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The New South Wales Corps, later known as the 102d Regiment of Foot, and lastly as the 100th Regiment of Foot, was a formation of the British Army organised in 1789 in England to relieve the New South Wales Marine Corps, which had accompanied the First Fleet to New South Wales.
The following is a list of current regiments of the Australian Army, listed by Corps and ... 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers ... Special Operations Engineer ...
In March 1901, the Australian Army came into existence as the Commonwealth Military Forces through the amalgamation of the former colonies military forces. The existing regiments and battalions of the colonies were reorganised and renumbered due to their absorption into the national army and subsequently formed the first military units of a united Australia.
The following order of battle describes the Army's organisational structure at the battalion and independent company/squadron level at the end of April 2023. It does not take into account changes to units' structure and command arrangements associated with operational deployments.
The New South Wales Corps is also known as the Rum Corps for their monopolisation on the trade of rum which was the common currency of much of the time of their deployment. [ 2 ] In 1795, European settlers were in open conflict with the Aboriginal inhabitants they were displacing along the Deerubbin (Hawkesbury) River.
6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles. Transferred as 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps in 1956. It became E Company of 2nd Battalion the Royal New South Wales Regiment under the Pentropic reorganisation of 1960. [48] 7th/21st Australian Horse. Disbanded and personnel used to form 4th Battalion (Australian ...
The following is a list of the 23 Corps of the Australian Army, [1] ordered according to the traditional seniority of all the Corps. [citation needed]Corps of Staff Cadets ...
As a result, the Australian Army sought to obtain tanks of its own; however, due to post-war economic measures this was slow in occurring. [6] Four British Vickers Medium Mark II tanks were procured in 1927 to build its force, with the formation of the Australian Tank Corps gazetted on 15 December 1927. [12]