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106th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery

Field	Value
unit_name	106th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery
country	Australia
type	Artillery
branch	Army
dates	1966–1976
5 December 2014–Present
nickname	Turtles
battles	Vietnam War

5 December 2014–Present

The 106th Field Battery was an artillery battery unit of the Royal Australian Artillery. The battery was formed in 1966 and served two tours during the Vietnam War before being disbanded in 1976.

The battery was re-raised as 106th Battery on 5 December 2014 as part of 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery.

History

Formed in December 1966 at Wacol, Queensland as part of the 4th Field Regiment.

The battery left for its first tour of Vietnam between April 1967 and March 1968. The second tour of duty of Vietnam was between February 1970 and January 1971.

Reformed in the mid 70's to conducts gun trials for the replacement of the BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun.

In 2014, 106th Battery was re-raised in 4th Regiment to support 2nd Cavalry Regiment which had relocated from Robertson Barracks in Darwin to Lavarack Barracks in Townsville under Plan Beersheba.

Citations

References

(2015). "Evolution of 4th Regiment 2008 – 2015 & Beyond". Deputy Head of Regiment.
(14 December 2016). "4th Regiment".
"106th Field Battery". Australian War Memorial.
(31 October 2014). "2nd Cavalry Regiment farewells Darwin".

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