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The 1st Parachute Battalion was a parachute infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised for service during the Second World War, it was formed in early 1943 from volunteers for airborne training. Despite achieving a high level of readiness, the battalion did not see action during the war and was disbanded in early 1946.
In the post-war period Australia's parachute capability was primarily maintained by special forces units. In the early 1980s a parachute infantry capability was revived which led to the Parachute Battalion Group forming in 1983 based on the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR). In 1997, a full time commando regiment was raised that ...
Trainee Australian Army paratroopers march to a Douglas Dakota C-47B. The Paratroop Training Unit (PTU) was a unit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II, which served as the instruction centre for recruitment and training of the Australian Army paratroopers. Trainees mostly came from the 1st Parachute Battalion and Z ...
As Australia's first airborne combat battalion, the 1st Parachute Battalion required extensive training and was not declared ready for operations until May 1944. While the Battalion was alerted for a role in the Australian-led Borneo Campaign, this did not eventuate and the Battalion did not see action. Following the Japanese surrender part of ...
Kenneth Rochester Clift DCM (9 January 1916 – 22 July 2009) was an Australian soldier and author. During World War II, he served with the 6th Division Signals and the 1st Parachute Battalion, and for his actions around Tobruk in 1941 he received the Distinguished Conduct Medal. After the war, he published several books including The Saga of a ...
0–9. 1st Parachute Battalion (Australia) 1st/19th Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment; 1st Battalion (Australia) 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
1st Parachute Battalion may refer to: 1 Parachute Battalion, a South African Army unit; 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, a British Army unit; 1st Parachute Battalion (Australia) 1st Parachute Battalion (Belgium) 1st Parachute Battalion (Hungary) 1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Marine Parachute Regiment, a former U.S. Marine unit
The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) is the armoured infantry battalion of the Australian Army, based in Kapyong Lines, Townsville as part of the 3rd Brigade (Armoured Amphibious). 3 RAR traces its lineage to 1945 and has seen operational service in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, South Vietnam, Rifle Company Butterworth, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Afghanistan, and Iraq.