The 39th Operational Support Battalion (39 OSB) is a logistics and administrative unit in the
Australian Army, which provides force preparation training and mounting support to individuals and specialist teams for
Australian Defence Force
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Forc ...
operations. 39 OSB also sustains specified operations by providing first line administrative and logistic support to these deployed forces.
The unit was renamed from its former title 39th (Personnel Support) Battalion (39 PSB) on 27 March 2014. 39 PSB was formerly known as the Deployed Forces Support Unit until being formally renamed at a special ceremony on 8 August 2006 at the
Shrine of Remembrance in
Melbourne.
The unit perpetuates the name of the famous
39th Battalion, an
infantry battalion that fought during both
World War I and
World War II, which played a significant part in the
Kokoda Track Campaign in 1942–43, fighting against the Japanese. It is a Tri-Service Direct Command Unit of
Forces Command, and is based at
Randwick, New South Wales
Randwick is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwi ...
. It currently fills a variety of roles, including providing cultural and language training for soldiers deploying to Africa as part of UN peacekeeping operations.
References
Military units and formations established in 2006
Combat service support battalions of the Australian Army
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