Kammala jumla mai zuwa: SASR ya samo asali ne daga gogewar Z Special Unit, M Special Unit, Kamfanoni Masu Zaman Kansu da kuma Coastwatchers waɗanda suka yi aiki a yankin Kudu maso Yammacin Pacific a kan Jafananci a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Wadannan raka'a an rushe su ba da daɗewa ba bayan yakin a matsayin wani ɓangare na demobilisation na sojojin Australiya; duk da haka, bayan lura da ayyukan da British Special Air Service a lokacin yakin
Bala'in Malayan a cikin shekarun 1950s Sojojin Australiya sun yanke shawarar tayar da nasu SAS. An kafa Kamfanin Jirgin Sama na Musamman na 1 a ranar 25 ga Yuli 1957 a Swanbourne, wani yanki na Perth, Yammacin Ostiraliya, tare da ƙarfin jami'ai 16 da sauran darajoji 144.