10th Independent Rifle Company, Royal Australian Regiment

The 10th Independent Rifle Company, Royal Australian Regiment (10 IRC RAR) was a unit of the Australian Army. Its lineage began with the authorisation on 4 January 1966 of a "demonstration platoon" at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) at Canungra, Queensland, a facility later renamed the Land Warfare Centre. That element became the Headquarters 1st Division Defence Company on 19 March 1968, and was redesignated 10 IRC RAR on 15 June 1971. The company's role was to support the activities of Battle Wing, a training centre established to provide collective training, by supplying personnel for OPFOR (opposing force), demonstration, and other training tasks. In 1974, 10 IRC had a strength of approximately 60 men, organised as a company headquarters and two rifle platoons, each with two rifle sections. On 29 March 1980 this was reduced to a 40-man platoon. The company was disbanded in 1998, with its personnel posted to other units of the Royal Australian Regiment. As a military unit rather than a commercial enterprise, 10 IRC RAR had no products, markets, or commercial ownership. It existed within the Australian Army's training establishment at Canungra and is documented in the official history of the Royal Australian Regiment, Duty First, by David Horner and Jean Bou.

The 10th Independent Rifle Company, Royal Australian Regiment (10 IRC RAR) was part of the Australian Army. Its origins lie in the establishment of a "demonstration platoon" at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC) at Canungra, Queensland, which was authorised on 4 January 1966. The JTC was later renamed the Land Warfare Centre. This demonstration platoon became the Headquarters 1st Division Defence Company on 19 March 1968, and was subsequently designated 10 IRC RAR on 15 June 1971. The company was tasked with supporting the activities of Battle Wing, a training centre set up to provide collective training, by providing personnel for OPFOR (opposing force), demonstration, and other training tasks. In 1974, 10 IRC had a strength of approximately 60 men, consisting of a company headquarters and two rifle platoons with two rifle sections each. This was reduced to a 40-man platoon on 29 March 1980. The company was disbanded in 1998 with its personnel posted to other units of the RAR. The unit's history is recorded in Duty First: A History of the Royal Australian Regiment (2nd ed., 2008) by David Horner and Jean Bou.

• A "demonstration platoon" at the Jungle Training Centre (JTC), Canungra, Queensland, is authorised.

• The demonstration platoon becomes Headquarters 1st Division Defence Company.

• The unit is designated 10th Independent Rifle Company, Royal Australian Regiment (10 IRC RAR).

• 10 IRC has a strength of approximately 60 men, with a company headquarters and two rifle platoons of two rifle sections each.

• The company is reduced to a 40-man platoon.

• The company is disbanded, with personnel posted to other units of the Royal Australian Regiment.

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