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Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment practice clearing a building in 2015. The 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3 CER) is an Australian Army modular engineer regiment trained for sapper/combat engineer operations. The unit is based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland and is part of the 3rd Brigade.
Its role is to provide third line or 'general' support within an area of operations. [1] 10 FSB is located at Lavarack Barracks and Ross Island Barracks in Townsville, Queensland, with Catering elements located in Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane and Amberley.
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 ...
The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) is the armoured infantry battalion of the Australian Army, based in Kapyong Lines, Townsville as part of the 3rd Brigade (Armoured Amphibious). 3 RAR traces its lineage to 1945 and has seen operational service in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, South Vietnam, Rifle Company Butterworth, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
On 7 August 1905, Lavarack was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Australian Artillery.. In early 1913, he trained as an officer at the Staff College, Camberley in England, and upon the outbreak of the First World War was assigned first to the War Office as a general staff officer, grade 3 (GSO3), [3] then in February 1915 as a brigade major of the 22nd Division artillery. [4]
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 .
Murray is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is not a conventional suburb, with the developed land in the suburb being within the Australian Army's Lavarack Barracks. In the 2021 census, Murray had a population of 1,739 people. [1]
Under the command of Lieutenant General John Lavarack, the formation subsumed the previous Northern and Eastern Commands, and was based in Queensland and New South Wales. [3] Split into two corps – 1st and 2nd – initially the First Army had seven Australian divisions: 1st Infantry , 2nd Infantry , 3rd Infantry , 5th Infantry , 7th Infantry ...