3rd Health Support Battalion (Australia)
BATTALION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY
The 3rd Health Support Battalion (3 HSB) is an Australian Army Reserve unit headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia, with sub-units spread across Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. Drawing its lineage from the 3rd Australian General Hospital, which was raised for service during World War I, the unit is tasked with providing Role 2 health support to troops deployed overseas on operations and within Australia on exercise, and has provided medical personnel for a variety deployments in the post-war period, including those to Rwanda, Bougainville, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.