ANZAC Q&A - How many men were in a battalion?

Q.   How many men were in an infantry battalion?

A.   At full strength an infantry battalion consisted of 1,037 officers and enlisted men. A battalion was organised into a Battalion Headquarters and four rifle companies, lettered A – D; companies were divided into four platoons numbered sequentially through the battalion from 1 – 16. Battalions were rarely at full strength; on the morning of 10 May 1915, following three days of fighting at Lone Pine, the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion mustered barely 200 men, a number of them wounded.

This and other trivia questions are included in our best selling Great War Educards

Help pass the Anzac legend to the next generation with our fun educards. These questions and answers were created with the help of noted Australian military historian Graham Wilson.