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105th Medium Battery, Royal Australian Artillery

military unit

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ4546605 ↗
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The 105th Medium Battery is a unit of the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery that can trace its history back to March 1916, when it was raised as 105th Howitzer Battery in Egypt. The battery is based at Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera, Queensland, as a full-time regular army unit and is one of three batteries that make up the 1st Regiment, in the 7th Brigade.

History

The 105th Howitzer Battery was raised in March 1916 in Egypt as a part of the 22nd Howitzer Brigade, following a decision to equip each infantry division with a howitzer brigade, and embarked for Marseille, France shortly thereafter.

World War I

By 11 May 1916, the battery joined 13th, 14th and 15th Batteries at Fleurbaix, France (5 km SW of Armentières) to form 5th Field Brigade Australian Field Artillery of 2nd Division Artillery, after a reorganisation of the artillery saw each field brigade having twelve 18 pound guns and four QF 4.5-inch (114 mm) howitzers. The howitzer brigades then became field artillery brigades also, seeing the 105th Howitzer Battery become the 105th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Battery.

In January 1917, batteries were increased in size from four to six guns each in order to economise on battery and brigade commanders. The battery was disbanded following cessation of hostilities on 30 March 1919.

1921 to 1940

Following a restructure of the Citizen's Army, based on the framework of the 1st AIF, in 1921, the 105th Field (Howitzer) Battery was re-raised, along with the rest of the 5th Field Regiment. The 15th Battery was an exception, not being re-raised until 1938. The battery was based at Gona Barracks at Kelvin Grove, Queensland at this time.

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