Regimental shade : 19 Infantry Battalion

These hues were presented to 19 Battalion within the early Nineteen Twenties. The battalion became raised at Liverpool in New South Wales in March 1915 as a part of 5 Brigade. a huge number of the 19th's usual recruits had already served with the Australian Naval and military Expeditionary force (AN&MEF) in the operations to trap German New Guinea in 1914. The battalion left Australia in late June, informed in Egypt from late July except mid-August, and on 21 August landed at ANZAC Cove.

At Gallipoli the battalion participated in the remaining action of the August Offensive - the attack on Hill 60 - earlier than settling into shielding hobbies in the trenches. From mid-September, until its withdrawal from the peninsula on the night of 19 December, the battalion changed into liable for the defence of Pope's Hill. After additional practising in Egypt, 19 Battalion proceeded to France. It took half in its first most important offensive around Pozières between late July and the conclusion of August 1916. After a spell in a quieter sector of the entrance in Belgium, the 2nd Division, which blanketed the fifth Brigade, got here south once again in October. The battalion attacked close Flers between 14 and 16 November, in situations that Charles Bean described because the worst ever encountered via the AIF.

In 1917, the nineteenth was concerned in the observe-up of German forces after their retreat to the Hindenburg Line, and was one in every of 4 battalions to defeat a counter-stroke via a German force, pretty much five instances as effective, at Lagincourt. The battalion took half in three important battles before the year was out, 2d Bullecourt (3-4 may) in France, and Menin street (20-22 September) and Poelcappelle (9-10 October) in Belgium. The spring of 1918 introduced a big German offensive that the 19th Battalion helped to stop. For his actions during the combating around Hangard wood on 7 April, Lieutenant Percy Storkey turned into awarded the Victoria cross. With this final determined offensive defeated, the 19th participated within the battles that pushed the German military ever nearer to defeat: Amiens on 8 August, the legendary attack on Mont St Quentin on 31 August, and the forcing of the Beaurevoir Line around Montbrehain on 3 October.

Montbrehain became the battalion's last combat. The casualties of 1918, mixed with lengthy-term leave for 1914 enlistees, and dwindling new enlistments had sapped the power of the AIF. On 10 October 1918 19 Battalion changed into disbanded to make stronger other battalions in the brigade.