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22.10.17
Troops rested. Training grounds were prepared.
29.10.17
Training commenced, 5½ days of 5 hours each per week. Classes for Junior Officers and N.C.O's commenced. Bde Sig. School, P.T. and B.F. established.
31.10.17
G.O.C. 9th A.I. Bde inspected the Bde Sig. School, and the 9th Bde A.M.C.Coy. Bde informed to be prepared to take over a defensive sector of the 2nd Army front about the 8th or 12th November.
Casualties for the month were as follows :-
| Units | Killed | D. of Wounds | Wounded | Missing | ||||
| Off | O/R | Off | O/R | Off | O/R | Off | O/R | |
| 9th Bde H.Q. | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 33rd Bn | 8 | 51 | 5 | 235 | 8 | |||
| 34th Bn | 8 | 49 | 9 | 311 | 58 | |||
| 35th Bn | 8 | 68 | 8 | 310 | 1 | 50 | ||
| 36th Bn | 3 | 51 | 12 | 326 | 1 | 59 | ||
| 9th M.G.Coy. | 1 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 2 | |||
| 9th T.M.Bty. | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| [Total] | 28 | 227 | 2 | 40 | 1240 | 2 | 177 | |
Reinforcements received during the month :-
33rd Bn. 7 Officers and 45 Other Ranks.
34th Bn 1 Officer and 49 O/R
35th Bn 33 O/R
36th Bn 4 Officers and 39 O/R
9th M.G. Coy. 52 O/R
9th T.M. Bty. 9 O/R
November.
1/5.11.17
General training, Bde inoculated against typhoid.
6.11.17
Instructions received that Bde will leave the area on 9th and move to a sector north of the River LYS, the 3rd Aust. Div. becoming part of the 1st Anzac Corps. Conference of G.O.C's, Bde's, B.M's and C.R.E. at Div H.Q. FAUQUEMBERGUES. The Div. Commander outlined the work policy for the new area. The policy to be Quiescent one.
8.11.17
Bde and Bn Staffs said "Good-bye" to Lt-Gen Sir A.J.GODLEY. KCB.
9.11.17
9th A.I. Bde moved by bus to the BERQUIN Area, first line transport by road to WILTES.
Location of H.Q. at nightfall - DOULIEU