Australian Staff Corps
| Australian Staff Corps | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1920–83 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Corps |
| Role | Administration and Training |
The Australian Staff Corps was a small corps of Regular Army officers who were trained in staff duties and who were largely responsible for the training of the Militia, Australia’s part-time military force, during the inter-war period and in the early years following the Second World War. Members of the corps were largely graduates of the Royal Military College, Duntroon.[1]
History
The corps was established on 1 October 1920,
The corps' personnel consisted of all officers, except
In the post Second World War period, the strategic imperatives of the Cold War resulted in the Regular Army taking primacy over part-time forces, and the training of part-time soldiers moved towards a more centralised scheme. The raising of regular combat units, including infantry, with corps-specific training schools, negated the need for corps such as the AIC,[6] or the Australian Staff Corps. Amidst these and other changes the Australian Staff Corps was finally removed from the Order of Precedence in 1983.[Note 1]
References
- Footnotes
- ^ The corps was removed from the order of precedence listed in Regulation No. 68 of the Australian Military Regulations 1927 as amended by Statutory Rules 1983 No. 61 dated 17 May 1983.
- Citations
- ^ Grey 2008, p. 141.
- ^ a b Millbank 2004, p. 7.
- ^ Blaxland 2006, p. 48.
- ^ Grey 2008, pp. 123–143.
- ^ Harris, Ted. "Colour Patches: Permanent Military Forces 1921–1943". Digger History. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Millbank 2004, pp. 17–20.
- Bibliography
- Blaxland, John (2006). Strategic Cousins: Australian and Canadian Expeditionary Forces and the British and American Empires. Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen’s University Press. ISBN 9780773530355.
- ISBN 978-0-521-69791-0.
- Millbank, Roland (2004). "Out of Empire: An Introduction to the Story of the Australian Instructional Corps, 1921–1955". Sabretache. XLV (4). Garran, Australian Capital Territory: Military Historical Society of Australia: 5–20. ISSN 0048-8933.
Further reading
- Horner, David (January–February 1981). "Staff Corps Versus Militia: The Australian Experience In World War II" (PDF). Australian Defence Force Journal (26). Canberra: ISSN 1444-7150. Archived from the original(PDF) on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- Perry, Warren (1995). "The Australian Staff Corps: Its Origin, Duties, Status and Influence from October 1920 to the Outbreak of the War of 1939–45". Sabretache. XXXVI (4). Garran, Australian Capital Territory: Military Historical Society of Australia: 30–42. ISSN 0048-8933.