Song of the 10th Battalion |
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| Title : | Song of the 10th Battalion |
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| Creator : | Brewster-Jones, H. | ||
| Place Of Creation : | [Adelaide, S.A.] | ||
| Publisher : | Mail Newspapers Limited | ||
| Date of creation : | [1914] | ||
| Additional Creator : | Beresford, C. R. | ||
| Format : | Sheet music | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Embarking in October 1914 the 10th Battalion was one of the first two AIF units to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Stanley Price Weir, born in Norwood in 1866, was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel and given comand of the 10th Battalion. For Weir's 'gallantry and his consistent skill, tact and judgement in command' he won the Distinguished Service Order. He he retired from the A.M.F. in March 1921 as an honorary brigadier general. |
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| Coverage year : | 1914 |
| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Further reading : | Holmes, Robyn. The collector's book of sheet music covers, Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2001 Kearney, Robert. Silent voices : the story of the 10th Battalion AIF in Australia, Egypt, Gallipoli, France and Belgium during the Great War 1914-1918 , Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : New Holland, 2005 Limb, Arthur. A compendium of the histories of the 10th Battalion A.I.F. / presented by the 10th Battalion A.I.F. Association, [South Australia] : 10th Battalion A.I.F. Association, 2013 |
| Internet links : | South Australians at War See: Conflicts: World War One Australian War Memorial See: War history: Units: First World War, 1914-1918: 10th Australian Infantry Battalion Australian Dictionary of Biography See: Weir, Stanley Price Trove Lists See: Music resources theme: Australian musical treasures - War and Loss Trove Lists See: Music resources theme: War and Peace in Australia - First World War |
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