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The army barracks, named after Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, were established when RAF Swanton Morley was handed over to the British Army in 1995. [6] In April 1998, it became the base of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, [7] who were replaced by the Light Dragoons in August 2000. [8]
Robertson Barracks – located in Darwin, Northern Territory. Australian Defence Satellite Communications Station – located near Kojarena 30 km east of Geraldton, Western Australia. Other U.S. bases in Australia are present and this list does not include ADF bases with U.S. access.
The regiment is currently based at Ypres Lines, Robertson Barracks, Palmerston; [7] however, the 102nd battery is based at the Royal Australian Air Force base, Edinburgh. The gun troops are currently equipped with M777 LWH. In January 2014, the 102nd Coral Battery relocated from RAAF Base Edinburgh to Robertson Barracks. [11]
On 14 June 2013, the prime minister announced that in 2014 the size of the deployment would increase to 1,150 U.S. Marines, to be based at Robertson Barracks. [5] During the 2023 rotation, MRF-D suffered a tragedy when one of their MV-22 Osprey helicopters crashed during a training event, resulting in the loss of three Marines. [6]
Robertson Barracks is a major Australian Army base in Holtze, a suburb of Darwin in the Municipality of Litchfield, about 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the Darwin city centre. [citation needed] Robertson Barracks are home to the 1st Brigade and the 1st Aviation Regiment. It has a helicopter airfield, similar to Holsworthy Barracks. [citation needed]
OTW is located at Kokoda Barracks at Canungra, while Education Wing is headquartered at Simpson Barracks in Melbourne. Headquarters WONCO is co-located with LWC headquarters, but has detachments spread throughout Australia at RAAF Edinburgh , Steele Barracks , Simpson Barracks, Gallipoli Barracks , Lavarack Barracks , and Robertson Barracks .
1 CER was raised on 1 March 1993, built around 1 Field Squadron RAE, itself raised from 1st Field Engineer Regiment (1FER) in July 1981 at Holsworthy Barracks, in Sydney. [ 1 ] 1 Field Squadron, draws lineage from 1 Field Company that was raised as part of the First Australian Imperial Force during World War I. [ 2 ]
The 1st Health Battalion (1 HB) is a unit of the 2nd Health Brigade.It is headquartered at the Robertson Army Barracks in Darwin.Formally having sub-units located in Darwin, Townsville and Brisbane, the then 1st Close Health Battalion was raised as 1 HB and fell under the command of the reestablished 2nd Health Brigade in 2022; with the existing Sub-Units being absorbed into 4th Health ...