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1st Light Tank Company (Australia)

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1st Light Tank Company
Active1937–1941
CountryAustralia Australia
BranchArmy
TypeArmoured

The 1st Light Tank Company was an Australian Army armoured unit formed in 1937 equipped with the Vickers Medium Mark II medium tank.[1]

The unit was raised in November 1937 from the disbanded 1st Tank Section, with the men and equipment transferred to the unit and was based at Randwick, New South Wales.[1] The unit was disbanded in March 1941.

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ a b "1st Light Tank Company". Australian Armour. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2011.