Regional Information

Unique

The reason as to why the Northern Region is so unqiue is that it spans from the North of Western Australia, otherwise known as the Kimberley Region, as well as the entire state of the Northern Territory.

The majority of the reserve soldiers are posted to the Regional Force Surveillance Unit (North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE)) and the soldiers fall into five service types. They are:

• Active Reserve
• Regional Force Surveillance List
• Continuous Full Time Service
• Standby Reserves
• Local Observer Element

History

Army Personnel Agency (APA-D) was established on the 1 Jan 1993 with the amalgamation of the Military Secretary Section and the ARES Strength Management Cell, both of the functions formerly a part of Land Component Northern Command.

APA-D is located in Darwin and up until the end of September 2003 occupied Building 10 at Larrakeyah Barracks.

At the beginning of October 2003 APA-D relocated to Building 260 at HMAS Coonawarra located on the Stuart Highway at Coonawarra . November 2003 saw the decommissioning of HMAS Coonawarra and the base was renamed Defence Establishment - Berrimah. Building 260 is shared with the Navy/RAAF Dental unit.

In April 2008 APA-D moved again and on the 5th May 2008 offically reopened at our current location Building 102 at Robertson Barracks Palmerston NT 0830.

Currently there are eight Army Personnel Agencies; these are located in Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.

Army Personnel Agency - Darwin