicts at Menin Road and Broodseinde as part of the Ypres offensive of 1917, the Battalion remained on the Western Front until the November armistice.