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South Australian Red Cross Information Bureau SRG 76 Special ________________________________________________________________________ SouthAustralianRedCrossInformationBureau SRG76 Special lists Series 36-37 _______________________________________________________________________ Series 36 : Publications relating to, or used by, the Bureau Statement of enquiries relating to soldiers sick, wounded, missing or killed in action, which can be undertaken by the Red Cross Information Bureau. Issued by the South Australian Bureau. n.d. 1 item, 8 copies. Monthly Leaflet (formerly Monthly Report of Red Cross Work). Published by the Australian Red Cross Society. January 1917 to July/August 1919 (gaps). 22 items. Australian Red Cross Society Leaflet, Quarterly Series No. 1 December 1919. 1 item. Annual reports and other publications of the Australian Red Cross Society and State divisions of it 1915-1919 11 items. Account of the formation of the League of Loyal Women of Australia in Adelaide on 20 July 1915. 1 item. Miscellaneous Australian publications. 1916-1918 and n.d. 3 items. Miscellaneous overseas publications. 1917-1918. 4 items. Lists of military hospitals in the United Kingdom and France. n.d. 3 items. The British Prisoner of War vol. 1 nos. 1-10, vol. 1 no. 12. January-December 1918. Map of the Main Prison Camps in Germany and Austria n.d. 1 item, 3 copies. ABC or Alphabetical Railway Guide....Great Britain. December 1916. 1 volume. British Government telegraphic code and addenda. 1915-1919. 12 items. Red Cross enquiry lists relating to wounded and missing servicemen. July 1917 - May 1919 (incomplete). 27 items including some duplicates. SRG 76/36-37 Special lists Page 1 of 7 ________________________________________________________________________ Series 37 : AIF Nominal rolls: list of units Item no. Name of Unit 1-2 1st Field Ambulance 3-4 2nd Field Ambulance 5-6 3rd Field Ambulance 7-8 4th Field Ambulance 9-10 5th Field Ambulance 11-12 6th Field Ambulance 13-14 7th Field Ambulance 15 8th Field Ambulance 16 9th Field Ambulance 17 10th Field Ambulance 18 11th Field Ambulance 19 1st Divisional Ammunition Column 20-21 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column 22 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column 23 4th Divisional Ammunition Column 24 5th Divisional Ammunition Column 25 AustralianArmyOrdnanceCorps,No.1Company 26 ArmyServiceCorps 27 3rdDivisionalSupplyColumn,MechanicalTransport(26thA.S.C.) 28 300th (M.T.) A.S.C. (17th Divisional Supply Column (9th A.S.C.) 29 301st (M.T.) A.S.C. (17th Divisional Ammunition Park) (8th A.S.C.) 30-31 1stFieldBakeryandButchery(13thA.S.C.) 32 2nd Field Bakery and Butchery (19th A.S.C.) 33 3rd Field Bakery and Butchery (27th A.S.C.) 34 3rd Field Butchery (28th A.S.C.) 35 1st Depot Unit of Supply, 11th A.S.C. 36 2nd Depot Unit of Supply, 11th A.S.C. 37 11th - 15th Depot Unit of Supply A.S.C. 38 1st Divisional Train, 1st - 4th A.S.C. 39 2nd Divisional Train, 15th - 17th A.S.C. and 20th A.S.C. 40 3rd Divisional Train, Nos. 22 - 25 Companies A.S.C. 41 Siege Artillery Brigade. 42 36th Aust. Heavy Artillery Group 43-44 1st Field Artillery Brigade 45 2nd Field Artillery Brigade 46-47 3rd Field Artillery Brigade 48 4th Field Artillery Brigade 49-50 5th Field Artillery Brigade 51 6th Field Artillery Brigade 52-53 7th Field Artillery Brigade 54-55 8th Field Artillery Brigade 56-58 9th Field Artillery Brigade 59 10th Field Artillery Brigade 60 11th Field Artillery Brigade 61 12th Field Artillery Brigade SRG 76/36-37 Special lists Page 2 of 7 ________________________________________________________________________ 62 13th Field Artillery Brigade 63 14th Field Artillery Brigade 64 15th Field Artillery Brigade 64A 21st Howitzer Brigade 65 22nd Howitzer Brigade 66-68 23rd Howitzer Brigade 69 24th Howitzer Brigade 70 25th Howitzer Brigade 71 AustralianFieldArtillery116th-120thHowitzerBatteries 72 LightTrenchMortarBattery 73 MediumTrenchMortarBatteries 74-75 Chaplains 76-77 1st Field Squadron Engineers 78 OfficersforFieldcompanyEngineers 79 FieldCompanyEngineers 80-82 1st Field Company Engineers 83-85 2nd Field Company Engineers 86-88 3rd Field Company Engineers 89-90 4th Field Company Engineers 91-93 5th Field Company Engineers 94-96 6th Field Company Engineers 97-99 7th Field Company Engineers 100-101 8th Field Company Engineers 102-103 9th Field Company Engineers 104-105 10th Field Company Engineers 106 11th Field Company Engineers 107 12th Field Company Engineers 108 13th Field Company Engineers 109 14th Field Company Engineers 110 15th Field Company Engineers 111 FlyingCorps 112-113 No.1SquadronFlyingCorps 114 2ndAustralianFlyingSquadron 115 AustralianFlyingCorpsNo.4Squadron 116-117 1/1st Australian Stationary Hospital, A.A.M.C. 118-119 1/2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, A.A.M.C. 120-121 1st Australian General Hospital (page 1 of 121 missing) 122-123 2nd Australian General Hospital 124-125 3rd Australian General Hospital 126 14th Australian General Hospital (page 9-14 missing) 127-128 1st Australian Clearing Hospital 129-130 No 2AustralianCasualtyClearingStation 131 3rdAustralianCasualtyClearingStation 132 ConvalescentDepot 133-134 Dermatological Hospital 135 A.M.C. Hospital Transports (Kanowna) 136 A.M.C. Hospital Transports (Karoola) 137 4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters SRG 76/36-37 Special lists Page 3 of 7 ________________________________________________________________________ 138 5th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 139 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 140 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 141 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 142 10th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 143 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters 144-146 1st Infantry Battalion 147-148 2nd Infantry Battalion 149-150 3rd Infantry Battalion 151-153 4th Infantry Battalion 154-155 5th Infantry Battalion 156-159 6th Infantry Battalion 160-162 7th Infantry Battalion 163-166 8th Infantry Battalion 167-169 9th Infantry Battalion 170 10th Infantry Battalion 171-172 11th Infantry Battalion 173-176 12th Infantry Battalion 177-180 13th Infantry Battalion 181-184 14th Infantry Battalion 185-186 15th Infantry Battalion 187-191 16th Infantry Battalion 192-194 17th Infantry Battalion 195-197 18th Infantry Battalion 198-200 19th Infantry Battalion 201-204 20th Infantry Battalion 205-207 21st Infantry Battalion 208-211 22nd Infantry Battalion 212-215 23rd Infantry Battalion 216-219 24th Infantry Battalion 220-224 25th Infantry Battalion 225-228 26th Infantry Battalion 229-232 27th Infantry Battalion 233-234 28th Infantry Battalion 235-237 29th Infantry Battalion 238-239 30th Infantry Battalion 240-242 31st Infantry Battalion 243-245 32nd Infantry Battalion 246-247 33rd Infantry Battalion 248-249 34th Infantry Battalion 250-251 35th Infantry Battalion 252-253 36th Infantry Battalion 254-255 37th Infantry Battalion 256-257 38th Infantry Battalion 258-259 39th Infantry Battalion 260-261 40th Infantry Battalion 262-263 41st Infantry Battalion 264-265 42nd Infantry Battalion SRG 76/36-37 Special lists Page 4 of 7 ________________________________________________________________________ 266-267 43rd Infantry Battalion 268-269 44th Infantry Battalion 270 45th Infantry Battalion 271 46th Infantry Battalion 272 48th Infantry Battalion 273 49th Infantry Battalion 274 50th Infantry Battalion 275 51st Infantry Battalion 276 52nd Infantry Battalion 277-278 53rd Infantry Battalion 279-280 54th Infantry Battalion 281-282 55th Infantry Battalion 283 56th Infantry Battalion 284 57th Infantry Battalion 285-286 58th Infantry Battalion 287-288 59th Infantry Battalion 289 60th Infantry Battalion 290 1st Light Horse Brigade Headquarters 291 2nd Light Horse Brigade Headquarters 292 3rd Light Horse Brigade Headquarters 293 4th Light Horse Brigade Headquarters 294-297 1st Light Horse Regiment 298-301 2nd Light Horse Regiment 302-305 3rd Light Horse Regiment (3 copies of 302, duplicate of 303) 306-308 4th Light Horse Regiment 309-312 5th Light Horse Regiment 313-315 6th Light Horse Regiment 316-319 7th Light Horse Regiment (duplicate of 316) 320-322 8th Light Horse Regiment 323-326 9th Light Horse Regiment (3 copies of 323, duplicate of 324) 327-329 10th Light Horse Regiment 330-331 11th Light Horse Regiment 332-333 12th Light Horse Regiment 334-335 13th Light Horse Regiment 336 14th Light Horse Regiment 337-338 1st Light Horse Signal Troop 339-342 2nd Light Horse Signal Troop 343-345 3rd Light Horse Signal Troop 346-347 4th Light Horse Signal Troop 348 1stSignalSquadronEngineers-Headquarters,C&DTroop 349-350 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance 351-352- 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance 353-355 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance 356-357 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance 358 5th Army Service Corps (Light Horse) 359 6th Army Service Corps (Light Horse) 360 12th Army Service Corps (Light Horse) 361 1st Machine Gun Company SRG 76/36-37 Special lists Page 5 of 7 ________________________________________________________________________ 362 2nd Machine Gun Company 363 3rd Machine Gun Company 364 4th Machine Gun Company 365 5th Machine Gun Company 366 6th Machine Gun Company 367 7th Machine Gun Company 368 8th Machine Gun Company 369-370 9th Machine Gun Company 371-372 10th Machine Gun Company 373-374 11th Machine Gun Company 375 12th Machine Gun Company 376 13th Machine Gun Company 377 14th Machine Gun Company 378 15th Machine Gun Company 379-381 No.1MiningCorps 382 No.4TunnelingCompany 383 No.5TunnelingCompany 384-385 No.6TunnelingCompany 386-387 MiningandTunnelingCompany 388-391 Royal AustralianNaval BridgingTrain 392 AustralianArmyPayCorps 393-395 1st Pioneer Battalion 396-397 2nd Pioneer Battalion 398-400 3rd Pioneer Battalion 401 4th Pioneer Battalion 402-403 5th Pioneer Battalion
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