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28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade

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Active
  
1951–1954

Size
  
Brigade

Type
  
Infantry

Country
  
United Kingdom  Australia  New Zealand

Branch
  
British Army  Australian Army New Zealand Army

Role
  
Infantry Brigade of the 1st Commonwealth Division

The 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade was a Commonwealth formation of the 1st Commonwealth Division, Which served in Korea from 1952 to 1954.

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History

The Brigade was constituted from the UK 28th Infantry Brigade, which had arrived in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1949, to join the 40th Infantry Division. Formed in Korea in April 1951, it took the title '28th Commonwealth Brigade' replacing 27th Commonwealth Brigade in the 1st Commonwealth Division, and served right through the war, until leaving in 1954. It comprised two British and two Australian infantry battalions and 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

UK Units

  • 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, July 1951 – August 1952
  • 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, July 1951 – September 1952
  • 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, August 1952 – July 1953
  • 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, September 1952 – July 1953

    • Australian Units

  • 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), September 1950 – July 1953
  • 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), June 1952 – March 1953
  • 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), April 1953 – July 1953

    • New Zealand Units

  • 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery, April 1951- 1954

    • References

    28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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