"OH BUGGER!" (or Embarrassing Situations)

[Pedr]

The following is "borrowed" from
"Formation Signs and Vehicle Markings of the Australian Army 1903-1983"
By Stephen Taubert
ISBN 0 646 34505 2


"1st INFANTRY BRIGADE – ARA
1949 – 1960

When withdrawn from duties with the BCOF the 34th Infantry Brigade was relocated to Puckapunyal in Victoria and renamed 1 Infantry Brigade. Formation began in 1949, and the organisations first commander was Brigadier I.A. Campbell. The organisation was moved to Paddington NSW, in November 1954 and finally disbanded in 1960, when the new Pentropic organisation was formed. Its formation sign was crossed swords, set above a boomerang both in Gold, upon a Union Jack Red shield set on a khaki rectangle. During the period this was the only regular army brigade and it commanded all regular army field organisations within Australia including the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Australian Regiment (R.A.R.) and the 1st Armoured Car Squadron based at Puckapunyal. The 3rd Battalion R.A.R. remained in Japan as Australia’s commitment to the BCOF."



Apologies to those who are aware of common practice quotation, unfortunately there is too much text to put it all in italics.