8 Battalion OB 8 August 1918

8 Battalion,with Aus Corp, 4^th Army

8 Battalion, had 36 tanks in action on 8^th 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 – 8^th tank [sic] brigade – Capt Westbrook MC

4 infantry supply tanks were attached to 4^th 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 4^th 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 4^th July 1918, may be incorrect on 8^th August.

8 Section composition from 13^th AIF Battalions War Diary, the section had 1 male tank, 1 female tank and 1 composite tank ^(W13aus)

Section allocations educated guesses.

8 Battalion 8 August 1918