Our People in QLD
Private Melanie Cracknell
Soldiers like Melanie in the Battle Group’s technical support troop work day and night ensuring the Battle Group’s equipment is ready for combat. The troop provide a wide range of services and repairs in areas of electrical , electronics, weapon systems, metal work, wood work and major mechanical repairs and servicing.
Like Melanie, most of the 516 soldiers of Overwatch Battle Group are drawn from units of the Brisbane-based 7th Brigade including the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry), and an infantry company from the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment.
As well as supporting Iraqi security forces, the Australian Battle Group is project managing many reconstruction projects. More than 20 Australian projects have been completed, with more under way. These include water and irrigation projects, rural projects to enhance crop and animal production, health clinics, and power supply initiatives.