1st Australian Logistic Support Group

The 1st Australian Logistic Support Group (1 ALSG) was a ground support unit of the Australian Army during the Vietnam War located at Vung Tau. 1 ALSG commanded logistic support units to all Australian forces in South Vietnam and was composed of engineer, transport, ordnance, medical and service corps units.^[1] The unit was initially formed in 1965 as the Australian Logistic Support Company to support the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and was redesignated as 1 ALSG in April 1966 following the deployment of the 1st Australian Task Force as the Australian commitment in Vietnam expanded.^[2]

Organisation

• Headquarters 1 ALSG
  • 17 Construction Squadron
  • 1,3 and 32 Small Ships Troops
  • 87 Transport Platoon
  • 21 Supply Platoon
  • Detachment 176 Air Dispatch Company
  • 2 Field Ambulance (later replaced by 8 Field Ambulance)
  • 101 Field Workshop
  • Detachment 1st Division Postal Unit
  • 1st Australian Rest and Convalescence Centre^[1]
  • 104 Signal Squadron

Notes

1. Palazzo 2006, p. 45.
2. "Australian Order of Battle for Vietnam 1962–1972". Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2011.

References

• Palazzo, Albert (2006). Australian Military Operations in Vietnam. Australian Army Campaigns Series 3. Canberra: Army History Unit. ISBN 1876439106.