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3rd Combat Engineer Regiment
CountryAustralia Australia
BranchArmy
TypeRoyal Australian Engineers (RAE)
RoleCombat Engineers
Part of3rd Brigade, 1st Division
Garrison/HQLavarack Barracks, Townsville
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch
Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment practice clearing a building in 2015

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

  1. ^ Nettleton, G. (1995). "Bougainville Peace Talks". Sapper News. Vol. Vol. 5, no. No. 1 (April). p. 11. {{cite news}}: |issue= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Vann 2001.

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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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