106th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery

106th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery Australia Artillery Army 1966–19765 December 2014–Present Turtles Vietnam War The 106th Field Battery was an artillery battery unit of the Royal Australian Artillery. The battery was formed in 1966 and served two tours during the Vietnam War before being disbanded in 1976. The battery was re-raised as 106th Battery on 5 December 2014 as part of 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery.Hill Lt Col Damian Evolution of 4th Regiment 2008 – 2015 & Beyond http://www.artilleryhistory.org/todays_gunline/liaison_letter/documents/raa_liaison_letter_autumn_2015.pdf 9 January 2020 The Royal Australian Artillery Liaison Letter Autumn 2015 Deputy Head of Regiment Puckapunyal 54-564th Regiment https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/forces-command/3rd-brigade/4th-regiment Australian Army 9 January 2020 14 December 2016 16 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200116122415/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/forces-command/3rd-brigade/4th-regiment dead History Formed in December 1966 at Wacol, Queensland as part of the 4th Field Regiment.http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_13931vietnam.asp 106th Field Battery Australian War Memorial 5 September 2010 The battery left for its first tour of Vietnam between April 1967 and March 1968. The second tour of duty of Vietnam was between February 1970 and January 1971. Reformed in the mid 70's to conducts gun trials for the replacement of the BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun. In 2014, 106th Battery was re-raised in 4th Regiment to support 2nd Cavalry Regiment which had relocated from Robertson Barracks in Darwin to Lavarack Barracks in Townsville under Plan Beersheba.2nd Cavalry Regiment farewells Darwin https://news.defence.gov.au/media/media-releases/2nd-cavalry-regiment-farewells-darwin Department of Defence 9 January 2020 31 October 2014 Citations Further reading Horner David David Horner The Gunners: A History of Australian Artillery Allen & Unwin St Leonards, New South Wales 1995 1-86373-917-3 June 2017 Category:Artillery units and formations of Australia Category:Military units and formations established in 1966 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1976 Category:Military units and formations established in 2014