3rd Division Ammunition Column

An ammunition dump with vehicles of an Ammunition Column attending to collect. AWM

Brief History

Each Division had an Ammunition Column to keep ammunition up to the guns by moving it from "Third line" storage up to the Front ("First Line"). It was a mammoth task involving motor and horse drawn transport, heavy and light rail and tramways. Ammunition dumps and transport near the Front Line were high priority targets of the enemy's guns , and later, aircraft.

Horse drawn transport laden with ammunition is a doubly risky business. Horses are vulnerable to all forms of small arms and artillery and the cargo is such that a hit is generally catastrophic. It is not for nothing that many drivers received bravery awards.

Unit Personnel

• Stanley Victor Coney
• Bruce Leslie Logan
• Lewis George Martin
• Edward Price
• Frank Sugden
• John Hickson Tomlinson
• Lennart Birger Wilander