Lavarack Barracks. Notes[edit] References[edit] Jobson, Christopher (2009).
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Customs and Traditions of the Australian Army. Wavell Heights, Queensland: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 9780980325164. Kokoda Barracks. Land Warfare Centre. Canungra, Queensland. Canungra /kəˈnʌŋɡrə/[2] is a small rural township in the Scenic Rim Region local government area of South East Queensland, Australia.
Its economy depends on tourism, being a popular destination for short drives from the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Australian Defence College. The Australian Defence College (ADC) comprises three tri-service educational organisations operated by the Australian Defence Force in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS),the Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC) (both located at Weston Creek), andthe Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA).
Officers from other countries are sponsored to attend the courses offered at each organisation. Typically these people are paired with Defence 'foster' families in Canberra who can offer guidance and support during the visitor's stay. The first two organisations are sited at a campus at Weston, ACT. This campus has been sold to private hands and leased back by Defence. Both campuses maintain extensive libraries. History of College[edit] Officer Cadet School, Portsea. The Officer Cadet School, Portsea (sometimes referred to as OCS Portsea) was an officer training establishment of the Australian Army.
Established at Portsea in Victoria, Australia, in 1951 to provide training to officer cadets prior to commissioning, for many years OCS provided the Australian Regular Army with the bulk of its junior officers. However, following a review of military training establishments in Australia in the mid-1980s, the school was eventually closed in 1985, as the Royal Military College, Duntroon, assumed sole responsibility for training Army officers. Location[edit] Holsworthy Barracks. Holsworthy Barracks (ICAO: YSHW) is located in the outer south-western Sydney suburb of Holsworthy.
It is part of the Holsworthy military reserve, which has been a training area and artillery range for the Australian Army since World War I. Following World War II it became a major base for the permanent component of the Australian Army in New South Wales. Enoggera Barracks. History[edit] The base has a long history, having been in existence officially since 1908, although the wider area has been used for military purposes since 1855.[2] Upon its establishment, the camp consisted of four paddocks that were used for training and drill—Bell, Fraser's, Rifle and Thompson's—and a number of rifle ranges were established there for use by civilian groups and units of the militia.
Since then the base facilities have been expanded as the Army's presence there has grown through its involvement in the two World Wars and beyond.[3] In January 2011, Enoggera Barracks was the location of the headquarters for the Australian Defence Force's response to the 2010–2011 Queensland floods, Operation Queensland Flood Assist.[7] The base facilities are currently undergoing a $770 million expansion, which will see the number of regular personnel based at Enoggera rise to about 5,600 by 2014.
Hampstead Barracks. Hampstead Barracks is an Australian Army base in the Adelaide suburb of Greenacres, located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) to the north of the Adelaide central business district.
Situated on the corner of Hampstead and Muller Roads, it is only a small suburban base, sitting on less than 24 acres of land. The barracks is home to the Tom Derrick VC Soldiers' Club, which is named after Tom Derrick, a South Australian Victoria Cross recipient from the Second World War.[1] The Adelaide Universities Regiment (AUR), an Australian Army Reserve officer training unit, is the main occupying unit, with the base hosting the Regimental Headquarters, as well as Training, Support and Beersheba Companies. Robertson Barracks. For the Robertson Barracks, Norfolk, England see RAF Swanton Morley Units[edit] The units currently located on Robertson Barracks are: 1 Brigade Units External Units Robertson Barracks is reported to be a future site of a United States Pacific Command Marine Air-Ground-Task Force rotational deployment, and its current capacity of 4,500 troops will be upgraded in the near future.
Land Warfare Centre (Australia) Australian soldiers undertaking bayonet training at Canungra, November 1943 The mid-1950s saw the Australian Army deployed to a number of theatres in Southeast Asia in response to the threat of Communism and as a result the Jungle Training Centre was re-raised in 1954.[2][7] At that time the centre's facilities were expanded to over 7,700 acres (3,100 ha) and its subunits consisted of an officer and NCO training unit, a collective pre-deployment training unit and a doctrine wing.
Colonel Ted Serong took over command of the centre in 1955 and instructors included officers who had gained considerable experience during World War II; these included Lieutenant Colonel George Warfe, who had commanded a commando company and infantry battalion during the war and who was appointed to the role of Chief Instructor. Category:Barracks in Australia. Steele Barracks (Moorebank) Kokoda Barracks. Category:Australian Army bases. Steele Barracks (Moorebank)