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Joint Task Force (JTF) Gold was the
Australian Defence Force unit formed to provide security and general support for the
2000 Summer Olympics which was held in
Sydney, Australia between
15 September and
1 October 2000. JTF Gold had a strength of over 4000 personnel drawn from all three services and was commanded by Brigadier Gary Byles. The JTF consisted of several unit sized elements, each responsible for specific security or general support.
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HMAS Australia (1911) was an
Indefatigable class battlecruiser and the first flagship of the
Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down at
Glasgow in
Scotland on
26 June 1910, launched on
25 October 1911, completed and commissioned at
Portsmouth on
21 June 1913 and sailed for
Australia on
21 July 1913. Australia saw action during
World War I first in the
Pacific and then as the flagship of the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron, based in Portsmouth. Australia was present for the surrender of the
German High Seas Fleet on
21 November 1918. Australia was paid off on
12 December 1921 and, in accordance with the terms of the
Washington Naval Treaty, was sunk with her main armament 24 miles from
Sydney on
12 April 1924.
The
Australian 2nd Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the
Australian Army and is the second most senior in the
Royal Australian Armoured Corps. The regiment serves in the armoured reconnaissance role. The regiment was formed in 1965 as 1st Cavalry Regiment through the regimentation of regular sqns in CMF regiments: A Squadron,
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse, B Squadron - A Squadron,
2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment. The regiment has seen action in
East Timor as part of
INTERFET and
Iraq in the aftermath of the
2003 invasion. The regiments mascot is an Australian
Wedge-tailed Eagle named Corporal Courage II after the original mascot Courage I.
No. 1 Squadron is a
Royal Australian Air Force squadron. The Squadron is currently based at
RAAF Amberley and operates the
F-111 bomber. No. 1 Squadron was established as No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps at
Point Cook, VIC on
1 January 1916. During
WWI the squadron fought in the
Palestine Campaign fot the entire war. No. 1 Squadron deployed to
Malaya in July 1940. The Squadron suffered severe losses at the hands of the
Japanese and was withdrawn to Australia in March 1942 and disbanded. No. 1 Squadron re-formed on
1 December 1943 and served out the war in the
Pacific until it was disbanded at
Narromine, NSW on
7 August 1946. No. 1 Squadron re-formed as a heavy bomber squadron on
23 February 1948. The Squadron was based in
Singapore from 1950 to 1958 and flew missions against communist guerrillas during the
Malayan Emergency. On returning to Australia in July 1958 the Squadron was re-equipped with the
Canberra bombers. The Squadron has operated F-111s since their belated arrival in 1973 in the low level strike role. The F-111s will be retired by around 2010. If No. 1 Squadron is retained, it will be re-equipped with the
F-35.
HMAS Collins (SSG 73) is named for Vice Admiral Sir
John Collins and is the lead ship of the
Collins class submarine. Collins was laid down by the
Australian Submarine Corporation at
Osborne, South Australia on
14 February 1990, launched on
20 August 1993 by the widow of John Collins and commissioned on
27 July 1996.
Jane's Fighting Ships states that the Collins has been modifed to support special forces operations. Collins is expected to reach the end of its useful life by around 2026.
The
Pilbara Regiment is a regiment of the
Australian Army which is infantry based, but has a significantly different role than a standard infantry unit. (It is a Regional Force Surveillance Unit (RFSU), and as its name suggests, surveillance is its primary role. On
26 January 1982, the 5th Independent Rifle Company, The Pilbara Regiment was raised. The company was redesignated as a full regiment in 1985, continuing its original role as a Regional Force Surveillance Unit. The official mission of the regiment is:
"To provide the Australian Army with information by conducting surveillance operations to contribute to an effective ADF surveillance network in the North West of Australia (Pilbara Region)". The regiment has responsibility for an area of 1.3 million km² from
Port Hedland to
Carnarvon in
Western Australia, and from the coast to the border with the
Northern Territory; this is around 1/6 of the total land area of Australia.
No. 18 (Netherlands East Indies) Squadron was a joint
Dutch and
Australian bomber squadron of
World War II.No. 18 (NEI) Squadron was formed at
Canberra on
4 April 1942. Like the other two joint Australian-Dutch squadrons the Dutch authorities provided No. 18 Squadron's pilots and aircraft (obtained via
Lend Lease) while most the groundcrew were Australian. Unlike the other two squadrons, however, the RAAF also provided many aircrew to the squadron. Originally No. 18 (NEI) Squadron flew both
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and
A-20 Havoc. The
RAAF component of No. 18 (NEI) Squadron was disbanded on
25 November 1945 and the Squadron passed to Dutch control on
15 January 1946.
HMAS Canberra (1927) was a
County class cruiser that served with the
Royal Australian Navy from
1928 to
1942. She was laid down on
9 September 1925, launched on
31 May 1927 and commissioned on
9 July 1928. After five months in British waters, the Canberra first arrived in
Australia at
Fremantle, Western Australia on
25 January 1929. Canberra spent the majority of
World War II in Australian waters. Just before 0145 on
9 August 1942 Canberra received the opening shots of the
Battle of Savo Island from a powerful
Japanese cruiser force. Within the first two minutes of the battle she was struck by two torpedoes and over 20 salvoes of 8 inch (203 mm) shellfire. The crew of Canberra suffered 193 casualties during the Battle of Savo Island, including her captain, Frank E. Getting. Nine officers and 65 ratings were missing believed killed. Canberra was replaced by
HMAS Shropshire and the
USS Canberra was named in her honour.
The
Australian 1st Battalion was raised for the
First Australian Imperial Force during the
First World War and formed part of the
Australian 1st Brigade. The 1st Battalion was formed from soldiers recruited in
New South Wales in
1914 and left Australia for Egypt in October 1914. The 1st Battalion saw action in
Gallipoli in
1915 and took part in the
Battle of Lone Pine. The 1st Battalion was deployed to
France in
1916 and served with the Australian force there until the end of the war. During this period the Battalion saw action in several major battles including the
Battle of Pozières,
Bullecourt and the
German spring offensive. The 1st Battalion was disbanded in May 1919.
No. 107 Squadron was a
Royal Australian Air Force maritime patrol squadron. Based in
New South Wales the Squadron conducted
anti-submarine patrols off the Australian east coast during the Second World War. No. 107 Squadron was formed in May 1943 at
RAAF Base Rathmines to operate the
Vought Kingfisher aircraft which had been ordered by the
Netherlands East Indies Naval Service but delivered to Australia following the Japanese conquest of the NEI. The Squadron was based at Rathmines until July 1944 when it moved south to St Georges Basin. While the Squadron participated in the search for the German submarine
U-862 after she sank the U.S.
Liberty Ship Robert J Walker off
Moruya on
24 December 1944 it did not sight any submarines during the war. No. 107 Squadron was disbanded in October 1945.
HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01) is an Australian
Adelaide class guided-missile
frigate laid down by Todd-Pacific Shipbuilding at
Seattle,
Washington 29 July 1977, launched
21 June 1978 and commissioned
15 November 1980. In 1990, along with
HMAS Darwin,
Adelaide deployed to the
Middle East as part of
Operation Damask, Australia's participation in the international coalition against
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Adelaide saw further service in the Middle East, including two tours of active service, in support of
Operation Slipper in 2001 and as part of
Operation Catalyst in 2004.
Adelaide was the ship which intercepted
SIEV 4 in the event which sparked the
Children overboard affair in October 2001.
Adelaide is due to be decommissioned in 2007.
The
3rd Brigade is an Australian
infantry brigade. The Brigade was first formed in
1914 as part of the
1st Division and saw action during the
Gallipoli Campaign and on the
Western Front. During World War Two the Brigade participated in the defence of
Darwin until it was disbanded in April 1944. The 3rd Brigade was re-raised in
1967 as a light infantry brigade and is presently Australia's rapid deployment force and is based at
Lavarack Barracks in
Townsville,
Queensland.
No. 24 Squadron is a
Royal Australian Air Force squadron. The Squadron was formed in 1940 and saw action as a bomber squadron during World War II. During the war the Squadron participated in the unsuccessful
defence of Rabaul in 1942 and later saw action flying
Vultee Vengeance dive bombers and
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. Since the end of the war No. 24 Squadron has been an RAAF Reserve squadron located near
Adelaide, South Australia.
HMAS Brisbane was a
Town class light cruiser laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Cockatoo Island at
Sydney in
New South Wales on
25 January 1913, launched on
30 September 1915 by Mrs
Andrew Fisher, wife of the
Prime Minister of
Australia, and commissioned on
31 October 1916. HMAS
Brisbane paid off on
22 January 1929 and was placed in reserve at Sydney. The ship recommissioned on
2 April 1935 and sailed for the
United Kingdom on
2 May 1935, manned by a complement which would form the balance of the ship's company of the cruiser
HMAS Sydney. She paid off at
Portsmouth in
England on
24 September 1935 and sold for scrap to Thomas W. Ward and Company of
Sheffield in June
1936.
