Royal Australian Infantry Corps | |
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Cap badge of theββRoyal Australian Infantry Corps | |
Active | 23 November 1948 β present |
Country | Australia |
Branch | Army |
Type | Corps |
Role | Infantry |
Size | 1 Regular Regiment (7 battalions) 6 State Regiments (13 battalions) 3 Special Forces Regiments 3 Regional Force Surveillance Regiments |
Motto(s) | Duty and Honour |
Colours | Infantry Red |
March | Quick: "El Alamein"; Slow: "Infantry Song" |
Commanders | |
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." Major components of the RA Inf include the various battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment and the six state-based Australian 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." The School of Infantry (SOI) is located at Singleton, New South Wales, and forms part of the Combined Arms Training Centre.
The "Head of Corps β Infantry" is usually a Brigadier and is the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment.
Roleβ»
The role of the Royal Australian Infantry isββto seek out and close with the enemy,ββto kill. Or capture him, "to seize and hold ground," to repel attack, by day/night, regardless of season, weather or terrain.
Historyβ»
The Australian Infantry Corps was formed on 14 December 1948.
Organisationβ»
Regimentsβ»
Regular Army Regimentsβ»
State Regimentsβ»
- Royal Queensland Regiment
- Royal New South Wales Regiment
- Royal Victoria Regiment
- Royal South Australia Regiment
- Royal Western Australia Regiment
- Royal Tasmania Regiment
Training Regimentsβ»
- Sydney University Regiment
- Melbourne University Regiment
- Queensland University Regiment
- Adelaide Universities Regiment
- Western Australia University Regiment
- University of New South Wales Regiment
- Monash University Regiment
Regional Force Surveillanceβ»
Special Forcesβ»
School of Infantryβ»
Commanders of the School of Infantry
Rank |
Name |
Post-Nominals |
Years Served |
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School of Musketry, Randwick 1911β1921 | |||
Major | F.B. Heritage | 1911β1915 | |
Captain | G.F.C. Shipley | 1915β1917 | |
Captain | W. MacLennan | 1917 | |
Captain | R.G.C. Prisk | 1918β1919 | |
Captain | C.F.C. Shipley | 1919β1920 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | F.B. Heritage | MVO | 1920β1921 |
Small Arms School, Randwick 1921β1940 | |||
Major | H. Ordish | DSO OBE | 1922β1926 |
Major | H.C.H. Robertson | DSO | 1926β1930 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.J. McCall | DSO | 1930β1934 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.A. Chapman | DSO | 1934β1938 |
Major | T.N. Gooch | 1938β1940 | |
Medium Machine Gun School, Randwick 1940β1942 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | R.G. Legge | DSO MC | 1940 |
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1940β1941 |
Small Arms School, Bonegilla 1942β1945 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1942β1945 |
School of Infantry, Puckapunyal 1944β1945 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | R.A. Wolfe-Murray | DSO MC | 1944β1945 |
Lieutenant Colonel | H.W. Hilless | 1945 | |
School of Infantry, Bonegilla 1945β1946 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1945β1946 |
School of Infantry, Seymour 1947β1960 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | E.W. Latchford | MBE MC | 1947β1948 |
Lieutenant Colonel | D.R. Jackson | DSO | 1949 |
Lieutenant Colonel | K.M. McKenzie | OBE | 1949β1952 |
Lieutenant Colonel | F.G. Hassett | DSO OBE | 1952β1953 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.L.A. Kelly | DSO | 1953β1954 |
Lieutenant Colonel | N.P. Maddern | MBE | 1954β1956 |
Major | W.F. Roberson | MBE | 1956β1957 |
Lieutenant Colonel | G.H. Fawcett | OBE | 1957β1959 |
Lieutenant Colonel | N.R. McLeod | OBE | 1959β1960 |
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1960β1969 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | G.O. O'Day | OBE | 1960β1963 |
Lieutenant Colonel | D.G. Sharp | OBE | 1963β1964 |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.S. Garland | MC | 1965β1967 |
Lieutenant Colonel | A.J. Milner | OBE | 1967β1969 |
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1969β1973 Commandant | |||
Colonel | A.J. Milner | OBE | 1969β1971 |
Colonel | E.H. Smith | DSO | 1971β1973 |
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1969β1973 CO/Chief Instructor | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | R.R. Hannigan | 1969β1970 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.L. Burnard | 1971β1972 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | E.R. Philip | 1972 | |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1973β1994 Commandant | |||
Colonel | E.H. Smith | DSO | 1973 |
Colonel | C.M. Townsend | DSO | 1974β1976 |
Colonel | J. Essex-Clark | 1976β1979 | |
Colonel | J.P.A. Deighton | MC | 1979β1981 |
Colonel | A.W. Hammett | AM | 1981β1984 |
Colonel | P.M. McDougall | 1984β1987 | |
Colonel | P.A. Sibree | 1987β1989 | |
Colonel | P.J. Cosgrove | AM MC | 1989β1991 |
Colonel | D.J. Mead | 1991β1994 | |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1973β1994 CO/Chief Instructor | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | C.F. Thompson | 1973β1974 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | M.P. Blake | MC | 1975β1976 |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.F. Sutton | MC | 1977β1978 |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.H. Taylor | MC | 1979β1980 |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.E. Boxall | 1981β1982 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.D. McAloney | MC | 1982β1984 |
Lieutenant Colonel | D.A. Webster | 1984β1986 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | A.J. Ralph | 1987β1988 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | J.S. Murray | 1988β1989 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.H. Greville | 1990β1991 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | R.C. Brown | 1992β1994 | |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1994β1999 Commandant | |||
Colonel | R.J. Margetts | 1994β1996 | |
Colonel | D.S.M. Roche | CSC | 1992β1994 |
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1994β1999 CO/Chief Instructor | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | J.C. Dittmar | 1994β1996 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | G.R.C. Pike | 1997β1999 | |
Dismounted Combat Division, Singleton 2000β2001 | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | D.J. Butler | 2000β2001 | |
School of Infantry, Singleton 2001βpresent | |||
Lieutenant Colonel | D.J. Butler | 2001 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | P.T. Roney | 2002β2003 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | W. Austin | 2004β2005 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | D. Franklin | 2005β2007 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | A. Egan | 2008β2009 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | A. Lowe | 2010β2012 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | M. Constable | CSC | 2013β2014 |
Lieutenant Colonel | S. Morris | CSC | 2015β2017 |
Lieutenant Colonel | M. Flanagan | 2018β2019 |
Notesβ»
- ^ Kuring 2004, pp. 221β222.
- ^ "RAInf Units". Australian Army. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "The Royal Australian Infantry Corps". Who We Are: Corps. Australian Army. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
Referencesβ»
- Kuring, Ian (2004). Redcoats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788β2001. Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military Historical Publications. ISBN 1876439998.
Preceded by | Australian Army Order of Precedence | Succeeded by |