The Australian Army on 3 September
1939
HQ Department of Defence: Melbourne, Victoria
1st Military District: HQ Brisbane, Queensland
Base Units
8th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF) : Brisbane
108th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Brisbane
1st Fortress Company, RAE (PF) : Brisbane
21st Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Townsville
121st Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Townsville
22nd Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Brisbane
122nd Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Brisbane
32nd, 37th Fortress Companies, RAE: Brisbane
District Troops:
5th Field Brigade, RAA (13th, 14th, 105th Btys) : Kelvin Grove
11th Field Brigade, RAA (42nd, 43rd, 111th Btys) : Kelvin Grove
7th Field Company, RAE: Ipswich
11th Field Company, RAE: Kelvin Grove
1st Cavalry Brigade: HQ Brisbane
2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (The Moreton Light Horse/The West Moreton Light Horse)(Queensland Mounted Infantry): Brisbane
5th Light Horse Regiment (The Wide Bay and Burnett Light Horse)(QMI): Gympie
11th Light Horse Regiment (The Darling Downs Light Horse)(QMI): Toowoomba
7th Infantry Brigade: HQ Brisbane
9th/49th Battalion (The Moreton Regiment/The Stanley Regiment): Brisbane
15th Battalion (The Oxley Regiment): Brisbane
25th Battalion (The Darling Downs Regiment): Toowoomba
47th Battalion (The Wide Bay Regiment): Maryborough
61st Battalion (The Queensland Cameron Highlanders): Brisbane
11th Infantry Brigade: HQ Townsville
31st Battalion (The Kennedy Regiment): Townsville
26th Battalion (The Logan and Albert Regiment): Hughenden
42nd Battalion (The Capricornia Regiment): Rockhampton
51st Battalion (The Far North Queensland Regiment): Cairns
2nd Military District: HQ Sydney, New South Wales
Base Units
'A' Field Battery, RAA (PF): Paddington
1st Heavy Brigade, RAA: George's Head
1st Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): South Head
101st Heavy Battery, RAA (M): South Head
2nd Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): George's Head
102nd Heavy Battery, RAA (M): George's Head
3rd Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Newcastle
103rd Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Newcastle
2nd Fortress Company, RAE (PF): Sydney
8th Fortress Company, RAE (PF): Newcastle
5th Heavy Brigade, RAA: South Head
13th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Newcastle
113th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Newcastle
14th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Mosman
114th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Mosman
15th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): South Head
115th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): South Head
16th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): South Head
116th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): South Head
1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade, RAA: Sydney
1st Anti-Aircraft Battery and Cadre, RAA: Mosman
2nd Anti-Aircraft Battery and Cadre, RAA: Sydney - War-station at Darwin
3rd Anti-Aircraft Battery and Cadre, RAA: Newcastle
1st Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company, RAE: Sydney
33rd Fortress Company, RAE: Paddington
39th Fortress Company, RAE: Newcastle
51st Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company, RAE (M): Sydney
52nd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company, RAE (M): Sydney
1st Light Tank Company, Australian Tank Corps: Randwick
1st Cavalry Division
21st Field Brigade, RAA (28th, 35th, 36th Btys): Parramatta
1st Field Squadron, RAE (Less 1st Troop): Paddington
2nd Armoured Car Regiment: Bringeley (Attached)
2nd Cavalry Brigade: HQ Armidale
12th Light Horse Regiment (The New England Light Horse): Armidale
24th Light Horse Regiment(The Gwydir Regiment): Moree
15th Light Horse Regiment (The Northern River Lancers): Lismore
16th Light Horse (M.G.) Regiment (The Hunter River Lancers): East Maitland
4th Cavalry Brigade: HQ Paddington
1st Light Horse (M.G.) Regiment (The Royal New South Wales Lancers): Randwick
6th Light Horse Regiment (The New South Wales Mounted Rifles): Parkes
7th Light Horse Regiment (The Australian Horse): Goulburn
21st Light Horse Regiment (The Riverina Horse): Wagga Wagga
1st Infantry Division
HQ Royal Australian Artillery: Paddington
1st Field Brigade, RAA (1st, 2nd, 101st Btys): Hamilton
7th Field Brigade, RAA (25th, 27th, 107th Btys): Willoughby
1st Medium Brigade, RAA (1st, 2nd, 3rd Btys): Randwich
No. 1 Artillery Survey Company: Paddington
1st Field Company, RAE: Waratah
8th Field Company, RAE: Crow's Nest
1st Infantry Brigade: HQ Newcastle
2nd/35th Battalion (The City of Newcastle Regiment/Newcastle's Own Regiment): Newcastle
13th Battalion (The Maitland Regiment): West Maitland
33rd Battalion (The New England Regiment): Tamworth
41st Battalion (The Byron Regiment): Lismore
8th Infantry Brigade: HQ Crow's Nest
18th Battalion (The Kuring-Gai Regiment): Willoughby
30th Battalion (The New South Wales Scottish Regiment): Miller's Point
36th Battalion (The St. George English Rifle Regiment): Haberfield
2nd Infantry Division
9th Field Brigade, RAA (20th, 21st, 109th Btys): Paddington
14th Field Brigade, RAA ( 53rd, 54th, 114th Btys): Marrickville
18th Field Brigade, RAA (117th Bty): Paddington
60th Field Battery: Hurstville
61st Field Battery: Marrickville
5th, 9th, 14th Field Companies, RAE: Paddington
5th Infantry Brigade: HQ Parramatta
4th Battalion (The Australian Rifles): Homebush
20th/19th Battalion (The Paramatta and Blue Moutain Regiment/The South Sydney Regiment): Parramatta
54th Battalion (The Lachlan-Macquarie Regiment): Orange
56th Battalion (The Riverina Regiment): Cootamundra
9th Infantry Brigade: HQ Paddington
1st Battalion (The City of Sydney Regiment): Paddington
17th Battalion (The North Sydney Regiment): North Sydney
45th Battalion (The St. George Regiment): Arncliffe
The Sydney University Regiment (Attached): Newtown
14th Infantry Brigade: HQ Marrickville
3rd Battalion (The Werriwa Regiment): Goulburn
34th Battalion (The Illawara Regiment): Wollongong
55th/53rd Battalion (The New South Wales Rifle Regiment/The West Sydney Regiment: Marrickville
3rd Military District: HQ Melbourne, Victoria
Base Units
2nd Heavy Brigade, RAA : Queenscliff
4th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Queenscliff
104th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Queenscliff
5th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Nepean
105th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Nepean
3rd Fortress Company, RAE (PF): Melbourne and Queenscliff
6th Heavy Brigade, RAA: Williamstown
18th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Williamstown
118th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Williamstown
19th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Williamstown
119th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Williamstown
4th Anti-Aircraft Battery and Cadre, RAA: Queenscliff
2nd Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery, RAE: Caulfield
34th Fortress Company, RAE: East Melbourne
2nd Light Tank Company, Australian Tank Corps: Caulfield
2nd Cavalry Division
22nd Field Brigade, RAA (44th Bty): Richmond
40th Field Battery: Albury
2nd Field Squadron, RAE: Melbourne
1st Armoured Car Regiment (The Wimmera Regiment) (Attached): Horsham
17th Light Horse (M.G) Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Light Horse) (Attached): Bendigo
3rd Cavalry Brigade: HQ Melbourne
4th/19th Light Horse Regiment (Corangamite Light Horse
/The Yarowee Light Horse): Warrnambool
8th Light Horse Regiment (The Indi Light Horse): Benalla
13th Light Horse Regiment (The Gippsland Light Horse): Sale
20th Light Horse Regiment (The Victoria Mounted Rifles): Seymour
26th Light Horse (M.G.) Regiment: Ararat
3rd Infantry Division
HQ Royal Australian Artillery: Melbourne
2nd Field Brigade, RAA (4th, 5th, 102nd Btys): East St. Kilda
4th Field Brigade, RAA (10th, 11th, 104th Btys): East St. Kilda
8th Field Brigade, RAA (29th, 30th, 108th Btys): North Carlton
4th, 10th, 15th Field Companies, RAE: East Melbourne
4th Infantry Brigade: HQ Melbourne
22nd Battalion (The South Gippsland Regiment): Leongatha
29th Battalion (The East Melbourne Regiment): Fitzroy
46th Battalion (The Brighton Rifles): Brighton
10th Infantry Brigade: HQ Caulfield East
24th/39th Battalion (The Kooyong Regiment/The Hawthorn-Kew Regiment): Surrey Hills
37th Battalion (The East Gippsland Regiment): Sale
52nd Battalion (The Gippsland Regiment): Dandenong
15th Infantry Brigade: HQ Brunswick
57th/60th Battalion (The Merra Regiment/The Heidelberg Regiment): Preston
58th Battalion (The Essendon-Cobourg-Brunswick Regiment): Moonee Ponds
59th Battalion (The Hume Regiment): Coburg
4th Infantry Division
10th Field Brigade, RAA (37th, 38th, 110th Btys): East Melbourne
15th Field Brigade, RAA (22nd, 24th, 112th Btys): East Melbourne
2nd Medium Brigade, RAA (5th, 6th, 7th Btys): St. Kilda
No. 2 Artillery Survey Company: Prahran
2nd Field Company, RAE: Melbourne
6th Field Company, RAE: Ballarat
Nos. 1, 2, 3 Companies, 4th Divisional Signals: South Melbourne
2nd Infantry Brigade: HQ Melbourne
5th Battalion (The Victoria Scottish Regiment): South Melbourne
6th Battalion (The Royal Melbourne Regiment): Carlton
14th Battalion (The Prahran Regiment): Prahran
32nd Battalion (The Footscray Regiment): Footscray
The Melbourne University Rifles (Attached): The University, Carlton
6th Infantry Brigade: HQ Melbourne
7th Battalion (The North West Murray Borderers): Mildura
8th Battalion (The City of Ballarat Regiment): Ballarat
23rd/21st Battalion (The City of Geelong Regiment/The Victoria Rangers): Geelong
38th Battalion (The Bendigo Regiment): Bendigo
4th Military District: HQ Adelaide, South Australia
Base Units
10th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Fort Largs
110th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Fort Largs
Detachment, RAE (PF): Keswich
20th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Fort Largs
120th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Fort Largs
Field Troops
13th Field Brigade, RAA (49th Bty): Adelaide
50th Field Battery: Prospect
113th (H) Field Battery: Kilkenny
48th Field Battery (Attached): Keswich
3rd Troop, 2nd Field Squadron, RAE: Keswich
3rd Field Company, RAE: Keswich
6th Cavalry Brigade: HQ Keswich
3rd Light Horse Regiment (The South Australian Mounted Rifles): Mt. Gambier
9th/23rd Light Horse Regiment (Flinders Light Horse/Barossa Light Horse): Clare
18th Light Horse (M.G.) Regiment (The Adelaide Lancers): Unley
3rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Keswich
10th Battalion (The Adelaide Rifles): Adelaide
27th Battalion (The South Australian Scottish Regiment): Keswich
43rd Battalion (The Hindmarsh Regiment): Adelaide
48th Battalion (The Torrens Regiment): Adelaide
5th Military District: HQ Perth, Western Australia
Base Units
3rd Heavy Brigade, RAA (PF): Fremantle
6th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Fremantle
106th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Fremantle
5th Fortress Company, RAE (PF): Fremantle
7th Heavy Brigade, RAA: Fremantle
23rd Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Fremantle
123rd Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Fremantle
24th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Albany
124th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Albany
25th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Fremantle
125th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Fremantle
5th Anti-Aircraft Battery and Cadre: Fremantle
District Troops:
10th Light Horse Regiment (The Western Australian Mounted Infantry): Victoria Park
25th Light Horse (M.G.) Regiment: Perth
3rd Field Brigade, RAA (7th, 8th, 103rd Btys): Karrakatta
13th Field Company, RAE: Guildford
13th Infantry Brigade: HQ Perth
11th Battalion (The City of Perth Regiment): Perth
16th Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Western Australia): Perth
28th Battalion (The Swan Regiment): East Perth
44th Battalion (The West Australian Rifles): Claremont
6th Military District: HQ Hobart, Tasmania
Base Units
7th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Hobart
107th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Hobart
6th Fortress Company, RAE (PF): Hobart
17th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): Hobart
117th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): Hobart
36th Fortress Company, RAE: Hobart
District Troops:
6th Field Brigade, RAA (106th Bty): Hobart
16th Field Battery: Launceston
12th Field Company, RAE: Hobart
12th Infantry Brigade
12th/50th Battalion (The Launceston Regiment/The Tasmanian Rangers): Launceston
40th Battalion (The Derwent Regiment): Hobart
22nd Light Horse Regiment (The Tasmanian Mounted Infantry): Ulverstone
7th Military District: HQ Darwin, Northern Territory
Base Units
The Darwin Mobile Force, RAA (PF): Darwin (Infantry and Field Artillery components)
9th Heavy Battery, RAA (PF): East and Emery Points, Darwin
109th Heavy Battery, RAA (M): East and Emery Points, Darwini
2nd Anti-Aircraft Cadre: Elliott Point, Darwin
7th Fortress Company, RAE: Dudley Point
8th Military District: HQ Rabual, New Britain, New Hebrides
No Military Units in this district by Mandate. The district includes the
Mandated Territory of New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides