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11 Field Regiment

Details:

Title

11 Field Regiment,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Artillery,

Unit

11 Field Regiment,

Alternative unit name

57 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment,

Parent unit

3 Brigade, 19 Brigade,

Subordinate units

41 Field Battery, 42 Field Battery, 43 Field Battery,

Date arrived in NT

1942-06,

Date left the NT

1943-06,

History

The Unit moved from Townsville to replace the United States 147 Field Regiment. In September 1942, 42 Battery was at 37 Mile; 43 Battery was at 50.5 Mile; 41 Battery was at 6.5 Mile and Headquarters was at Larrakeyah. The Unit left for Sydney in January 1944, they were replaced by 1 Field Regiment. 11 Field Regiment became the 57 Composite Anti aircraft Regiment.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, Anti-aircraft, Artillery, 57 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment, 3 Brigade, 19 Brigade, 41 Field Battery, 42 Field Battery, 43 Field Battery, 11 Field Regiment,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/38741 [PictureNT : PH0479/0006, Gun, Reg Mitchell Collection],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847573,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847573

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847925,