AUSTRALIAN ARMY IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
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The composition of the Australian Army in September 1939
Composition of the Australian Army in September 1943
| 1st
Aust Recruit Training Battalion Cowra, NSW |
1st Australian
Camp Hospital (1 ACH) (Horn Island) |
1st
Aust Survey and Flash Spotting Training Battery Greta, NSW |
| 1st
Aust Tank Artillery Training Regiment Greta, NSW |
1st
Aust Armoured Training Regiment Cowra, NSW |
1st Australian
Orthopaedic Hospital (Frankston & Toowoomba) |
| 1st Australian
Women's Hospital (Claremont) |
1 Independent Company | 1st Garrison Battalion |
| 1st Cavalry
Brigade - 11th Light Horse Regiment - 2/14th Light Horse Regiment - 5th Light Horse Regiment |
2nd Aust Recruit Training Battalion | 2nd
Army Trades Training Depot Camperdown, NSW |
| 2nd
Aust Field Training Regiment Greta, NSW |
2nd Australian
Camp Hospital (2 ACH) (Chermside, QLD) |
2nd
Garrison Battalion (Coast Defence) Sydney Showground, Long Bay, North Head |
| 2/1 Australian
General Hospital Guildford Grammar School then Merriden, WA in 1943 |
2/1 North Australia Observer Unit (NAOU) Nackeroos |
2/1st Corps Field
Survey Company (Gabbinbar Homestead, Toowoomba) |
| 2/2nd Australian
General Hospital (Atherton Tableland) |
2/2 Independent Company Redesignated 2/2 Commando Squadron |
2/3
Independent Company Redesignated 2/3 Commando Squadron, 2/7 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
| 2/3rd Australian Field Butchery Platoon | 2/4th Australian
General Hospital (Redbank) |
2/4
Independent Company Redesignated 2/4 Commando Squadron, 2/9 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
| 2/5 Independent Company redesignated 2/5 Commando Squadron, 2/7 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
2/5th
Australian General Hospital (Armidale, NSW for a short time, & Darwin) |
2/5th Battalion 17th Brigade, 6th Australian Division |
| 2/6th Australian
General Hospital (Atherton Tableland) |
2/6 Independent Company Redesignated 2/6 Commando Squadron, 2/7 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
2/6 Cavalry Regiment |
| 2/6 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
2/7 Independent Company redesignated 2/7 Commando Squadron, 2/6 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
2/7 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
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2/8
Independent Company Re-designated 2/8 Commando Squadron |
2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment, 4th Armoured Brigade | 2/9 Cavalry Regiment |
| 2/9 Commando Squadron, 2/6 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment | 2/9 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment | 2/10 Commando Squadron, 2/6 Cavalry (Commando) Regiment |
| 2/11 Commando Squadron | 2/11th Australian
General Hospital (Warwick) |
2/12 Commando Squadron |
| 2/12th Field Ambulance | 2/13th Battalion | 2/14th Light
Horse Regiment (The Moreton Light Horse/The West Moreton Light Horse) (Brisbane) |
2/14th Australian General Hospital |
2/15th Battalion | |
| 2/16th Battalion | 2/17th Battalion | 2/19th Battalion |
| 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion | 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion | 2/109 Australian General Transport |
| 2nd Auxiliary Horse Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps | 2nd
Australian Women's Hospital (Redbank) |
3rd Infantry Battalion |
| 3rd
Water Transport Group Corps of Royal Australian Engineers |
3rd
Australian Corps Guerrillas (see 3rd Tactical Guerrilla Warfare Group - are they the same?) |
3rd Australian
Women's Hospital (Concord) |
| 3rd Tactical Guerrilla Warfare Group | 3rd Australian
Camp Hospital (3 ACH) Enoggera, Brisbane, QLD |
3rd
Australian Division
4th Brigade 10th Brigade 15th Brigade |
| 3rd Garrison Battalion | 4
Australian Camp Hospital (4 ACH) Leave and Transit Depot (LTD), Exhibition Ground, Brisbane |
4th
Armoured Brigade 1st Armoured Regiment 2/4th Armoured Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment |
| 4th Garrison Battalion | 5 Army Recruiting Depot | 5th Australian
Camp Hospital (5 ACH) (Cairns & Stony Creek) |
| 5th Division HQ | 5th Field Regiment - 5th Division | 5 Field Survey Company (AIF) Australian Survey Corps |
| 5th Garrison Battalion | 5th Light Horse
Regiment (The Wide Bay & Burnett Light Horse) (Gympie) |
6th Australian
Camp Hospital (6 ACH) Torres Strait |
| 6th Garrison Battalion | 6th
Light Field Ambulance Singleton, NSW |
6 Machine Gun Battalion, 2AIF |
| 7th
Garrison Battalion (Internal Security) Collaroy, Dee Why Narrabeen, NSW |
7th Field Ambulance | 7th Brigade
(Militia) - 25th Infantry Battalion - 9th Moreton Regiment - 61st Battalion |
| 7th Brigade HQ | 7th
Aust Casualty Clearing Station Greta, NSW |
7th Australian
Camp Hospital (7 ACH) (Redbank) |
| 7 Heavy Battery | 8th Australian
Camp Hospital (8 ACH) (Warwick) |
8th
Garrison Battalion (Coast Defence) Adamstown, Bar Beach, Dudley, Redhead, Swansea, NSW |
| 9th
Aust Recruit Reception Battery Holsworthy, NSW |
9th
Aust Casualty Clearing Station Armidale, NSW |
9th Australian Division (AIF) |
| 9th Battalion - 7th Brigade | 9th Garrison Battalion | 9th Aust Advanced Workshops of the AEME |
| 10th Australian
Camp Hospital (10 ACH) (Coorparoo) |
10
Australian F.D. Bakery (Warry Street, Fortitude Valley) |
10th Garrison Battalion |
| 11th Australian
Camp Hospital (11 ACH) (Cowra) |
11th Australian
General Hospital (Caulfield) |
11th
Aust Casualty Clearing Station Gunnedah, NSW |
| 11th Field Ambulance | 11th Field Company, RAE | 11th Field Regiment - 5th Division |
| 11th Light Horse
Regiment, 1st Cavalry Brigade Later 11th Motor Regiment (Toowoomba) |
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| 11th
Garrison Battalion (Internal Security) Carramar, Circular Quay, La Perouse, Mascot, NSW |
12th Australian
Camp Hospital (12 ACH) (Sydney Showground) |
12 Aust
L of C Signals previously known as NSW L of C Signals |
| 12th Garrison Battalion | 13th
Garrison Battalion, 1 Aust Army, CMF
(Coast Defence) Port Kembla, Wollongong, NSW |
13th Australian
Camp Hospital (13 ACH) (Dubbo) |
| 14th Australian
Camp Hospital (14 ACH) (Hay) |
14th Garrison Battalion | 15th
Garrison Battalion (Internment Camp) Yanco: No. 15 Camp, NSW |
| 15th Battalion - 29th Brigade | 16th Australian
Camp Hospital (16 ACH) (Ingleburn) |
16th Field Park Coy - RAE 5th Division |
| 16th
Garrison Battalion (Internment Camp) Hay: Nos. 6, 7 & 8 Camps, NSW |
17th Australian
Camp Hospital (17 ACH) (Liverpool) |
17th Field Regiment - 5th Division |
| 17th Garrison Battalion | 17 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps | 18th
Australian Camp Hospital (18 ACH) (Narellan) |
| 18th
Garrison Battalion (Coast Defence) Bronte, Dee Why, Manly, NSW (1942-43) |
19th Australian
General Hospital (Darwin) |
19th Australian
Camp Hospital (19 ACH) (Bendigo) |
| 19th Field Ambulance | 19th Garrison Battalion | 20th Garrison
Battalion (Coast Defence) Newcastle, Stockton, NSW |
| 20th Australian
Camp Hospital (20 ACH) (Broadmeadow) |
21st Australian
Camp Hospital (21 ACH) (Dandenong) |
21 Australian
Field Ordnance Depot Liverpool, NSW |
| 21 Forward Ordnance
Depot Moorebank Stores, NSW |
21st
Field Ambulance Belmore House, Wiley Park, NSW |
21st
Garrison Battalion Liverpool Internment & POW Camp |
| 21st Light Horse Regiment | 22nd
Australian Camp Hospital (22 ACH) (Canungra) |
22 Australian
General Hospital (22 AGH) (Camp Cable) |
| 22nd
Garrison Battalion (Prisoner-of-War Camp) Cowra: No. 12 POW Camp, NSW |
23rd Australian
Camp Hospital (23 ACH) (Geelong) |
23rd Australian Infantry Brigade |
| 23rd Garrison Battalion |
24 Lines of Communications, Military
Signals Unit (at Indooroopilly, now St Peter's Lutheran Church) |
24th Field Park Coy - RAE 5th Division |
| 24th Garrison Battalion | 25th Battalion - 7th Brigade | 25th Garrison Battalion |
| 26th Australian
Camp Hospital (26 ACH) (Royal Park) |
26th Battalion - 11th Brigade | 27th Australian
Camp Hospital (27 ACH) (Seymour) |
| 28th Australian
Camp Hospital (27 ACH) (Tatura & Warranga) |
29th Australian
Camp Hospital (29 ACH) (Darley) |
29th Garrison Battalion |
| 30th Australian
Camp Hospital (30 ACH) (Ballarat) |
30th Garrison Battalion | 31st
Garrison Battalion (Internal Security) Bolton Point, NSW |
| 31st Battalion - 11th Brigade | 32nd Australian
Camp Hospital (32 ACH) (Woodside) |
32 Australian Works Company Detachment |
| 32nd Garrison Battalion | 33rd
Australian Camp Hospital (33 ACH) (Terowie) |
33rd Garrison Battalion |
| 34th Australian
Camp Hospital (34 ACH) (Loveday) |
35th Australian
Camp Hospital (35 ACH) (Warradale) |
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36 Australian Supply Company |
37th
Australian Camp Hospital (37 ACH) |
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| 38th
Australian Camp Hospital (38 ACH) (Northam) |
39th Battalion | 39th
Australian Camp Hospital (39 ACH) (Rottnest) |
| 40th
Australian Camp Hospital (40 ACH) (Narrogin) |
41st Australian
Camp Hospital (41 ACH) (Campbelltown) |
41 Heavy Wireless |
41st
Landing Craft Company |
42nd
Australian Camp Hospital (42 ACH) (Mataranka) |
42nd
Landing Craft Company |
42nd Battalion - 29th Brigade |
43rd
Landing Craft Company |
45
Australian Camp Hospital (45 ACH) |
47th
Australian Camp Hospital (47 ACH) |
48th
Australian Camp Hospital (48 ACH) |
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| 49th
Australian Camp Hospital (49 ACH) (Wangaratta) |
50th
Australian Camp Hospital (50 ACH) (Balcombe) |
51st Battalion - 11th Brigade |
| 52nd
Australian Camp Hospital (52 ACH) (Wayville) |
53rd Australian
Camp Hospital (53 ACH) (Narrogin) |
54th
Australian Camp Hospital (54 ACH) (Wagga Wagga) |
| 55 Field Park Coy - RAE 5th Division | 55th Australian
Camp Hospital (55 ACH) (Tennant Creek) |
56th Australian
Camp Hospital (56 ACH) (Cowan & Lytton) |
| 58th Australian
Camp Hospital (58 ACH) (Queenscliff) |
59th Australian
Camp Hospital (59 ACH) (Largs Bay, SA) |
60
Australian Camp Hospital (60 ACH) (Claremont/Karrakatta, WA) |
| 61st Battalion - 7th Brigade | 62nd Australian
Camp Hospital (62 ACH) (Portsea) |
65th Australian
Camp Hospital (65 ACH) (Pine Creek) |
| 67th Australian
Camp Hospital (67 ACH) (Warwick) |
68th Australian
Camp Hospital (68 ACH) (Ingleburn) |
72nd
Australian Camp Hospital (72 ACH) (Ingleburn, Bellevue Hill, Wallgrove &Tenterfield, NSW) |
| 73rd Australian
Camp Hospital (73 ACH) (Caulfield, Fishermen's Bend, and Ivanhoe) |
74th Australian
Camp Hospital (74 ACH) (Mount Isa & Whyalla) |
75th Australian
Camp Hospital (75 ACH) (Claremont) |
| 77th
Australian Camp Hospital (77 ACH) Tenterfield, NSW |
80th
Australian
Camp Hospital (80 ACH) (Brighton, Tasmania) |
81
Australian Camp Hospital (81 ACH) Evandale, TAS? |
| 86th Australian
Camp Hospital (86 ACH) (Puckapunyal) |
101st
Australian General Hospital (Katherine & Northfield) |
101st Anti-tank Regiment |
| 101st
Australian Special Hospital Little Bay, NSW |
102nd
Australian General Hospital (Manilla Rd, 3 miles from Tamworth, NSW) |
103rd
Australian General Hospital (Baulkham Hills, NSW) |
| 104th
Australian General Hospital (near Bathurst, NSW) |
105th
Base Hospital (Daws Road) |
106th
Australian General Hospital (Bonegilla) |
| 106th Light Field Ambulance, AIF | 107th
Australian General Hospital (Adelaide River & Darley) |
108th
Australian General Hospital (Ballarat) |
| 108th
Aust Casualty Clearing Station Herne Bay, NSW |
109th
Australian General Hospital (Alice Springs) |
110th
Base Hospital (Hollywood) |
| 111th
Base Hospital (Campbelltown) |
112th
Base Hospital (Greenslopes) |
113th Base Hospital (Concord, NSW) |
| 114th
Australian General Hospital (Kenmore Asylum near Goulburn, NSW) |
115th
Base Hospital (Heidelberg) |
116th Australian General Hospital (116 AGH) (Gungarra 16 miles from Cairns, Charters Towers, & Townsville) |
| 117th
Australian General Hospital (Toowoomba) |
118th
Australian General Hospital (Northam) |
119th
Australian General Hospital (Adelaide River, Berrimah, Darwin & Katherine) |
| 119 Australian Supply Company | 120th
Australian Special Hospital Bathurst, NSW, then Little Bay, NSW |
121st
Australian General Hospital (Katherine) |
| 122
Australian Forward Ordnance Depot, 122 FOD (renamed to 131 Forward Ordnance Depot) |
125th
Australian General Hospital (Guildford) |
127th Army Transport Unit |
129th
Australian General Hospital |
131 Forward Ordnance Depot,
131 FOD |
Army
Signals Communications Centre |
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Australian Chemical Warfare Research and Experimental Section |
Australian
Light Horse Cavalry Camped at Oonoonba, Townsville |
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| Australian Special Hospital Bonegilla | Australian Special Hospital Kenmore & Goulburn | Beenleigh Repair Unit Workshops |
| Cavalry (Commando) Regiments | Commando Squadrons | Darwin Camp Hospital |
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Field Security Service Indooroopilly Golf Links or Field Security Re-enforcement Depot, Long Pocket |
First District Depot Company AAOC | Headquarters, 1st Australian Army |
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Hirings
Section, No. 1 L of C |
Independent Companies |
LHQ Tactical
School (Beenleigh Showgrounds, QLD) |
| Malaria Control Units | Medical Research Unit Cairns |
Northern Territory
Force (NT Force) |
| Northern Territory Special Reconnaissance Unit | School of Military Intelligence |
Southern
Command Training School "Wooloomanata" Homestead, VIC |
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FIXED COAST DEFENCE, ARTILLERY, ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND SEARCHLIGHT UNITS
| 1 Aust AA Regt AIF |
1 Aust Fire Command |
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| 1st
Aust Heavy Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment Glenfield, NSW |
1st
Aust Artillery Training Regiment Glenfield, NSW |
2 Aust Fire Command |
| 2/2 Australian Composite Ack Ack Regiment | 2/9th Heavy Battery Guns | 2/7th Light Battery Guns (Bofors) |
| 3 Aust Fire Command | 8th Battery of the 2/4th Field Artillery |
"A"
Aust Heavy Battery renamed "R" Aust Heavy Battery |
| "B" Aust Heavy Battery | "C" Aust Heavy Battery | "D" Aust Heavy Battery |
| "E" Aust Heavy Battery |
"F" Aust Heavy Battery |
"G" Aust Heavy Battery |
| "H" Aust Heavy Battery | "H"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("H" CASL) |
"J" Aust Heavy Battery |
| "K" Aust Heavy Battery | "L" Aust Heavy Battery | "L"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("L" CASL) |
| "M" Aust Heavy Battery | "M"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("M" CASL) |
"N" Aust Heavy Battery |
| "N"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("N" CASL) |
"O" Aust Heavy Battery | "O"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("O" CASL) |
| "P" Aust Heavy Battery | "P"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("P" CASL) |
"Q" Aust Heavy Battery |
| "Q"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("P" CASL) |
"R"
Aust Heavy Battery was originally "A" Aust Heavy Battery |
"S" Aust Heavy Battery |
| "S"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("S" CASL) |
"T" Aust Heavy Battery | "T"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("T" CASL) |
| "U" Aust Heavy Battery | "U"
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section ("U" CASL) |
1 AA Coy RAE |
| 16 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery | 33 Fortress Coy RAE | 34 Fortress Coy. RAE |
| 39 Fortress Coy. RAE | 51 AASL Coy | 52 AASL Coy RAE |
| 53rd Anti-aircraft (Composite) Regiment | 53 AASL Coy | 54 AASL Coy |
| 55 AASL Coy | 56 AASL Coy | 56
Battery, Royal Australian Engineers (Nudgee Beach) |
| 57th
Battery 17th Field Regiment, 5th Division |
57 AASL Coy | 58 AASL Coy |
| 59 AASL Coy | 60 AASL Coy | 61 AASL Coy |
| 62 AASL Coy | 63 AASL Coy | 64 AASL Coy |
| 65 AASL Coy | 65 Aust Mobile SL Bty | 66 AASL Coy |
| 67 AASL Coy | 68 AASL Coy | 69 AASL Coy |
| 70 AASL Coy | 71 AASL Coy | 72 AASL Coy |
| 73
AASL Coy later 73rd Ack Ack Searchlights |
74 AASL Coy | 75 AASL Coy |
| 76 AASL Coy | 77 AASL Coy | 78 AASL Coy |
| 79
Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battalion, AWAS
(79 AASL) |
80 AASL Coy | 82 AASL Coy |
| 83 AASL Coy | 84 AASL Coy | 85 AASL Coy |
106
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section |
157
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section |
158
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section |
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165
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section (165 CASL) |
166
Coastal Artillery Searchlight Section (166 CASL) |
168
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section (168 CASL) |
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169
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section |
170
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section (170 CASL) |
174
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section (174 CASL) |
| 175
Coast Artillery Searchlight Section (175 CASL) |
AASL Training Battalion | CSIRO
Radiophysics Laboratory Searchlight Research for Australian Army |
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School
of Artillery North Head Barracks, Sydney |
School
of Military Engineering, Fortress Wing AASL Training School |
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| Search Light Control (Radar) Equipment |
General
Operation of Searchlight Units
in Australia during WW2
RADAR UNITS
Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS)
Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS)
Australian Army Medical Women's Service
If you were in the AWAS, AANS, or AAMWS I'd like to hear from you
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