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Origin State: | South Australia |
| Division: | 2nd Australian Infantry Division | |
| Brigade: | 7th Infantry Brigade | |
| Commanders: | Lieutenant Colonel W. Dollman Lieutenant Colonel J.C.F Slane Lieutenant Colonel F.R. Chalmers |
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| Victoria Cross Winners: | Nil | |
On the 5th July, 1998 a soldier from this battalion was buried with full military honours at the British Cemetery at Courcelette. Private Russell George Bosisto, 27th Battalion AIF, was killed in Action 4th August 1916 and listed as missing in action. His bodied was discovered by a farmer 82 years after his death. |
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| Reinforcements | Battle Honours: Egypt,Gallipoli,Western Front |
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Formed South Australia April 1915 Departed Adelaide Geelong
31 May 1915 1st Reinforcements departed Adelaide Geelong 31 May 1915 2nd Reinforcements departed Adelaide Kanowna 24 June 1915 3rd Reinforcements departed Adelaide Morea 26 August 1915 4th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Star of England 21 September 1915 5th Reinforcements departed Fremantle Themistocles 13 October 1915 6th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Benalla 27 October 1915 7th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Medic 12 January 1916 8th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Borda 11 January 1916 9th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Miltiades 7 February 1916 10th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Mongolia 9 March 1916 11th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Shropshire 25 March 1916 12th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Aeneas 11 April 1916 and Bulla 24 June 1916 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Barambah 27 June 1916 14th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Ballarat 12 August 1916 15th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Anchises 28 August 1916 16th Reinforcements departed Fremantle Port Melbourne 30 October 1916 17th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Afric 7 April 1916 18th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Berrima 23 December 1916 19th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Miltiades 24 January 1917 20th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas 30 October 1917, |
Suvla, Gallipoli 1915 Egypt 1915-16 Somme 1916-18 Pozieres, Bapaume 1917 Bullecourt, Ypres 1917 Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodeseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Ancre 1918 Amiens, Albert 1918 Mont St Quentin, Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, France and Flanders 1916-18 |