3rd Combat Engineer Regiment soldiers clear a building during exercise Hamel 15

The 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3 CER) is an

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...

modular engineer

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trained for sapper/

combat engineer A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare tas ...

operations. The unit is based at

Lavarack Barracks Lavarack Barracks is a major Australian Army base located in Townsville, Queensland. Lavarack Barracks is currently home to the Army's 3rd Brigade and 11th Brigade. Elements of the 3rd Brigade based at the Barracks include the Combat Signal ...

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and is part of the 3rd Brigade. It has deployed to Bougainville as part of the

South Pacific Peacekeeping Force The South Pacific Peacekeeping Force (SPPKF) was an Australian-led peacekeeping force established during the Bougainville Civil War. Hastily established to provide security for peace talks around Arawa, the force consisted of an infantry securit ...

, to the

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under ''Operation Anode'', and has also served in

Timor-Leste East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

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and

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Structure

The regiment consists of: * Regimental Headquarters * 16 Combat Engineer Squadron * 18 Combat Engineer Squadron * 25 Support Squadron * Operational Support Squadron

Notes

References

*{{cite book , last=Vann , first=Kevin , year=2001 , title=Bridging the Gap: The 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment in Timor 1999–2000, publisher=Australian Military History Publications, location=Loftus, isbn=1-876439-55-6 Engineer regiments of Australia Military units involved in UN peacekeeping missions Military units in Queensland