List of Australian Army engineer units in World War I
The Australian Imperial Force included a range of different engineer units including field units, signals, mining, works, railway, survey and training units.[1]
Australian engineers laying down a mule track and camouflaging it with earth at Albania Woods, in the Ypres Sector, 17 October 1917.
Field units
- 1st Division Engineers
- 1st Field Company
- 2nd Field Company
- 3rd Field Company
- 2nd Divisional Engineers
- 5th Field Company
- 6th Field Company
- 7th Field Company
- 3rd Divisional Engineers
- 9th Field Company
- 10th Field Company
- 11th Field Company
- 4th Divisional Engineers
- 4th Field Company
- 12th Field Company
- 13th Field Company
- 5th Divisional Engineers
- 8th Field Company
- 14th Field Company
- 15th Field Company
- 6th Division Engineers (disbanded following formation in 1917)
- 16th Field Company
- 17th Field Company
- ANZAC Mounted Division Engineers
- 1st Field Squadron
- Australian Mounted Divisional Engineers
- 2nd Field Squadron
- Desert Mounted Corps Troops Engineers
- 'D' Field Troop and Bridging Train
Signal units
- 1st Division Signal Company
- 2nd Divisional Signal Company
- 3rd Divisional Signal Company
- 4th Division Signal Company
- 5th Divisional Signal Company
- Australian Corps Signal Company
- 1st Signal Squadron
- 2nd Signal Squadron
- Australian Pack Wireless Section
- 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron
- Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron
Mining units
- 1st Tunnelling Company
- 2nd Tunnelling Company
- 3rd Tunnelling Company
- 4th Tunnelling Company (absorbed by 1st Tunneling Company)
- 5th Tunnelling Company (absorbed by 2nd Tunneling Company)
- 6th Tunnelling Company (absorbed by 3rd Tunneling Company)
- Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
Works units
- 1st Army Troops Company
- Australian Corps RE Workshops
Railway units
- Headquarters Australian Railway Group
- 1st Light Railway Operating Company
- 2nd Light Railway Operating Company
- 3rd Light Railway Operating Company
- 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
- 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
- 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Survey units
- Australian Corps Topographical Section
Training units
- Engineer Training Depot
- Signal Section, Engineer Training Depot
- Australian Railway Operating Division Depot
- Engineer Training Depot
Notes
- McNicoll 1979, pp. 164–167.
References
- McNicoll, Ronald (1979). The Royal Australian Engineers 1902 to 1919: Making and Breaking. History of the Royal Australian Engineers. Volume II. Canberra: Australian Capital Territory: Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers. ISBN 9780959687125.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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