Army Recruit Training Centre
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Army Recruit Training Centre (ARTC) is the official name given to the Australian Army's basic training establishment since 1 December 1998.[1] Situated at Kapooka, an outer suburb of Wagga Wagga, in the Riverina region of New South Wales, the Army Recruit Training Centre (ARTC) is located within Blamey Barracks, about 9.5 km south-west of Wagga Wagga.
Blamey Barracks is named after Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey, an Australian general of the Second World War who was born near Wagga Wagga. He was the first, and to date only, Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.[2][3]