ArMy PreSence in South AuStrAliA - Defence SA

ChAPTer 2:
exISTIng ArMy PreSenCe
Army Presence in South Australia
28. As at 30 June 2011 South Australia was
home to 1,305 regular soldiers or 4.4% of
the Regular Army and it is anticipated that
by December 2012 the number of Regular
soldiers based in South Australia will be
1,700 (5.8%). In addition, there are more
than 1,200 reserve soldiers or 7.2% of the
Army Reserve based in the State. These
personnel are posted to the following units:
2012
• 1st Brigade
– Headquarters 1st Brigade (Adelaide)
– 102nd (Coral) Battery, 8th/12th Regiment
– 9th Combat Engineer Squadron,
1st Combat Engineer Regiment
– 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
– Logistic Support Element, 1st Combat
Services Support Battalion
• 6th (CS&ISTAR) Brigade
– 16th Air Land Regiment
• 9th Brigade
– Headquarters 9th Brigade
– 3rd/9th Light Horse Regiment
(South Australian Mounted Rifles)
– 48th Field Battery
– 3rd Field Squadron
– 144th Signals Squadron
– 10th/27th Battalion Royal South
Australian Regiment
– 9th Combat Service Support Battalion
– Adelaide Universities Regiment
– Australian Army Band (Adelaide)
– Army Personnel Agency (Adelaide)
• 17th (Combat Service Support) Brigade
– 3rd Health Support Battalion
• Other
– Warrant Officer and NCO Academy
(locating to new accommodation at
Horseshoe Barracks)
1st Brigade (Adelaide)
29. In 2011, more than 700 soldiers from
five units of the 1st Brigade together
with an estimated 600 family members were
re-located from Robertson Barracks, Darwin
to the new Horseshoe Barracks on the Defence
‘Super Base’ at RAAF Base Edinburgh in the
Edinburgh Defence Precinct. The number of
soldiers at Horseshoe Barracks is planned to
be 1,200 by December 2012.
30. The move to Adelaide was undertaken
to provide year-round access to training
areas, easy access to transport and deep
maintenance support, posting options for
soldiers in mechanised units who would
otherwise be restricted to just Darwin and
an attractive location for Army personnel
and their families to live.
31. Horseshoe Barracks has several features
that directly support the increased
Army presence:
• a well-equipped state-of-the-art Army
garrison with close training facilities for
personnel and mechanised vehicles,
including an indoor weapons range
and sophisticated on site mechanised
tactical training simulation and night
fighting facilities,
• significant areas for further development
to support additional Army units with the
potential to leverage the newly constructed
common user health, training, messing
and fitness facilities on the base,
• support from local Reserve units to
enhance capability,
• easy access to CUTA (one of only four the
ADF Category 1 Training Area and Ranges 5 )
throughout the year,
• ready access to the massive WPA,
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