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Puckapunyal's box-ironbark forest is an important site for swift parrots The entire PMA, along with two small reserves and an army munitions storage site at nearby Mangalore , has been identified by BirdLife International as a 435 km 2 Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports the largest known population of bush stone-curlews in Victoria.
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.
As a part of this expansion, the 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, was raised on 1 September 1965 at Puckapunyal in Victoria, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Eric Smith. [9] The battalion drew the majority of its experienced personnel from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), which had been serving in Malaysia ...
The squadron also completed its first local project, constructing an Armoured Fighting Vehicle range at Puckapunyal, and began an interstate project at Gallipoli Barracks, where it initiated the construction of various buildings for the South Queensland Logistic Group (SQLG).
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 ...
Photos collected by Hots&Cots and provided exclusively to NBC News reveal what the group considers evidence of unsanitary or dangerous living conditions for U.S. military personnel at bases in the ...
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.
The 5th/6th Battalion ("5/6 RVR") is one of two battalions of the Royal Victoria Regiment, and is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.The battalion traces its lineage back to many units that existed prior to Federation, as well as units that fought during World War I and World War II and the battalion carries the battle honours of these units as a mark of respect.