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Pioneer Battalions
These were formed one per division in 1916.
 1st
Pioneer Battalion (New South Wales) [First Division]
Formed in Egypt 10 March 1916 and assigned to First Division.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
 2nd
Pioneer Battalion (Western Australia) [Second Division]
Formed in Egypt 10 March 1916 and assigned to Second Division.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
 3rd
Pioneer Battalion (Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western
Australia) [Third Division]
Formed in Victoria March 1916 and assigned to Third Division. Departed
Melbourne Wandilla
6 June 1916
England, Western Front
 4th
Pioneer Battalion (Queensland) [Fourth Division]
Formed in Egypt 10 March 1916 and assigned to Fourth Division.
Egypt, Western Front
 5th
Pioneer Battalion (South Australia) [Fifth Division]
Formed in Egypt 10 March 1916 and assigned to Fifth Division.
Egypt, Western Front
 6th
Pioneer Battalion [Sixth Division]
Formed in England 1917 and assigned to Sixth Division. Disbanded 26
September 1917.
England
Pioneer Training Battalion [1st Training Brigade]
Formed Fovant, England, 8 August 1916.
England
| These were formed in March 1918 from the four machine
gun companies in each division.
Each company was equipped with 16
Vickers Machine Guns, giving a battalion a total of 64. |
 For
details about the Vickers  |
 1st
Machine Gun Battalion [1st Division]
Formed France 2 March 1918 with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 21st Machine Gun
Companies assigned.
Western Front
 2nd
Machine Gun Battalion [2nd Division]
Formed France 2 March 1918 with 5th, 6th, 7th and 22nd Machine Gun
Companies assigned.
Western Front
 3rd
Machine Gun Battalion [3rd Division]
Formed France 2 March 1918 with 9th, 10th, 11th and 23rd Machine Gun
Companies assigned.
Western Front
 4th
Machine Gun Battalion [4th Division]
Formed France 2 March 1918 with 4th, 12th, 13th and 24th Machine Gun
Companies assigned.
Western Front
 5th
Machine Gun Battalion [5th Division]
Formed France 2 March 1918 with 8th, 14th, 15th and 25th Machine Gun
Companies assigned.
Western Front
Machine
Gun Companies
These were formed in February 1916 from the four
battalion machine gun sections in each brigade. Each was equipped with
16 Vickers Machine Guns. They bore the same numbers as the brigades of
which they were part, and usually had the state affiliation. In 1917,
divisional machine gun companies were formed, numbered 21 to 25, where
the last digit was the same as the parent division. The four companies
in each division were consolidated into machine gun battalions in March
1918.
1st
Machine Gun Company (New South Wales) [1st Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 1st Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Sydney Ceramic
14 April 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Sydney Bernalla
1 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Hororata
23 November 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova
6 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah
17 January 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Shropshire
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Sydney Ulysses
9 May 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas
30 October 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
2nd
Machine Gun Company (Victoria) [1st Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 1st Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne
Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Hororata
23 November 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova
6 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah
17 January 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Shropshire
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Sydney Ulysses
9 May 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas
30 October 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
3rd
Machine Gun Company (Queensland) [1st Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 1st Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Sydney Mooltan
12 April 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Brisbane Clan
MacGillivray 1 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Hororata
23 November 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova
6 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah
17 January 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Shropshire
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Nestor
21 November 1917, 15th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Indarra
26 November 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
4th
Machine Gun Company [4th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 4th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 4th Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Fremantle Aeneas
17 April 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Fremantle Seang
Bee 18 July 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Miltiades
9 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Adelaide Berrima
16 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova
6 December 1916.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
5th
Machine Gun Company (New South Wales) [2nd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 5th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 2nd Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Sydney Hororata
2 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Sydney Bernalla
1 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Hororata
23 November 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova
6 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah
17 January 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Shropshire
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas
30 October 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
6th
Machine Gun Company (Victoria) [2nd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 6th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 2nd Machine Gun Battalion March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne
Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Medic
16 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova
6 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah
17 January 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Clan
MacGillivray 10 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas
30 October 1917, 15th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Indarra
26 November 1917..
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
7th
Machine Gun Company (Western Australia) [2nd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 7th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 2nd Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918.2nd Reinforcements
departed Melbourne Hororata
2 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Brisbane Clan
MacGillivray 1 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Medic
16 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
23 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah
17 January 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Clan
MacGillivray 10 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Nestor
21 November 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
8th
Machine Gun Company (South Australia) [5th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 8th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 5th Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne
Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Medic
16 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
23 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Omrah
17 January 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Clan
MacGillivray 10 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas
30 October 1917, 15th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Indarra
26 November 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
9th
Machine Gun Company (New South Wales) [3rd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed New South Wales February 1916 and assigned to 9th Infantry
Brigade. Departed Sydney Benalla
1 May 1916. Assigned to 3rd Machine Gun Battalion March 1918. 1st
Reinforcements departed Sydney Bernalla
1 May 1916, 2nd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Persic
22 December 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ballarat
19 February 1917, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Osterley
14 February 1917, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius
11 May 1917, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas
30 October 1917.
England, Western Front
10th
Machine Gun Company (Victoria) [3rd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed Victoria February 1916 and assigned to 10th Infantry Brigade.
Departed Melbourne Ascanius
27 May 1916. Assigned to 3rd Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918.
1st Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius
27 May 1916, 2nd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Persic
22 December 1916,
England, Western Front
11th
Machine Gun Company (Queensland) [3rd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed Queensland February 1916 and assigned to 9th Infantry Brigade.
Departed Sydney Borda
5 June 1916. Assigned to 3rd Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 1st
Reinforcements departed Sydney Borda
5 June 1916, 2nd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orsova
6 December 1916,, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ballarat
19 February 1917, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Osterley
14 February 1917, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius
11 May 1917, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Nestor
21 November 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Indarra
26 November 1917.
England, Western Front
12th
Machine Gun Company (Queensland) [4th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed Egypt February 1916 and assigned to 12th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 4th Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Sydney Hororata
2 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Brisbane Clan
MacGillivray 1 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Medic
16 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
23 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Osterley
14 February 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Nestor
21 November 1917, 15th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Indarra
26 November 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
13th
Machine Gun Company (Queensland) [4th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt February 1916 and assigned to 13th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 4th Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Sydney Hororata
2 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Brisbane Clan
MacGillivray 1 May 1916,, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Medic
16 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
23 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Osterley
14 February 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Nestor
21 November 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Indarra
26 November 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
14th
Machine Gun Company (New South Wales) [5th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt February 1916 and assigned to 14th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 5th Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Sydney Hororata
2 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Sydney Bernalla
1 May 1916, , 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Persic
22 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
23 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Osterley
14 February 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
15th
Machine Gun Company (Victoria) [5th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in Egypt February 1916 and assigned to 15th Infantry Brigade.
Assigned to 5th Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918. 2nd Reinforcements
departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 3rd Reinforcements departed Melbourne
Port
Lincoln 4 May 1916, 4th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
16 August 1916, 5th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Commonwealth
19 September 1916, 6th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Port
Lincoln 20 October 1916, 7th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ulysses
25 October 1916, 8th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Persic
22 December 1916, 9th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Orontes
23 December 1916, 10th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Osterley
14 February 1917, 11th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Ascanius
11 May 1917, 12th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 13th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Suevic
21 June 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Aeneas
30 October 1917, 14th Reinforcements departed Melbourne Indarra
26 November 1917.
Egypt, Sinai, Western Front
16th
Machine Gun Company (1)
Formed in England January 1917. Renumbered 21st Machine Gun Company
March 1917.
England
 16th
Machine Gun Company (2) [16th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in England February 1917 as 23rd Machine Gun Company. Renumbered
16th Machine Gun Company 7 July 1917 and assigned to 16th Infantry
Brigade. Renumbered 23rd Machine Gun Company 16 August 1917.
England
17th
Machine Gun Company(1)
Formed in England January 1917. Renumbered 22nd Machine Gun Company
March 1917.
England
 17th
Machine Gun Company (2) [17th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in England February 1917 as 24th Machine Gun Company. Renumbered
17th Machine Gun Company 1 June 1917 and assigned to 17th Infantry
Brigade. Renumbered 24th Machine Gun Company 20 August 1917.
England
21st
Machine Gun Company [1st Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in England January 1917 as 16th Machine Gun Company. Renumbered
21st Machine Gun Company March 1917 and assigned to 1st Division. Joined
1st Division in France 25 March 1917. Assigned to 1st Machine Gun
Battalion 2 March 1918.
England, Western Front
22nd
Machine Gun Company [2nd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in England January 1917 as 17th Machine Gun Company. Renumbered
22nd Machine Gun Company March 1917 and assigned to 2nd Division. Joined
2nd Division in France 30 March 1917. Assigned to 2nd Machine Gun
Battalion 2 March 1918.
England, Western Front
23rd
Machine Gun Company [3rd Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in England February 1917 as 23rd Machine Gun Company. Renumbered
16th Machine Gun Company June 1917. Renumbered 23rd Machine Gun Company
August 1917. Assigned to Third Division September 1917. Joined 3rd
Division in France and inspected by Field Marshal Haig 22 September
1917. Assigned to 3rd Machine Gun Battalion 2 March 1918.
England, Western Front
24th
Machine Gun Company [4th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in England February 1917 as 24th Machine Gun Company. Renumbered
17th Machine Gun Company 1 June 1917. Renumbered 24th Machine Gun
Company 20 August 1917. Assigned to Fourth Division September 1917.
Joined 4th Division in France 17 September 1917. Assigned to 4th Machine
Gun Battalion 2 March 1918.
England, Western Front
25th
Machine Gun Company [5th Machine Gun Battalion]
Formed in England February 1917. Assigned to 5th Division September
1917. Joined Fifth Division in France 14 September 1917. Assigned to 5th
Machine Gun Battalion March 1918.
England, Western Front
Machine Gun Squadrons
These were formed in January 1917 from the three
regimental machine gun sections in each light horse brigade. Each was
equipped with 12 Maxim machine guns, most of which had seen service at
Gallipoli. These were only fully replaced by Vickers machine guns in May
1917. Machine gun squadrons bore the same numbers as the light horse
brigades of which they were a part. All reinforcements were drawn from
Western Australia.
 1st
Machine Gun Squadron (Western Australia) [1st
Light Horse Brigade]
Formed in Egypt July 1916 and assigned to 1st Light Horse Brigade.
Egypt, Sinai, Palestine
 2nd
Machine Gun Squadron (Western Australia) [2nd
Light Horse Brigade]
Formed in Egypt July 1916 and assigned to 2nd Light Horse Brigade.
Egypt, Sinai, Palestine
 3rd
Machine Gun Squadron (Western Australia) [3rd
Light Horse Brigade]
Formed in Egypt July 1916 and assigned to 3rd Light Horse Brigade.
Egypt, Sinai, Palestine
 4th
Machine Gun Squadron (Western Australia) [4th
Light Horse Brigade]
Formed in Egypt February 1917 and assigned to 4th Light Horse Brigade.
Palestine
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Initially, light trench mortar batteries were formed
two per brigade in April 1916, with each battery having four 3.7 inch or
4 inch trench mortars.
In June 1916, they were amalgamated in pairs so
that each brigade had one battery of 8 guns, and they were standardised
on the 3 inch Stokes mortar.
Unlike Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar
Batteries which were manned by artillerymen, light trench mortar
batteries were manned by the infantry.
Batteries carried the same number
as their parent brigades
For
details about the mortars |
 1A/1
Light Trench Mortar Battery [1st Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
1A/2
Light Trench Mortar Battery [1st Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
 1st
Light Trench Mortar Battery [1st Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France 15 June 1916 from 1A/1 and 1A/2 Light Trench Mortar
Batteries and assigned to 1st Brigade.
Western Front
 2A/1
Light Trench Mortar Battery [2nd Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
2A/2
Light Trench Mortar Battery [2nd Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
 2nd
Light Trench Mortar Battery [2nd Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France 15 June 1916 from 2A/1 and 2A/2 Light Trench Mortar
Batteries and assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 3A/1
Light Trench Mortar Battery [3rd Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
3A/2
Light Trench Mortar Battery [3rd Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
 3rd
Light Trench Mortar Battery [3rd Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France 15 June 1916 from 3A/1 and 3A/2 Light Trench Mortar
Batteries and assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 4th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [4th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France July 1916 and assigned to 4th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 5A/1
Light Trench Mortar Battery [5th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 5th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
5A/2
Light Trench Mortar Battery [5th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 5th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
 5th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [5th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France 15 June 1916 from 5A/1 and 5A/2 Light Trench Mortar
Batteries and assigned to 5th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 6A/1
Light Trench Mortar Battery [6th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 6th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
6A/2
Light Trench Mortar Battery [6th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 6th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
 6th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [6th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France 15 June 1916 from 6A/1 and 6A/2 Light Trench Mortar
Batteries and assigned to 6th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 7A/1
Light Trench Mortar Battery [7th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 7th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
7A/2
Light Trench Mortar Battery [7th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France April 1916 and assigned to 7th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 15 June 1916.
Western Front
 7th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [7th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France 15 June 1916 from 7A/1 and 7A/2 Light Trench Mortar
Batteries and assigned to 7th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 8th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [8th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France July1916 and assigned to 8th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 9th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [9th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in England July 1916 and assigned to 9th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 10th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [10th Brigade]
Formed in England July 1916 and assigned to 10th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 11th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [11th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in England July 1916 and assigned to 11th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 12th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [12th Brigade]
Formed in France July 1916 and assigned to 12th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 13th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [13th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France July 1916 and assigned to 13th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 14th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [14th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France July 1916 and assigned to 14th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 15th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [15th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in France July 1916 and assigned to 15th Infantry Brigade.
Western Front
 16th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [16th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in England 5 June 1916 and assigned to 16th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 26 September 1917.
England
 17th
Light Trench Mortar Battery [17th Infantry Brigade]
Formed in England 28 May 1917 and assigned to 17th Infantry Brigade.
Disbanded 26 September 1917.
England
 18th
Light Trench Mortar Battery
Formed in England 1917 and attached to 1st Training Brigade. Disbanded
26 September 1917.
England
Ordnance Ammunition Units
Two ammunition units were formed in July 1918. They were changed with
the examination and investigation of weapons and ammunition found or
believed to be defective.
 1st
Ammunition Unit
Formed France July 1918.
Western Front
2nd
Ammunition Unit
Formed France July 1918.
Western Front
Ordnance Mobile Workshops
The Australian Corps in France was supported by no less than eight
British Ordnance Workshops in 1918: the
2nd,10th,17th,22nd,24th,29th,47th and 53rd. From September 1918
Australians began being posted to these units and in November 1918,
Australian Ordnance Mobile Workshops were formed from the Australian
personnel in them. Each Mobile Workshop (Medium) had an establishment of
10 officers and 270 other ranks.
1st Mobile
Workshop (Medium)
Formed France November 1918 by Australianisation of the British
2nd Mobile Workshop (Medium).
Western Front
2nd Mobile
Workshop (Medium)
Formed France November 1918 by Australianisation of the British
17th Mobile Workshop (Light).
Western Front
3rd Mobile
Workshop (Medium)
Formed France November 1918 by Australianisation of the British
22nd Mobile Workshop (Light).
Western Front
The distinguished reputation of Australian horses in the Sinai and
Palestine campaigns was in no small part due to the work of the remount
units, which were responsible for their training. When the Light Horse
left for Gallipoli in 1915, they left behind detachments to take care of
the horses. To free these men to rejoin their regiments, two remount
units were formed in September 1915, each of four squadrons. The maximum
age for enlistment was set at 50, and the units contained a high
proportion of Boer War veterans and expert horsemen. By the time they
arrived in Egypt however, the evacuation of Gallipoli was imminent.
Accordingly, at the end of March 1916 the units were reduced by half,
each contributing two squadrons to a single remount unit. Later in the
year, the unit was further reduced to two squadrons, and became the
Remount Depot. Although based in Egypt, in late 1917 the depot delivered
remounts to the Palestine front by driving them across the Sinai Overlanders-style
in order to save scarce rail transport, and so is credited with
participation in the Palestine campaign.
 1st
Remount Unit (Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania)
Formed Melbourne 21 September 1915. Departed Melbourne Orsova
12 November 1915. Consolidated with 2nd Remount Unit 1 April 1916.
Redesignated Remount Depot 2 October 1916
Egypt
 2nd
Remount Unit (Queensland and New South Wales)
Formed Sydney September 1915. Departed Sydney Orsova
10 November 1915. Disbanded 1 April 1916.
Egypt
 Remount
Depot
Formed 2 October 1916 from 1st Remount Unit
Egypt, Palestine
Salvage
The Salvage Corps' role was to recover equipment from
the battlefield, thus reducing waste and saving valuable shipping space.
Salvage Companies
Salvage Sections were created by upgrading the Salvage Sections. Each
Salvage Company had an establishment of 1 officer and 69 other ranks.
 1st
Salvage Company
Formed France 10 January 1917 by expansion of 1st Salvage Section.
Western Front
 2nd
Salvage Company
Formed France 10 January 1917 by expansion of 2nd Salvage Section.
Western Front
 3rd
Salvage Company
Formed France 10 January 1917 by expansion of 3rd Salvage Section.
Western Front
 4th
Salvage Company
Formed France 10 January 1917 by expansion of 4th Salvage Section.
Western Front
 5th
Salvage Company
Formed France 10 January 1917 by expansion of 5th Salvage Section.
Western Front
Salvage Sections
Salvage Sections were established as divisions arrived in France.
1st
Salvage Section
Formed France April 1916. Expanded to a company 10 January 1917.
Western Front
2nd
Salvage Section
Formed France April 1916. Expanded to a company 10 January 1917.
Western Front
3rd
Salvage Section
Formed England 1916. Expanded to a company 10 January 1917.
Western Front
4th
Salvage Section
Formed June 1916. Expanded to a company 10 January 1917.
Western Front
5th
Salvage Section
Formed June 1916. Expanded to a company 10 January 1917.
Western Front
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Anzac Corps Salvage Section
Formed 10 January 1917. Renamed Australian Corps Salvage Section
March 1918.
Western Front
Australian
Corps Salvage Section
Formed March 1918
Western Front
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