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Lavarack Barracks (ICAO: YLVK) is a major Australian Army base located in the suburb of Murray in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Lavarack Barracks is currently home to the Army's 3rd Brigade and 11th Brigade .
10 FSB is located at Lavarack Barracks and Ross Island Barracks in Townsville, Queensland, with Catering elements located in Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane and Amberley. A Squadron of Engineers is located in Sydney and a Troop of Water Transport is located in Darwin. [2]
The unit is based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland and is part of the 3rd Brigade. It has deployed to Bougainville as part of the South Pacific Peacekeeping Force, [1] to the Solomon Islands under Operation Anode, [citation needed] and has also served in Timor-Leste, [2] Iraq and Afghanistan. [citation needed]
The 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery is an artillery unit of the Australian Army.Currently it provides close artillery support to the 3rd Brigade and is based at Chau Pha Lines, Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland. [1]
Based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville and under the command of Brigadier E. Logan, the 3rd Task Force was made up of three infantry battalions—the 1st, 2nd and 4th Battalions, Royal Australian Regiment—as well as one squadron from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Field Regiment and the 3rd Field Engineer Regiment. [2]
The battalion remains based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, and became the division's specialist amphibious infantry Battalion. [31] [32] The battalion's primary role is to provide specialist capabilities to conduct pre-landing activities for other elements of the Army. It includes small boat operators and reconnaissance and sniper teams as ...
Commencing in 2014, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment began re-locating to Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland to become the armoured component of the 3rd Brigade. [10] On 31 October, the regiment farewelled Darwin, [7] and on 28 November 2014 it conducted a parade in Townsville to mark its transfer to the 3rd Brigade. [11]
Headquarters, 3rd Brigade (Lavarack Barracks, Queensland) 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Armoured cavalry regiment with Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles and M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams main battle tanks) (Lavarack Barracks, Qld) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Mechanized infantry with AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicles) (Lavarack Barracks, Qld)