Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/January 23

A 1st Siege Battery 8 inch gun and Gunner Harold Alexander Triggs in 1917

The 1st Siege Artillery Battery was an Australian Army artillery battery of World War I. The Battery was formed in Victoria during April 1915 and served on the Western Front during World War I as part of the 1st Siege Artillery Brigade. The 1st Siege Artillery Battery was renamed the 54th Siege Artillery Battery on 28 September 1915. The battery was equipped first with four 8 inch howitzers but was expanded to six howitzers from July 1917. In March 1918 the battery was assigned to the Australian Corps Heavy Artillery and resumed its original title.