In the following section we learn about the officers who would lead and take command in the Australian Imperial Force between 1914 and 1918. They appear in chronological order as they became engaged with the 22nd Battalion, the 6th Brigade, the 2nd Division or the AIF as a whole. Click on the links to take you to the relevant section.
AIF
Comprised 1st Division; 2nd Division; 3rd Division; 4th Division; 5th Division; Australian & New Zealand at Gallipoli
Strength approximately 30,000 men or more
Commanding Officers (click on above link for biographies):-
Major General Sir William Throsby BRIDGES (Killed in Action)
General Sir Alexander John GODLEY
General Sir William Riddell BIRDWOOD
General Sir John MONASH
Australian 2nd Division
Comprised 5th Brigade; 6th Brigade; 7th Brigade
Strength approximately 10,000-20,000 men
Commanding Officers (click on above link for biographies):-
Lieutenant General James Gordon LEGGE
Brigadier General Sir Nevill Maskelyne SMYTH, VC
Major General Sir Charles ROSENTHAL
6th Infantry Brigade
Comprised 21st Battalion; 22nd Battalion; 23rd Battalion; 24th Battalion
Strength approximately 2,500-5,000 men
Commanding Officers (click on above link for biographies):-
Colonel Richard LINTON (Died in Action)
Brigadier General Reginald Spencer BROWNE
Major General Sir Charles William GWYNN
Major General Sir John GELLIBRAND
Major General John PATON
Brigadier General James Campbell ROBERTSON
22nd Battalion
Comprised A Company; B Company; C Company; D Company
Strength approximately 550-1,000 men
Commanding Officers (click on above link for biographies):-
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Armstrong CROUCH
Lieutenant Colonel Ignatius Bertram NORRIS (Killed in Action)
Brigadier General Robert SMITH
Lieutenant Colonel David Manton DAVIS
Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey Roy Liddon WILTSHIRE
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