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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 ...
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 ...
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
1st Parachute Battalion (Australia) T. Australian Defence Force Parachuting School This page was last edited on 28 November 2022, at 13:27 (UTC). ...
The Australian government ultimately rejected the request to divert the 7th Division to Rangoon, [22] and although most of the force returned to Australia, Lavarack was not able to prevent some elements from landing in Java – mainly the troops on the transport Orcades consisting of a machine gun battalion (the 2/3rd) and a pioneer battalion ...
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