Commanding Officers
The 10th Battalion's commanding officers during World War I were as follows:
- Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Price Weir;
- Major Frederick William Hurcombe;
- Major George Dorricutt Shaw;
- Lieutenant Colonel Miles Fitzroy Beevor;
- Lieutenant Colonel James Samuel Denton;
- Major Felix Gordon Giles;
- Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Anstice Rafferty;
- Lieutenant Colonel Ross Blyth Jacob;
- Major Alexander Steele;
- Captain Gordon Cathcart Campbell;
- Major Clarence Rumball;
- Lieutenant Colonel John Newman;
- Major William Francis James McCann.
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