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List of Australian Army engineer units in World War I

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Australian engineers laying down a mule track and camouflaging it with earth at Albania Woods, in the Ypres Sector, 17 October 1917.

The Australian Imperial Force included a range of different engineer units including field units, signals, mining, works, railway, survey and training units.[1]

Field units

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Signal units

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  • 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

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Works units

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  • 1st Army Troops Company
  • Australian Corps RE Workshops

Railway units

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  • 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

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  • Australian Corps Topographical Section

Training units

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  • Engineer Training Depot
  • Signal Section, Engineer Training Depot
  • Australian Railway Operating Division Depot
  • Engineer Training Depot

Notes

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  1. ^ McNicoll 1979, pp. 164–167.

References

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  • McNicoll, Ronald (1979). The Royal Australian Engineers 1902 to 1919: Making and Breaking. History of the Royal Australian Engineers. Vol. II. Canberra: Australian Capital Territory: Corps Committee of the Royal Australian Engineers. ISBN 9780959687125.