6th Infantry Brigade (Victoria) [Second Division] Formed in Victoria February 1915. Assigned to Second Division July 1915.

Subunits:

• 21st Infantry Battalion February 1915 to 23 October 1918
• 22nd Infantry Battalion February 1915 to past November 1918
• 23rd Infantry Battalion February 1915 to past November 1918
• 24th Infantry Battalion February 1915 to past November 1918
• 6th Machine Gun Company 12 March 1916 to 2 March 1918
• 6A/1 Light Trench Mortar Battery April 1916 to 15 June 1916
• 6A/2 Light Trench Mortar Battery April 1916 to 15 June 1916
• 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery 15 June 1916 to past November 1918

Commanders:

• Colonel R. Linton 16 March 1915 to 2 September 1915 (died)
• Brigadier General R. Spencer-Brown 3 September 1915 to 10 December 1915
• Colonel Gwynn 10 December 1915 to 29 February 1916
• Brigadier General J. Gellibrand 1 March 1916 to 1 August 1917
• Brigadier General J. Paton 1 August 1917 to 1 September 1918
• Brigadier General J.C. Robertson 1 September 1918 to past November 1918

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, Hamel, Amiens, Mont St Quentin, Montebrehain

by Ross Mallett (ADFA)

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