6th Military District (Australia)

Coordinates: 42°53′19″S 147°19′32″E / 42.8887°S 147.3255°E / -42.8887; 147.3255

Australian military districts, October 1939

The 6th Military District was an administrative district of the Australian Army. During the Second World War, the 6th Military District covered all of Tasmania, with its headquarters based at Hobart.

Units during Second World War

Headquarters

• 6th Military District Headquarters – Anglesea Barracks, Hobart

12th Infantry Brigade

• 12th/50th Battalion (The Launceston Regiment / The Tasmanian Rangers) – Launceston
• 40th Battalion (The Derwent Regiment) – Hobart
• 22nd Light Horse Regiment (The Tasmanian Mounted Infantry) – Ulverstone (disbanded 27 April 1943)

6th Field Brigade

• 106th Battery, RAA – Hobart
• 16th Field Battery, RAA – Launceston

Other units

• 7th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
• 107th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
• 6th Fortress Company, RAE – Hobart
• 17th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
• 117th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
• 36th Fortress Company, RAE – Hobart
• 12th Field Company, RAE – Hobart

Commanding Officers

• Colonel Andrew Mattay (1990–1993)

References

• Dennis, Peter; et al. (2008). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (Second ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-19-551784-2.