Campbell Barracks is an Australian Army base located in Swanbourne,[1] a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia.

During the Second World War it hosted both artillery and garrison infantry, and the surviving officers from Kormoran were interrogated there after their mutually destructive battle with HMAS Sydney on 19 November 1941, "housed in tents in a wired off area on the grass outside the barracks",[3] until they were moved to Victoria.

[4] Although Campbell Barracks is the home of the SASR, most of the training and selection for the regiment takes place in Bindoon, Western Australia.

[5] The SASR is a special forces regiment of the Australian Army and is modelled on the original British SAS, while also drawing on the traditions of the Australian Z Special Force commando unit, and the Independent Companies which were active in the South Pacific during the Second World War.

[citation needed] Rotations occur every 12 months, so each squadron fulfils the counterterrorism/recovery role and configuration every three years.