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In 1808, the New South Wales Corps was renamed the 102d Regiment of Foot. [1] Having arrived in the colony in December 1809 with the 73rd Regiment of Foot , which was to take over from the 102d Regiment of Foot, Governor Lachlan Macquarie was able to control the rum trade more effectively, introducing and enforcing a licensing system.
Two Bushmasters operated by the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during an exercise in 2010. This article describes the current structure of the Australian Army.It includes the army's order of battle and the headquarters locations of major units.
The decision to form the 1st Armoured Division was inspired by the success of mass tank tactics in Europe during the early stages of World War II. [1] The Australian War Cabinet approved the formation of an armoured division in July 1940, [2] and 1st Armoured Division was established on 1 July 1941, under the command of Major General John Northcott. [3]
The New South Wales Marine Corps was an ad hoc volunteer unit created by the Royal Navy to guard the convicts aboard the First Fleet to Australia, and to preserve "subordination and regularity" in the penal colony in New South Wales. [1] The Corps was established on 31 August 1786 with assent from King George III for a force of Marines and ...
Historically, an order of battle was the order in which troops were positioned relative to the position of the army commander or the chronological order in which ships were deployed in naval situations. As combat operations develop during a campaign, orders of battle may be revised and altered in response to the military needs and challenges.
Major-general Bernard Freyberg, VC, Colonel Stewart [1] C Squadron, 3rd The King's Own Hussars (seven light tanks) [1] Major G.W.Peck 10 Light Tank Mk VIs. B Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment; Lieutenant George Simpson Two Matilda tanks, crewed in part by two officers and five gunners of the 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA).
Japanese forces met stiff resistance from III Corps of the Indian Army and British units in northern Malaya, but Japan's superiority in air power, [10] tanks and infantry tactics forced the British and Indian units, who had very few tanks and remained vulnerable to isolation and encirclement, [11] [12] back along the west coast towards Gemas ...
The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment. Vol. I: 1885–1918. East Roseville, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 07318-1047-3. Maitland, Gordon (2002). The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment. Vol. II:1939–1945. East Roseville, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 0-7318-1160-7