Casualties:
Total battle casualties 2, 165 including prisoners of war and those who died of disease.
Battle Honours:
|
Messines 7 June 1917 |
Somme 1918 |
| Ypres
1917 |
Ancre
1918 |
| Polygon Wood
26 September 1917 |
Amiens, Albert
8 August 1916 |
| Broodeseinde
4 October 1917 |
Mont St Quentin
1 September 1918 |
| Poelcappelle
1917 |
Hindenburg Line
29-30 September 1918 |
| Passchendaele
12 October 1917 |
St Quentin Canal
1918 |
Decorations:
| 2 Victoria Cross Winners – McGee & Statton | 1 CMG |
| 3 Distinguished Service Order | 22 Military Cross |
| 10 Distinguished Conduct Medal | 81 Military Medal, 1 bar |
| 9 Military Service Medals | 26 Mention in Despatches |
| 7 Foreign Awards |
‘The fact that is was composed wholly of the men of a small island state, gave it a special stimulus to the highest emulation of all other units. In no other unit was the pride of origin and sense of responsibility to the people it represented stronger than in the 40th
Lieutenant General Sir John Monash