1st Military District (Australia)

Military district of Australia June 2026 August 2019 thumb|220px|right|Australian military districts, October 1939 The 1st Military District was an administrative district of the Australian Army. During the Second World War, the 1st Military District covered all of Queensland, with its headquarters at Brisbane. In March 1939 a regional command structure was adopted, and the 1st Military District in Queensland became Northern Command. This required legislative changes to the Defence Act (1903), and did not come into effect until October 1939.Dennis Grey Morris Prior 2008 362Long 1952 27–29 References Citations Bibliography Dennis Peter Grey Jeffrey Jeffrey Grey Morris Ewan Prior Robin Bou Jean The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History Oxford University Press Melbourne 2008 Second 9780195517842 Long Gavin Gavin Long To Benghazi 1952 Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Series 1 – Army 1 Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1070200/ Canberra 18400892 -27.468 153.028 title Brisbane region:AU-QLD_type:city Category:Military history of Queensland Category:Military districts of Australia