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Honours & Distinctions
42nd Battalion, A.I.F.
under the command of
LtCol A R WOOLCOCK, DSO, C de G
NUMBER ON NOMINAL ROLLS
Discharged. 2,410 TOTAL 2,954 Killed in Action, Died of Wounds or Sickness 544 Wounded 1,130 Wounded twice 254 Wounded Three Times 53 Wounded Four Times 13 Taken Prisoners of War 2 Decorations awarded. . .TOTAL 151
Military Medals 90 M.M.'s with Bar 5 D.C.M.'s 12 Military Crosses 22 D.S.O.'s 5 M-S.M.'s 4 Croix de Guerre 4 Mentioned in Despatches 9 BATTLE HONOURS allotted to the 42nd Bn.
MESSINES, 1917 YPRES, 1917 BROODSEINDE PASSCHENDAELE SOMME, 1918 ANCRE, 1918 HAMEL AMIENS HINDENBURG LINE MONT ST. QUENTIN
Administrative Officers, Company Commanders, etc.
Battalion Commander: LT.COLONEL A. R. WOOLCOCK Seconds In Command: MAJORS J. FARRELL, E. J. DIBDIN Adjutants: MAJOR E. J. D1BDIN, CAPTAINS R. F. PICKERING, A. P. ST. JOHN, G. DUNBAR, W. H. McDONNELL, LIEUTENANT A. C. DIBDIN
Quartermaster: CAPTAIN L W. C. ANDERSON Medical Officers: CAPTAINS G. H. CAMERON, E. G. THOMSON, MAJOR J. HARDIE, CAPTAIN G. M. FAITHFULL
Lewis Gun Officers CAPTAIN J. FINLAY, LIEUTENANTS E. A. CARR, J. L. TARDENT Signalling Officers: LIEUTENANTS H. W. M. BULL, C. S. TRUDGIAN, C. V. M. BROOM, E. E. PATERSON
Intelligence CAPTAIN G. DUNBAR, LIEUTENANTS D. FRASER, C. W. C. O'CONNELL, J. L. TARDENT
Transport Officers: LIEUTENANTS C. T. 0. SHEPHERD, H. A. R. SQUIRES Chaplains, MAJOR T. P. WOOD, CAPTAIN H. W. JONES Company commanders
A Company CAPTAINS T. MILLS, R. S. RANKIN, MAJOR A. C. MOYES, CAPTAINS J. FINLAY, S. WARRY
B Company CAPTAINS A. POTT, A. P. ST. JOHN, LIEUTENANT F. C. LEWIS, T. /CAPTAIN C. S. TRUDGIAN
C Company MAJOR A. HERON, CAPTAINS J. LEAHY, T. JACK, W. H. A. McDONNELL
D Company MAJOR C. C. CAMPBELL, CAPTAINS D. BINNIE, C. CAMERON,A. W. HALSTEAD, E. YELLAND, R. F. O'BRYEN
