List of Australian Army brigades
Australian troops from the 1st Brigade in a captured Ottoman trench at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915
This is a list of the brigades raised by the Australian Army. The list includes brigades that served in World War I, World War II, Vietnam and the present-day brigades.
Current active brigades[]
A soldier of the 5/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, previously part of the 1st Brigade, conducts fire and movement during training in 2001.
World War I[]
Light horse[]
A trooper of the 15th Light Horse Regiment, part of the 5th Light Horse Brigade
- 1st Light Horse Brigade
- 2nd Light Horse Brigade
- 3rd Light Horse Brigade
- 4th Light Horse Brigade
- 5th Light Horse Brigade
Infantry[]
Troops of the 5th Brigade at Picardie, France, 8 August 1918
- 1st Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 4th Infantry Brigade
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 10th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Infantry Brigade
- 12th Infantry Brigade
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 14th Infantry Brigade
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 16th Infantry Brigade
- 17th Infantry Brigade
World War II[]
Armoured[]
4th Armoured Brigade Matilda II and M3 Grant tanks firing small calibre weapons during a demonstration
- 1st Armoured Brigade
- 2nd Armoured Brigade
- 3rd Army Tank Brigade
- 4th Armoured Brigade
- 6th Armoured Brigade
Cavalry[]
Support Group[]
Motor[]
- 1st Motor Brigade
- 2nd Motor Brigade
- 3rd Motor Brigade
- 4th Motor Brigade
- 5th Motor Brigade
- 6th Motor Brigade
Infantry[]
An honour guard drawn from the 7th Brigade and 3rd Division in 1945
- 1st Infantry Brigade
- 2nd Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Infantry Brigade
- 4th Infantry Brigade
- 5th Infantry Brigade
- 6th Infantry Brigade
- 7th Infantry Brigade
- 8th Infantry Brigade
- 9th Infantry Brigade
- 10th Infantry Brigade
- 11th Infantry Brigade
- 12th Infantry Brigade
- 13th Infantry Brigade
- 14th Infantry Brigade
- 15th Infantry Brigade
- 16th Infantry Brigade
- 17th Infantry Brigade
- 18th Infantry Brigade
- 19th Infantry Brigade
- 20th Infantry Brigade
- 21st Infantry Brigade
- 22nd Infantry Brigade
- 23rd Infantry Brigade
- 24th Infantry Brigade
- 25th Infantry Brigade
- 26th Infantry Brigade
- 27th Infantry Brigade
- 28th Infantry Brigade
- 29th Infantry Brigade
- 30th Infantry Brigade
- 31st Infantry Brigade
- 32nd Infantry Brigade
- 33rd Infantry Brigade
Garrison[]
- 1st Garrison Brigade
- 2nd Garrison Brigade
- 3rd Garrison Brigade
- 5th Garrison Brigade
Training[]
- 1st Training Brigade
- 2nd Division Infantry Training Brigade
- 4th Training Brigade
- 6th Training Brigade
- 7th Training Brigade
- 9th Training Brigade
Artillery[]
The following artillery formations were all called brigades by the army but with three batteries assigned they were only the size of an artillery regiment.
Anti Aircraft Artillery[]
Field artillery[]
- 1st Field Brigade
- 4th Field Brigade
- 7th Field Brigade
Medium Artillery[]
Heavy Artillery[]
Occupation of Japan[]
Troops from the 34th Brigade march through Saijo, Japan, in 1946
- 34th Brigade (part of the BCOF and later renamed to 1st Brigade)
Vietnam[]
Further reading[]
- Blaxland, John (1989). Organising an Army: The Australian Experience 1957–1965. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence. Vol. No. 50. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0731505301.
- Kuring, Ian (2004). Red Coats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001. Sydney: Australian Military History Publications. ISBN 1-876439-99-8.
- Palazzo, Albert (2001). The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901–2001. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-551507-2.
Categories:
- Brigades of Australia
- Lists of military units and formations of Australia