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Officer Training Unit, Scheyville

1965 establishments in Australia1973 disestablishments in AustraliaAustralian ArmyCity of HawkesburyDefunct military academies
Educational institutions established in 1965Former military installations in New South WalesMilitary academiesMilitary education and training in AustraliaMilitary installations established in 1965Use Australian English from May 2019

The Officer Training Unit, Scheyville (OTU Scheyville, pronounced Skyville) was a military training establishment for officers of the Australian Army. Located in the area of Scheyville in the Hawkesbury region of Sydney, Australia, the establishment was opened in April 1965 to train officer cadets who had been called up for service under the national service scheme and offered a short but rigorous commissioning course for trainees, tailored to meet the Army's need to increase the number of junior officers being produced in order to meet commitments to train national servicemen, and to provide platoon commanders for units serving overseas in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia. It was closed in 1974 after the national service scheme was abolished in December 1972 and the last OCS Portsea class finished their time at Scheyville.

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Officer Training Unit, Scheyville
Memorial Drive, Sydney Scheyville

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2756 Sydney, Scheyville
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