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2nd Combat Engineer Regiment (Australia)

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Assistance and Disaster Relief as part of the Amphibious Task Force assigned to support the people of Fiji. They were subsequently reinforced with members of 2 CE Squadron after the return to Australia of the Amphibious Task Force. The Engineers worked with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, initially on Koro Island and subsequently in Rakiraki on the main island, to alleviate suffering and assist in a return to normalcy. The works included repairs to roads, infrastructure, schools, medical facilities, hazard reduction, structural assessments and debris clearance.
43: 522:(CERs) with 2 CER being raised first on 24 November 1991 and remaining at Enoggera. 2 CER is also the oldest of the CERs. 2 CER now became part of 7th Brigade and comprised 7 Combat Engineer Squadron (7 CE Sqn), 20 Engineer Support Squadron (previously 20 Divisional Engineer Support Squadron) and 11 Operational Support Squadron (logistic support and workshops). During the Ready Reserve experiment of the 1990s, 2 CER increased its establishment of 598:. 2 CER(-) deployed as Reconstruction Task Force-2 over March – October 2007. 2 CER deployed a Combat Engineer Squadron Group as part of the 750 strong 6 RAR Task Group (also known as Mentoring Task Force-1) over February–October 2010, and subsequent Squadron Groups to the 8/9 RAR Task Group (MTF-4) and the 3 RAR Task Group (MTF-5) in 2012. 2 CER personnel were deployed in a wide variety of roles including training and mentoring members of the 507:(SADF), assist those displaced by the war to return home, and to pave the way for the first 'free and fair' elections ever held in that country. The 17th Construction Squadron was mobilised for deployment and augmented by the 14th Field Troop. This contingent was sent to the northernmost part of Namibia, to an ex-SADF base at Ondangwa, in close proximity to the Angolan border for the majority of the deployment. 548:), leaving a small Headquarters element and 7 CE Sqn in Enoggera. In July 2001, the Regiment underwent a force structure review which saw the unit grow in strength once again. 2 CER became a fully integrated unit consisting of a Regimental Headquarters, an Operational Support Troop (Catering Section, Q Store and Workshops), 7 CE Sqn (Reserve), 11 CE Sqn (Regular) and 20 Support Troop (Integrated). 561:
of a multi-national United Nations Security Force as part of Operation SPIRE during the period December 2004 – June 2005. This force conducted a wide variety of support engineering and combat service support tasks in support of other United Nations forces deployed to the country. 2 CER elements returned to Timor Leste in the
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In 2008, it was announced that the regiment would receive new barracks in 2014 as part of the Australian Army's Enhanced Land Force (ELF) initiative. The regiment raised another regular squadron, designated 2 Combat Engineer Squadron, in 2011. In 2012, 2 CER became the largest combat engineer unit in
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in East Timor and undertook a wide variety of construction and combat engineering tasks along the border between East and West Timor. During November 2003 – June 2004, 2 CER supported the 6 RAR Battalion Group (AUSBATT IX) in East Timor. 2 CER subsequently led an independent Company Group in support
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In August 1981, 2 FER became 2/3 FER following the disbandment of 1 FER and the merging of 3 FER. 2/3 FER was based at Enoggera, Queensland and now consisted of 1 Field Squadron (Holsworthy), 7 Fd Sqn (Enoggera), 18 Field Squadron (Townsville) and a Workshops. In July 1987, 35 Field Squadron and 11
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Throughout its history, individual members of the unit have also been involved in operations in Cambodia, Somalia, Pakistan, Rwanda, the Solomon Islands and Bougainville, and support to police during the several Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM). In addition to its military role, 2
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In 2014, 2 CER provided the foundation of the ADF's technical and high risk domestic search capability for the Group of Twenty (G20) meeting in Brisbane. Combined with elements from 1& 3 CER, 2 CER supported the Queensland Police Service through the provision of specialist explosive detection
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The company's final war diary entry was made in April 1919 just prior to their repatriation to Australia. It returned to Australia and disbanded on 23 May 1919. There are 77 entries for members of the company on the Australian War Memorial's Roll of Honour listing personnel who died while serving
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had a devastating effect on the people of Fiji in February 2016. As the online Engineer Squadron, 7 CE Squadron initially deployed at short notice with plant operators and tradesman from 24 Spt Squadron and logistics support staff from the Operational Support Squadron, to provide Humanitarian
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and then later expanded. The unit was involved in the construction of facilities for the nuclear tests conducted at Emu Claypan during the 1950s. On 11 March 1949, this unit became the Special Construction Squadron, RAE and was renamed 7 Field Squadron (7 Fd Sqn). During the
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CER also works closely with the local Queensland community in times of emergency. This was demonstrated in November 2008 following the worst storms in Brisbane since 1985 when 2 CER co-ordinated the large scale Defence-assisted relief efforts.
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was experienced within the Indonesian region and South West Pacific rim. 2 CER engineers provided civil military liaison support, cleared debris, recovered human remains, provided clean water and assisted with the humanitarian effort.
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Field Squadron (11 Fd Sqn—formerly 11th Field Company and ex-5 FER located at Kelvin Grove), were brought onto the 2/3 FER unit status. At the time, it was the single largest regiment on the Army Order of Battle.
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14th Field Troop was responsible for unexploded ordnance and landmine clearance tasks. They were deployed between March and September 1989 and handed over to elements of the 15th Field Troop, 18 Fd Sqn.
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members. In July 1997, when the 6th and 7th Brigades were amalgamated, 2 CER amalgamated 11 Field Squadron, and a platoon of combat engineers was detached to 6 RAR to take part in a motorisation trial.
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That is, if more than 65% of a Militia unit were AIF personnel, the whole unit could be deemed to have volunteered for overseas service, and the restrictions upon use of Militia units under the
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Another Militia sapper unit from Queensland, the 11th Field Company (which had been based at Kelvin Grove and Toowong before the war), also saw active service in New Guinea and Bougainville.
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units outside Australian territory. To support British forces during World War I, the Australian government was required to raise an all-volunteer force for overseas service, known as the
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On 1 December 1971, Divisional Engineers re-organised into regiments and 7 Fd Sqn became part of the 2nd Field Engineer Regiment (2 FER) which was allocated under command Headquarters
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7 Fd Coy returned to Australia on 3 January 1946 and disbanded on 4 February 1946. On 19 June 1947, a Special Survey Troop was activated for employment on the proposed Rocket Range at
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2 CER next underwent a change during 1999, when it was assigned the task of forming and commanding the new Joint Incident Response Unit (JIRU), in support of the
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acting under UN Resolution 435, formed a military force—United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG)—for deployment to the war torn country of
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units to replicate the numerical designations and perpetuate the honours of the AIF. As a result, on 1 May 1921, 7 Fd Coy was re-raised as part of the
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The unit was reassigned to 1 Field Engineer Regiment in June 1951, before being re-designated as 7 Independent Field Squadron and grouped with the
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as part of Operation GOLD. The unit was split, with the majority of personnel moving to Holsworthy to form the JIRU (and subsequently the new
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could be lifted. Later in the war, the Act was amended somewhat so that units with less than 65% AIF personnel could be deployed within the
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In December 2004, elements of 2 CER were deployed to provide humanitarian assistance in Banda Aceh (Operation SUMATRA ASSIST) after a
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In 1989, 7 Fd Sqn consisted of a Headquarters, 13th and 14th Field Troops and 24th Support Troop. In March that year, the
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in late 1971, was renamed 17 Field Squadron (17 Fd Sqn) and in mid-1973 was merged with 7 Fd Sqn, 2 FER.
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Assault Pioneer Platoon, which subsequently took part in operations along the Pusan Perimeter during the
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at Casula and Holsworthy. During this time, the unit provided the nucleus of personnel used to form the
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of 1947 overturned provisions of the 1903 Act barring the use of defence personnel for such purposes.)
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with the company. At least 480 personnel are believed to have served with the company during the war.
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continued to bar the Militia from overseas service and the government raised a second
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Sappers from the 11th Field Company bridging the Jaba River, Bougainville, May 1945
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The Story of ANZAC from 4 May, 1915, to the Evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula
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From April–October 2001, a composite engineer troop was deployed to support the
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In 1921, the Australian government decided to restructure the part-time
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Following the Force Structure Review in 1991, 2/3 FER was broken into
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2 CER's lineage is formally traced to 4th Field Company (4 Fd Coy)
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The Royal Australian Engineers 1902 to 1919: Making and Breaking
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Timor-Leste Battle Group from January– October 2010, as part of
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2 CER deployed Squadron or larger size groups to Afghanistan's
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Officers from the 7th Field Company in Belgium, December 1917
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The Royal Australian Engineers 1919 to 1945: Teeth and Tail
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The Royal Australian Engineers 1945 to 1972: Paving the Way
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The Blue Diamonds: The History of 7th Brigade, 1915–2008
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The Seventh Company (Field Engineers), A.I.F. 1915–1918
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Australian Imperial Force unit war diaries, 1914–18 War
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With Japan's entry into the war in December 1941, the
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the Australian Army. With the establishment of the
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Department of Defence. 18 November 2008 926:"7th Field Company, Australian Engineers" 900:"7th Field Company, Australian Engineers" 610:In January 2011, in the aftermath of the 408:Approved Defence Projects Protection Act 995:. Department of Defence. Archived from 783: 756: 1427:2nd Combat Engineer Regiment. (2005). 1420:2nd Combat Engineer Regiment. (2004). 1098:Greville 2002, pp. 617, 620 & 636. 807: 805: 20: 1509:. Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing. 1455:Belham, David; Denham, Peter (2009). 1120:. Parliament of Australia. 3 May 1989 839:"First AIF Order of Battle 1914–1918" 7: 1138:Belham and Denham 2009, pp. 168–169. 1507:The Australian Army in World War II 1017:McNicol 1982, pp. 149, 153 and 216. 1431:. Brisbane: Department of Defence. 1424:. Brisbane: Department of Defence. 845:. 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Index

Australia
Australian Army
Combat engineer
7th Brigade
Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera
Unit colour patch

Australian Army
combat engineer
regiment
Gallipoli Barracks
Brisbane, Queensland
Australian 7th Brigade
Forces Command (Australia)
Royal Australian Engineers
World War I
France
Belgium
Battle of the Somme
Menin Road
Hindenburg Line
World War II
Kokoda
Bougainville
Militia
Australian Imperial Force

2nd Division
Egypt
France

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