Colour Patch – 3rd Armoured Division – AEME – 1943 to 1944

Description

Description: Colour Patch – 3rd Armoured Division  – AEME – 1943 to 1944

Condition: Very Good

Comments: Colour Patch – 3rd Armoured Division  – Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – 1943 to 1944.

Reference: KG 1423

The Australian 3rd Armoured Division was an armoured unit of the Australian Army that was established on 15 November 1942 by redesignating the 1st Motor Division (which was previously the 1st Cavalry Division). As an armoured division the 3rd Armoured was equipped with M3 Grant medium tanks and M3 Stuart light tanks. The Division’s 3rd Motor Brigade was gradually disbanded between March to August 1943 and the 3rd Armoured Division was disbanded in Queensland on 19 October 1943 as a result of manpower shortages in the Australian Army.