16th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery

16th Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery

The 16 Field Battery is an Australian Army Reserve unit based in Tasmania with depots at Paterson Barracks in Launceston and Derwent Barracks in Hobart. The unit is the oldest artillery unit in the Australian Army.

16 Field Battery along with fellow Tasmanian Unit 12/40th Battalion Royal Tasmania Regiment (12/40 RTR) are both part of the Adelaide based 9 Brigade.


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