As a result , the 1st Parachute Battalion was raised at this time at RAAF Station Richmond near Sydney , New South Wales .
By March 1943 enough personnel had been trained for the Army to consider forming a full parachute battalion .
The 1st Parachute Battalion was raised at this time at RAAF Station Richmond near Sydney , New South Wales .
By March 1943 enough personnel had been trained for the Army to consider forming a full parachute battalion .