List of Australian Army brigades
This is a list of the brigades raised by the Australian Army. The list includes brigades that served in World War I, World War II, Vietnam and the present-day brigades.
Current active brigades
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World War I
[edit]Light horse
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- 1st Light Horse Brigade
- 2nd Light Horse Brigade
- 3rd Light Horse Brigade
- 4th Light Horse Brigade
- 5th Light Horse Brigade
Infantry
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- 1st Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 4th Infantry Brigade
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 10th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Infantry Brigade
- 12th Infantry Brigade
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 14th Infantry Brigade
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 16th Infantry Brigade
- 17th Infantry Brigade
World War II
[edit]Armoured
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- 1st Armoured Brigade
- 2nd Armoured Brigade
- 3rd Army Tank Brigade
- 4th Armoured Brigade
- 6th Armoured Brigade
Cavalry
[edit]Support Group
[edit]Motor
[edit]- 1st Motor Brigade
- 2nd Motor Brigade
- 3rd Motor Brigade
- 4th Motor Brigade
- 5th Motor Brigade
- 6th Motor Brigade
Infantry
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- 1st Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 4th Infantry Brigade
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 10th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Infantry Brigade
- 12th Infantry Brigade
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 14th Infantry Brigade
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 16th Infantry Brigade
- 17th Infantry Brigade
- 18th Infantry Brigade
- 19th Infantry Brigade
- 20th Infantry Brigade
- 21st Infantry Brigade
- 22nd Infantry Brigade
- 23rd Infantry Brigade
- 24th Infantry Brigade
- 25th Infantry Brigade
- 26th Infantry Brigade
- 27th Infantry Brigade
- 28th Infantry Brigade
- 29th Infantry Brigade
- 30th Infantry Brigade
- 31st Infantry Brigade
- 32nd Infantry Brigade
- 33rd Infantry Brigade
Garrison
[edit]- 1st Garrison Brigade
- 2nd Garrison Brigade
- 3rd Garrison Brigade
- 5th Garrison Brigade
Training
[edit]- 1st Training Brigade
- 2nd Division Infantry Training Brigade
- 4th Training Brigade
- 6th Training Brigade
- 7th Training Brigade
- 9th Training Brigade
Artillery
[edit]The following artillery formations were all called brigades by the army but with three batteries assigned they were only the size of an artillery regiment.
Anti Aircraft Artillery
[edit]Field artillery
[edit]- 1st Field Brigade
- 2nd Field Brigade
- 3rd Field Brigade
- 4th Field Brigade
- 5th Field Brigade
- 6th Field Brigade
- 7th Field Brigade
- 8th Field Brigade
- 9th Field Brigade
- 10th Field Brigade
- 11th Field Brigade
- 12th Field Brigade
- 13th Field Brigade
- 14th Field Brigade
- 15th Field Brigade
- 18th Field Brigade
- 21st Field Brigade
- 22nd Field Brigade
Medium Artillery
[edit]Heavy Artillery
[edit]- 1st Heavy Brigade
- 2nd Heavy Brigade
- 3rd Heavy Brigade
- 5th Heavy Brigade
- 6th Heavy Brigade
- 7th Heavy Brigade
Occupation of Japan
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- 34th Brigade (part of the BCOF and later renamed to 1st Brigade)
Vietnam
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Blaxland, John (1989). Organising an Army: The Australian Experience 1957–1965. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence. Vol. 50. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0731505301.
- Kuring, Ian (2004). Red Coats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001. Sydney: Australian Military History Publications. ISBN 1-876439-99-8.
- Palazzo, Albert (2001). The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901–2001. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-551507-2.