1st Brigade (Australia)

1st Brigade
Active1903–present
CountryAustralia
BranchAustralian Army
TypeCombined arms
Size3,500[1]
Part of1st (Australian) Division
Garrison/HQRobertson Barracks, Darwin RAAF Base Edinburgh
EngagementsWorld War I

East Timor
Iraq
Afghanistan

Solomon Islands
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier Nick Foxhall, DSM
Notable
commanders
Henry MacLaurin
Alan Morrison
Michael Jeffery
John Sanderson
Frank Hickling
David Hurley
Ash Power
John Cantwell
Jim Molan
David Butler
Insignia
Brigade Colour Patch[2]

1st Brigade is a combined arms formation of the Australian Army. Formed in 1903 as a militia formation based in New South Wales, it was reconstituted as part of the Australian Imperial Force in 1914 for service during World War I, the brigade fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front before being disbanded in mid-1919. In 1921, the 1st Brigade was re-raised as a unit of Australia's part-time military forces, based in New South Wales. During World War II the brigade undertook defensive duties before being disbanded. In 1948, it was re-raised as an integral part of the Australian Regular Army. Currently the brigade is based at Robertson Barracks in Darwin and at RAAF Base Edinburgh near Adelaide, South Australia. It is the first of the Australian Army brigades to be re-organised as a combat brigade under Plan Beersheba.

  1. ^ The Australian Army: An Aide Memoire (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Colour patch : Headquarters 1 Infantry Brigade and 1 Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 26 July 2019.