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Militia units that had perpetuated the units of the AIF and serving as a valuable link to the traditions and service of earlier units. Nevertheless, many CMF soldiers felt that the introduction of these regiments reduced the Army's links to the community due to the move away from the traditional regionally based system and as a result many of these soldiers chose to leave the organisation. In 1965, as the pentropic system was abandoned, a further re-organisation of the CMF was undertaken as existing battalions were reduced and additional battalions were raised in the more populous areas, namely in
Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales. Concerns about the regional identity of these units were addressed by reintroducing the old numerical designations. In 1966, the Army authorised the raising of six remote area battalions, one in each state. These units offered special conditions of service for men who could not meet their training requirements through normal attendance due to their occupation or place of residence. Ultimately though the Tasmanian battalion was never formed.
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various definitions of that term), the new scheme was implemented with the express purpose of sending these recruits overseas as
Australia's commitments in the region required a large-scale increase in the Army. Additionally, instead of being used to fill the ranks of the CMF, the scheme was essentially used to expand the Regular Army. Due to the terms of service, national servicemen were required to serve two years full-time in Regular Army units, after which they were required to serve a further three years in the CMF. Despite this, however, potential conscripts were given the option to voluntarily enlist in the CMF prior to their date of birth being announced, thus exempting them from being drafted for overseas service. Due to the desire of many to avoid being sent overseas, as a result of this option, it was estimated that by 1968 almost half of the 35,000 men in the CMF had joined to avoid being drafted.
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shift in focus and a realisation of the mistakes that had been made prior to World War II. This would see the CMF providing a platform upon which the Army could mobilise in the event of a war. Initially, the plan had been for the CMF to be made up of 50,000 men organised into two divisions and other units, however, recruitment was unable to meet these targets as initially it was attempted to achieve this through voluntary enlistment. Indeed, in its first year of existence, the actual strength of the CMF was only 8,698 personnel, although this rose the following year to 16,202 and to 32,779 in 1950. In March 1951, a system of compulsory national service was re-established.
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composition and size of the new national army and role it would play at home and indeed within the wider
Imperial defence system. Nevertheless, the official transfer of forces from the states to the Commonwealth occurred on 1 March 1901, and this date is today celebrated as the birthday of the modern Australian Army. At the outset, the bulk of the Commonwealth military force was to be made up of part-time volunteers. This was arguably due to two factors. Firstly, there was a widespread desire amongst Australian policymakers to keep defence expenditure low, while secondly there was a widespread mistrust or suspicion surrounding the idea of a large standing army.
984:", and to the creation of an organisation in which the majority of its members had little or no motivation to fulfil their training obligations. Although this was not a universal experience, overall it affected the morale of the CMF and, coupled with the decision by the government not to activate CMF units for service in Vietnam, this led to a decline in genuine voluntary enlistment. To a large extent also, the government's decision to not use the CMF during this time highlighted the organisation's increasing structural irrelevance, and questions about the role that the CMF had to play in the defence of Australia would remain until following the end of the
496:. Nevertheless, for a period of time the government attempted to limit the number of militiamen transferring across to the AIF to build defences at home against concerns that Britain might not be able to fulfil its pledge to defend Singapore in the event of an attack there by the Japanese. As such, once again Australia maintained a policy of two armies. For the first two years Australia's involvement in the war was focused in overseas theatres in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and during this time it was the AIF that was involved in the fighting overseas, while units of the Militia were used in garrison duties in Australia and
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government decided to double the strength of the
Militia as war clouds began to loom on the horizon, and late in the year a recruiting campaign was launched that saw the size of the Militia increase from 35,000 to 43,000 men over the space of three months. This trend continued into 1939 and by midway through the year there were over 80,000 men serving on a part-time voluntary basis. Nevertheless, there was a serious shortage of equipment and as a result, when World War II broke out in September 1939 the Militia was by no means an effective fighting force and the nation as a whole was not as well prepared for war as it had been in 1914.
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Militia's other ranks were medically unfit. The numbers situation had become so tenuous that it was rare for a battalion to be able to field even 100 men during an exercise, so units accepted men that would not normally meet the medical requirements, indeed it has been stated that men who were "lame and practically blind" were allowed to join in an effort to improve numbers. To illustrate this, in 1936, the largest battalion—the 30th/51st Battalion—had just 412 personnel of all ranks, while the 11th/16th Battalion, which was the smallest, had only 156 men.
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523:. In April 1942, following the loss of Malaya and Singapore and the subsequent Japanese landings in New Guinea, the possibility of invasion appeared much more real. Seeing the threat that the Japanese posed to British and Australian interests in the region, the government had begun to bring AIF units back from the Middle East. Nonetheless, the bulk of the forces immediately available for the defence of Australia came from the militia, which was at that stage an organisation of some 265,000 men organised into five infantry and two cavalry divisions.
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links units had established in their local areas and thus further impacting upon recruitment and retention. Further, the decision was made to abolish the old CMF divisions, as the role of the Army
Reserve would no longer be to act as a skeleton force that would be filled out upon mobilisation, but rather a force that could provide individual sub-units of capability should the need arise to augment the Regular Army. Centralisation of training was also a result of the Millar Report; beforehand, recruit training had been an
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training obligation. Since
September 2006, in an incentive to rectify sliding retention rates, Reservist salaries have been streamlined with those of regular forces as a reflection of overall higher standard of training. This initiative shows that in recent decades, there are now many positions for which there is little training gap at all between Reservists and Permanent Force members. In 2008–09 total strength included 17,064 active personnel. In addition there were another 12,496 members of the Standby Reserve.
467:. The result of this change in recruitment policy was a huge drop in the size of the Army, as numbers fell by almost 20,000 in one year as there was little prospect for training and as the financial difficulties of the Great Depression began to be felt. As a result, in 1930 the decision was made to disband or amalgamate a number of units and five infantry battalions and two light horse regiments were removed from the order of battle. The following year, nine more infantry battalions were disbanded.
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serve in the High
Readiness Reserve have a higher minimum requirement, being required to serve at least 32 days. The Standby Reserve has no training obligation and is mainly used to maintain the administration of members upon discharge from the Regular Army or the Active Reserve in case they are required to be called back into service in a time of national emergency. Members of the Regular Army are required to remain in the Standby Reserve for five years following discharge.
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it was decided that it would only be focused on the more populated areas, essentially ending the scheme in rural areas. The result of this was that the course of only a year the strength of the
Citizen Forces fell from 127,000 to only 37,000 in 1922. Throughout the 1920s, numbers decreased even further and although the divisional structure was maintained, it was little more than a skeleton force as units found their numbers dropping drastically.
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be called upon to provide the base upon which mobilisation in a time of war would be built, instead it would be used to augment the
Regular Army. This was the first step in creating the concept of a total force, in which the differing virtues of the citizen soldier and the regular soldier would be used to complement each other, and in this vein the Millar Report recommended that the name be changed from the CMF to the Australian Army Reserve.
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voluntary service (rather than compulsory national service). The force would be based upon the five divisions of the old AIF, although it was decided to limit the overall number of units. This force would also be armed with modern weapons and equipment. That, at least, was the promise, however, in reality this never came to fruition and to a large extent they continued to be trained and equipped with 1914–18 equipment right up to and during
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renumbering the infantry regiments that had been formed in 1912, and giving them the numbers of the AIF units that had been formed in their regimental areas. A total of 60 AIF infantry battalions had seen active service during the war, but there were more than 60 infantry regiments; as a result, a number of the Citizen Forces regiments were reorganised with multiple battalions, while other units were converted to pioneer regiments.
254:, however, this focus gradually shifted due to the changing strategic environment, and the requirement for a higher readiness force available to support collective security goals. Since then, Australian defence policy has been focused more upon the Regular Army, and there has been considerable debate about the role of the Army Reserve within defence planning circles. As the strategic situation has evolved in the post
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on 15 September to include all of the Militia, in two drafts of 40,000 men, for one month's continuous training, however, the suspension on compulsory training introduced in 1929 was not amended until January 1940. On 5 September 1939 it was also announced that a division would be raised for overseas service, but there was still large-scale opposition to the concept of conscription and the provisions of the
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1050:, an existing Regular brigade based in Brisbane at the time, was converted to a Ready Reserve formation. The majority of the personnel were Reservists who undertook a period of twelve months full-time service before returning to normal Reserve status for a further four years. The scheme showed considerable promise. Nevertheless, due to cost constraints it was abolished in 1996 by the newly elected
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toyed with since the formation of the citizen force almost a hundred years earlier: enacting legislation that enabled the call-up of Reservists to full-time service in circumstances that fell short of a full scale defence emergency, thereby allowing their deployment overseas, while also protecting their employment and providing remuneration to employers.
640:(five battle group) division into the Australian Army in 1960. This proved a disaster for the CMF, as wholesale changes were made and units removed from the order of battle. Seven artillery regiments were disbanded from an original total of 17, while 31 infantry battalions were reduced to 17. This excluded the University Regiments and the
555:, officially referring to the organisation as the CMF, was passed to change the law to allow the transfer of Militia or CMF units to the AIF, if 65 percent or more of their personnel had volunteered for overseas service. Additionally, changes to the Act meant that Militia units were able to serve anywhere south of the Equator in the
567:, later in the war. Despite these changes, the AIF remained the Australian Army's main combat force during the war and indeed more than 200,000 members of the Militia transferred to the AIF throughout the course of the conflict. Nevertheless, 32 Militia infantry battalions, later organised into three Militia divisions (
418:. By June 1918, 9,215 home service troops were on active duty in Australia, alongside 2,476 regular soldiers. From 1915, only skeleton garrisons were maintained at coastal forts, but the personnel manning them were forbidden to enlist in the AIF. This ban was lifted in April 1915 but the presence of a German
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The majority of Australian Army Reserve units are under the command of the 2nd Division in six state-based brigades. There are also many Reservists serving on full-time service within Regular Army units, performing the same roles and under the same pay and conditions as Regular soldiers. 2nd Division
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Following the outbreak of the war in Europe, the government's immediate response was to announce on 5 September 1939 that it would begin calling up 10,000 militiamen at a time to provide sixteen days continuous service manning guard posts at selected points around the country. This was later expanded
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The reference to "chocolate soldiers" relates to the widely held belief that the militiamen would melt the first time they were required for action, while the jibe about "koalas" is taken from the fact that at the time koalas were protected under law, in so much as it was illegal for them to be shot
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The continuing high operational tempo of the Army after East Timor further emphasised the need to develop the capability of the Army Reserve. Since then increasing numbers of Reservists have been deployed overseas in varying capacities as well as undertaking periods of full-time service in Australia
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highlighted the limits of the Australian Defence Force and the need for an Army Reserve that could effectively provide deployable capabilities and individuals to round-out to the Regular Army in times of heavy operational commitment. As such, in late 2000 the government did what many governments had
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Nevertheless, due to further cuts in defence spending and an eagerness of the government to implement those recommendations that could assist in achieving this goal, units that were unable to meet attendance requirements were disbanded or amalgamated with others, thus further diffusing the community
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The committee found that the CMF was a hollow shell of its former self, depleted in numbers and in equipment and unable to adequately fulfil its tasks. However, it still found that there was a role for the CMF to play in the strategic environment that existed at the time, although it would no longer
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and the subsequent report developed from this inquiry became known as the Millar Report. Far from being a vehicle of the Regular Army to denigrate the CMF as some opponents predicted, the report did much to highlight many of the conceptual and structural problems that the CMF was afflicted by at the
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still precluded conscripts from serving outside Australian territory, so it was announced that this force would be raised from volunteers only and would not be raised directly from the Militia. Conscripts, however, were required to serve in the Militia, with the result being that the Militia's ranks
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Between 1929 and 1937, the number of soldiers within the Militia who could provide effective service was well below the force's actual on paper strength as many soldiers were unable to attend even a six-day annual camp out of fear of losing their civilian employment. Also, it has been estimated that
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government, the compulsory training scheme was abolished and in its place a new system was introduced whereby the CMF would be maintained on a part-time, voluntary basis only. At this time it was also decided to change the name of the force to the Militia, as it was felt that the latter name implied
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Following the end of World War I, the units that had been raised as part of the AIF were disbanded, and the focus of Australian defence planning returned once more to the maintenance of the Citizen Forces. To this end, a review of defence requirements in 1920 established the need for Australia to be
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that precluded sending conscripts overseas, upon the outbreak of the war it was necessary for the Australian government to raise a separate force, outside the Citizen Forces organisation for service overseas. Regardless, it has been estimated that up to 50,000 militiamen subsequently enlisted in the
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became the first formed Army Reserve unit to see combat since World War II when it was deployed to Afghanistan as part of the Australian Special Operations Task Group. The initial deployment proved problematic however, with a subsequent inquiry finding that the company had received less support for
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The subordinate relationship between the CMF and Regular Army was further underlined when the national service scheme was re-introduced in 1965, albeit in the guise of a selective ballot. Whereas previous incarnations of the system had not allowed for national servicemen to be sent overseas (within
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There was little support for compulsory military service amongst the public, however, and combined with the financial pressure that the government felt at that time to reduce defence spending, the 1920 recommendations were not fully implemented. Although the compulsory training scheme was retained,
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Australia's contribution to the fighting came from forces raised outside the citizen forces that were in existence at the time, and although many citizen soldiers enlisted in these forces, the Citizen Forces units remained in Australia. With the outbreak of World War II a similar situation evolved,
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Within the Active Reserve there are two categories of service—the High Readiness Reserve and the Reserve Response Force. The Reserve Response Force are required to serve a minimum of 20 days and may serve a maximum 100, although a further 50 days may be undertaken upon special approval. Those that
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By the time that the opening phases of the East Timor operation began in 1999, the issue regarding the purpose of the Army Reserve still had not been resolved. Instead of being able to provide formed units to augment the Regular Army, the Reserves was reduced to providing individuals for round-out
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Due to an overcommitment of resources early in the war, the Australian economy suffered badly from manpower shortages as early as 1942. As a result, the government began the demobilisation process before the war was over and, when it had finally come to an end, the government was very keen for the
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during World War I and the expanded organisation allowed citizen forces officers more experience in commanding formed bodies of men. However, it was the main factor contributing to the decision to recruit the AIF on the basis of voluntary enlistment. Because the army in 1914 was largely made up of
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The general obligation of a Reservist is four nights and one weekend a month, as well as an annual two-week training exercise. Outside this there are periods of continuous training, such as basic and initial employment training that are required to be undertaken in the first two to three years of
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As such, the role of the Army Reserve now encompasses the '3 Rs'—that is reinforcement, round-out and rotation. With a total strength in 2005–06 of just 15,579 active personnel, recruitment and retention remain an ongoing issue for Defence planners, nevertheless Reservists continue to have a high
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in 1948, the first regular infantry unit of the Australian Army. From that time on as tension within the region increased the strength of the Regular Army increased rapidly in contrast to the CMF, signifying if not an end to Australian military planners' reliance upon citizen soldiers, at least a
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defence system (although this later realisation remained little more than a consideration on paper only). The review also validated the compulsory military training scheme that was to be introduced in 1910, which was directly responsible for expanding the Citizen Forces by up to 50 percent in the
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regiments, supplemented by the transfer of men from a number of superfluous infantry units, while the remaining infantry were organised into battalions of the Australian Infantry Regiment and engineers and artillery were organised into field companies and garrison artillery batteries. Due to the
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Following the end of World War II, however, the decision was made to establish a permanent standing defence force and the role of Reserve forces was reduced to the point where for a while their relevance was called into question. Recently, however, there has been a move to develop a more capable
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At the same time, it was decided to amalgamate old local and regional regiments that had existed into six new multi-battalion state-based regiments. While the pentropic system eventually fell by the wayside, these regiments have endured, maintaining the battle honours of the previously existing
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was proclaimed, providing the Commonwealth Military Forces a statutory framework within which they could operate. Amidst a background of political manoeuvring and personal agendas, the military forces were eventually reorganised into a more or less unified command structure. As a part of this,
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of Australia's defence capabilities seemed to provide the Reserves with a definite role. Nevertheless, there remained a reluctance to rebuild the Reserves and despite these major reviews, as late as the 1990s the Army still had not managed to develop a well-structured reserve force, as it had
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The lack of importance placed on military matters in Australian political circles continued for some time, and the size of the Australian military in this time continued to fall, in part due to the emphasis placed upon mounted units in the new command structure. However, following a number of
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Financially the Militia was neglected also. Despite the upturn in the economic situation in the early 1930s there was little financial respite for the Militia in this time. As the situation continued to improve, however, the defence vote was increased steadily after 1935. Indeed, in 1938 the
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in Australian waters caused a mobilisation from February to April 1916, while another mobilisation occurred in April 1918 for the same reason. Just before the end of World War I, Australia's home forces were reorganised to perpetuate the numerical identities of the AIF units. This was done
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assigned primary responsibility for defence to the Commonwealth. Indeed, this process took some time as, to a large extent, matters of defence were not necessarily a priority of the new Australian legislature at the time, and there was also a considerable diversity in opinion regarding the
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came to power in late 1972, the CMF was in a very poor state. The new government moved quickly to end conscription, and this caused the CMF's strength to fall by roughly 5,000 to 23,119 by June 1973. In 1973 a committee of inquiry into the CMF was announced, under the chairmanship of Dr.
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era, the organisation, structure, training and role of the Army Reserve has undergone considerable changes, and members of the Army Reserve are increasingly being used on overseas deployments, not only within Regular Army units, but also in units drawn almost entirely from Reserve units.
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The reintroduction of this conscription scheme saw the numbers of the CMF rise substantially but its management and administration required the allocation of a large number of resources and personnel from the Regular Army at a time when the army Regular Army already heavily committed in
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which remained unchanged. The remaining battalions were later merged into just nine battalions. Meanwhile, the CMF armoured units had already been rationalised in 1957 and as a result the change to the pentropic structure mostly resulted in a change in role only, such as the
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time, however, the way in which the government chose to implement the recommendations, and indeed the way in which some of them were allowed to lapse, ultimately served to at least partially justify some of the cynicism voiced in certain CMF circles about the report.
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with the establishment of an all-volunteer expeditionary force, however, with the entry of Japan into the war the threat to Australia became more direct and a number of Militia units were called upon to fight in New Guinea and other areas of the South West Pacific.
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continued to grapple with the competing demands of maintaining large-scale general readiness over developing a 'hard core' of capability within the Reserves that would be able to provide the Army with a nucleus force in times of national emergency.
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process managed mainly by the units themselves. Other issues such as pay and conditions of service, protection of civilian employment and recruitment and retention were touched upon but remained largely unaddressed until more recently.
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Reserve force, as Australia's overseas military commitments in the Pacific and Middle East have highlighted the importance of the Reserves once more. As such, since 2000 units of the Australian Army Reserve have been deployed to
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demobilisation process to be completed as quickly as possible. Defence issues were not given a high priority as people tried to rebuild their lives after the war and as such it was not until 1948 that the CMF was reformed.
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its pre-deployment preparations than was typical for regular units and that its training was inadequate. The 1st Commando Regiment contributed forces to several other Special Operations Task Group rotations.
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reorganisation of the Army. The Army has stated that the reserves' role will become "to deliver specified capability and support and sustain Australian Defence Force (ADF) preparedness and operations".
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which did not provide for the establishment of a regular infantry force, the notion that the Commonwealth Military Forces would be largely based on a part-time militia was set out in legislation.
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After the initial transfer of forces in March 1901, further progress was slow as administrative and legislative instruments took time to develop. Indeed, it was not until 1 March 1904 that the
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able to field a force of approximately 270,000 men in the event of a war, of which half of this would be maintained in peacetime through compulsory enlistment, i.e. in essence a form of
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strategic and political "scares", defence matters slowly began to take on more primacy in the Australian psyche before a review of defence needs was made in 1909 by
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As part of this reform, the six Army Reserve brigades are being paired with the regular brigades. The
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to maintain capabilities within Regular units heavily committed to deployments to
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3838:. Issues Brief. Vol. 20. Canberra: Department of the Parliamentary Library.
1961:. Vol. XXXVI, no. 277. Tasmania, Australia. 20 November 1916. p. 7
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in 1901, the reserve military force has been known by many names, including the
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Committee of Inquiry into the Citizen Military Forces Report. (Millar Report)
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Australian Armour: A History of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps 1927–1972
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The Australian Army Reserve currently consists of the following components:
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This led to a widespread public perception that the CMF was a refuge for "
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Pacific Fury: How Australia and Her Allies Defeated the Japanese Scourge
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Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade 2000, pp. 142–143.
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Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (2000).
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3599:. Puckapunyal, Victoria: Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.
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1905:. No. 27, 846. Victoria, Australia. 18 November 1935. p. 8
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Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade 2000, p. 109.
2647:"The History of the 25th/49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment"
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Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade 2000, p. 135.
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Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade 2000, p. 142.
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From Phantom to Force: Towards a More Efficient and Effective Army
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were filled with both volunteers and conscripts during this time.
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units will convert from light cavalry to producing crews for
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16th Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia)
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Invading Australia: Japan and the Battle for Australia, 1942
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The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901–2001
2879:(2). Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales: 29.
1734:"Military Organisation and Structure: One Army, Two Armies?"
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3618:. Elite # 153. Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing.
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For example the Japanese victory over the Russians in the
3179:. Australian Military Medicine Association. Archived from
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Operational Support Squadron (Randwick Barracks in Sydney)
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attempted to escape from Port Philip Bay on 5 August 1914.
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2726:. Minister for Defence. 4 September 2006. Archived from
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142nd Signal Squadron (Holsworthy Barracks in Liverpool)
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8th/7th Battalion (The North Western Victorian Regiment)
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Popple, Jeff (1982). "The Australian Militia 1930–39".
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27th Battalion (The South Australian Scottish Regiment)
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2991:"Formation of 9th Regiment Royal Australian Artillery"
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30th Battalion (The New South Wales Scottish Regiment)
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Redesignation of CMF battalions as pentropic companies
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Australian Defence Force School of Special Operations
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11th/28th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment
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3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles)
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5th/11th Light Battery (HQ at Lavarack Barracks, Qld)
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108th Signal Squadron (Simpson Barracks in Melbourne)
3716:. Canberra: Australian Government Printing Service.
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3912:. St Leonards, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin.
3680:. Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
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6th/13th Light Battery (HQ at Keswick Barracks, SA)
1258:8th Signal Regiment (HQ at Randwick Barracks, NSW)
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Headquarters, 2nd Division (Randwick Barracks, NSW)
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A and B Companies: The Far North Queensland Company
4227:1st Division (Deployable Joint Force Headquarters)
3855:. Melbourne, Victoria: Penguin Group (Australia).
3339:2nd/17th Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
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3138:"13 Engineer Regiment raised in historic ceremony"
2961:"Signals Corps Officer : Employment Location"
1933:. Victoria, Australia. 21 November 1916. p. 3
1418:2nd/17th Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
824:58th/32nd Battalion (The City of Essendon Regiment
716:51st Battalion (The Far North Queensland Regiment)
4832:20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment
4499:Battle and theatre honours of the Australian Army
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611:A CMF machine gun team during an exercise in 1952
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3752:. Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.
3661:. Melbourne, Victoria: Grayflower Publications.
3534:Stepping Up: Part-time Forces and ADF Capability
2772:"Deadly Afghan raids expose leadership Failings"
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1580:16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment
1312:23rd Light Battery (HQ at Kogarah Barracks, NSW)
926:11th/44th Battalion (The City of Perth Regiment)
850:38th Battalion (The Northern Victorian Regiment)
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2866:"The Australian Army's 2nd Division: An Update"
1267:143rd Signal Squadron (HMAS Harman in Canberra)
922:1st Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment
817:5th Battalion (The Victorian Scottish Regiment)
759:A Company: The New South Wales Scottish Company
3893:. Sydney, New South Wales: William Heinemann.
3537:. Strategic Insights. Vol. 44. Canberra:
3343:Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
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2748:Australian Department of Defence 2009, p. 199.
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1539:31st/42nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment
1534:25th/49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment
1509:3rd Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers
1429:41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
755:6th Battalion (New South Wales Mounted Rifles)
747:2nd Battalion (The City of Newcastle Regiment)
744:17th/18th Battalion (The North Shore Regiment)
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3314:Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001
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1383:12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmanian Regiment
1323:51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment
1297:2nd/10th Light Battery (HQ in Melbourne, Vic)
1251:is currently made up of the following units:
943:D Company: The West Australian Rifles Company
893:1st Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment
775:3rd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
736:2nd Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
331:state-based mounted units were reformed into
1300:3rd Light Battery (HQ at Irwin Barracks, WA)
901:43rd/48th Battalion (The Hindmarsh Regiment)
821:6th Battalion (The Royal Melbourne Regiment)
693:41st Battalion (The Byron Scottish Regiment)
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730:D and E Companies: The Capricornia Company
685:25th Battalion (The Darling Downs Regiment}
5110:Military units and formations of Australia
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3733:. Frenchs Forest: Child & Associates.
3558:. Melbourne, Victoria: Allara Publishing.
2821:Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper 2017, p. 10.
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1969:– via National Library of Australia.
1941:– via National Library of Australia.
1913:– via National Library of Australia.
1378:8th/7th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
1373:5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
1071:5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
552:Defence (Citizen Military Forces) Act 1943
451:Soldiers of the CMF 56th Battalion in 1937
73:
4257:Directorate of Army Research and Analysis
3492:Australian National Audit Office (2009).
3471:Australian Department of Defence (2009).
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2698:"Boredom, poor pay depletes Army Reserve"
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3477:. Canberra: Defence Publishing Service.
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1529:9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment
1288:9th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
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1028:9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment
1021:
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877:12th Battalion (The Launceston Regiment)
802:D Company: The Australian Rifles Company
769:Support Company: The Kuring Gai Company
763:C Company: The City of Newcastle Company
711:2nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment
676:1st Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment
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3639:. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
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2002:"People power wins out at Point Nepean"
806:Support Company: The St George Company
784:34th Battalion (The Illawarra Regiment)
780:45th Battalion (The St George Regiment)
751:13th Battalion (The Macquarie Regiment)
455:In 1929, following the election of the
14:
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4747:4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse
4742:1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
4649:University of New South Wales Regiment
4020:Special Operations Commander Australia
3907:
3873:ADF Capability Review: Australian Army
3870:Thomson, Mark; Davies, Andrew (2008).
3766:
3731:Army Australia: An Illustrated History
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2757:Australian National Audit Office 2009.
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1549:11th Combat Services Support Battalion
1473:University of New South Wales Regiment
1407:1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
1364:4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse
1309:7th Light Battery (HQ in Dee Why, NSW)
1204:Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles
992:Post Vietnam War to the new millennium
964:Two CMF Brigadiers examine a captured
872:1st Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment
866:E Company The Goulburn Valley Company
841:2nd Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
812:1st Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment
705:E Company: The Byron Scottish Company
689:47th Battalion (The Wide Bay Regiment)
647:4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse
4644:Western Australia University Regiment
4469:Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
4181:Special Operations Logistics Squadron
4036:Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army
3944:
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3697:. New York: Oxford University Press.
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3653:
3539:Australian Strategic Policy Institute
3174:"17th Combat Service Support Brigade"
1982:
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1590:13th Combat Service Support Battalion
1483:Western Australia University Regiment
916:E Company: The Port Adelaide Company
881:40th Battalion (The Derwent Regiment)
792:4th Battalion (The Australian Rifles)
720:31st Battalion (The Kennedy Regiment)
356:three years prior to the outbreak of
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4890:Special Operations Engineer Regiment
4176:Special Operations Engineer Regiment
3812:
3677:Australian Defence Almanac 2011–2012
3572:
3531:Davies, Andrew; Smith, Hugh (2008).
2863:
1680:Military history of Australia portal
1513:9th Combat Service Support Battalion
1442:8th Combat Service Support Battalion
1438:5th Combat Service Support Battalion
1392:4th Combat Service Support Battalion
1209:
937:A Company: The City of Perth Company
904:10th Battalion (The Adelaide Rifles)
788:3rd Battalion (The Werriwa Regiment)
699:B Company: The Darling Downs Company
681:9th Battalion (The Moreton Regiment)
603:Post World War II to the Vietnam War
316:Members of the militia in Tasmania,
27:Reserve units of the Australian Army
5012:Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
4509:Australian Army during World War II
3616:The Australian Army in World War II
3390:"Exciting Times Ahead for Our Army"
2621:Department of Defence Media Release
945:E Company: The North Coast Company
761:B Company: The North Shore Regiment
426:
24:
4950:Australian Army Intelligence Corps
4504:Australian Army during World War I
4392:Australian Army Memorial, Canberra
3556:The Lineage of the Australian Army
2724:"Increased Pay for ADF Reservists"
950:Source: Palazzo 2001, p. 259
933:28th Battalion (The Swan Regiment)
854:59th Battalion (The Hume Regiment)
213:is a collective name given to the
25:
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4940:Royal Australian Corps of Signals
3928:
3446:"Adaptive Army Public Info Paper"
3413:. Australian Army. Archived from
3212:. Australian Army. Archived from
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3105:. Australian Army. Archived from
3079:. Australian Army. Archived from
3023:. Australian Army. Archived from
2937:. Australian Army. Archived from
2841:. Australian Army. Archived from
2799:. Australian Army. Archived from
2704:from the original on 2 April 2009
2676:"Army Reserve Transition Seminar"
1318:Regional Force Surveillance Group
908:A Company: The South-East Company
885:A Company: The Launceston Company
835:E Company: The Footscray Company
642:Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles
5078:
5069:
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4614:Royal Western Australia Regiment
4494:Second Australian Imperial Force
4279:Royal Military College, Duntroon
4045:
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3937: – Australian Army web site
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2700:. Sun Herald. 13 February 2005.
2606:Thomson & Davies 2008, p. 1.
2263:from the original on 15 May 2009
2183:Stanley 2008, pp. 130 & 134.
2008:from the original on 15 May 2009
1740:from the original on 5 July 2009
1672:
1425:, Royal New South Wales Regiment
1414:, Royal New South Wales Regiment
1216:Structure of the Australian Army
1117:In late 2008 a company from the
912:C Company: The Mid-North Company
862:C Company: The Sunraysia Company
831:C Company: The Melbourne Company
798:B Company: The Illawarra Company
796:A Company: The St George Company
765:D Company: The Macquarie Company
300:controlled by the six separate,
196:
94:
4464:First Australian Imperial Force
3575:A Military History of Australia
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1368:Royal Australian Armoured Corps
1239:
1200:Royal Australian Armoured Corps
914:D Company: The Adelaide Company
887:B Company: The Derwent Company
833:D Company: The Essendon Company
827:A Company: The Scottish Company
804:E Company: The Riverina Company
703:D Company: The Wide Bay Company
478:
302:self-governing British colonies
4737:12th/16th Hunter River Lancers
4639:Adelaide Universities Regiment
4634:Queensland University Regiment
4609:Royal South Australia Regiment
4599:Royal New South Wales Regiment
4387:Colours, standards and guidons
3411:"13 Brigade Briefing Document"
1835:
1764:
1726:
1697:
1664:(HQ at Randwick Barracks, NSW)
1554:12th/16th Hunter River Lancers
1505:Royal South Australia Regiment
1478:Queensland University Regiment
1468:Adelaide Universities Regiment
1357: – Victoria and Tasmania
939:B Company: The Cameron Company
864:D Company: The Bendigo Company
858:A Company: The Geelong Company
800:C Company: The Werriwa Company
728:C Company: The Kennedy Company
697:A Company: The Moreton Company
651:
521:invade the Australian mainland
414:were fired by the garrison at
120:12,496 (Standby Reserve)(2009)
118:15,596 (Active Reserve)(2022)
13:
1:
4872:6th Engineer Support Regiment
4721:2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment
4677:Far North Queensland Regiment
4629:Melbourne University Regiment
4314:Army Logistic Training Centre
3474:Defence Annual Report 2008–09
3394:Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper
2905:Army: The Soldiers' Newspaper
2770:Hyland, Tom (21 March 2010).
1686:
1458:Melbourne University Regiment
1220:
1036:Defence of Australia doctrine
767:E Company: The Rifles Company
515:and on the British forces in
360:. Separately then-Brigadier
317:
4867:3rd Combat Engineer Regiment
4862:2nd Combat Engineer Regiment
4857:1st Combat Engineer Regiment
4566:Special Air Service Regiment
4309:Army Recruit Training Centre
4161:Special Air Service Regiment
3210:3rd Health Support Battalion
3144:(Press release). 6 July 2022
1691:
1651:(HQ at Keswick Barracks, SA)
910:B Company: The River Company
829:B Company: The Merri Company
7:
4294:Enoggera/Gallipoli Barracks
3234:Australian Army 2008, p. 7.
2259:. Australian War Memorial.
2246:Thompson 2008, pp. 321–330.
2219:Thompson 2008, pp. 297–315.
2004:. The Age. 26 August 2003.
1736:. Australian War Memorial.
1632:2nd Force Support Battalion
941:C Company: The Swan Company
244:
10:
5131:
4954:1st Intelligence Battalion
4624:Sydney University Regiment
4209:Oakey Army Aviation Centre
3659:South West Pacific 1941–45
3103:"Home Page—HQ 11 Bde—ARMY"
3077:"Headquarters 8th Brigade"
1657:Special Operations Command
1563: – Western Australia
1463:Sydney University Regiment
1243:
1213:
1132:
1073:marching on ANZAC day 2006
1030:during an exercise in 1999
402:First AIF during the war.
286:
239:Australian Military Forces
5064:
4963:
4928:
4898:
4880:
4849:
4840:
4797:
4769:
4757:10th Light Horse Regiment
4729:
4698:
4689:
4657:
4594:Royal Queensland Regiment
4584:
4556:
4548:Royal Australian Regiment
4540:
4531:
4517:
4454:
4433:Australian military slang
4410:
4364:
4321:
4265:
4194:
4144:
4106:
4063:
4054:
4043:
3994:
3985:
3693:McCarthy, Dayton (2003).
3554:Festberg, Alfred (1972).
2931:"Brigades and Formations"
2864:Clay, Peter (June 2014).
2776:The Sydney Morning Herald
2165:Wilcox 1998, pp. 107–114.
1953:"Australian Army Reserve"
1570:10th Light Horse Regiment
1566:Headquarters 13th Brigade
1525:Headquarters 11th Brigade
1279:(Irwin Barracks in Perth)
1108:Rifle Company Butterworth
949:
654:
542:played a key role in the
306:Constitution of Australia
292:Federation to World War I
192:
187:
174:
161:
156:
134:
124:
114:
104:
89:
81:
72:
39:
34:
4716:3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment
4098:17th Sustainment Brigade
4014:Commander Forces Command
3988:Australian Defence Force
3935:Australian Army Reserves
3889:Thompson, Peter (2008).
3834:Shephard, Allan (1992).
3787:Australia During the War
3748:Palazzo, Albert (2001).
3444:Australian Army (2008).
3249:
2308:Johnston 2007, pp. 9–10.
1991:Scott 1941, pp. 196–198.
1627:17th Sustainment Brigade
1495:Headquarters 9th Brigade
1492: – South Australia
1454:Headquarters 8th Brigade
1403:Headquarters 5th Brigade
1400: – New South Wales
1360:Headquarters 4th Brigade
1246:2nd Division (Australia)
670:Pentropic rifle company
4667:North-West Mobile Force
4619:Royal Tasmania Regiment
4604:Royal Victoria Regiment
3851:Stanley, Peter (2008).
3729:Odgers, George (1988).
3712:Millar, Thomas (1974).
3614:Johnston, Mark (2007).
3335:Royal Victoria Regiment
3021:North West Mobile Force
2899:McBean, Graham (2007).
2678:. Army Personnel Agency
2559:Grey 2008, pp. 261–266.
2517:Millar 1974, pp. 43–49.
2458:Grey 2008, pp. 239–240.
2326:Grey 2008, pp. 183–184.
2317:Grey 2008, pp. 180–183.
2174:Grey 2008, pp. 145–147.
2156:Popple 1982, pp. 44–48.
2147:Grey 2008, pp. 140–142.
2099:Grey 2008, pp. 138–139.
1333:North-West Mobile Force
557:South West Pacific Area
237:and, unofficially, the
231:Citizen Military Forces
223:Federation of Australia
211:Australian Army Reserve
44:Citizen Military Forces
35:Australian Army Reserve
18:Citizen Military Forces
4946:, 8th Signal Regiment)
4916:22nd Engineer Regiment
4911:11th Engineer Regiment
4377:Enlisted rank insignia
4031:Commander 2nd Division
4026:Commander 1st Division
3908:Wilcox, Craig (1998).
3784:Scott, Ernest (1941).
3674:Khosa, Raspal (2011).
3573:Grey, Jeffrey (2008).
2529:McCarthy 2003, p. 179.
1897:"Major-General Mackay"
1607:
1585:13th Engineer Regiment
1544:11th Engineer Regiment
1388:22nd Engineer Regiment
1277:109th Signals Squadron
1163:will partner with the
1144:
1129:Plan Beersheba reforms
1074:
1031:
973:
612:
513:attack on Pearl Harbor
508:
452:
389:
323:
176:Commander 2nd Division
4906:5th Engineer Regiment
4789:6th Aviation Regiment
4784:5th Aviation Regiment
4779:1st Aviation Regiment
4706:1st Armoured Regiment
4576:2nd Commando Regiment
4571:1st Commando Regiment
4372:Officer rank insignia
4204:16th Aviation Brigade
4171:2nd Commando Regiment
4166:1st Commando Regiment
3769:Defence Force Journal
3142:Department of Defence
2488:Shephard 1992, p. 31.
2440:Palazzo 2001, p. 278.
2417:McCarthy 2003, p. 99.
2281:Palazzo 2001, p. 141.
2257:"Battle of Milne Bay"
2228:Stanley 2008, p. 133.
2201:Stanley 2008, p. 115.
2192:Stanley 2008, p. 134.
2120:Palazzo 2001, p. 124.
2090:Palazzo 2001, p. 110.
1902:The Argus (Melbourne)
1761:Grey 2008, pp. 66–83.
1712:Department of Defence
1662:1st Commando Regiment
1605:
1503:10th/27th Battalion,
1434:5th Engineer Regiment
1292:Kogarah Barracks, NSW
1142:
1119:1st Commando Regiment
1100:Royal Australian Navy
1094:, East Timor and the
1068:
1025:
966:Type 56 assault rifle
963:
667:CMF source battalion
610:
506:
450:
376:
315:
193:Australian Army badge
85:1 March 1901 (as CMF)
4711:2nd Cavalry Regiment
4484:Desert Mounted Corps
4299:Army Aviation Centre
4156:Special Forces Group
4008:Deputy Chief of Army
3027:on 17 September 2011
2479:Hopkins 1978, p. 302
2408:Kuring 2004, p. 265.
2399:Blaxland 1989, p.83.
2356:Odgers 1988, p. 193.
2299:Johnston 2007, p. 9.
2138:Odgers 1988, p. 111.
2066:Festberg 1972, p. 8.
1649:3rd Health Battalion
860:The Ballarat Company
664:Pentropic battalion
659:(as at 1 July 1960)
4944:7th Signal Regiment
4752:3rd/9th Light Horse
4336:Historical weaponry
4289:Holsworthy Barracks
4284:Land Warfare Centre
3495:Army Reserve Forces
3275:. Grey 2008, p. 77.
3216:on 11 December 2011
3127:13th Brigade, p. 3.
2971:on 14 February 2012
2901:"Historic transfer"
2653:on 11 November 2012
2627:on 8 September 2013
2026:Shaw 2010, pp. 8–9.
1979:Wilcox 1998, p. 78.
1958:The Daily Telegraph
1598:Other Reserve units
1522: – Queensland
1337:Larrakeyah Barracks
701:C Company: Not Used
621:Australian Regiment
544:Battle of Milne Bay
167:Lieutenant General
46:(CMF); (1901–1980)
4146:Special Operations
3417:on 20 October 2009
3331:8th/7th Battalions
3273:Russo-Japanese War
3243:Khosa 2011, p. 24.
3162:Khosa 2011, p. 26.
3109:on 29 October 2009
3083:on 17 October 2009
2941:on 15 January 2012
2803:on 10 October 2016
2594:Grey 2008, p. 280.
2571:Grey 2008, p. 266.
2508:Grey 2008, p. 261.
2470:Grey 2008, p. 240.
2449:Grey 2008, p. 238.
2431:Grey 2008, p. 239.
2390:Grey 2008, p. 228.
2374:Grey 2008, p. 207.
2365:Grey 2008, p. 205.
2347:Grey 2008, p. 201.
2335:Grey 2008, p. 200.
2290:Grey 2008, p. 180.
2237:Grey 2008, p. 179.
2210:Grey 2008, p. 165.
2129:Keogh 1965, p. 45.
2111:Keogh 1965, p. 44.
2078:Grey 2008, p. 138.
2048:Grey 2008, p. 125.
1877:Grey 2008, p. 141.
1832:Grey 2008, p. 183.
1818:Grey 2008, p. 146.
1790:Grey 2008, p. 279.
1608:
1412:1st/19th Battalion
1327:Cairns, Queensland
1145:
1077:The deployment to
1075:
1032:
998:Whitlam government
974:
613:
509:
453:
390:
377:A six-inch gun at
336:provisions of the
324:
151:War in Afghanistan
5092:
5091:
5060:
5059:
4924:
4923:
4817:8th/12th Regiment
4765:
4764:
4685:
4684:
4351:Armoured vehicles
4304:Campbell Barracks
4222:
4221:
3900:978-1-74166-708-0
3862:978-0-670-02925-9
3759:978-0-19-551506-0
3704:978-0-19-551569-5
3625:978-1-84603-123-6
3584:978-0-521-69791-0
3565:978-0-85887-024-6
3508:978-0-642-81063-2
3484:978-0-642-29714-3
2997:on 18 August 2017
1930:Rochester Express
1925:"An Army Reserve"
1886:Grey 2008, p. 78.
1868:Grey 2008, p. 72.
1859:Grey 2008, p. 69.
1850:Grey 2008, p. 67.
1841:Grey 2008, p. 66.
1806:Grey 2008, p. 80.
1714:. 31 October 2023
1451: – Training
1423:4th/3rd Battalion
1210:Current structure
1052:Howard government
954:
953:
561:Dutch East Indies
204:
203:
68:
61:
54:
47:
16:(Redirected from
5122:
5082:
5081:
5072:
5071:
5037:Public Relations
4847:
4846:
4696:
4695:
4672:Pilbara Regiment
4538:
4537:
4529:
4528:
4489:Australian Corps
4196:Aviation Command
4061:
4060:
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3517:
3511:. Archived from
3500:
3488:
3467:
3465:
3463:
3458:on 22 April 2011
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3053:. Archived from
3051:The Pilbara Regt
3043:
3037:
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2993:. Archived from
2987:
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2850:
2845:on 29 March 2016
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2100:
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2088:
2079:
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2067:
2064:
2058:
2057:Shaw 2010, p. 9.
2055:
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2027:
2024:
2018:
2017:
2015:
2013:
1998:
1992:
1989:
1980:
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1676:
1675:
1636:Derwent Barracks
1343:Pilbara Regiment
1026:A member of the
652:
589:Finisterre Range
434:national service
427:Post World War I
328:Defence Act 1903
322:
319:
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5105:Australian Army
5095:
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5022:Military Police
4968:
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4274:Russell Offices
4261:
4247:Airborne Forces
4218:
4190:
4147:
4140:
4102:
4050:
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3990:
3981:
3979:Australian Army
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3593:Hopkins, Ronald
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3186:on 3 April 2012
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1248:
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1229:Standby Reserve
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1096:Solomon Islands
1069:Members of the
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247:
227:Citizens Forces
219:Australian Army
207:
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129:Australian Army
119:
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