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Light horse field ambulance#Camel cacolet

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A light horse field ambulance was an Australian World War I military unit whose purpose was to provide medical transport and aid to the wounded and sick soldiers of an Australian Light Horse brigade. Light horse field ambulance units served in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) as part of the Australian Army Medical Corps.{{Cite web |date=30 June 2022 |title=Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I |url=https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/australian-imperial-force/army-medical-corps |access-date=13 October 2024 |website=Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA) Anzac Portal |publisher=Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA) |place=Brisbane, Australia}}

Typically a Lieutenant Colonel commanded each ambulance. All officers of the ambulance were medical doctors or surgeons. Dental units were often attached to the ambulance as well.

An ambulance consisted of two sections, the Mobile and the Immobile. The Mobile Section travel with its brigade into combat, where it would establish a Dressing Station. It use stretchers or carts to retrieve the wounded and transport them to the Dressing Station. The Immobile Section established and operated a Receiving Station, which received the wounded the Dressing Station sent on. The ambulance's surgeons would operate on the wounded at the Receiving Station. From the Receiving Station, the sick and wounded would go first to the Casualty Clearing Station and ultimately to a Base Hospital.

Transport

The light horse field ambulances operated during the Gallipoli campaign and in the Middle East theatre: Egypt, the Sinai peninsula, Palestine and Syria. The methods used to transport the wounded had to operate effectively in the sandy, dusty environment.

; Stretcher: As in infantry field ambulances, stretchers were used for transport over short distances, rough terrain or when enemy fire prevented the safe employment of bearer animals.

; Cycle stretcher: These were unpopular and ineffective; after the Gaza battles the forces abandoned the use of cycle stretchers.

; Sand cart: The mainstay of the transport section was the sand cart. It featured wide steel rims and was designed be able to carry three stretchers over soft sand. Six horses or mules provided the motive power. The sand cart was poorly suited to operating on the hard, rough ground of Palestine and Syria, and breakdowns were frequent.

; Sand sledge: Used to transport one stretcher case over sand; two horses pulled the sledge.

; Light ambulance wagon: Drawn by a four horse team, the light ambulance wagon was designed by Surgeon Colonel W.D.C. Williams. Wagons of this type were taken to Egypt by some of the field ambulance units during the early days of World War I.Image:Cacolet AWM J02848.jpg

; {{anchor|Camel cacolet}}Camel cacolet: The camel cacolet was used to carry wounded over long distances on rough terrain impassable to wheeled transport. There were two types of cacolet: the sitting and the lying down type. One camel would carry two patients, one on either side of the camel's hump.

Units during World War I

Three Australian light horse field ambulance units remained in active service throughout WWI.{{Cite web |title=Order of Battle |url=https://aif.adfa.edu.au/OrderOfBattle/index.html |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=aif.adfa.edu.au}} Additional units were established and disbanded at several points during the war. By the end of WWI, the AIF had five light horse field ambulances in active service.

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|+Australian Imperial Force (AIF) light horse field ambulance units serving in WWI

!Unit

!Established

!Theatres of conflict

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1st Light Horse Field Ambulance

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|18 August 1914; New South Wales, Australia{{Cite web |title=1st Light Horse Field Ambulance |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/181 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=vwma.org.au |language=English}}

|Egypt; Gallipoli; Sinai Peninsula; Palestine

|Unit served throughout WWI.

2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance

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|September 1914; Queensland, Australia{{Cite web |title=2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/276 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=vwma.org.au |language=English}}

|Egypt; Gallipoli; Sinai Peninsula; Palestine

|Unit served throughout WWI.

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance

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|02 October 1914; Queensland, Australia{{Cite web |title=3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/237 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=vwma.org.au |language=English}}

|Egypt; Gallipoli; Sinai Peninsula; Palestine

|Unit served throughout WWI.

4th Light Horse Field Ambulance (1)

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|May-June 1915; Queensland, Australia

|Egypt

|Disbanded March 1916

4th Light Horse Field Ambulance (2)

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|18 February 1917; Moascar, Egypt{{Cite web |title=4th Light Horse Field Ambulance |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/318 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=vwma.org.au |language=English}}

|Egypt; Palestine

|Unit served from 1917 until end of WWI.

Camel Field Ambulance

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|February 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242458602 |title=CAMEL FIELD AMBULANCE |newspaper=The Herald |issue=12,704 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 February 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}

|Sinai Peninsula; Palestine

|Renamed 5th Light Horse Field Ambulance; June 1918

5th Light Horse Field Ambulance

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|June 1918{{Cite web |title=5th Light Horse Field Ambulance |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/1649 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=vwma.org.au |language=English}}

|Palestine

|Unit served from 1918 until end of WWI.

WWI Military awards and decorations

Military decorations were awarded to a number of WWI personnel serving in the Australian light horse field ambulance units. Although the light horse field ambulance units were part of the AIF, decorations were awarded under the British system of honours as Australia's system of honours would not be established until 1975.{{Cite web |title=Honours timeline |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/honours-and-symbols/australian-honours-system/honours-timeline |access-date=13 October 2024 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |publisher=Australian Government}}

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|+WWI Military decorations awarded to the Australian light horse field ambulance (LHFA) service personnel

! rowspan="2" style="border-color:inherit;" | Honour/Award

! rowspan="2" style="border-color:inherit;" | Rank, name (service number)

! rowspan="2" style="border-color:inherit;" | Unit

! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Date announced

style="text-align:center;" | Australian Gazette

! style="text-align:center;" | London Gazette

rowspan="5" style="border-color:inherit;" | Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

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| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Major William Angus Fraser

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 3rd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 4 October 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232449708 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=169 |location=Australia, Australia |date=4 October 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=2626 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=William Angus Fraser |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1542737 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 4 June 1917

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Lieutenant-Colonel John Robert McNeil Beith

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 25 March 1920{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232516292 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=30 |location=Australia, Australia |date=25 March 1920 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=391 |via=National Library of Australia}}

{{Cite web |title=John Robert McNeil Beith |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1539026 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 12 December 1919

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Lieutenant-Colonel Mylles Wysmarus Cave

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 25 March 1920{{Cite web |title=Mylles Wysmarus Cave |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1539257 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 12 December 1919

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Major Clive Vallack Single

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 4th LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 06 October 1919{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232512401 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=113 |location=Australia, Australia |date=6 October 1919 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=1462 |via=National Library of Australia}}

{{Cite web |title=Clive Vallack Single |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1537648 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 3 June 1919

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Eugene Macdonald Stuart

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 3rd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 06 October 1919{{Cite web |title=Gerald Eugene Macdonald Stuart |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1537654 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 3 June 1919

style="border-color:inherit;" | Military Cross (MC)

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| style="border-color:inherit;" | Captain Colin Anderson

| 4th LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 23 May 1919{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232511575 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=61 |location=Australia, Australia |date=23 May 1919 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=890 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Colin Anderson |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1539631 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| 1 January 1919

rowspan="8" style="border-color:inherit;" | Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)

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| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private George Laurie Peel (913)

| 3rd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 24 February 1916{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232468003 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=28 |location=Australia, Australia |date=24 February 1916 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=457 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=George Laurie Peel |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1542593 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 29 November 1915

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private Finlay O'Neill McRae (1775)

| 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 24 February 1916{{Cite web |title=Finlay O'Neill McRae |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1506806 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 29 November 1915

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private Arthur John Vines (902)

| 3rd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 24 February 1916{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232468003 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=28 |location=Australia, Australia |date=24 February 1916 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=458 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Arthur John Vines |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1541688 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 29 November 1915

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Sergeant William Henry Storey (64)

| 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232453553 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=62 |location=Australia, Australia |date=19 April 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=923 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=William Henry Storey |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1546834 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 14 November 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Sergeant John Ware Robinson (838)

| 3rd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 21 August 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232472229 |title=Government Gazette Notices |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=133 |location=Australia, Australia |date=21 August 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=1786 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=John Ware Robinson |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1542112 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 26 April 1917

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Sergeant Robert Henry Lewis (825)

| 3rd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 20 December 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232450355 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=219 |location=Australia, Australia |date=20 December 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=3375 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Robert Henry Lewis |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1540757 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 16 August 1917

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Staff Sergeant Charles Warden (3)

| 4th LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 23 May 1918{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232464566 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=76 |location=Australia, Australia |date=23 May 1918 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=1123 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Charles Warden |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1523894 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 22 October 1917

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Staff Sergeant James Edward Sleeman (567)

| 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 4 February 1919{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232510844 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=15 |location=Australia, Australia |date=4 February 1919 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=125 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=James Edward Sleeman |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1546522 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 3 September 1918

rowspan="13" | Military Medal (MM)

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| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private Francis George Ridge (2712)

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 4th LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 14 December 1916{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232455971 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=184 |location=Australia, Australia |date=14 December 1916 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=3381 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Francis George Ridge |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1527361 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 21 September 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Driver Hector Thomson (482)

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232453553 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=62 |location=Australia, Australia |date=19 April 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=918 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Hector Thomson |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1548666 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 21 October 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Driver Thomas Mahoney (527)

| 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{Cite web |title=Thomas Mahoney |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1546718 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 21 October 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Driver Charles Alexander James Crawford (529)

| 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{Cite web |title=Charles Alexander James Crawford |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1547183 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 21 October 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Driver Cecil George Audley Done (4261)

| 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{Cite web |title=Cecil George Audley Done |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1550291 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 21 October 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private William John Gordon Davis (9388)

| 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{Cite web |title=William John Gordon Davis |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1541470 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 21 October 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Corporal Thomas Vincent Brennan (565)

| 2nd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232453553 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=62 |location=Australia, Australia |date=19 April 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=924 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Thomas Vincent Brennan |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1546056 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 01 December 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private William Robertson (26)

| 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 April 1917{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232453553 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=62 |location=Australia, Australia |date=19 April 1917 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=925 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=William Robertson |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1529675 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 14 December 1916

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private Arthur John Bennett (955)

| 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 07 August 1918{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232462063 |title=Government Gazette Notices |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=120 |location=Australia, Australia |date=7 August 1918 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=1657 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Arthur John Bennett |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1543278 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 March 1918

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Driver Septimus Flint (6051)

| 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 07 August 1918{{Cite web |title=Septimus Flint |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1544012 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 March 1918

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Driver Eric Holloway (15506)

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 07 August 1918{{Cite web |title=Eric Holloway |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1506584 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 19 March 1918

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Lance Sergeant Ernest Kitson Thorpe (3865)

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 4th LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 17 October 1919{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232512508 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=119 |location=Australia, Australia |date=17 October 1919 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=1529 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Ernest Kitson Thorpe |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1524927 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 3 July 1919

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Private William Phillips Whittlesea (2830)

| 3rd LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 17 October 1919{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232512508 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=119 |location=Australia, Australia |date=17 October 1919 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=1531 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=William Phillips Whittlesea |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1528781 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 3 July 1919

rowspan="2" | Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)

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| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Trooper Harold Shove Thirkell (16659)

| 1st LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 27 November 1918{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232462909 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=185 |location=Australia, Australia |date=27 November 1918 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=2264 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Harold Shove Thirkell |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1505556 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 16 July 1918

style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Sergeant Christopher Standring (519)

| 4th LHFA

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 06 October 1919{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232512401 |title=Government Gazette Proclamations and Legislation |newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette |issue=113 |location=Australia, Australia |date=6 October 1919 |accessdate=13 October 2024 |page=1463 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Cite web |title=Christopher Standring |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1544618 |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.awm.gov.au |language=en}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | 03 June 1919

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