7th Signal Regiment (Australia)

7th Signal Regiment
Troops of the Australian Special Wireless Group marching through their camp at Kalinga, Queensland, in July 1945.
Active1940–present
Country Australia
BranchAustralian Army
TypeSignals intelligence
Size~ 250 personnel
Part of6th Brigade, Forces Command
Garrison/HQCabarlah, Queensland
EngagementsWorld War II
Malayan Emergency
Confrontation
Vietnam War
Rwanda
Sinai
Somalia
Iraq
Afghanistan

The 7th Signal Regiment is an Australian Army signals intelligence (SIGINT) unit. Drawing lineage from the Australian Special Wireless Group (ASWG), which was raised during World War II, the regiment's history includes service in the Allied campaigns in Greece, on Crete and in Syria before taking part in the fighting against the Japanese in New Guinea. After the war, the ASWG was redesignated the 101 Wireless Regiment, deploying detachments overseas during the Malayan Emergency and Confrontation. In the mid-1960s, the unit became the 7th Signals Regiment, taking part in the Vietnam War. The unit is currently part of the 6th Brigade.