List of Australian Army engineer units in World War I

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[]

• 1st Division Engineers
  • 1st Field Company
  • 2nd Field Company
  • 3rd Field Company
• 2nd Divisional Engineers
  • 5th Field Company
  • 6th Field Company
  • 7th Field Company
• 3rd Divisional Engineers
  • 9th Field Company
  • 10th Field Company
  • 11th Field Company
• 4th Divisional Engineers
  • 4th Field Company
  • 12th Field Company
  • 13th Field Company
• 5th Divisional Engineers
  • 8th Field Company
  • 14th Field Company
  • 15th Field Company
• 6th Division Engineers (disbanded following formation in 1917)
  • 16th Field Company
  • 17th Field Company
• ANZAC Mounted Division Engineers
  • 1st Field Squadron
• Australian Mounted Divisional Engineers
  • 2nd Field Squadron
• Desert Mounted Corps Troops Engineers
  • 'D' Field Troop and Bridging Train

Signal units[]

• 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[]

• 1st Tunnelling Company
• 2nd Tunnelling Company
• 3rd Tunnelling Company
• 4th Tunnelling Company (absorbed by 1st Tunneling Company)
• 5th Tunnelling Company (absorbed by 2nd Tunneling Company)
• 6th Tunnelling Company (absorbed by 3rd Tunneling Company)

Works units[]

• 1st Army Troops Company
• Australian Corps RE Workshops

Railway units[]

• 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[]

• Australian Corps Topographical Section

Training units[]

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

Notes[]

References[]

• 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.