7th Field Artillery Brigade

	2 Oct 1918. 7th Artillery Brigade passing through a captured section of the Hindenburg system of defences. AWM E03506
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Brief History

The orders were struck to raise the 7th Field Artillery Brigade in February 1916 and it formed on 17th March 1916. It remained in existence until beyond the Armistice on 11 November 1918 until disbanded. It comprised:

25th Field Artillery Battery
26th Field Artillery Battery
27th Field Artillery Battery
Original 27th Battery disbanded and men allocated to the other batteries. A new 27th Battery was formed from the 23rd FAB.
107th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery
7th Brigade Ammunition Column

The Brigade embarked at Sydney on HMAT Argyllshire on the 11 May 1916. It arrived at Portsmouth, England on 11 July. Training took place at Larkhill, Salisbury Plains, Wiltshire where the 23rd Howitzer Brigade was abolished and 107 Howitzer Battery of this Brigade, with 4.5 inch howitzers, was allocated to 7th Field Artillery Brigade. The brigade disembarked at Le Havre, France on 31 December 1916. At Stazeele in January 1917 a further reorganisation of the Brigade occurred. The batteries were reformed and made into six gun batteries. The original 27 Battery was cut up and its personnel allocated amongst the other batteries, while a new 27th Battery was formed from men and equiment drawn from the 23rd Field Artillery Brigade.

The Brigade went into action on 17 January 1917 at Armentieres and took part in the battles of Menin Road, Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Morlancourt, Mont St. Quentin, Messines and the Hindenburg Line. Towards the end of the war, in 1918, the Brigade served with the 27th United States Division. One hundred and three men lost their life while posted to this unit.

Unit Personnel

Charles Henry Robinson 12 Oct - 30 Dec 1916

Individual Honours

4 x Distinguished Service Order
7 x Military Cross
2 x Bar to Military Cross
2 x Distinguished Conduct Medal
25 x Military Medal
7 x Meritorious Service Medal
15 x Mentioned in Despatches
2 x Belgium Croix de Guerre
1 x French Croix de Guerre
1 x French Medaile Militaire

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