 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, 5th Brigade yakamutsiridzwa pakati pa1915 sechikamu cheAustralia Imperial Force AIF kubva kune vanozvipira kune dzimwe nyika basa. Pakusikwa kwayo yakanga iine mauto mana ehondo - 17th, 18th, 19th uye 20th Battalions. Yakagoverwa kuChikamu chechipiri, ruzhinji rwevashandi vayo rwakabviswa kubva kuvarume vakamboshanda muNew Guinea neAustralia Naval uye Mauto Expeditionary Force. Mushure mekugadzirwa, brigade yakabva kuAustralia, ichienda kuEgypt, muna Chivabvu 1915, uye mushure menguva yekudzidziswa, vakatumirwa kuGallipoli muna Nyamavhuvhu sekusimbiswa kwe1st Division, iyo yakanga iripo kubva muna Kubvumbi. Boka racho rakazotora rutivi muAugust Offensive, sezvo vaAllies vakatsvaka kuputsa mhirizhonga yakanga yawira papeninsula. Mushure mokunge kurwisa kwacho kwakundikana, 5th Brigade yakaramba iri paGallipoli, ichiita mabasa ekuzvidzivirira kusvikira yabviswa muna Zvita 1915 ndokudzokera kuEgypt. Mukutanga kwa1916, brigade yakatumirwa kuFrance sechikamu chekutamisa kwakakura kwemapoka evashandi veAIF kuenda kunhandare yehondo yeEurope. Kwemakore maviri nehafu akatevera, 5th Brigade yakarwa kuWestern Front, ichitora chikamu muhondo dzakawanda. 