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4th Combat Engineer Regiment (Australia)

Australian Army engineer unit

Field	Value
unit_name	4th Combat Engineer Regiment
dates	1 July 1995 – 2013
country	Australia Australia
branch	Army
type	Royal Australian Engineers (RAE)
role	Combat engineers
command_structure	[4th Brigade](4th-brigade-australia)
garrison	East Ringwood, Victoria
commander1	LTCOL Glenn Pilbeam
motto	Ubique
march	Wings
mascot	Platypus
identification_symbol_4	4 CER
identification_symbol_4_label	Abbreviation
identification_symbol	[[File:4cer colour patch.PNG	70px]]
identification_symbol_label	Unit colour patch

4th Combat Engineer Regiment (4 CER) was an Australian Army Reserve engineer regiment based at East Ringwood, Victoria. Raised on 1 July 1995, upon formation, the regiment consisted of the 10th and 35th Field Squadrons and the 38th Support Squadron. It was an Army Reserve unit that provided engineering support to the 4th Brigade, and played a pivotal role in the ADF support to the 2003 Victorian Alpine Fires and the 2009 Black Saturday Fires. Throughout 2009, the regiment also contributed personnel to operations overseas, including deployments to Afghanistan and the Sinai; other personnel took part were detached to Rifle Company Butterworth and Operation Resolute. In 2013, 4 CER merged with the 22nd Construction Regiment, to form the 22nd Engineer Regiment.

References

Murdoch, Andrew. (30 April 1996). "New Combat Engineer Regiment Hits the Deck Running". Sapper News.
"4th Combat Engineer Regiment". Australian Army.
(2009). "Sapper Sitrep: 4th Combat Engineer Regiment". Australian Sapper.
(17 April 2013). "Minister for Defence and Parliamentary Secretary for Defence – Ministerial visit for Ringwood Army Reserves". Department of Defence.

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