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This is a list of the
brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. B ...
s raised by the
Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal 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 (CA), wh ...
. The list includes brigades that served in
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
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World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
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Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
and the present-day brigades.


Current active brigades


World War I


Light horse

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1st Light Horse Brigade The 1st Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in ...
* 2nd Light Horse Brigade *
3rd Light Horse Brigade The 3rd Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s i ...
* 4th Light Horse Brigade *
5th Light Horse Brigade The 5th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) that served during World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in Queensland. During Wor ...


Infantry


World War II


Armoured

* 1st Armoured Brigade * 2nd Armoured Brigade * 3rd Army Tank Brigade * 4th Armoured Brigade * 6th Armoured Brigade


Cavalry

* 1st Cavalry Brigade * 2nd Cavalry Brigade * 3rd Cavalry Brigade * 4th Cavalry Brigade * 6th Cavalry Brigade


Support Group

* 1st Support Group


Motor

* 1st Motor Brigade * 2nd Motor Brigade * 3rd Motor Brigade * 4th Motor Brigade * 5th Motor Brigade * 6th Motor Brigade


Infantry


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

* 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade


Field artillery


Medium Artillery

* 1st Medium Brigade * 2nd Medium Brigade


Heavy Artillery

* 1st Heavy Brigade * 2nd Heavy Brigade * 3rd Heavy Brigade * 5th Heavy Brigade * 6th Heavy Brigade * 7th Heavy Brigade


Occupation of Japan

* 34th Brigade (part of the BCOF and later renamed to 1st Brigade)


Vietnam

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1st Australian Task Force The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) was a brigade-sized formation which commanded Australian and New Zealand Army units deployed to South Vietnam between 1966 and 1972. 1 ATF was based in a rubber plantation at Nui Dat, north of Bà Rịa ...


Further reading

* * * {{cite book , title=The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901–2001 , last=Palazzo , first=Albert , year=2001 , publisher=Oxford University Press , location=Melbourne , isbn=0-19-551507-2 Army brigades