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- Pioneer Battalions Machine Gun Units - Digger History
7th Machine Gun Company (Western Australia) [2nd Machine Gun Battalion] Formed in Egypt 12 March 1916 and assigned to 7th Infantry Brigade
- Machine Gun Corps - ADFA
12th Machine Gun Company (Queensland) [4th Machine Gun Battalion] Formed Egypt February 1916 and assigned to 12th Infantry Brigade
- Egypt, c. 1915-02. Members of a Machine Gun Section of the 1st AIF . . .
Members of a Machine Gun Section of the 1st AIF training in the desert with 303-inch Maxim machine guns The soldiers are, left to right: Corporal (Cpl) King; Cpl Frederick James Pengelly; Sergeant Rowley (standing at rear); Lance Cpl Jones; Private Blackburn
- 1st Machine Gun Battalion - Our Contribution - BirtwistleWiki
The establishment of machine gun battalions within the AIF was the final step in the evolution of the organisation of direct fire support during the war At the start of the war, Maxim machine guns had been assigned within line infantry battalions on a limited scale of two per battalion
- 1st Machine Gun Battalion (Australia) - Wikipedia
At the start of the war, Maxim machine guns had been assigned within line infantry battalions on a limited scale of two per battalion As it was realised that there was a need for increased fire support, this was later increased to four guns per battalion, operated by a section of one officer and 32 other ranks
- 2nd Australian Division - The Long, Long Trail
By August they had been joined there by new artillery units from Australia and other ancillary units largely improvised from the reserves in Egypt They were formed into the 2nd Austraian Division In August 1915 the Division began to reinforce the garrison at Gallipoli
- Australian Light Horse Regiments and Brigades
Headquarters and Machine gun Section reformed at Tel El Kebir, Egypt in May 1916 and accompanied the 5th Division to France where the whole regiment was reassembled on 2 July 1916
- World War 1 – Jezzine Barracks Military Museum
Men from 11th Australian Machine Gun Company during the Battle of Polygon Wood, 26 September 1917
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