The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.
Main expeditionary force formed in 1914 following Britain's declaration of war on Germany. Originally comprising one infantry division and one light horse brigade it was enlarged several times, serving in Gallipoli, the Western Front, the Sinai and Palestine.
Milestone
Opened
15 Aug 1914
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Closed
1919 - 1921
{"name":"Closed","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1919<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1921<\/span>"},"date_start":"1919","date_end":"1921"}
Name
Alternate
AIF
{"name":"Alternate","target":"","target_text":"AIF","date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}
Position
17 Aug 1914 - 03 Feb 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Trott, David (Jock)","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>17 Aug 1914<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>03 Feb 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1914-08-17","date_end":"1919-02-03"}
22 Aug 1914 - 25 Apr 1915
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Glanville, Leigh George John","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>22 Aug 1914<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>25 Apr 1915<\/span>"},"date_start":"1914-08-22","date_end":"1915-04-25"}
17 Sep 1914 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Lambert, Hugh Robert","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>17 Sep 1914<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1914-09-17","date_end":"1919"}
30 Oct 1914 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Schatkowski, Militan","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>30 Oct 1914<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1914-10-30","date_end":"1919"}
04 Dec 1914 - 04 Feb 1920
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Bruhn, Norman","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>04 Dec 1914<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>04 Feb 1920<\/span>"},"date_start":"1914-12-04","date_end":"1920-02-04"}
05 Feb 1915 - 25 Jul 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Newling, Arthur Sidney","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>05 Feb 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>25 Jul 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-02-05","date_end":"1919-07-25"}
01 Mar 1915 - 1916
{"name":"Medical practitioner","target":"Roth, Reuter Emerich","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>01 Mar 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1916<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-03-01","date_end":"1916"}
10 May 1915 - 31 Oct 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Harvie, James Fraser","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>10 May 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>31 Oct 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-05-10","date_end":"1919-10-31"}
19 May 1915 - 05 Sep 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"McKee, Thomas Henry","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>19 May 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>05 Sep 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-05-19","date_end":"1919-09-05"}
09 Jun 1915 - 24 Nov 1918
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Newcomb, John Alexander","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>09 Jun 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>24 Nov 1918<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-06-09","date_end":"1918-11-24"}
09 Jun 1915 - 18 Jul 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Muir, Ian Miller","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>09 Jun 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>18 Jul 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-06-09","date_end":"1919-07-18"}
05 Jul 1915 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Doling, Albert Edward","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>05 Jul 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-07-05","date_end":"1919"}
26 Jul 1915 - 12 Jul 1916
{"name":"Soldier","target":"McIntosh, Hector McDonald","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>26 Jul 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>12 Jul 1916<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-07-26","date_end":"1916-07-12"}
02 Aug 1915 - 20 Oct 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Harvie, William Coleridge","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>02 Aug 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>20 Oct 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-08-02","date_end":"1919-10-20"}
10 Aug 1915 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Lambert, John Thomas","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>10 Aug 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-08-10","date_end":"1919"}
16 Sep 1915 - 26 Aug 1916
{"name":"Soldier","target":"McLeod, Stewart Jamieson","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>16 Sep 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>26 Aug 1916<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-09-16","date_end":"1916-08-26"}
05 Dec 1915 - 20 Jun 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Carlisle, Walter Thomas","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>05 Dec 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>20 Jun 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-12-05","date_end":"1919-06-20"}
13 Dec 1915 - 21 Nov 1918
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Donald, James Shand","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>13 Dec 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>21 Nov 1918<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-12-13","date_end":"1918-11-21"}
14 Dec 1915 - 18 Mar 1918
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Chapple, Roland Clyde","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>14 Dec 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>18 Mar 1918<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-12-14","date_end":"1918-03-18"}
23 Dec 1915 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Carmichael, Ambrose Campbell","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>23 Dec 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-12-23","date_end":"1919"}
28 Dec 1915 - 16 Nov 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Tomholt, Sydney John","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>28 Dec 1915<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>16 Nov 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1915-12-28","date_end":"1919-11-16"}
05 Jan 1916 - 25 Sep 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Dolan, Sydney Robert","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>05 Jan 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>25 Sep 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-01-05","date_end":"1919-09-25"}
19 Jan 1916 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"McNeill, Albert John","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>19 Jan 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-01-19","date_end":"1919"}
16 Feb 1916 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Devine, James Edward (Jim)","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>16 Feb 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-02-16","date_end":"1919"}
13 Mar 1916 - 05 May 1917
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Foster, George Albert","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>13 Mar 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>05 May 1917<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-03-13","date_end":"1917-05-05"}
13 Mar 1916 - 31 Oct 1918
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Pinkerton, James William","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>13 Mar 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>31 Oct 1918<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-03-13","date_end":"1918-10-31"}
18 May 1916 - 14 Sep 1921
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Shearer, Andrew","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>18 May 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>14 Sep 1921<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-05-18","date_end":"1921-09-14"}
28 May 1916 - 10 Dec 1918
{"name":"Soldier","target":"McPhee, Neil Campbell","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>28 May 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>10 Dec 1918<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-05-28","date_end":"1918-12-10"}
02 Jun 1916 - 10 Aug 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Wilson, William Gavin","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>02 Jun 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>10 Aug 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-06-02","date_end":"1919-08-10"}
04 Jul 1916 - 19 Dec 1916
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Wylie, John James","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>04 Jul 1916<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>19 Dec 1916<\/span>"},"date_start":"1916-07-04","date_end":"1916-12-19"}
17 Apr 1917 - 25 Nov 1920
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Chapple, Reginald Arthur","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>17 Apr 1917<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>25 Nov 1920<\/span>"},"date_start":"1917-04-17","date_end":"1920-11-25"}
28 May 1917 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Pryke, Laurence Ernest","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>28 May 1917<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1917-05-28","date_end":"1919"}
16 Nov 1917 - 23 Jul 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Long, George","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>16 Nov 1917<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>23 Jul 1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1917-11-16","date_end":"1919-07-23"}
21 Feb 1918 - 1919
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Maraun, Everett Hugh (Bill)","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>21 Feb 1918<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1919<\/span>"},"date_start":"1918-02-21","date_end":"1919"}
15 Jul 1918 - 12 Dec 1918
{"name":"Soldier","target":"Newcomb, Robert Alfred","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>15 Jul 1918<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>12 Dec 1918<\/span>"},"date_start":"1918-07-15","date_end":"1918-12-12"}
Type
{"name":"Military organisation","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}
