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Line of Communications Troops

Line of Communications troops provided services which kept the combat troops in the field.


 Line of Communications Troops during the Gallipoli Campaign 

  • Australian Intermediate Base Depot Cairo, Egypt
  • Australian and New Zealand Overseas Base Depot Alexandria, Egypt
  • Australian and New Zealand Training Depot Zeitoun, Egypt
  • Australian Section, 3rd Echelon, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Alexandria, Egypt
  • 1st Siege Brigade England
  • 1st,2nd Siege Batteries England
  • Mesopotamia Half Flight Iraq
  • Royal Australian Navy Bridging Train Suvla
  • 1st,2nd,3rd Auxiliary Hospitals Heliopolis, Egypt
  • 4th,5th,6th Auxiliary Hospitals England
  • 1st Casualty Clearing Station Anzac
  • 1st General Hospital Heliopolis, Egypt
  • 2nd General Hospital Ghezireh, Egypt
  • 3rd General Hospital Mudros
  • 10th General Hospital England
  • 1st, 2nd Stationary Hospitals Mudros
  • 1st,2nd Remount Units Maadi, Egypt
  • 8th,9th Army Service Corps Companies England
  • 10th Army Service Corps Company Alexandria, Egypt
  • 11th Army Service Corps Company Anzac
  • 1st, 2nd Depot Units of Supply Anzac
  • 1st Railhead Supply Detachment Anzac
  • 13th Army Service Corps Company Imbros
  • 1st Field Butchery Imbros
  • 1st Field Bakery Imbros
  • 1st Veterinary Section Heliopolis, Egypt
  • 2nd Veterinary Section Maadi, Egypt
  • 1st Mobile Veterinary Section Maadi, Egypt
  • 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section Zeitoun, Egypt 

Miscellaneous Units in France (March 1918)

  • 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th Field Bakeries
  • 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th Field Butcheries
  • 1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th,7th,8th,9th,10th,11th,12th,13th,14th,15th,16th,17th,18th,19th,20th, 21st,22nd,23rd,24th,25th Depot Units of Supply
  • General Base Depot
  • Infantry Base Depot
  • Australian Corps Artillery School
  • Australian Corps Trench Mortar School
  • 2nd, 4th Flying Squadrons [12 x SE5a, 12 x Sopwith Camels]
  • Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
  • Railway Operating Companies
  • 1st,2nd,3rd (Light) Railway Operating Companies (Victoria; all states; all states)
  • 4th,5th,6th (Broad Gauge) Railway Operating Companies (Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania; Western Australia; New South Wales)
  • 1st,2nd,3rd General Hospitals
  • 1st,2nd,3rd Casualty Clearing Stations
  • Australian Army Dental Corps (Portion)
  • 1st Railhead Supply Detachment (11th Army Service Corps Company)
  • 1st Veterinary Hospital
  • 1st Veterinary Evacuation Station
  • Australian Reinforcement Camp
  • Australian Corps School of Instruction
  • Australian Army Ordnance Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Pay Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Postal Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Provost Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Pay Office, Boulogne
  • Australian Base Pay Office, Rouen
  • 1st Convalescent Depot
  • Australian Section, 3rd Echelon, British Expeditionary Force

 Miscellaneous Units in England (March 1918) 

  • Administrative Headquarters, Australian Imperial Force
  • Australian Motor Transport Service
  • Australian Imperial Force Kit Store
  • Australian Imperial Force War Chest Club
  • Australian Red Cross Organisation (Australian Imperial Force attached)
  • Australian Army Ordnance Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Pay Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Postal Corps (Portion)
  • 1st,2nd,3rd Auxiliary Hospitals
  • Australian Flying Corps Hospital
  • Headquarters Australian Imperial Force Depots in England
    • 1st Training Brigade
      • 1st,2nd Training Battalions
      • Pioneer Training Battalion
    • 2nd Training Brigade
      • 5th,6th,9th,10th Training Battalions
    • 3rd Training Brigade
      • 12th,13th,14th,15th Training Battalions
    • Overseas Training Brigade
    • Artillery Training Depot
    • Cyclist Training Company
    • Engineer Training Depot (Field Section)
    • Engineer Training Depot (Signal Section)
    • Infantry Drafting Depot
    • Light Horse Training Depot
    • Machinegun Training Depot
    • Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot
    • Railway Training Depot
    • Reserve Artillery Brigade
    • Reserve Artillery Park
    • Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot
    • Siege Artillery Brigade Depot
    • Australian Army Veterinary Corps Training Depot
  • 1st Flying Wing
    • 5th,6th,7th,8th (Training) Flying Squadrons
    • 1st, 2nd Two Squadron Stations
    • 1st Aeroplane Repair Section
  • Australian Army Provost Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Dental Corps (Portion)
  • Dental Stores Depot
  • 1st Dermatological Hospital
  • Base Depot of Medical Stores
  • 2nd Area Gas School
  • 1st,2nd,3rd,4th Command Depots

 Miscellaneous Units in Egypt and Palestine (July 1918)

  • Australian Headquarters, Cairo
  • Anzac Training Centre and Details Camp
  • Anzac Mounted Division Training Regiment
  • Australian Mounted Division Training Regiment
  • 14th,15th Light Horse Training Squadrons
  • Engineer Training Depot (Field Section)
  • Engineer Training Depot (Signal Section)
  • Machinegun Training Depot
  • Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot
  • Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot
  • Australian Army Veterinary Corps Training Depot
  • 1st Flying Squadron [18 x Bristol Fighters]
  • 1st Light Car Patrol [6 x Ford Armoured Cars]
  • D Field Troop and Bridging Section
  • 1st Pack Wireless Section
  • Australian Remount Depot
  • Australian Army Pay Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Postal Corps (Portion)
  • Australian Army Ordnance Corps (Portion)
  • Anzac Provost Corps (Egyptian Section)
  • Australian Records Section, 3rd Echelon, Egyptian Expeditionary Force
  • 14th General Hospital
  • 2nd Stationary Hospital
  • Anzac Field Laboratory
  • Australian Depot Stores, Ghezireh, Cairo

 Miscellaneous Units in Iraq and Iran (July 1918)

  • 1st Wireless Signal Squadron (New South Wales, Victoria)

by Ross Mallett

 

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