13 Battalion OB 8 August 1918

13 Battalion, with 3^rd and 5^th Australian Divisions, Aus Corp, 4^th Army

13 Battalion had 35 tanks in action on 8^th 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 8^th Australian infantry Brigade, two each to the 30^th and 31^st battalions and one to the 32^nd 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 9^th Australian Brigade’s war diary. ^(w8baus)

Note

9382 name from 23 August 1918 Battle History Sheet in 2^nd 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/

13 Battalion 8 August 1918