Machine Gun BattalionsThese 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.
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 CompaniesThese 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 SquadronsThese 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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Mallett
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Last update 28 June 2010