Following the re-organisation of the Australian Army in 1921, the battalion was raised again as a unit of the Citizens Force, known as the Hawthorn–Kew Regiment. [5][32] In February the 39th was ordered to prepare for operations in the Wau area, in anticipation of a further Japanese attack, however, this attack did not eventuate and on 12 March the 39th Battalion embarked for the return journey to Australia. Divisional HQ was based at Eperlecques from 11 April to 7 June 1918; it then went to Wolphus and then Varengeville (from 15 August) and finally Rouen (5 March 1919). The Second Battle of Kemmel++ Following the Armistice the unit began to lose men aas they returned to Australia and it was disbanded in March 1919. Click on the appropriate links below…, https://www.facebook.com/pages/39th-Battalion-AIF/138732539529074, 75th Anniversary of the Kokoda Campaign, Melbourne 26 August 2017. This exercise was code named the "Battle of Corangamite", and was conducted in the Victorian Western District, at the end of October. People of the American Civil War by state, Articles with dead external links from November 2014, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Military units and formations established in 1916, Military units and formations disestablished in 1919, Military units and formations established in 1921, Military units and formations disestablished in 1943, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11226.asp, "AWM4 23/56/1-23/56/36: 39th Battalion, AIF, War Diary – entry for March 1919", http://www.awm.gov.au/diaries/ww1/folder.asp?folder=980, http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11908.asp, "39th Battalion (The Hawthorne–Kew Regiment)", http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20051227053357/regiments.org/regiments/australia/volmil/vic-inf/39HawKew.htm, http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6756&Tab=Uhi&Titl=39%20Infantry%20Battalion, "Some History of the 39th Australian Infantry Battalion", http://www.awm.gov.au/units/people_1080701.asp, "AWM52-8-3-78: 39th Battalion, AMF, War Diary – entry for 10 October 1941", http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/war_diaries/second_world_war/diary.asp?levelID=1012, "AWM52-8-3-78: 39th Battalion, AMF, War Diary – entry for 11 October 1941", "AWM52-8-3-78: 39th Battalion, AMF, War Diary – entry for 9 December 1941", "AWM52-8-3-78: 39th Battalion, AMF, War Diary – entry for 3 July 1943", "Address by Governor General – On the occasion of the raising of the '39th Personnel Support Battalion' – Shrine Of Remembrance, Melbourne – 8 August 2006", http://www.governorgeneral.gov.au/php/speeches/htmlto.php?id=141, http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=21, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/39th_Battalion_(Australia)?oldid=4661059. Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia’s military forces. Nevertheless, they were forced back further towards the high ground at Oivi where they attempted to make a stand while Templeton tried to make contact with battalion headquarters and the rest of the battalion who were spread out further along the track, in order to get more reinforcements.