3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (Australia)
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3rd Combat Engineer Regiment | |
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Country | Australia |
Branch | Army |
Type | Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) |
Role | Combat engineers |
Part of | 3rd Brigade, 1st Division |
Garrison/HQ | Lavarack Barracks, Townsville |
Insignia | |
Unit colour patch |
The 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3 CER) is an Australian Army modular engineer regiment trained for sapper/combat engineer operations. The unit is based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland and is part of the 3rd Brigade. It has deployed to Bougainville as part of the South Pacific Peacekeeping Force,[1] to the Solomon Islands under Operation Anode,[citation needed] and has also served in Timor-Leste,[2] Iraq and Afghanistan.[citation needed]
Structure
The regiment consists of:[citation needed]
- Regimental Headquarters
- 16 Combat Engineer Squadron
- 18 Combat Engineer Squadron
- 25 Support Squadron
- Operational Support Squadron
Notes
References
- Vann, Kevin (2001). Bridging the Gap: The 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment in Timor 1999–2000. Loftus: Australian Military History Publications. ISBN 1-876439-55-6.
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