Porton Barracks is a military facility founded in 1971 in Edmonton, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] It is the home of the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment.[2]
Porton Barracks was named after the Battle of Porton Plantation. A battle during the Second World War that involved the 31st/51st Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment.
^"Porton Barracks". Defence. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^"51 FNQR HEADQUARTERS QUEERAH PORTON BARRACKS, QUEENSLAND" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
PortonBarracks is a military facility founded in 1971 in Edmonton, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the home of the 51st Battalion, Far North...
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military facilities including the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down (much of whose work is secret), Boscombe Down airfield, and Middle...
Services started operating services In September 1923, between Allington, Porton Camp and Salisbury, in the south of Wiltshire. The first vehicle was a Ford...
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estate. Areas of specific responsibility include: Corsham – MOD Corsham Porton Down – which houses the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Salisbury...
According to this hypothesis, based on statements made by Paul Fildes, a Porton Down botulism researcher, the No. 73 anti-tank grenade used in the attack...
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Engineers, Porton Down Detachment from The Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers, Horfield Barracks 2nd Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Bulford Barracks 3rd...
Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Sio–Sepik River, Kaboibus–Kiarivu and Bonis–Porton. Footnotes Figures for awards to PIR are difficult to accurately determine...
Netheravon, Wiltshire; the Artillery College at Woolwich; the Anti-Gas School at Porton Down; the Anti-Aircraft School at Westerham, Kent; and the Royal Tank Corps...
Winterbourne Gunner village. There was a station and goods yard nearby at Porton, which closed to goods in 1962 and passengers in 1968. There has been a...
is in the town and Naim Audio make hi-fi equipment. Nearby, Dstl is at Porton Down. Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK (formerly Westinghouse) make railway...
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