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Australian troops from the 1st Brigade in a captured Ottoman trench at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915 This is a list of the brigades raised by the Australian Army. The list includes brigades that served in World War I, World War II, Vietnam and the present-day brigades. Current active brigades A soldier of the 5/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, previously part of the 1st Brigade ...
The Australian Army is organised into three main elements which report to the Chief of Army, the Headquarters of the 1st Division, Special Operations Command and Forces Command. [1] Headquarters 1st Division is responsible for high-level training activities and is capable of being deployed to command large scale ground operations.
In 1921, the Citizens Force's regimental numbering system, used since federation, was replaced by a divisional structure when the Australian Government decided to continue the unit designations of the AIF and to continue the traditions of the units of World War I. This renumbering brought about the end of localised regiments, with battalions ...
At the outbreak of war the Army comprised a small regular component and a large, but ill-trained and equipped, militia force. In September 1939 the government authorised the establishment of the Second Australian Imperial Force for overseas service; this force eventually reached a strength of four infantry divisions , an armoured division and ...
In the post-war period, the brigade was re-formed as a combined arms formation as part of the 2nd Division until it was converted into a training brigade in 2017–2018. In 2024, the brigade was transferred to Forces Command as a result of wider Army Force Structure reorganisation following the release of the Defence Strategic Review.
1st Brigade is a combined arms formation of the Australian Army.Formed in 1903 as a militia formation based in New South Wales, it was reconstituted as part of the Australian Imperial Force in 1914 for service during World War I, the brigade fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front before being disbanded in mid-1919.
The Australian Army transitioned from the four battalion brigade structure to the three battalion structure favoured by the British during 1940–1941. As a result, the 15th and 47th Battalions were reallocated to the 29th Brigade in February and May 1942, [ 25 ] and as a result by May 1942, the 7th Brigade consisted only of the 9th, 25th and ...
The 3rd Brigade is a combined arms brigade of the Australian Army, principally made up of the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment (1 and 3 RAR). Initially raised in 1903 as part of the post-Federation Australian Army, it was removed from the order of battle in 1906 following the restructure of the field force.