Australia where it undertook a period of reorganisation and training on the Atherton Tablelands. In mid-1944, the brigade was deployed overseas again, firstly to Madang where it undertook garrison duty and patrolling operations to locate Japanese stragglers, before moving to Hansa Bay in August. This moved was short lived as the brigade was transferred to Bougainville Island later in the year where they took part in the a number of significant battles until the end of the war including the battles of Pearl Ridge and Slater's Knoll. Following the end of hostilities the brigade was disbanded on 8 December 1945. Post World War II In 1948, the Citizens Military Force was re-formed on a voluntary basis, and 7th Brigade was subsequently re-raised at Kelvin Grove in Brisbane, Queensland on 7 May 1948 under the command of Brigadier William Steele. During this time although most of the brigade's key appointments were filled by Regular Army personnel, the majority of brigade's personnel were part-time soldiers who had a limited training obligation and were confined to one evening parade per week, one training weekend per month and one 14-day continuous training camp a year. In 1951, the compulsory training scheme was reintroduced and this saw the brigade's establishment increase. By 1953, the brigade was assigned to Northern Command. In 1957, the compulsory training scheme was reduced in scope, and made selective, and later suspended once more in 1960. At the same time, the Army adopted the Pentropic divisional structure, which saw the formation of a number of State-based regiments, including the Royal Queensland Regiment and a number of the brigade's component units were reorganised and amalgamated. In late 1964, conscription was reintroduced, albeit in a different form which focused mainly on bolstering the Regular Army to meet commitments in Southeast Asia. The following year, the Pentropic system was abolished and the Army returned to the traditional divisional structure. During the Pentropic years, brigade formations had been discontinued, although their headquarters units had remained in many cases, to improve the flow of information. Following the decision to return to the traditional triangular divisional structure in 1965, the brigade formations were re-adopted, however, in 1967 the designation of "task force" was adopted instead of "brigade", as it was felt that the later term was too "rigid". As a result, the 7th Brigade was known for a time as the "7th Task Force". In 1973, the