Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/February 26

Troops from the 34th Brigade march through Saijo in 1946

The 34th Brigade was an Australian Army brigade which was active between 1945 and 1948. The 34th Brigade was formed in October 1945 at Morotai in the Netherlands East Indies as the Army's contribution to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. After a lengthy period of training the Brigade arrived in Kure, Japan in late February 1946 and was assigned responsibility for providing security and enforcing the armistice conditions in Hiroshima Prefecture. The 34th Brigade was redesignated the 1st Brigade in 1948 and left for Japan for Australia later that year.