Order of Battle
While the composition of I ANZAC Corps changed a number of times with divisions being attached and detached as required for involvement in a particular campaign, the following order of battle is included for illustrative purposes. It is correct per the corps' arrival in France in 1916. Also at divisional level there were various support units including artillery field batteries and trench mortars, pioneer battalions and engineer field companies, machine gun companies and field ambulances.
Sources:
Corps Commander: Lieutenant-General Sir William Birdwood
| 1st Australian Division | Major General Harold Walker | |
| 1st Brigade | 2nd Brigade | 3rd Brigade |
| 1st Battalion | 5th Battalion | 9th Battalion |
| 2nd Battalion | 6th Battalion | 10th Battalion |
| 3rd Battalion | 7th Battalion | 11th Battalion |
| 4th Battalion | 8th Battalion | 12th Battalion |
| Pioneers | 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion | |
| 2nd Australian Division | Major General James Gordon Legge | |
| 5th Brigade | 6th Brigade | 7th Brigade |
| 17th Battalion | 21st Battalion | 25th Battalion |
| 18th Battalion | 22nd Battalion | 26th Battalion |
| 19th Battalion | 23rd Battalion | 27th Battalion |
| 20th Battalion | 24th Battalion | 28th Battalion |
| Pioneers | 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion | |
| New Zealand Division | Major-General Andrew Hamilton Russell | |
| 1st New Zealand Brigade | 2nd New Zealand Brigade | 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| 1st Auckland Battalion | 2nd Auckland Battalion | 1st Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade |
| 1st Canterbury Battalion | 2nd Canterbury Battalion | 2nd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade |
| 1st Otago Battalion | 2nd Otago Battalion | 3rd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade |
| 1st Wellington Battalion | 2nd Wellington Battalion | 4th Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade |
| Pioneers | New Zealand Pioneer Battalion | |
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