List of Australian Army brigades explained

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.

World War I

Light horse

• • • • • 1st Light Horse Brigade 2nd Light Horse Brigade 3rd Light Horse Brigade 4th Light Horse Brigade 5th Light Horse Brigade

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

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

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

• 1st Australian Task Force

Further reading

• Book: Blaxland, John. Organising an Army: The Australian Experience 1957–1965. Australian National University. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence. 50. Canberra. 1989. 0731505301.
• Book: Kuring, Ian. Red Coats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001. Australian Military History Publications. Sydney. 2004. 1-876439-99-8.
• Book: Palazzo, Albert . The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 1901 - 2001 . 2001 . Oxford University Press . Melbourne . 0-19-551507-2 .