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49: 84:. Following the First World War, the area's designation was changed to the 5th District Base. In October 1939, it was re-designated as Western Command when the Army moved towards a geographic command structure. In April 1942, the Army was reorganised and Western Command became 106:
was re-raised in 1948, once again headquartered in Western Australia, and assigned to Western Command. Upon formation, it consisted of two infantry battalions: the 11th/44th and the 16th/28th. In 1960, when the CMF was reorganised following the adoption of the
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Western Command was re-formed in June 1944 when the need for a corps-level headquarters passed.
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Shaw, Peter (2010). "The Evolution of the Infantry State Regiment System in the Army Reserve".
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The geographical command structure was retained until the 1970s.
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The Australian Army: A History of Its Organisation 1901–2001
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The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History
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Index

31°56′57″S 115°51′44″E / 31.9491°S 115.8621°E / -31.9491; 115.8621

Australian Army
Federation of Australia
Western Australia
Kimberley
Swan Barracks
Perth
III Corps
William Henderson
Second World War
13th Infantry Brigade
Pentropic divisional establishment


Dennis et al 1995
McKenzie-Smith 2018
"Henderson, William George (Bill) (1919–1995)"
Palazzo 2001
Shaw 2010
Grey, Jeffrey
ISBN
0-19-553227-9
McKenzie-Smith, Graham
ISBN
978-1-925675-146
ISBN
0-19-551506-4
Military Historical Society of Australia
ISSN

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