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4 unusual facts about 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron


1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron

On 5 March, Maude moved on Baghdad, but was checked on the Diyala River.

The operators were raised from the Marconi school of wireless in Sydney and the Broadmeadows depot in Victoria, while the drivers, who made up half of the unit, were raised from the Army Service Corps at Moore Park in Sydney.

At the outbreak of World War I, the British Indian Army had a severe shortage of wireless equipment and trained operators.

Military history of New Zealand in World War I

In Mesopotamia the New Zealand troop was amalgamated with the 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron, forming "C" Wireless Troop of the Anzac Squadron.



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