Royal Australian Infantry Corps

Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Cap badge of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Active23 November 1948 – present
CountryAustralia
BranchArmy
TypeCorps
RoleInfantry
Size1 Regular Regiment (7 battalions)
6 State Regiments (13 battalions)
3 Special Forces Regiments
3 Regional Force Surveillance Regiments
Motto(s)Duty and Honour
ColoursInfantry Red
MarchQuick: "El Alamein"; Slow: "Infantry Song"
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment		Brigadier M. J. Moon
Corps of the Australian Army
Combat
Combat Support
Combat Service Support
Command Support
Training Corps
Former Corps

The Royal Australian Infantry Corps (RA Inf) is the parent corps for all infantry regiments of the Australian Army. It was established on 14 December 1948, with its Royal Corps status being conferred by His Majesty King George VI. At her coronation in 1953, Queen Elizabeth II became Colonel-in-Chief of the corps.[1] Major components of the RA Inf include the various battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment and the six state-based Australian infantry regiments, such as the Royal New South Wales Regiment. The various Regional Force Surveillance and Special Forces units of the Army are also part of the corps.[2] The School of Infantry (SOI) is located at Singleton, New South Wales, and forms part of the Combined Arms Training Centre.

The "Head of Corps – Infantry" is usually a Brigadier and is the Honorary Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment.

Role

The role of the Royal Australian Infantry is to seek out and close with the enemy, to kill or capture him, to seize and hold ground, to repel attack, by day or night, regardless of season, weather or terrain.[3]

History

The Australian Infantry Corps was formed on 14 December 1948.

Organisation

Regiments

Regular Army Regiments

State Regiments

Training Regiments

Regional Force Surveillance

Special Forces

School of Infantry

Commanders of the School of Infantry

Rank
 Name
 Years Served
School of Musketry, Randwick 1911–1921
Major F.B. Heritage 1911–1915
Captain G.F.C. Shipley 1915–1917
Captain W. MacLennan 1917
Captain R.G.C. Prisk 1918–1919
Captain C.F.C. Shipley 1919–1920
Lieutenant Colonel F.B. Heritage 1920–1921
Small Arms School, Randwick 1921–1940
Major H. Ordish 1922–1926
Major H.C.H. Robertson 1926–1930
Lieutenant Colonel J.J. McCall 1930–1934
Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Chapman 1934–1938
Major T.N. Gooch 1938–1940
Medium Machine Gun School, Randwick 1940–1942
Lieutenant Colonel R.G. Legge 1940
Lieutenant Colonel E.W. Latchford 1940–1941
Small Arms School, Bonegilla 1942–1945
Lieutenant Colonel E.W. Latchford 1942–1945
School of Infantry, Puckapunyal 1944–1945
Lieutenant Colonel R.A. Wolfe-Murray 1944–1945
Lieutenant Colonel H.W. Hilless 1945
School of Infantry, Bonegilla 1945–1946
Lieutenant Colonel E.W. Latchford 1945–1946
School of Infantry, Seymour 1947–1960
Lieutenant Colonel E.W. Latchford 1947–1948
Lieutenant Colonel D.R. Jackson 1949
Lieutenant Colonel K.M. McKenzie 1949–1952
Lieutenant Colonel F.G. Hassett 1952–1953
Lieutenant Colonel J.L.A. Kelly 1953–1954
Lieutenant Colonel N.P. Maddern 1954–1956
Major W.F. Roberson 1956–1957
Lieutenant Colonel G.H. Fawcett 1957–1959
Lieutenant Colonel N.R. McLeod 1959–1960
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1960–1969
Lieutenant Colonel G.O. O'Day 1960–1963
Lieutenant Colonel D.G. Sharp 1963–1964
Lieutenant Colonel R.S. Garland 1965–1967
Lieutenant Colonel A.J. Milner 1967–1969
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1969–1973
Commandant
Colonel A.J. Milner 1969–1971
Colonel E.H. Smith 1971–1973
Infantry Centre, Ingleburn 1969–1973
CO/Chief Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel R.R. Hannigan 1969–1970
Lieutenant Colonel R.L. Burnard 1971–1972
Lieutenant Colonel E.R. Philip 1972
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1973–1994
Commandant
Colonel E.H. Smith 1973
Colonel C.M. Townsend 1974–1976
Colonel J. Essex-Clark 1976–1979
Colonel J.P.A. Deighton 1979–1981
Colonel A.W. Hammett 1981–1984
Colonel P.M. McDougall 1984–1987
Colonel P.A. Sibree 1987–1989
Colonel P.J. Cosgrove 1989–1991
Colonel D.J. Mead 1991–1994
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1973–1994
CO/Chief Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel C.F. Thompson 1973–1974
Lieutenant Colonel M.P. Blake 1975–1976
Lieutenant Colonel R.F. Sutton 1977–1978
Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Taylor 1979–1980
Lieutenant Colonel R.E. Boxall 1981–1982
Lieutenant Colonel J.D. McAloney 1982–1984
Lieutenant Colonel D.A. Webster 1984–1986
Lieutenant Colonel A.J. Ralph 1987–1988
Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Murray 1988–1989
Lieutenant Colonel R.H. Greville 1990–1991
Lieutenant Colonel R.C. Brown 1992–1994
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1994–1999
Commandant
Colonel R.J. Margetts 1994–1996
Colonel D.S.M. Roche 1992–1994
Infantry Centre, Singleton 1994–1999
CO/Chief Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel J.C. Dittmar 1994–1996
Lieutenant Colonel G.R.C. Pike 1997–1999
Dismounted Combat Division, Singleton 2000–2001
Lieutenant Colonel D.J. Butler 2000–2001
School of Infantry, Singleton 2001–present
Lieutenant Colonel D.J. Butler 2001
Lieutenant Colonel P.T. Roney 2002–2003
Lieutenant Colonel W. Austin 2004–2005
Lieutenant Colonel D. Franklin 2005–2007
Lieutenant Colonel A. Egan 2008–2009
Lieutenant Colonel A. Lowe 2010–2012
Lieutenant Colonel M. Constable 2013–2014
Lieutenant Colonel S. Morris 2015–2017
Lieutenant Colonel M. Flanagan 2018–2019

Notes

  1. ^ Kuring 2004, pp. 221–222.
  2. ^ "RAInf Units". Australian Army. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  3. ^ "The Royal Australian Infantry Corps". Who We Are: Corps. Australian Army. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

References

  • Kuring, Ian (2004). Redcoats to Cams: A History of Australian Infantry 1788–2001. Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military Historical Publications. ISBN 1876439998.
Preceded by Australian Army Order of Precedence Succeeded by