10th Independent Rifle Company, Royal Australian Regiment

Former Australian Army unit July 2019 March 2022 10th Independent Rifle Company, Royal Australian Regiment Cap badge of the Royal Australian Regiment Australia Line infantry Army 15 June 1971 – 1998 Training, OPFOR Land Warfare Centre, Canungra Company minus — Platoon plus Kokoda Barracks HM The Queen (Australian Infantry Corps) Colonel-in-Chief Duty First 75px Unit colour patch Men of Harlech 10th Independent Rifle Company, Royal Australian Regiment (10 IRC RAR) was part of the Australian Army. The establishment of a "demonstration platoon" at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC), (later renamed Land Warfare Centre) at Canungra, Queensland was authorised on 4 January 1966. This became the Headquarters 1st Division Defence Company on 19 March 1968, before being designated 10 IRC RAR on 15 June 1971. The company was tasked with supporting the activities of Battle Wing – a training centre set up to provide collective training – by providing personnel for OPFOR, demonstration, and other training tasks. In 1974, 10 IRC had a strength of approximately 60 men, consisting of a company headquarters and two rifle platoons with two rifle sections each. This was reduced to a 40-man platoon on 29 March 1980. The company was disbanded in 1998 with its personnel posted to other units of the RAR. References Horner David David Horner Bou Jean 2008 Duty First: A History of the Royal Australian Regiment 2nd Allen & Unwin Crows Nest, New South Wales 1-74175-374-0 Category:Royal Australian Regiment Category:Company sized units of the Australian Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1965 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1998