3rd Brigade (Australia)

3rd Brigade
Personnel from SECDET X, which included members of 3rd Brigade, in Baghdad, March 2007
Active1903–1906
1912–1919
1921–1944
1967–present
CountryAustralia
BranchAustralian Army
TypeCombined arms
Size3,500 personnel[1]
Part of1st (Australian) Division
Garrison/HQTownsville, Queensland
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Gordon Bennett
Peter Arnison
Peter Leahy
Mark Evans
Mark Kelly
David Morrison
Mick Slater
John Caligari[2]
Robert Winning[3]
Insignia
Unit colour patch

The 3rd Brigade is a combined arms brigade of the Australian Army, principally made up of the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment (1 and 3 RAR). Initially raised in 1903 as part of the post-Federation Australian Army, it was removed from the order of battle in 1906 following the restructure of the field force. It was re-formed in 1914 for service during World War I, taking part in the fighting at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in Europe. During World War II the brigade was used in a defensive role before it was disbanded in 1944. It was re-raised in 1967 for service during the Vietnam War and later went on to provide the nucleus of the deployment to East Timor during the Australian-led intervention in 1999. The brigade is currently based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland.

  1. ^ The Australian Army. Modernisation from Beersheba and Beyond (PDF). Commonwealth of Australia. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference history was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Connor, John (2002). "Winning, Robert Emmett (1906–1971)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 16. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 September 2019.