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Australian Military Regulations 1927
68Precedence of Corps
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68 Precedence of Corps
(1) The Corps in the Army are the Corps in the following list, set out in order of precedence:
(a) the Corps of Staff Cadets;
(b) the Royal Australian Armoured Corps;
(c) the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery;
(d) the Royal Australian Engineers;
(e) the Royal Australian Corps of Signals;
(f) the Royal Australian Infantry Corps;
(g) the Australian Army Aviation Corps;
(h) the Australian Intelligence Corps;
(i) the Royal Australian Army Chaplains Department;
(j) the Royal Australian Corps of Transport;
(k) the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps;
(l) the Royal Australian Army Dental Corps;
(m) the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps;
(n) the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers;
(o) the Royal Australian Army Educational Corps;
(p) the Australian Army Public Relations Service;
(q) the Australian Army Catering Corps;
(r) the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps;
(s) the Australian Army Legal Corps;
(t) the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police;
(u) the Australian Army Psychology Corps;
(v) the Australian Army Band Corps;
(w) the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps;
(x) the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps.
(2) Units of the Army take precedence as follows:
(a) the units of the Permanent Forces have precedence over the units of the Reserves;
(b) the units have precedence according to the order of their numerical succession;
(c) if units are not included in a numerical succession, the units have precedence according to the order in which the Commands to which they belong are specified in the instrument appointing Commands.