51st Battalion Unit Plaque
- Appointment
- Unit Plaques
- Unit
- 51 Battalion
- Plaque number
- L422
- Co-located plaques
- L422A - 11th Battalion Unit Plaque
- Dedicated by
- 51st Battalion Association on 17 April 1966
- More information
The 51st Australian Infantry Battalion Association dedicated the honour plaque on 17 April 1966. The plaque is one of ten unit plaques placed in the Kings Park Honour Avenues on that date following invitations sent to a number of unit associations, some of whom declined the offer. Prior to this, the only unit plaque in the Avenues was the Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Imperial League of Australian (now the Returned and Services League) Subiaco Sub-Branch plaque dedicated in 1920.
Raised in Egypt in March 1916, the 51st Battalion was predominantly composed of men from Western Australia, many of whom had previously served with the 11th Australian Infantry Battalion which was also predominantly a Western Australian raised battalion. After serving on the Western Front, the 51st Battalion was disbanded on 5 May 1919.
On the Australian War Memorial’s (AWM) website, the Battalion’s Nominal Roll lists 3,028 soldiers and the Roll of Honour 919 soldiers. A brief history of the Battalion also can be found on the Website.
The soldiers of the 51st Australian Infantry Battalion are remembered with honour.
The list of individual Honour Plaques for members of the Battalion can be found by searching the Search Tools /Filter by Unit sort function and selecting 51 Battalion from the pull-down menu on the plaques database homepage.