11th FIELD COMPANY
AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

DEDICATION
To the Memory of Those Who Fell.

PREFACE.

This History of the doings of a Field Company of AustralianEngineers, this little book about a little unit in the Great War,has been written of the Company, by the Company, for theCompany.

It lays no claim to interest the outsider, but does hope toprovide a framework on which the old member of the unit canbuild up memories of his days in the field with the A.I.F. Memoriesboth grave and gay; mention of a dugout at so-and-so mayrecall that the job cost the life of a mate; the name of a villagemay raise a smile at the recollection of some good jest so likelyto be conceived when high-spirited men are gathered together.The framework is admittedly bare, and the tale might have beenmade much longer, but it is necessary to restrict the cost ofprinting in order that the intention may be realised, of distributingat the expense of regimental funds one copy to every manwhose name appears on the muster roll. The unit records showthe address of the next-of-kin in Australia of every man, and tothis address a copy is to be posted. The same considerations ofexpense prevent the inclusion of maps, but it is hoped that almostevery home in Australia will possess a map of the war zone inFrance, to which reference can be made.

Bernapré, Somme, France.
March, 1919.