<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IBrigade le-16 laliyibrigade lezempi e-Australia. Kwaqala ngo-1912 njengenhlangano yeMilitia ukuhlinzeka ngoqeqesho ngaphansi kohlelo lokuqeqeshwa okuphoqelekile, leli gatsha kamuva laphinde lakhiwa kabusha njengengxenye yeFirst Australian Imperial Force phakathi neMpi Yezwe I. Ukuba khona kwalo kwaba yisikhashana, njengoba kwahlakazeka ngemuva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha, ngaphambi kokuthi kuzibophezele ekulweni eWestern Front. Iphakanyiswe futhi ngo-1939 ukuze isebenze phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, leli gatsha lathunyelwa eMpumalanga Ephakathi ekuqaleni kuka-1940 futhi kamuva labona isenzo eWestern Desert naseGreece ngo-1941. Ngo-1942, yabuyela e-Australia njengempendulo yokungena kweJapan empini, futhi kamuva leli gatsha ladlala indima ebalulekile emkhankasweni weKokoda Track  <response>: naseBuna Gona ePapua. Ihoxiswe e-Australia ekuqaleni kuka-1943, i-16th Brigade yahlelwa kabusha futhi yathola izindawo eziningi ezivela ekunciphiseni ukwakheka, kodwa ayizange iphinde ihlanganiswe nemisebenzi yokulwa kuze kube sekupheleni kwempi. Ngo-1944-1945, leli gatsha lalibambe iqhaza emkhankasweni wase-Aitape-Wewak eNew Guinea. Ngemva kwempi, leli butho lahlakazwa ngo-1946. Namuhla, igama layo ligcinwa yi-16th Aviation Brigade eyakhiwa ngo-2 Ephreli 2002. 