Fact Sheet

Australian Combined Battalion Group (AUSCOMBATT IX)

The current Australian Combined Battalion Group (based on the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment from Enoggera, Brisbane ) includes a fully integrated rifle company of Fiji infantry and is the ninth Australian battalion group (AUSBATT IX) to rotate through East Timor.

It assumed responsibility for security operations on Saturday 15th November, taking over from Townsville-based 1st Battalion Group, which had been in East Timor since May 2003.

• AUSBATT IX includes Australian soldiers from:
• 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, including:
  
  • one rifle company;
    
  • administration elements;
    
  • support company;
    
• 7th Combat Service Support Battalion (7 CSSB elements) providing logistic support;
  
• 1st Field Regiment providing civil-military liaison support;
  
• 2/14th Light Horse Regiment/Queensland Mounted Infantry providing armoured mobility;
  
• 2nd Combat Engineering Regiment;
  
• Military Geo-spatial Information detachment from the 1st Topographical Survey Squadron; and
  
• 4th Military Police Company 44 MP Platoon and their military working dogs.
  

The Battalion Group also has a Health Supplementation Team, made up of several elements from the 7 Combat Services Support Battalion (CSSB) located in Brisbane; 9 CSSB from Adelaide; 2 Health Support Battalion (HSB) from Brisbane; 3 HSB located in Adelaide and the Army Malarial Institute from Brisbane.

AUSBATT IX consists of approximately 300 Australian and Fiji soldiers.
There is also an Australian S70 Black Hawk detachment from 5 Aviation Regiment attached to the Australian National Command Element, providing additional aero-medical evacuation support specifically to AUSBATT IX.