7th Brigade (Australia)

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7th Brigade is a brigade of the Australian Army.

During World War I the Brigade consisted of the following battalions.

25th Battalion (Queensland)
26th Battalion (Queensland)
27th Battalion (South Australia)
28th Battalion (Western Australia)

During World War II 7th Brigade, which was a Militia unit made up of 5 battalions. At the beginning of the war the brigade was primarily responsible for the defence of South East Queensland, wih battalions located at Chermside, Cabarlah and Maryborough. On 13 December 1941 the brigade received order to partially mobilise, the following day the order for full mobilisation was isued. On the issue of the mobilisation order the brigade numbered 2139 all ranks, by the 20th this had increased to 3918 men and by the 27th the brigade was made up of 4449 men of all ranks.

In May 1942 the 7th Brigade now comprising only the 9th, 25th and 61st battalion relocated to Townsville to act as the cities covering force along with the 11th Brigade and the 29th Brigade. On 9 July 1942 the first elements of the brigade departed Townsville for Milne Bay, arriving there on 11 July. In July the Brigade took part in the Battle of Milne Bay along with the 7th Division.

During World War II the Brigade was made up of the.

9th Battalion
15th Battalion
25th Battalion
47th Battalion
61st Battalion

[edit] 7 Brigade Today

Today, 7 Brigade is an integrated formation containing both regular army and army reserve units, based in Queensland as part of the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters/1st Division. 7 Brigade will operate most of the Australian Army's Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles, with the Brigade's infantry battalions being motorised. Under plans anounced in 2006, a new regular infantry battalion, the 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, will be formed as a motorised battalion to join 7 Brigade.