8 Battalion OB 8 August 1918
8 Battalion,with Aus Corp, 4th Army
8 Battalion, had 36 tanks in action on 8th August 1918 (W25):
A Company – Major Blackburn DSO MC
1 Section – Captain Scott (W12bAus)
H1, 9047, 2Lt Gleaves AS
H2, 9331, 2Lt Dover EL
H3, 9114, Cpl Mannock P
2 Section – Captain Robertson (W12bAus)
H4, 9317, 2Lt Vaughton SJJ
H5, 9022, 2Lt Batstone RK
H6, 9012, 2Lt Evans LJ
3 Section – 2 Lt Prentice (W12bAus)
H8, 9324, Sgt Wynni AD
H7, 9015, 2Lt Atherton F
H9, 9045, 2Lt Morgan RE
4 Section – Captain MacFarlane (W12bAus)
H10, 9439, 2Lt Gibson JW
H11, 9054, 2Lt Vickers WA
H12, 9393, 2Lt Eastwood H
B Company
5 section
H23, 9315, 2Lt Sunderland AA
9363, Sgt Brown W
H30, 9058, Lt Hodges HR
6 section - Captain Viveash WH (W14aus) (W8)
H21, 9030, Sgt Mitchell AJ
H29, 9308, 2Lt Hadley SN
H31, 9419, 2Lt Williams AJ
7 section – Captain Hickey DE (S61.p225)
H24, 9007, 2Lt Jefferies SS
H25, 9319, 2Lt Humphreys HW
H32, 9372, 2Lt Few CE
8 section – Lt Glanville (W13aus)
H22, 9008, m or c, 2Lt Browne ML
H28, 9292, f, 2Lt Draper CT
H33, 9183, m or c, 2Lt Jeavons CG
C Company
9 section - Captain Miles (W8)
9199, 2Lt Whittenbury HA
9197, 2Lt Dunlop R
9152, Lt Murry JJ
10 section - Captain De Thierry (W8)
H46, 9026, Lt McDonald J
H47, 9306, 2Lt Wilkinson GH
H51, 9310, Lt Jackson FH
11 section - Captain Hindhaugh (W8)
9198, 2Lt Still HJ
9195, 2Lt Merriman W
H53, 9353, 2Lt Goodge JN
12 section - Captain Rogers (W8)
H57, 9128, Lt Harrap RE
H50, 9416, Sgt McLennan SC
H60, 9385, Sgt Sherwood F
Supply tanks
Supply section – 8th tank [sic] brigade – Capt Westbrook MC
4 infantry supply tanks were attached to 4th Australian brigade (W14aus), all but one were destroyed by fire on the morning of the 7th (W13aus)
1 supply tank was allocated to each infantry battalion. Section commanders Lt Coombs and Lt Birch
Notes
Crew numbers of H3 and H10 educated guesses other crew numbers correct for 4th July 1918.
5 and 6 sections compositions educated guesses.
7 section and H32 Crew numbers and 7 section composition from “Rolling into Action” p225 and p228.
Other crew numbers correct for 4th July 1918, may be incorrect on 8th August.
8 Section composition from 13th AIF Battalions War Diary, the section had 1 male tank, 1 female tank and 1 composite tank (W13aus)
Section allocations educated guesses.