Derwent Barracks is an Australian Army barracks in the Hobart suburb of Glenorchy, near the Elwick Racecourse and Hobart Showgrounds. It is the home of several Army Reserve units including:
- 12th/40th Battalion Royal Tasmania Regiment,
- 16th Field Battery, and
- 2nd Force Support Battalion.
Other facilities:
- Joing Logistic Unit Victoria (JLUV) Hobart Detachment,
- Area Clothing Store,
- Anglesea Barracks Officers Mess (ABOM) Derwent Barracks Annex,
- Sergeants Mess Annex, and
- Griffins Lair (Soldiers Club).
Famous quotes containing the word derwent:
“Adam had learned the jolly deed of kind:
He took her in his arms and there and then
Like the clean beasts, embracing from behind,
Began in joy to found the breed of men.”
—Alec Derwent Hope (b. 1907)