Australian Military Forces

The Australian Military Forces (AMF) was the official name of the Army of Australia from 1916 to 1980.[1] This encompassed both the (full-time) "regular army", and the (part-time) forces, variously known during this period as the Militia, the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) and the Australian Citizen Military Force (ACMF).[1]

Initially this also included the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) as part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). In 1920, the AFC became the Australian Air Corps, which became the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on 31 March 1921.[2] The land forces of Australia were renamed the Australian Army in 1980. In detail:[1]

FromToEntire ForceFull-timePart-timeDeployed
19011914Commonwealth Military ForcesPermanent ForcesCitizens Forces-
19141915Commonwealth Military ForcesPermanent ForcesCitizens ForcesAIF - Australian Imperial Force
19161921AMF - Australian Military ForcesPMF - Permanent Military ForcesCMF - Citizen Military ForcesAIF - Australian Imperial Force
19211929AMF - Australian Military ForcesPMF - Permanent Military ForcesCMF - Citizen Military Forces-
19301939AMF - Australian Military ForcesPMF - Permanent Military ForcesMilitia-
19391942AMF - Australian Military ForcesPMF - Permanent Military ForcesMilitiaAIF - Australian Imperial Force
19431946AMF - Australian Military ForcesPMF - Permanent Military ForcesCMF - Citizen Military ForcesAIF - Australian Imperial Force
19461947AMF - Australian Military ForcesInterim ArmyCMF - Citizen Military Forces-
19471980AMF - Australian Military ForcesARA - Australian Regular ArmyACMF - Australian Citizen Military Force-
19801991Australian ArmyARA - Australian Regular ArmyGRES or A-RES - Army Reserve-
19911995Australian ArmyARA - Australian Regular ArmyRRES - Ready Reserve-
1996-Australian ArmyARA - Australian Regular ArmyAustralian Army Reserve-

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Military Organisation and Structure: One army, two armies?". Australian War Memorial. 5 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Military Organisation and Structure: the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)". Australian War Memorial. 5 October 2011.
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