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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 RAAC is the senior arms corps within the Army and the custodian of the customs and traditions of Australia's mounted soldiers. [2] The members of the corps are Army's experts in the theory and practice of armoured warfare and operation of armoured fighting vehicles (AFV). While all RAAC members are trained in the technical and tactical ...
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.
On the occasion of International Women's Day, take a look at the lives of female soldiers worldwide who have fought wars and become real heroes. Pics: Female soldiers around the world Skip to main ...
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
Improvements to Puckapunyal Water Supply - 30, 000; Bick Barracks to Mob Siding Seymour - 60,000. In addition to the works in the Puckapunyal area, other specific projects completed by personnel from 21 Construction Squadron in the early years include: Ovals, Gymnasium and RAEME workshops; Army Apprentice School, Balcombe; Ovals at Watsonia;
The Army concluded the women had operated as citizens, not soldiers. It would be 60 years before that changed. Only three of the original 233 Hello Girls would be alive to receive honorable ...
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.