Australian 9th Brigade

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

In September 1939 it was a Citizens Military Force (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 of 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)
• 16th 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