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The area was first used as a mobilisation and training area during World War I. [2] During the early 1920s, an ordnance store and rifle range were built on the site. [2] In 1939, the area was formally established as Puckapunyal Camp: the name was taken from the Aboriginal name for a large hill within the training area, which has been variously translated as "death to the eagle", "the outer ...
The 2/4th Fd Regt formed and trained in Puckapunyal, Victoria, as part of the 7th Division. [13] The regiment embarked at Port Melbourne on 21 October 1940, disembarking at El Kantara, in Egypt. Once trained and certified as ready for offensive operations on 19 May 1941, the regiment served in North Africa with the 7th Division's invasion of Syria.
The Combined Arms Training Centre (CATC) is an Australian Army training establishment that is part of Forces Command. [1] Its headquarters is located at Bridges Barracks, at Puckapunyal, [2] near Seymour, Victoria, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the north of Melbourne.
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; Bridges Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area; Simpson Barracks, Watsonia – Melbourne
Students at a New Hampshire high school have been caught surreptitiously taking photos of female classmates’ bodies – before sharing and grading them.. Bedford High School Principal Bob ...
While all RAAC members are trained in the technical and tactical employment of armour, they specialise in either the Armoured or Cavalry career streams. Both male and female soldiers and officers serve within the RAAC as armoured vehicle crew. The corps includes both full-time Regular and part-time Reserve units and members.
Wadsworth Barracks, Bandiana – Albury/Wodonga Military Area; Tobruk Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area; Hopkins Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area; Bridges Barracks, Puckapunyal – Puckapunyal Military Area; Somme Barracks, Shepparton; Simpson Barracks, Watsonia – Melbourne; Maygar Barracks, Broadmeadows ...
Seymour/Puckapunyal Area; Swan Island, Queenscliff; Lavarack Barracks, Townsville; Holsworthy Barracks; Shoalwater Bay Training Area. Between 1954 and 1956, a major works program with expenditure in excess of 100,000 Australian Pounds was carried out in the Puckapunyal and Seymour Area. During this period, for materials alone, some of the ...