16th Battalion Unit Plaque
- Appointment
- Unit Plaques
- Unit
- 16 Battalion
- Plaque number
- L419
- Co-located plaques
- L419A - 2/16th Battalion Unit Plaque
- Dedicated by
- 16th Battalion Association on 17 April 1966
- More information
The 16th Australian Infantry Battalion Association dedicated the Honour Plaque on 17 April 1966. The Association’s Honour Plaque is one of ten unit plaques placed in the Kings Park Honour Avenues on that date following invitations sent to a number of unit associations, some of whom declined the offer. Prior to this, the only unit plaque in the Avenues was the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australian (now the Returned and Services League) Subiaco Sub-Branch plaque dedicated in 1920.
Raised in Western Australian and South Australia from 16 September 1914, the Battalion served in Gallipoli, landing on the afternoon of 25 April 1915. The Battalion was withdrawn to Egypt in December 1915 and sent to the Western Front in France in June 1916. After the Armistice was agreed on 11 November 1918, soldiers from the Battalion were progressively demobilised and the Battalion disbanded.
On the Australian War Memorial’s (AWM) website, the Battalion’s Nominal Roll lists 3,778 soldiers and the Roll of Honour 1,182 soldiers. A brief history of the Battalion also can be found on the Website.
The plaque predates the 16th Battalion Memorial which is located in the vicinity of the State War Memorial in Kings Park and was unveiled on 14 September 2003 by the Governor, Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC, and consecrated by the 16th Battalion Chaplain.
The soldiers of the 16th Australian Infantry Battalion are remembered with honour.
The list of individual honour plaques for members of the Battalion can be found by searching the Search Tools /Filter by Unit sort function and selecting 16 Battalion from the pull-down menu on the plaques database homepage.