22nd Construction Regiment, Royal Australian Engineers
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The 22nd Construction Regiment is an engineer
unit of the Australian Army Reserve
based in Victoria, Australia. Part of the 4th Brigade it provides engineer support to the 2nd Division. It is currently made up of a regimental headquarters and two construction squadrons. The RHQ and 105th Construction Squadron are based at Oakleigh, Victoria
, while the 39th Construction Squadron is based at Newborough
in Gippsland, Victoria
. The Regiment has been involved in providing Defence Aid to the Civil Community since the 1960s.
Over the past 10 years the Regiment has led the ADF response to Victoria's natural disasters, in particular the 2003 Alpine Fires, the 2006 Gippsland Fires, and in 2009 it was initially the lead element in the Black Saturday fires.
Engineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
unit of the Australian Army Reserve
Australian Army Reserve
The Australian Army Reserve is a collective name given to the reserve units of the Australian Army. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, the reserve military force has been known by many names, including the Citizens Forces, the Citizen Military Forces, the Militia and, unofficially, the...
based in Victoria, Australia. Part of the 4th Brigade it provides engineer support to the 2nd Division. It is currently made up of a regimental headquarters and two construction squadrons. The RHQ and 105th Construction Squadron are based at Oakleigh, Victoria
Oakleigh, Victoria
Oakleigh is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and is located 14 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Oakleigh had a population of 6,876....
, while the 39th Construction Squadron is based at Newborough
Newborough, Victoria
Newborough is a town in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia which shares a border to its west, mostly along the Narracan Creek, with the town of Moe. It can be divided into three areas, Old Newborough, East Newborough and North Newborough...
in Gippsland, Victoria
Gippsland
Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border, lying between the Great Dividing Range to the north and Bass Strait to the south...
. The Regiment has been involved in providing Defence Aid to the Civil Community since the 1960s.
Over the past 10 years the Regiment has led the ADF response to Victoria's natural disasters, in particular the 2003 Alpine Fires, the 2006 Gippsland Fires, and in 2009 it was initially the lead element in the Black Saturday fires.