Royal Australian Infantry Corps | |
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File:Rainf.gif Cap badge of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps | |
Active | 23 November 1948–present |
Country | Australia |
Branch | Army |
Type | Corps |
Role | Infantry |
Size | 1 Regular Regiment (8 battalions) and 13 Reserve Regiments |
Colours | Infantry Red |
March | Quick: 'El Alamein'; Slow: 'Infantry Song' |
Engagements | Korea 1950–53: Sariwon, Yongyu, Chongju, Pakchon, Uijongbu, Chuam-ni, Maehwa-san, Kapyong, Kowang-San, Maryang-San, The Samichon; Vietnam 1965–72: Long Tan, Bien Hoa, Coral-Balmoral, Hat Dich, Binh Ba. |
Commanders | |
Colonel in Chief | HM The Queen |
Colonel of the Regiment | Brigadier M.J. Moon, DSC, AM |
The Royal Australian Infantry Corps (RA Inf) is the parent corps for all infantry regiments of the Australian Army. It was established on 14 December 1948, with its Royal Corps status being conferred by His Majesty King George VI. At her coronation in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II became Colonel-in-Chief of the corps.[1] Major components of the RA Inf include the various battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment and the six state-based Reserve infantry regiments, such as the Royal New South Wales Regiment. The various Regional Force Surveillance and Special Forces units of the Army are also part of the corps.[2] The Infantry School is located at Singleton, New South Wales.
The "Head of Corps – Infantry" is usually a Brigadier and is the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment.
Role[]
The role of the infantry is to seek out and close with the enemy, to kill or capture him, to seize and hold ground, to repel attack, by night or day, regardless of season, weather or terrain.[3]
Organisation[]
Army Reserve[]
- Royal Queensland Regiment
- Royal New South Wales Regiment
- Royal Victoria Regiment
- Royal South Australia Regiment
- Royal Western Australia Regiment
- Royal Tasmania Regiment
- Sydney University Regiment
- Melbourne University Regiment
- Queensland University Regiment
- Adelaide Universities Regiment
- Western Australia Universities Regiment
- University of New South Wales Regiment
- Monash University Regiment
Regular Army[]
Regional Force Surveillance[]
Special Forces[]
- Special Air Service Regiment
- 1st Commando Regiment
- 2nd Commando Regiment
School of Infantry[]
Commanders of the School of Infantry
Rank |
Name |
Post-Nominals |
Years Served |
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School of Musketry, Randwick 1911–1921 | |||
Major | F.B. Heritage | 1911–1915 | |
Captain | G.F.C. Shipley | 1915–1917 | |
Captain | W. MacLennan | 1917 | |
Captain | R.G.C. Prisk | 1918–1919 | |
Captain | C.F.C. Shipley | 1919–1920 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | F.B. Heritage | MVO | 1920–1921 |
Small Arms School, Randwick 1921–1940 | |||
Major | H. Ordish | DSO OBE | 1922–1926 |
Major | H.C.H. Robertson | DSO | 1926–1930 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.J. McCall | DSO | 1930–1934 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.A. Chapman | DSO | 1934–1938 |
Major | T.N. Gooch | 1938–1940 | |
Medium Machine Gun School, Randwick 1940–1942 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | R.G. Legge | DSO MC | 1940 |
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1940–1941 |
Small Arms School, Bonegilla 1942–1945 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1942–1945 |
School of Infantry, Puckapunyal 1944–1945 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | R.A. Wolfe-Murray | DSO MC | 1944–1945 |
Lieutenant Colonel | H.W. Hilless | 1945 | |
School of Infantry, Bonegilla 1945–1946 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1945–1946 |
School of Infantry, Seymour 1947–1960 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1947–1948 |
Lieutenant Colonel | D.R. Jackson | DSO | 1949 |
Lieutenant Colonel | K.M. McKenzie | OBE | 1949–1952 |
Lieutenant Colonel | F.G. Hassett | DSO OBE | 1952–1953 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.L.A. Kelly | DSO | 1953–1954 |
Lieutenant Colonel | N.D. Maddern | MBE | 1954–1956 |
Major | W.F. Roberson | MBE | 1956–1957 |
Lieutenant Colonel | G.H. Fawcett | OBE | 1957–1959 |
Lieutenant Colonel | N.R. McLeod | OBE | 1959–1960 |
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1960–1969 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | G.O. O'Day | OBE | 1960–1963 |
Lieutenant Colonel | D.G. Sharp | OBE | 1963–1964 |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.S. Garland | MC | 1965–1967 |
Lieutenant Colonel | A.J. Milner | OBE | 1967–1969 |
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1969–1973 Commandant | |||
Colonel | A.J. Milner | OBE | 1969–1971 |
Colonel | E.H. Smoth | DSO | 1971–1973 |
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1969–1973 CO/Chief Instructor | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | R.R. Hannigan | 1969–1970 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.L. Burnard | 1971–1972 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | E.R. Philip | 1972 | |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1973–1994 Commandant | |||
Colonel | E.H. Smoth | DSO | 1973 |
Colonel | C.M. Townsend | DSO | 1974–1976 |
Colonel | J. Essex-Clark | 1976–1979 | |
Colonel | J.P.A. Deighton | MC | 1979–1981 |
Colonel | A.W. Hammett | AM | 1981–1984 |
Colonel | P.M. McDougall | 1984–1987 | |
Colonel | P.A. Sibree | 1987–1989 | |
Colonel | P.J. Cosgrove | AM MC | 1989–1991 |
Colonel | D.J. Mead | 1991–1994 | |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1973–1994 CO/Chief Instructor | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | C.F. Thompson | 1973–1974 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | M.P. Blake | MC | 1975–1976 |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.F. Sutton | MC | 1977–1978 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.H. Taylor | MC | 1979–1980 |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.E. Boxall | 1981–1982 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.D. McAloney | MC | 1982–1984 |
Lieutenant Colonel | D.A. Webster | 1984–1986 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | A.J. Ralph | 1987–1988 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.S. Murray | 1988–1989 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.H. Greville | 1990–1991 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.C. Brown | 1992–1994 | |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1994–1999 Commandant | |||
Colonel | R.J. Margette | 1994–1996 | |
Colonel | D.S.M. Roche | CSC | 1992–1994 |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1994–1999 CO/Chief Instructor | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | J.C. Dittmar | 1994–1996 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | G.R.C. Pike | 1997–1999 | |
Dismounted Combat Division, Singleton 2000–2001 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | D.J. Butler | 2000–2001 | |
School of Infantry, Singleton 2001–Present | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | D.J. Butler | 2001 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | P.T. Roney | 2002–2003 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | W. Austin | 2004–2005 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | D. Franklin | 2005–2007 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | A. Egan | 2008–2009 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | A. Lowe | 2010–Present |
References[]
- ↑ Redcoats to Cams – A History of the Australian Infantry 1788–2001 by Ian Kuring
- ↑ "RAInf Units". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/RAINF/RAInf_Units.asp. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/army/jobs/Rifleman/JobDetails/
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