page_title: 7th Brigade (Australia)
section_title: Current organisation
hierarchical_section_title: 7th Brigade (Australia) / Current organisation
caption_attribution_description: Australian armored vehicles move out of Camp Smitty and begin their relocation to Camp Terendak, Tallil. Courtesy photo.
context_page_description: 7th Brigade is a combined arms formation or brigade of the Australian Army. The brigade was first raised in 1912 as a Militia formation, although it was re-formed as part of the First Australian Imperial Force in early 1915 for service during World War I. It subsequently saw action at Gallipoli and on the Western Front during the war. Following the end of the war the brigade was disbanded in 1919 before being re-raised in 1921 as part of the Citizens Force. During World War II the brigade took part in the fighting against the Japanese in New Guinea and on Bougainville. Today, the 7th Brigade is part of Forces Command and is based in Brisbane, Queensland and is composed mainly of units of the Regular Army. While the brigade has not deployed as a whole unit since World War II, component units have deployed on operations to East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan.
context_section_description: Today, the 7th Brigade is converting from an integrated formation containing both Regular Army and Army Reserve units, to a mainly Regular formation, based in Queensland as part of Forces Command, although in the event of a deployment it is assigned to the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters/1st Division. Under plans announced in 2006, 7th Brigade was expanded by the re-raising of 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (8/9 RAR), as a Regular motorised infantry battalion. To facilitate this, the two Reserve infantry battalions of the Royal Queensland Regiment were transferred to the 11th Brigade in July 2007. As such the current composition of the brigade is as follows:
  HQ 7 Brigade
  2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry)
  6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Mechanised Infantry)
  8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Motorised Infantry)
  1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery
  2nd Combat Engineer Regiment
  7th Combat Signals Regiment
  7th Combat Service Support Battalion
  Under a restructuring program known as Plan Beersheba announced in late 2011, the 1st, 3rd and 7th Brigades will be reorganised as combined arms multi-role manoeuvre brigades.
caption: 2/14 LHR ASLAVs in Iraq in 2006
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