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Puckapunyal (more formally the Puckapunyal Military Area, but also known as the Puckapunyal Camp or Puckapunyal Army Base, and colloquially as "Pucka") is an Australian Army training facility and base 10 km west of Seymour, in central Victoria, south-eastern Australia.
The Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum is located at Puckapunyal, an Australian Army training facility and base 10 km west of Seymour, in central Victoria, south-eastern Australia. The base is the home of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. The museum closed in December 2022 for redevelopment, but is expected to re ...
Its headquarters is located at Bridges Barracks, at Puckapunyal, [2] near Seymour, Victoria, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the north of Melbourne. [ 3 ] The centre was established in 1998–1999, in the mould of the Army Logistic Training Centre , to group the individual schools of the Army's combat corps – armour , artillery ...
Dust, Sand & Jungle: A History of Australian Armour During Training and Operations, 1927–1948, Royal Australian Armoured Corps Museum, Puckapunyal. ISBN 1-876439-75-0. Handel, P. (1998). Fifty Years of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, 1948–1998. Royal Australian Armoured Corps Museum, Puckapunyal. Hopkins, R.N.L (1978).
Latchford Barracks, Bonegilla – Albury/Wodonga Military Area; Gaza Ridge Barracks, Bandiana – Albury/Wodonga Military Area; Wadsworth Barracks, Bandiana – Albury/Wodonga Military Area; Tobruk Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area; Hopkins Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area
It is the largest collection of military vehicles in Australia, and the only major collection of vehicles in Australia apart from the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Memorial and Army Tank Museum at Puckapunyal. It is one of the largest private collections of artillery and AFVs in the world. [2]
At Puckapunyal on 4 June 1983 the RACT was presented with its former Princess Alice banner. It was received from the Governor General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen , who presented it on behalf of Princess Alice .
Latchford Barracks, Bonegilla – Albury/Wodonga Military Area; Gaza Ridge Barracks, Bandiana – Albury/Wodonga Military Area; Wadsworth Barracks, Bandiana – Albury/Wodonga Military Area; Tobruk Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area; Hopkins Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area