2nd Siege Artillery Battery was formed in
Victoria during April 1915. The battery departed
Melbourne on 17 July 1915 and served on the
Western Front during
World War I. The battery along with the
1st Siege Artillery Battery made up the
1st Siege Artillery Brigade. 2nd Siege Artillery Battery was renamed the 55th Siege Artillery Battery on 28 September 1915. The battery was equipped first with four
BL 9.2-inch howitzers and then 6 from July 1917. In March 1918 the battery was assigned to the
Australian Corps Heavy Artillery and resumed its original title.
Image gallery
Ramming home the shell, Somme, July 1916
Firing near Voormezeele, Third Battle of Ypres, 13 September 1917