About the 19th Battalion
Battalion Colours
The diamond shape indicates the second division, the green lower section indicates the first brigade, and the upper brown section is the third battalion in the brigade.
The diamond shape indicates the second division, the green lower section indicates the first brigade, and the upper brown section is the third battalion in the brigade.
History of the 19th Battalion
A brief history of the 19th Battalion can be found at the Australian War Memorial site https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51459.
The Virtual War Memorial Australia has a longer history https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/274
Summary of Battles involving the 19th Battalion
A brief history of the 19th Battalion can be found at the Australian War Memorial site https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U51459.
The Virtual War Memorial Australia has a longer history https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/274
Summary of Battles involving the 19th Battalion
Service Information from the First World War Embarkation Rolls
Service Number: 87
Initial Rank: Private
Final Rank: Lieutenant
Roll title: 19 Infantry Battalion (June 1915)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 25 June 1915
Place of embarkation: Melbourne
Ship embarked on: HMAT Ceramic A40
Service Number: 87
Initial Rank: Private
Final Rank: Lieutenant
Roll title: 19 Infantry Battalion (June 1915)
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 25 June 1915
Place of embarkation: Melbourne
Ship embarked on: HMAT Ceramic A40
Group photo of officers of the 19th Battalion, France: Picardie, Somme River 26 June 1918. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E02595/
Lieutenant Satchell is fifth from the left in the middle row. Lieutenant Arthur Cook, third from left back row. Captain Sadler, fifth from right front row.
Back row, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Percy David Jones MC DCM; Lieutenant (Lt) Hunter Wharton Kirke MC; Lt Aldous Arthur Cooke MM; Lt Martin Hayes MC; Lt Reginald James Fitzroy MC; Lt Edwin Lewis Hall MC.
Middle row: Lt James Thomas Hampson MC (died of wounds 6 October 1918); Lt Frank Oliver Robinson; Lt C Robbins; 2nd Lt Eric Stanley Gordon MC; Lt Wilfred Charles Cundell Satchell MC; Lt John Fisher MC; Lt Frederick Donovan; Lt Henry Armstrong Stokes Hughes MC; Lt Cecil Healy (killed in action 29 August 1918); Lt W D Robertson; Lt John George Vickers MC; Captain (Capt) William Lee Trennery MC; Capt Frederick George Hinds MC; Lt Arthur Douglas Pearce MC.
Front row: Capt Fabian Patrick Dwyer (Chaplain); Capt John Rees Porter (Medical Officer); Lt Cyril Leggatt Sell MC (died of wounds 7 October 1918; Lt Edwin Napier Armit MC; Capt Percy Valentine Storkey VC; Major (Maj) Frank Arthur Stewart Boyden; Maj John Albert Walker; Maj Samuel Albert Middleton DSO (Commanding Officer); Lt Leslie Layton-Smith MC (Adjutant); Capt George Leslie Sadler; Capt Sydney George Nicoll; 2nd Lt Henry Parker McMeekin; Lt Alfred Charles Bird; Lt David Richard Fleming MC. A message on the door of the building reads 'Lights out 8.30'. Lt Cecil Healy won a gold and a silver medal in swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He is the only known Olympian commemorated on the Australian Roll of Honour.
Back row, left to right: Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Percy David Jones MC DCM; Lieutenant (Lt) Hunter Wharton Kirke MC; Lt Aldous Arthur Cooke MM; Lt Martin Hayes MC; Lt Reginald James Fitzroy MC; Lt Edwin Lewis Hall MC.
Middle row: Lt James Thomas Hampson MC (died of wounds 6 October 1918); Lt Frank Oliver Robinson; Lt C Robbins; 2nd Lt Eric Stanley Gordon MC; Lt Wilfred Charles Cundell Satchell MC; Lt John Fisher MC; Lt Frederick Donovan; Lt Henry Armstrong Stokes Hughes MC; Lt Cecil Healy (killed in action 29 August 1918); Lt W D Robertson; Lt John George Vickers MC; Captain (Capt) William Lee Trennery MC; Capt Frederick George Hinds MC; Lt Arthur Douglas Pearce MC.
Front row: Capt Fabian Patrick Dwyer (Chaplain); Capt John Rees Porter (Medical Officer); Lt Cyril Leggatt Sell MC (died of wounds 7 October 1918; Lt Edwin Napier Armit MC; Capt Percy Valentine Storkey VC; Major (Maj) Frank Arthur Stewart Boyden; Maj John Albert Walker; Maj Samuel Albert Middleton DSO (Commanding Officer); Lt Leslie Layton-Smith MC (Adjutant); Capt George Leslie Sadler; Capt Sydney George Nicoll; 2nd Lt Henry Parker McMeekin; Lt Alfred Charles Bird; Lt David Richard Fleming MC. A message on the door of the building reads 'Lights out 8.30'. Lt Cecil Healy won a gold and a silver medal in swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He is the only known Olympian commemorated on the Australian Roll of Honour.
Photomontage presented to Lieutenant Colonel W.K.S. McKenzie DSO by officers of the 19th Battalion who served with the battalion during 1915-1916. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00297.001
Lieutenant W Satchell, second from left, sixth row.
Officers appearing in the photograph and listed left to right and top to bottom are:
TOP ROW: LIEUTENANT (LT) J. F. WEEDON, LT A A. COOKE MM, LT L.R.H. IRVINE, LT A.C. BIRD, LT J.C. BROWNING.
2ND ROW: LT L.P. ISRAEL, LT H.A. CAMDEN DCM, LT D.M. FORSYTH, LT F.P.J. KILLEEN, LT E.M. BRAND, LT L. JONES.
3RD ROW: LT A. DIAMOND, CAPTAIN (CAPT) L.W. BLAKE MC, CAPT F.G. HINDS MC, LT E.S. GORDON MC, LT J.P. FLYNN.
4TH ROW: LT F.B. FORSTER, CAPT H.B. TAYLOR MC, LT COL. W.K.S. MCKENZIE DSO, LT COL. H.M. BEIERS MC, CAPT H.P. MCMEEKIN MC, LT A.L. LILLIE.
5TH ROW: LT L. BRAND DCM, LT D.R. FLEMING MC, CAPT P.V. STORKEY VC, MAJOR F.A.S. BOYDEN, LT L.W.S. SEABORN MC, LT C. NEILSON.
6TH ROW: LT J.J. BLUMER, LT W. SATCHELL MC, CAPT S.G. NICHOL, LT J. FISHER MC, LT R.J. FITZROY MC.
7TH ROW: LT R.J. SWALLOW, CAPT G. SADLER, LT F. BURKE, CAPT W.H. CULLEN, CAPT. A.E. DENT, LT. C. BIRTLES DCM MM.
BOTTOM ROW: LT W. P.C. ANDREW, LT A.D. PEARSE MC.
Officers appearing in the photograph and listed left to right and top to bottom are:
TOP ROW: LIEUTENANT (LT) J. F. WEEDON, LT A A. COOKE MM, LT L.R.H. IRVINE, LT A.C. BIRD, LT J.C. BROWNING.
2ND ROW: LT L.P. ISRAEL, LT H.A. CAMDEN DCM, LT D.M. FORSYTH, LT F.P.J. KILLEEN, LT E.M. BRAND, LT L. JONES.
3RD ROW: LT A. DIAMOND, CAPTAIN (CAPT) L.W. BLAKE MC, CAPT F.G. HINDS MC, LT E.S. GORDON MC, LT J.P. FLYNN.
4TH ROW: LT F.B. FORSTER, CAPT H.B. TAYLOR MC, LT COL. W.K.S. MCKENZIE DSO, LT COL. H.M. BEIERS MC, CAPT H.P. MCMEEKIN MC, LT A.L. LILLIE.
5TH ROW: LT L. BRAND DCM, LT D.R. FLEMING MC, CAPT P.V. STORKEY VC, MAJOR F.A.S. BOYDEN, LT L.W.S. SEABORN MC, LT C. NEILSON.
6TH ROW: LT J.J. BLUMER, LT W. SATCHELL MC, CAPT S.G. NICHOL, LT J. FISHER MC, LT R.J. FITZROY MC.
7TH ROW: LT R.J. SWALLOW, CAPT G. SADLER, LT F. BURKE, CAPT W.H. CULLEN, CAPT. A.E. DENT, LT. C. BIRTLES DCM MM.
BOTTOM ROW: LT W. P.C. ANDREW, LT A.D. PEARSE MC.