6th Brigade (Australia)

6th Combat Support Brigade
Active	1912–1996 2010–current
Country	Australia
Branch	Australian Army
Type	Infantry (1915–96) Command support and intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (2010–current)
Size	3,500 (active)[1]
Part of	2nd Division (1915–20 & 1991–96) 4th Division (1920–44) 5th Division (1944–45) 3rd Division (1948–91) Forces Command (2010–current)
Engagements	First World War Gallipoli Campaign Western Front Second World War New Guinea campaign New Britain campaign 2021 Solomon Islands unrest
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The 6th Combat Support Brigade is an Australian Army brigade. First formed in 1912 as a Militia formation to provide training under the compulsory training scheme, the brigade was re-raised during the First World War as an infantry unit of the all volunteer Australian Imperial Force. It subsequently served at Gallipoli and in France and Belgium on the Western Front. In the 1920s, as part of a reorganisation of the Australian Army, it became part of the 3rd Military District of the Citizens Military Force, encompassing units from Victoria and South Australia. In 1991, it became part of the Ready Reserve Scheme, based at Enoggera Barracks, in Brisbane, Queensland, before being disbanded in 1996 when the scheme was discontinued. The brigade was re-raised on 1 March 2010 to oversee the Army's command support and intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (CS & ISTAR) units.