13 Battalion OB 8 August 1918
13 Battalion, with 3rd and 5th Australian Divisions, Aus Corp, 4th Army
13 Battalion had 35 tanks in action on 8th August 1918 (W21):
A Company – Major Pape (H13a)
9158, 2Lt Smith AE
9273, 2Lt Rostron HM
9089, 2Lt Plews AE
9149, 2Lt Challis TA
9095, 2Lt Cooper G
9143, 2Lt King A
9070, Cpl Ainsworth H MM
9115, "Mephistopheles", 2Lt Handley AC
9086, Cpl Dyer
Section - Captain Hawkins (H13a)
9023, Sgt Child
9091, 2Lt Gray GG
Plus possibly one of the tanks listed above
Section - Captain Black
3 of the tanks listed above
B Company – Maj Griffin FD (H13a)
5 Section
9062, 2Lt Fraser AR
9087, m, 2Lt Rawlinson J
9441, 2Lt Edward GA
6Section
9084, m, 2Lt Smith AC
9081, m, 2Lt Maitland VK
9124, m, 2Lt Pain A
7 Section
9033, “Mudslosher”, 2Lt Hall RH
9051, 2Lt Anderson R
9346, 2Lt Copland H
8 Section
9079, 2Lt Bale TW
9165, 2Lt Mayo HH
9386, f, 2Lt Yeo PD
Captains Baker and Hill both in charge of sections of this company
C Company
9 Section – Capt Walker
9097, m, 2Lt Bennett A
9055, m, 2Lt Litchfield H
9382, “Mabel”, f, 2Lt Gill RH
10 and or 11 Section
9050, 2Lt Milliken J
9135, 2Lt Passells WE
9388, 2Lt Ribchester WA
9449, 2Lt Innes A
9131, 2Lt Rogers NI
9188, 2Lt Evans GA
12 Section
9082, 2Lt Fennimore
9014, 2Lt Seddon J
9443, 2Lt Dower T
Supply tanks
5 supply tanks (Gun Carriers) allotted to the 8th Australian infantry Brigade, two each to the 30th and 31st battalions and one to the 32nd Battalion. (W31Aus)
116, “Dublin”
122, “Darlington”, Lt Ashford W
120, “Elswick”, 2Lt Scott T
125, “Ely”
104, “Folkstone”, Capt Sunnocks C
Details of stores carried can be found in the GC lists or in 9th Australian Brigade’s war diary. (w8baus)
Note
9382 name from 23 August 1918 Battle History Sheet in 2nd Battalions War Diary (W2)
9033 name from 9th August records.
Section allocations based on Hamel BHS. Some educated guesswork involved. See Hamel narrative for discussion.
9115 name from photograph: http://landships.activeboard.com/t51439743/allied-mephisto/