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Siege Artillery Brigade

Raised as the Siege Artillery Brigade (Heavy) in Victoria, April 1915, the troops departed Melbourne on the Orsova on 17 July 1915.

Most of the names against this listing were of the early drafts of personnel when the unit was operating under its initial designation.  The remainder can be found at the link below.

 See 36th Heavy Artillery Group (/explore/units/270) for detail

Like many artillery units it underwent a bewildering sequence of renaming and re-designations; O Siege Brigade 28 September 1915, 36th Heavy Artillery Group 18 July 1916, 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade 5 February 1918.