Australian 9th Brigade

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The 9th Brigade is a Army Reserve formation of the Australian Army headquartered at Keswick, South Australia, incorporating units from Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales.

In September 1939 it was a CMF brigade, part of the 2nd Infantry Division in New South Wales. Since the end of the Second World War it has been a reserve formation, designated from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s 9th Task Force. The current 9th Brigade was raised on 1 February 1988 in Land Command. On 1 September 1994 the Brigade moved from under command Land Headquarters to form part of the 2nd Division.

It now consists of:

• HQ 9 Brigade
• 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment
• 12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment
• 3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australia Mounted Rifles)
• 16 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
• 48 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
• 3 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers
• 144 Signals Squadron
• 9th Combat Service Support Battalion

[edit] External links

• 9th Brigade at DiggerHistory
• http://www.army.gov.au/hq9bde/index.htm - Official site