Australian troops from the 1st Brigade in a captured Ottoman trench at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915

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.

Current active brigades

A soldier of the 5/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, previously part of the 1st Brigade, conducts fire and movement during training in 2001.

World War I

Light horse

A trooper of the 15th Light Horse Regiment, part of the 5th Light Horse Brigade

Infantry

Troops of the 5th Brigade at Picardie, France, 8 August 1918

World War II

Armoured

4th Armoured Brigade Matilda II and M3 Grant tanks firing small calibre weapons during a demonstration

Cavalry

Support Group

Motor

Infantry

An honour guard drawn from the 7th Brigade and 3rd Division in 1945

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

  • 1st Field Brigade
  • 2nd Field Brigade
  • 3rd Field Brigade
  • 4th Field Brigade
  • 5th Field Brigade
  • 6th Field Brigade
  • 7th Field Brigade
  • 8th Field Brigade
  • 9th Field Brigade
  • 10th Field Brigade
  • 11th Field Brigade
  • 12th Field Brigade
  • 13th Field Brigade
  • 14th Field Brigade
  • 15th Field Brigade
  • 18th Field Brigade
  • 21st Field Brigade
  • 22nd Field 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

Troops from the 34th Brigade march through Saijo, Japan, in 1946

Vietnam

Further reading

  • Blaxland, John (1989). Organising an Army: The Australian Experience 1957–1965. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence. Vol. No. 50. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0731505301.
  • Kuring, Ian (2004). Red Coats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788 to 2001. Sydney: Australian Military History Publications. ISBN 1-876439-99-8.
  • Palazzo, Albert (2001). The Australian Army: A History of its Organisation 19012001. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-551507-2.
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