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The 6th Division was first formed in 1917 in Britain during World War I as part of an effort to expand the First Australian Imperial Force.Its existence was short-lived, though, and as a result of manpower shortages that occurred because of a failure to make good the heavy losses that the AIF had suffered on the Western Front in 1917, it was decided to disband the division and its subordinate ...
Defenders of Australia: The 3rd Australian Division 1916–1991. Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military Historical Publications. ISBN 1-876439-03-3. Stevenson, Robert (2007). "The Forgotten First: The 1st Australian Division in the Great War and its Legacy" (PDF). Australian Army Journal. IV (1): 185– 199. OCLC 30798241.
The 6th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally formed in 1914 for service during the First World War, the battalion fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front . The battalion was disbanded in 1919 but was re-raised in 1921 as part of the Citizens Force , and adopted the title of "Royal Melbourne Regiment" in 1935.
The 6th Combat Support Brigade was an Australian Army brigade.First formed in 1912 as a Militia formation to provide training under the compulsory training scheme, the brigade was re-raised during the First World War as an infantry unit of the all volunteer Australian Imperial Force.
The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during the First World War.It was formed as the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) following Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 15 August 1914, with an initial strength of one infantry division and one light horse brigade.
During the Hundred Days campaign that ended the war, the Australian Corps, along with the Canadian Corps, were used repeatedly as spearheads for offensives. During the period August to October, 1918, General Monash reported that the Australian Corps had defeated some 39 German divisions, a full fifth of the entire German strength of 200 ...
5th Australian Sanitary Section [Fifth Division] 6th Australian Sanitary Section – Tell El Kebir Australian Imperial Force Training Base at the Suez Canal in Egypt, later moved to England with the Australian Imperial Force Training Centre [4] 7th Australian Sanitary Section [Anzac Mounted Division] 8th Australian Sanitary Section [Australian ...
During World War I, the 17th Brigade was formed as part of the all volunteer First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in England, in the Salisbury Plain Training Area, as part of the 6th Division on 25 April 1917. The brigade consisted of four infantry battalions, and supported by a machine gun company and a light trench mortar battery.