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Australian troops from the 1st Brigade in a captured Ottoman trench at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915 This is a list of the brigades raised by the Australian Army. The list includes brigades that served in World War I, World War II, Vietnam and the present-day brigades. Current active brigades A soldier of the 5/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, previously part of the 1st Brigade ...
The Australian Army is organised into three main elements which report to the Chief of Army, the Headquarters of the 1st Division, Special Operations Command and Forces Command. [1] Headquarters 1st Division is responsible for high-level training activities and is capable of being deployed to command large scale ground operations.
In 1921, the Citizens Force's regimental numbering system, used since federation, was replaced by a divisional structure when the Australian Government decided to continue the unit designations of the AIF and to continue the traditions of the units of World War I. This renumbering brought about the end of localised regiments, with battalions ...
At the outbreak of war the Army comprised a small regular component and a large, but ill-trained and equipped, militia force. In September 1939 the government authorised the establishment of the Second Australian Imperial Force for overseas service; this force eventually reached a strength of four infantry divisions , an armoured division and ...
The 16th Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Australian Army. First raised in 1912 as a Militia formation to provide training under the compulsory training scheme, the brigade was later re-raised as part of the First Australian Imperial Force during World War I. Its existence was short-lived, as it was disbanded after about six months ...
In the post-war period, the brigade was re-formed as a combined arms formation as part of the 2nd Division until it was converted into a training brigade in 2017–2018. In 2024, the brigade was transferred to Forces Command as a result of wider Army Force Structure reorganisation following the release of the Defence Strategic Review.
Consequently, in September 2023 Army announced a new force structure. Under this the Townsville-based 3rd Combat Brigade would now become an armoured brigade, 7th Combat Brigade a motorised brigade and 1st Brigade a light combat brigade. [44] The 9th Combat Brigade would revert to a reserve formation and focus on a security role.
During World War I, the 11th Brigade was raised in early 1916 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force. Forming part of the 3rd Division , [ 3 ] the brigade was formed in Australia during the period shortly after the Gallipoli Campaign when the AIF was being expanded prior to its commitment to the fighting on the Western Front .