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Originally Posted by engr9266
Were the Australian Wireless a military unit or civilian like the CABLE & WIRELESS in UK?
There was also the TELEGRAPH CABLE SERVICES and also GOVENMENT CABLE SERVICE-Pacific Cable Board.
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The 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron was a unit of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) which served in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) during World War I. Formed in late 1915, it took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign from 1916 to 1918, providing communications to British forces. Later, elements of the squadron served as part of Dunsterforce in 1918 and 1919, and in Kurdistan in 1919. The unit was also known as the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron and 1st Australian and New Zealand Signal Squadron.