2nd Mountain Battery (Australia)
| 'A' Battery, Royal Australian Artillery | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1 August 1871 – present |
| Country |
 Australia
|
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Artillery |
| Role | Field Artillery |
| Size | 1 Artillery Battery |
| Part of | 7th Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Enoggera Barracks |
| Motto(s) | Semper Paratus |
| Engagements |
Sudan Campaign Malayan Emergency |
Sudan Campaign
Second Boer War
World War I
Malayan Emergency
Confrontation
'A' Field Battery is an artillery battery of the Australian Army. The unit has been in existence since 1871, having originally been raised as part of the New South Wales colonial defence force. Today it is part of the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, attached to the 7th Brigade based at Enoggera, Queensland. It was previously an airborne unit, but no longer maintains that role.
'A' Field Battery was originally formed in August 1876 as No 2 Battery, New South Wales Artillery, which was primarily a garrison battery although from time to time it undertook mounted drills with hired horses. A field battery formed from all three batteries of the New South Wales Artillery, including No 2 Battery, served in the Sudan Campaign but saw only limited action as the war was near its end when it arrived, and was disbanded when it returned to NSW. The first permanently established and horsed field battery was formed within No 2 Battery NSWA in February 1889. In 1899 the battery was renamed A Battery, New South Wales Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery and departed for the Second Boer War on 30 December, 1899. During the war, the battery was involved in several important actions, such as playing an important role in the capture of the Boer commander de Wet's artillery pieces. 'A' Battery lost one man killed in action, two died of disease, and 45 men returned to Australia due to illness. For its service in South Africa, the Royal Australian Artillery, represented primarily by A Battery NSW Regiment RAA, but also including the Machine Gun Section, Queensland Regiment RAA, and many individuals of the Queensland, NSW and Victoria Regiments RAA, was presented a Kings Banner. The belief that the RAA was the only Commonwealth artillery unit to have been honoured in this way is entirely incorrect. Kings Banners were awarded to the Royal Canadian Field Artillery, the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery, the Cape Field Artillery, the Cape Garrison Artillery, and the Natal Field Artillery.
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