5th Infantry Brigade (New South Wales) [Second Division] Formed in New South Wales February 1915.  Assigned to Second Division July 1915.

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Subunits:

• 17th Infantry Battalion February 1915 to past November 1918
• 18th Infantry Battalion February 1915 to past November 1918
• 19th Infantry Battalion February 1915 to 10 October 1918
• 20th Infantry Battalion February 1915 to past November 1918
• 5th Machine Gun Company 12 March 1916 to 2 March 1918
• 5A/1 Light Trench Mortar Battery April 1916 to 15 June 1916
• 5A/2 Light Trench Mortar Battery April 1916 to 15 June 1916
• 5th Light Trench Mortar Battery 15 June 1916 to past November 1918

Commanders:

• Colonel/Brigadier General W. Holmes September 1914 to 10 January 1917
• Brigadier General R. Smith 28 January 1917 to 1 July 1918
• Brigadier General E. F. Martin 1 July 1918 to 3 June 1919

Campaigns:

Egypt, Gallipoli: Defence of Anzac, Withdrawal from Anzac, Sinai: Defence of Suez Canal, Western Front: Pozieres, Retreat to the Hindenburg Line, Bullecourt, Menin Road, Broodeseinde, Amiens, Mont St Quentin, Montebrehain

by Ross Mallett (ADFA)

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