6th Military District (Australia)
The 6th Military District was an administrative district of the Australian Army. During the Second World War, the 6th Military District covered all of Tasmania, with its headquarters at Hobart.
Around the start of the Second World War, the 6th Military District became part of Southern Command, along with the 3rd and 4th Military Districts in Victoria and South Australia. This required legislative changes to the Defence Act, and did not come into effect until October 1939.Headquarters
- 6th Military District Headquarters – Anglesea Barracks, Hobart
- 12th/50th Battalion – Launceston
- 40th Battalion – Hobart
- 22nd Light Horse Regiment – Ulverstone
6th Field Brigade
- 106th Battery, RAA – Hobart
- 16th Field Battery, RAA – Launceston
Other units
- 7th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
- 107th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
- 6th Fortress Company, RAE – Hobart
- 17th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
- 117th Heavy Battery, RAA – Hobart
- 36th Fortress Company, RAE – Hobart
- 12th Field Company, RAE – Hobart
Commanding officers
- Colonel Reg Beesley
- Colonel Andrew Mattay
