# Royal Australian Infantry 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. 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. 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.

## History

The Australian Infantry Corps was formed on 14 December 1948.

## Organisation
### Regiments
#### Regular Army Regiments

* Royal Australian Regiment
** 1st Battalion
** 2nd Battalion (Amphibious)
** 3rd Battalion
** 5th/7th Battalion
** 6th Battalion
** 8th/9th Battalion

#### State Regiments

* Royal Queensland Regiment
** 9th Battalion
** 25th/49th Battalion
** 31st/42nd Battalion
* Royal New South Wales Regiment
** 1st/19th Battalion
** 2nd/17th Battalion
** 4th/3rd Battalion
** 41st Battalion
* Royal Victoria Regiment
** 5th/6th Battalion
** 8th/7th Battalion
* Royal South Australia Regiment
** 10th/27th Battalion
* Royal Western Australia Regiment
** 11th/28th Battalion
** 16th Battalion
* Royal Tasmania Regiment
** 12th/40th Battalion

#### Training Regiments

* Sydney University Regiment
* Melbourne University Regiment
* Queensland University Regiment
* Adelaide Universities Regiment
* Western Australia University Regiment
* University of New South Wales Regiment

#### Regional Force Surveillance

* NORFORCE
* Pilbara Regiment
* Far North Queensland Regiment
** 51st Battalion

#### Special Forces

* Special Air Service Regiment
* 1st Commando Regiment
* 2nd Commando Regiment

## 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 |