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After successful completion of the 80-day recruit course at Kapooka, all soldiers joining the Signals Corps, regardless of specialisation, first complete an eight-day Common Corps course which provides basic Royal Australian Corps of Signals skills in radio, line laying and computing and is a prerequisite for all Australian Regular Army RA Sigs ...
As a result, the majority of Australia's military weapons and equipment were initially imported from the United Kingdom or the United States. However, as the war progressed, many of these imported items were gradually replaced by locally produced versions, as Australia's industrial capacity expanded to meet the demands of the conflict.
1 Signal Regiment: early 1960s (granted freedom to enter City of Campbelltown 1964) - December 1980; 2nd Military Hospital: established in the 1940s, became known as 1st Field Hospital in the 90s. 1st Field Hospital was located further down the road from 2nd Military Hospital and was deployed to Vietnam in the 1960s.
2/4th Commando Squadron (Australia) 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery; 2/5th Commando Squadron (Australia) No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAAF; 2/6th Cavalry Commando Regiment (Australia) 7th Signal Regiment (Australia) 2/8th Commando Squadron (Australia) 8th Field Ambulance (Australia) 2/9th Cavalry Commando Regiment (Australia) No. 9 ...
Previously 17th Machine Gun Regiment, 4th Armoured Regiment and 104th Motor Regiment 1st Army Tank Battalion: May 1942 End of war Previously 1st Armoured Car and 1st Motor Regiment. Redesignated 1st Armoured Regiment in 1944. 2nd Army Tank Battalion May 1942 March 1944 Previously 2nd Armoured Car Regiment 3rd Army Tank Battalion May 1942 March 1944
[180] [181] The three infantry battalions raised for occupation duties were designated the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment in 1949, [182] and the 34th Brigade became the 1st Brigade when it returned to Australia in December 1948, forming the basis of the post-war Regular Army. From that time the Australian Army ...
Pages in category "World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Australia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (Second ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-19-551784-2. Kuring, Ian (2004). Redcoats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788–2001. Loftus: Australian Military Historical Publications. ISBN 1-876439-99-8. Skennerton, Ian (1975).