14th Infantry (Hunter River)

14th INFANTRY REGIMENT. (Hunter River)

Pre Word War One

"Compulsory Military Training Scheme that was introduced in 1910, which was directly responsible for expanding the Citizens Forces by up to 50 percent in the three years prior to the outbreak of World War I. Undoubtedly, the scheme proved to have numerous benefits, as many of these youths went on to serve in the First AIF during World War I and the expanded organisation allowed citizens forces officers more experience in commanding formed bodies of men. However, it was the main factors contributing to the decision to recruit the AIF on the basis of voluntary enlistment. Because the army in 1914 was largely made up of young men aged between 19 and 21 who had been enlisted under this scheme, and due to the provisions of the Defence Act that precluded sending conscripts overseas, upon the outbreak of the war it was necessary for the Australian government to raise a separate force, outside of the Citizens Forces organisation for service overseas."

Wikipedia

"A" Company; Armidale, Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Hillgrove, Uralla, and Inverell. "B" Company; West Maitland. "C" Company; Singleton, Scone, Muswellbrook. "D" Company; East Maitland, Morpeth, Raymond Terrace. "E" Company; Kurri Kurri, Weston, Abermain, Cessnock. "F" Company; Tamworth, Quirindi, Gunnedah. "G" Company; Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Inverell, Narrabri, Moree. "H" Company; West Maitland, East Greta, Dungog, Greta, Branxton.

Lieutenant Colonel: Clifford Russell RICHARDSON. MC Armidale, N.S.W. (A Company Captain 14th Infantry)

Captain: Clifford Russell RICHARDSON. A Company 14th Infantry.

Captain: Clarence Smith JEFFRIES. + V.C. Colliery Survey Manager. Abermain. N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Captain: Ray WOLSTENHOLME. (C Company 14th Infantry) Clerk, West Maitland, N.S.W.

Lieutenant: James Clement BURGES. + French Master, East Maitland High School, N.S.W. (Captain B Company and Commanding Officer 14th Infantry 1911-1916) Captained the Winning Company, Senior Cadets, Brigade Championship, 1911-12, 1912-13

Senior Cadet: Sydney Thomas RATCLIFFE. West Maitland. N.S.W. (B Company 14th Infantry)

Lieutenant: 777 George Edward HODGES. Coal Miner, Cessnock, N.S.W. (E Company 14th Infantry)

Lieutenant: 530 James Adam PURCELL. Coal Miner, Neath via Cessnock, N.S.W. ( E Company - 14th Infantry)

Lieutenant: 917 Thomas WILLIAMS. Clerk from Stanford Merthry, N.S.W (14th Infantry)

Lieutenant: 2181 Rex Bernard YORK. Storeman, Singleton, N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

2nd Lieutenant: 1124 William Henry GLOSSOP. + M.M. Engineman, Aberdare, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

2nd Lieutenant: 1268 William "Billy" WAND. + Labourer, Vere, Singleton, N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

Armorer Sergeant: 817 Albert Edward KIRK. Cessnock, N.S.W. (E Company 14th Infantry)

Sergeant :15 Vincent Lawrence ANDREWS. M.M. Clerk, Abermain, N.S.W. (E Company 14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 1073 John BAILLIE. M.S.M. Law Clerk, Cessnock. N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 1117 Alfred George ELLIS. Labourer, Abernathy, N.S.W. (H Company-14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 2313 Michael James GLEESON. Wharf Labourer, Carrington, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 793 Frank HILL. East Greta, N.S.W. (14th Infantry) C Company 35th BN

Sergeant: 2336 George Ross JOHNSTON. Iron Monger, West Maitland, N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 1197 Andrew McCALLUM. M.M. Aberdare, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 1286 Michael NEYLON. Labourer, East Maitland, N.S.W. (D Company-14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 552 Thomas SCOTT. Labourer, Abermain, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 2170 John Vincent TWOMEY. M.M. Painter, Singleton, N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

Sergeant: 1272 Frederick Joseph WORRAD. Railway Porter, Scone, N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

Corporal: 74 Thomas GILMOUR. Bricklayer, West Maitland, N.S.W. (B Company-14th Infantry)

Corporal: 813 Bartholomew JOHNSON. MM. + Bread Carter, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Corporal: 497 William Geoffrey MORAN. Mine Fireman, East Maitland, N.S.W. (D Company-14th Infantry)

Lance Corporal: 1090 Matthew CARROLL. Carpenter, Cessnock, N.S.W. ( E Company - 14th Infantry)

Lance Corporal: 2301 Harlie Muir ECKFORD. Mercer, West Maitland, N.S.W. (C Company - 14th Infantry as Second Lieutenant))

Lance Corporal: 2435 Walter George YORK. Railway Cleaner, West Maitland, N.S.W. (B Company-14th Infantry)

Lance Corporal: 926 John Buchanan YOUNG.+ Labourer, Weston, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1783 Frederick Clarence ABRAMS. Carpenter, West Maitland, N.S.W. (B Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 11898 Kenneth Samuel ALLEN. Traveler, Cessnock, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1053 Clyde ANDERSON. (14th Infantry)

Private: 2521 Clarence Leslie BIRD. + Farmer, East Maitland, N.S.W. (D Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 5119 Hubert BLACKWELL. West Maitland, N.S.W. (B Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 2524 Eric Sinclair BOSWORTH. Dungog, N.S.W. (H Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1792 Eric Roy BOURKE. Singleton, N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1793 Arthur Stanton BOWD. Scone, N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 3017 Walter BUTTON. (14th Infantry)

Private: 1801 Albert Joseph CLARK. + Bootmaker, Muswellbrook. N.S.W. (C Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1088 Benjamin James COULSON. Miner West Maitland, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private: 388 Charles Percy COULTON. + Wheeler, East Greta N.S.W. (H Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 7869 Henry Charles CRIDLAND. Railway Porter,

Private: 742 Clifford Reginal DAVIES. + Labourer, Cessnock, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1481 Evan Archibald "Archie" DAVIES. + Kurri Kurri, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 745 Alfred DIFFORD. Labourer, Weston, N.S.W. ( E Company - 14th Infantry)

Private: 420 Cyril Clive ELLIS. Carpenter, Adamstown, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private: 427 Martin James FARRELL. Coal Miner, Sawyer's Gully, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private: 7477 Charles Wilfred FORSTER. Pastry Cook, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry) 25th Reinforcements 13th Battalion AIF.

Private: 2571 Harold GOODWIN. Wheeler, Pelaw Main, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private: 80 Arthur Edward GUILE. Shift man, Pelaw Main, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private: 81 Reginald James HACKETT. Dealer, Horse Shoe Bend, N.S.W. (B Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 6342 Archibald HARDEN. Butcher, Cessnock, N.S.W. (E Company 14th Infantry)

Private: 456 Alexander Roy HATCHER. + Wheeler, Branxton. N.S.W. (H Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 457 Mervyn Clarence HATCHER. Wheeler, Branxton. N.S.W. (H Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1144 Thomas Harry HATCHER. + Wheeler, Branxton. N.S.W. (H Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 787 Richard HILL jnr. + Labourer, Aberdare, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1147 Kenneth Euen Livingstone HORDER. Coal Miner, Cessnock. N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 2584 Alfred William Charles HUGHES. Shop Boy, East Maitland, N.S.W. (D Company Senior Cadets)

Private: 2166 John HUSBAND. Wheeler, Aberdare. N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 800 William Ernest JARVIS. M.M. Labourer, Weston, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 853 William MCKERSIE. Labourer, Carrington, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private 859 John Melville NORTHEY. Labourer, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private: 859 John Ray NOWLAND. Carpenter, Fry Brother at Cessnock, N.S.W. (D Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 875 James Geoffrey PARKER. + Miner, Kurri, Kurri, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1228a Albert Raymond RECKENBERG. Bushman, Abermain, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 3185 Charles SAMPSON. Gardener, Newtown, N.S.W. (14th Infantry)

Private: 548 Elijah Vincent SAVAGE. Wheeler, East Greta, N.S.W. (H Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 1239 Thomas William SMITH. Coal Miner, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W. (E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 562 Joseph William SPEARS. Hairdresser, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W. ( E Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 2159 Robert Edward James SPINKS. Wheeler, Singleton, N.S.W. (A Company-14th Infantry)

Private: 908 Charles Herbert TAYLOR. Junior Porter, West Maitland N.S.W. (B Company-14th Infantry)

Senior Cadet: F Pierce. (14th Infantry)

Senior Cadet: Sydney Thomas RATCLIFFE. West Maitland. N.S.W. (B Company 14th Infantry) 1911-1912 Senior Cadet Brigade Champions.

14th Battalion Militia

Hebburn Men. Back Row: Ted Bartlett, Jack [Dires], Sid Phillips, Don Bailey. Front Row: Ern Jarvis M.M., Reg Norris [...?]

Newcastle Living Histories

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Tuesday 23 May 1916, page 6

CESSNOCK. Special Empire services were hold in St. John's Church of England on Sunday. The evening service was the principal one, and was conducted by the rector, the Rev. Reay Campbell, assisted by the Rev. G. B. Stephenson and Mr. J. Jacobs, B.A., honorary lay reader. The Area 14B Cadet Band, under Staff Sergeant-Major Jones, was In attendance and marched from tile railway station, playing patriotic music en route. The church was packed to its fullest capacity, and many were unable to gain admittance. The preacher delivered a most eloquent address, and chose his text from Isaiah xiv., 16th verse: "Is this the man who made the world tremble, and destroyed the cities thereof." Appropriate hymns were rendered by the choir, under Choirmaster Mr. W. Gray. Mrs. H. Weatherall officiated at the organ. The service concluded with tile singing of the National Anthem, to the accompaniment of the hand. A public meeting was held in the "Cinema" Picture Theatre on Sunday morning to make arrangements for the reception of Private F. Brown, who is shortly to arrive home from the front, and who has had the misfortune to lose a leg. There was a large attendance, and a strong committee were chosen. The office-bearers are : President, Mr A Biggers; secretary, Mr. E. King; treasurer, Mr J Curery. It is expected that tile committee will become a permanent reception body, and remain' in existence during the currency of the war. Councillor Tulloch presided over a meeting of the Cessnock War Service Committee at the Cessnock Council Chambers on Friday evening. Mr. W. M . Buchanan, chief recording officer of the State Recruiting Council, delivered an address on the need of speeding up the war service work and the methods that might be adopted. Mr. A. L. Skelton, shire clerk, tendered his resignation as secretary of the committee, and Mr. R. J. Winning was appointed to the vacancy. As the accommodation at the Shire Chamber was limited, it was decided that the matter of securing a new place of meeting be .left in the hands of Messrs. Winning, Kearsley and Cain. A resolution was adopted asking the shire council to give hearty co-operation towards the formation of sub-committees in important centres to work in conjunction with the war service committee. It was also decided to ask the shire council to procure a motor bicycle, either by hire or purchase, for the recruiting sergeant. The recruiting movement came up for discussion at the Cessnock Shire Council meeting yesterday, and councillors were rather outspoken regarding certain statements made by the recording certain of the State Recruiting Council. In view of the fact that nothing should be done to hamper the progress of recruiting it is just as well not to detail the discussion, but it is a matter for regret that recent arrangements were not carried out on smoother lines by the officer representing the State Council.

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