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3rd Division (Australia)

I am requesting that this article be peer reviewed as I would like to see what it might require to take it up to GA status. Also, I freely admit to writing this one quickly, so I feel it needs a few pairs of eyes to find typos and grammatical errors (for which I humbly apologise in advance). Cheers. AustralianRupert (talk) 12:28, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Farawayman

I have restricted my comments to the WWI part only. Some observations:

  • Possibly add: 24 / 25 March 1918 - Division was moved from R&R first to Doullens under command of X Corps and then later placed under Congreve's VII Corps command at Amiens.
  • Consider: 30 March: 11 Bde: ".....Australian commander estimating German losses to be in the "thousands" - Monash says 3,000.
  • Consider: 28 March: 3 Div lost 9th Bde to 61st Div and on 29th March received 15th Bde to replace the 9th Bde.
  • Possibly add sub-heading for 8 August actions: "Battle of Amiens," as this and Passchendaele Ridge can be considered to be the most important actions the Division was involved in WWI. Adding further sub-headings in the WWI section based on specific known actions or places could make the long section more readable.
  • Consider: 8 August: "...the attack was very successful and the division achieved all of its objectives." They apparently reached their first phase objectives by 7am! (Zero-Hour was 04:20)
  • Consider: ".... Throughout the rest of August, they continued offensive operations.." I think the 3rd Div were relieved on 13 Aug by 17th Div and went into Corps Reserve. It appears that they were only brought forward again on about 20 or 21 August.
  • Consider: Action at "St Quentin Canal" - possibly mention that it was the US 27th Div that "messed up"
  • After the St Quentin Canal action, Monash says "....it was impossible to call on the 3rd and 5th Div's for any further effort... their work had been most exhausting ... after 60 days of continuous battle... reduced fighting strength... that a very drastic re-organisation had become necessary. This could only be effected by a complete withdrawal from the fighting zone." So I think we can deduce that their WWI commitment ended on 2 Oct 1918.
  • Try adding a second definitive source for the WWI section, only relying on Palazzo could be perceived as not giving a balanced view.

Interesting history of a solid WWI formation; and well written! Farawayman (talk) 18:41, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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