The 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade was a

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with " republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from th ...

formation of the

1st Commonwealth Division The 1st Commonwealth Division was the military unit that commanded Commonwealth land forces in the Korean War. The division was a part of the multinational British Commonwealth Forces Korea, with infantry units of the British Army, Canadian A ...

that served in Korea from 1952 to 1954.

History

The Brigade was constituted from the UK 28th Infantry Brigade, which had arrived in Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1949, to join the 40th Infantry Division. Formed in Korea in April 1951, it took the title '28th Commonwealth Brigade' replacing

27th Commonwealth Brigade The 27th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw service in the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War. In Korea, the brigade was known as 27th British Commonwealth Brigade due to the addition of Ca ...

in the

, and served right through the war, until leaving in 1954. It comprised two British and two Australian infantry battalions and 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

Commanders

Command of the brigade was shared by Australia and the United Kingdom.

Order of battle

UK Units

*1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, July 1951 – August 1952 *1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, July 1951 – September 1952 *1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, August 1952 – July 1953 *1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, September 1952 – July 1953

Australian Units

*3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), September 1950 – July 1953 *1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), June 1952 – March 1953 *2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), April 1953 – July 1953

New Zealand Units

16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, ...

, April 1951 – 1954

References

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