7th Field Artillery Battery 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Division Artillery, AIF

About This Unit

7 Field Battery was a sub-unit of of the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (/explore/units/85) (which in today's parlance is the equivalent of a Field Regiment).

The Field Artillery Brigades started life in direct support of the Brigade that corresponded with their numeric designation; in this case the 3rd Infantry Brigade comprising Battalions from the smaller 'outer' states; the 9th (Qld) 10th (SA) 11th (WA) and 12th (Tas). 

As the war progressed control of Artillery was centralised and elevated, and the organisation and equipment underwnt a range of iterations.

Battle/ Campaign/ Involvement 

Field Batteries served where their parent Field Artillery Brigades went.  See the link above for detail. 

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