13th Engineer Regiment (Australia)

Australian Army Reserve unit August 2024 July 2014 13th Engineer Regiment Australia Military engineering Australian Army 1 July 2022 – present Irwin Barracks, Karrakatta 13th Brigade 'Little Red Devil' 13th Engineer Regiment (13ER) is an Army Reserve unit of the Royal Australian Engineers of the Australian Army. The regiment provides the combat engineering capability of the Western Australia based reserve 13th Brigade.13 Engineer Regiment raised in historic ceremony https://news.defence.gov.au/media/media-releases/13-engineer-regiment-raised-historic-ceremony Department of Defence 26 September 2022 6 July 2022 The regiment often supports the Royal Western Australia Regiment. History The regiment was formed on 1 July 2022 from the 13th Field Squadron.13 Engineer Regiment https://wasappers.com.au/13-engineer-regiment/ Royal Australian Engineers' Association of Western Australia 26 September 2022 13th Field Squadron tracing its origins to the 7th Field Company formed in 1907. In 1909 it was renamed the 4th Field Company and changed again to the 6th Field Company in 1910, and finally the 13th Field Company on 1 July 1912. The unit's first major operation was constructing a suspension bridge over the Helena River at Guildford in Western Australia. The Company was not deployed during the First World War, although 100 of its personnel were attached to the First Australian Imperial Force and served at Gallipoli with the 2nd Field Company and in Palestine and France with the 6th Field Company. In the Second World War the Company served in Darwin in March 1943 before being deployed to New Britain in October 1944, where its major assignment was the construction of a 10,000 ton jetty. It was disbanded after the war in 1946 until it was reraised as the 13th Field Squadron, Citizens Military Force (the precursor to the Army Reserve). It adopted the mascot of a 'little red devil' in the early 1960s, and was made part of the 13th Brigade on 1 February 1988. Structure The regiment consists of:Seman-Bourke CPT Sandra Army engineers a new way of thinking https://news.defence.gov.au/technology/army-engineers-new-way-thinking Defence News Department of Defence 26 September 2022 18 August 2022 Regimental headquarters 13th Field Squadron 22nd Engineer Squadron The 13th Field Squadron consists of two combat engineer troops, a training troop and a support troop.13 Field Squadron http://www.army.gov.au/Who-we-are/Divisions-and-Brigades/Forces-Command/2nd-Division/13th-Brigade/13-Field-Squadron-13th-Combat-Engineer-Regiment Australian Army https://web.archive.org/web/20140224193727/http://www.army.gov.au/Who-we-are/Divisions-and-Brigades/Forces-Command/2nd-Division/13th-Brigade/13-Field-Squadron-13th-Combat-Engineer-Regiment 24 February 2014 dead References Category:Engineer regiments of Australia Category:Military units and formations of Australia in World War II Category:Military units and formations established in 2022 Category:Military Units in Western Australia