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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 ...
1st Battalion – The Pony Soldiers or The Big Blue One [1] 2nd Battalion – Second to None [2] 3rd Battalion – Old Faithful [3] 4th Battalion – The Fighting Fourth [4] 5th Battalion – The Tiger Battalion [5] 6th Battalion – Bluedog 7th Battalion – The Pigs [6] 8th Battalion – The Grey Eight [7] 8th/9th Battalion – Old Dependable ...
1st Parachute Battalion (Australia) T. Australian Defence Force Parachuting School This page was last edited on 28 November 2022, at 13:27 (UTC). ...
1st Parachute Infantry Battalion (1.º Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista) [514] 10th Infantry Regiment (Portugal) (Regimento de Infantaria nº 10) [515] 2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion (2.º Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista) [516] Paratroopers Regiment (Regimento de Paraquedistas) [517]
During World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — nicknamed the Six Triple Eight — was the first and only unit of color in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) stationed in Europe.
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