Complex sentence: Lieutenant Colonel S. J. Bleechmore was placed in charge, and was given the 7th and 2/14th Field Companies and a section of the 2/1st Mechanical Equipment Company.
Split into simpler sentences: Lieutenant Colonel S. J. Bleechmore was placed in charge. He was given the 7th and 2/14th Field Companies and a section of the 2/1st Mechanical Equipment Company.