Adelaide Universities Regiment Adelaide Universities Regiment ( AUR ) is an officer training unit of the Australian Army headquartered in Adelaide , South Australia . Currently AUR maintains a cadre staff of trained Regular and Reserve personnel who oversee and administer the training of Reserve officer cadets . The majority of the regiment is currently based at Hampstead Barracks . History . The regiment was first formed in May 1948 as the " Adelaide University Regiment " under the command of Major ( later Colonel ) Rex J . Lipman when Australia ' s part - time military force , the Citizens Military Force ( CMF ) – which was later renamed the Army Reserve – was rebuilt following the end of the Second World War . The regiment ' s first honorary colonel was Arthur Blackburn , a Victoria Cross recipient , whose son , Richard ( a prominent lawyer and veteran of the Second World War ) , became involved with the regiment upon its establishment and later served as its commanding officer between 1955 and 1957 . Like other Australian university regiments , upon formation AUR was established as an infantry unit providing military training to tertiary students . Part of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps ( RA Inf ) , it consisted of a rifle company , a support company ( with transport , mortar , signals , anti - tank and intelligence subunits ) and a headquarters company ; this was later expanded as machine - gun and assault pioneer section s were also raised . Personnel were drawn from universities and teaching colleges in Adelaide and the regiment ' s first parade took place on 27 September 1948 , when nearly 100 personnel were enlisted . Although these personnel were all part - time members , the regiment was assigned a small cadre of five regular personnel to undertake administrative functions . At the regiment ' s first training camp , which was undertaken at Woodside in January 1949 , 88 personnel turned out . This represented 98 percent of the regiment ' s strength at the time . As interest started to grow , the regiment was authorised an establishment of 21 officers and 389 other ranks , however , actual numbers remained low initially . In 1950 , the regiment was part of Central Command , along with the 10th and 27th Battalions . During this time it was headquartered at Adelaide University although parades were also undertaken at the Torrens Training Depot . Following the introduction of national service in the early 1950s the regiment ' s numbers began to grow . By 13 April 1953 , AUR had an actual strength of 515 personnel of all ranks . As a result of this expansion , a second rifle company was raised . Between 1955 and 1958 , the regiment used the Warradale depot as its base camp . On 20 January 1957 , the regiment received its colours . Presented by the then Governor of South Australia , Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert George , at the time they were the first colours to be presented to a South Australian unit in 30 years . The end of national service in 1959 led to a rapid decrease in the regiment ' s size and by the end of the year AUR had only 116 personnel on its books . For the early part of the 1960s the regiment was maintained on a volunteer - only basis and as a result numbers remained low . In 1965 , the regiment began to deliver part - time commissioning courses , while at the same time continuing to undertake its role as a " conventional rifle battalion " , remaining part of RA Inf . Between 1965 and 1972 the regiment also served as a training institution for national servicemen who had chosen to serve in the CMF rather than the Regular Army . As a result of this , by 1968 AUR reached its " ceiling strength " of 650 personnel of all ranks . In 1982 , AUR established depots at Prospect and St Marys in order to draw recruits from Flinders University . This was short lived , however , as the St Marys depot was closed two years later . In 1991 , the Australian Army underwent a Force Structure Review , the result of which was that AUR was reorganised to become solely focused upon the provision of training to Reserve officer cadets , under the banner of the Royal Military College of Australia . AUR relocated to Hampstead Barracks in Greenacres in 2001 . In 2008 , the regiment was assigned to the 2nd Division and tasked with the provision of commissioned officers to units from the 9th Brigade , which sees them train personnel from South Australia , Tasmania and the Northern Territory . AUR conducts regular training in barracks on Tuesday nights and on various weekends each month , as well as periods of field training throughout the year at Murray Bridge , Woodside and Cultana . The regiment , supported by the Western Australia University Regiment , also conducts the second module of the Reserve General Service Officer course twice a year . The regiment maintains an alliance with the Royal Irish Regiment , which has its origins in the regiment ' s historical link with the Royal Ulster Rifles . Up until 2010 AUR had a pipes and drums band , which wore Napier Tartan and had performed at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo . The regimental quick march is " Highland Laddie " . In 2011 , a former member of the AUR Pipes and Drums , Greg Bassani , was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia ( OAM ) in the Queens Birthday Honours list for his services to music . Structure . The regiment currently consists of the following subunits :