OB15 Autralia and New Zealand - comment

[Mobhack]

AMF/CMF Coys formations 260 262 &264
The pre 40 units AMF did not reflect the then British structure. The AIF and NZEF reformed to reflect the British structure late Dec 39/ Jan 40 when they arrived in Egypt. Prior to that they had the same structure as the militia, (AMF for Australia).
This was:

Coy HQ
2 Offr, 17 ORs
Inf Pls x 4 as:
Pl HQ
1 offr 5 Ors
1 x 2” mor (when issued if available)
Rifle Sect x 2 as
7 OR – rifle
LMG Sect x 2 as
7 OR
1 x LMG (Lewis gun)

In 1939 the 2 inch mor was more of an establishment value item than actually an issued one as there were none till the AIF/NZEF landed in Egypt

There may be a case here for these being treated as a WW1 type formation of 2 large half-platoon lumps of 16-17 men (like the Poles are for example) with 1 mg per half-platoon division.

The 2 inch mortar can be ignored. (I know we ignored ours and left them in the armoury along with other useless junk like 9mm browning pistols)

Cheers
Andy