39th Battalion AIF 1916-1919

The 39th Battalion Association was invited to be guest speakers at the annual Waurn Ponds War Memorial (Victoria Australia) service on 5th July. The talks were on the 39th's service in WW1 on the Western Front, it's reformation after the war as civilian militia and the exemplary service in New Guinea and on the Kokoda trail in WW2. A wreath was laid for both 39ths.
A light lunch followed in the hall.
Lest We Forget
Factis Non Verbis - Deeds Not Words
Mud Over Blood.

From the Last Post Association.
The 34000th time the Last Post has been sounded at the Menin Gate in Ypres Belgium. The Gate is a memorial to those service personnel who fell in Flanders in WW1 and have no known grave.
There are 89 from the 39th whose names are listed on the gate who have no known grave.
No one claps, and the visitors remain mostly silent.
Lest We Forget
Factis Non Verbis - Deeds Not Words; Mud Over Blood.

34,000th Last Post Ceremony / 34.000e Last Postplechtigheid Op zondag 21 juni 2026 om 20.00 uur lieten de klaroeners van de Las...

39th aboard a ship, possibly Fremantle on route to UK.

The 39th Battalion Association has been invited to be guest speaker at the Waurn Ponds Memorial service Sunday 5th July 2026, at 10.45am. The talk will highlight the Battalion's service in both world wars.
Waurn Ponds is a rural area just to the south west of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Factis Non Verbis - Deeds Not Words

Katamatite is a very small rural town between Numurkah and Yarrawonga in northern Victoria, Australia. 3 men of the 39th came from the area. It is rare that 39th men came from this area, as the majority of them came from Ballarat and district and western Victoria.
Many thanks to former 39th Association president Alan Jameson and current vice president Dave Howell for the booklet.

Factis Non Verbis - Deeds Not Words.

Anzac Day March Melbourne. It was a fine sunny day, plenty of marchers and spectators.

AWM Last Post Service for Sgt Herman Frederick Bush.
Factis Non Verbis - Deeds Not Words

Sergeant Herman Frederick Bush - 17 April 2026 In the Last Post Ceremony for 17 April, we remember Sergeant Herman Frederick Bush who served Australia in the First World War.The Last Post Ceremony streams...

Today the Australian War Memorial will honour 39th man Sgt 398 Herman Frederick Bush at the Last Post Service. Bush was killed in action 7th June 1917 and is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium.
The service is broadcast live on Youtube from 4.30pm Australian Eastern Time.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKmio2JTTLpxC3gniK1f2IA

Anzac Day in Melbourne arrangements for the 39th AIF.
Form up location is the same as last year. Flinders St east of Swanston St, south side, near the massed banners at the red rectangle. If you are coming please advise me. The more the better.
Please be in place no later than 1030am. Step off is scheduled for 11am but is often earlier if the March is ahead of time.
Look for the banner.
Tim
Factis Non Verbis.