Episode 2593
13th Brigade (Australia)
Sun, 2024-Jun-09 00:12 UTC
Length - 1:45
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Sunday, 9 June 2024 is 13th Brigade (Australia).
The 13th Brigade is an Army Reserve formation of the Australian Army. Originally formed in 1912 as a Militia formation in Victoria, the brigade was re-raised as a First Australian Imperial Force unit during World War I and fought on the Western Front. In the interwar years, the brigade was re-raised as a part-time formation based in Western Australia and later fought in the New Britain Campaign during World War II.
It is currently headquartered at Perth in Western Australia and has units located across the state in locations such as Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Albany, Katanning, Joondalup and Rockingham. The current brigade was formed in 1988 and is tasked with the protection of Western Australia. It forms part of the 2nd Division of the Australian Army.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:12 UTC on Sunday, 9 June 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see 13th Brigade (Australia) on Wikipedia.
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