Royal Australian Regiment
The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. It was originally formed in 1948 as a three battalion regiment; however, since then its size has fluctuated as battalions have been raised, amalgamated or disbanded in accordance with the Australian government's strategic requirements. Currently, the regiment consists of seven battalions and has fulfilled various roles including those of light, parachute, motorised and mechanised infantry. Throughout its existence, units of the Royal Australian Regiment have deployed on operations in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq an
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Royal Australian Regiment
The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. It was originally formed in 1948 as a three battalion regiment; however, since then its size has fluctuated as battalions have been raised, amalgamated or disbanded in accordance with the Australian government's strategic requirements. Currently, the regiment consists of seven battalions and has fulfilled various roles including those of light, parachute, motorised and mechanised infantry. Throughout its existence, units of the Royal Australian Regiment have deployed on operations in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq an
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Grand régiment de l'armée aust ...... l'armée de terre australienne.
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The Royal Australian Regiment ...... Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Australian (2 and 7 RAR piper's kilts and plaids)
Royal Stewart (3 RAR piper's kilts and plaids)
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1st Battalion –Shetland pony"Septimus"
3rd Battalion – None
4th Battalion – None
5th Battalion –Sumatran tiger"Quintus Rama"
6th Battalion –Blue HeelerCorporal "Ridgeliegh Blue"
8th/9th Battalion –Merinoram John "Stan the Ram" Macarthur
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Amphibious infantry (1 battalion)
Mechanised infantry (3 battalions)
Motorised infantry (3 battalions)
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Cap badge of the Royal Australian Regiment
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General David Hurley
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Australia
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Major General Shane Caughey
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Quick – El Alamein ; Black Bear
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Line infantry
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The Royal Australian Regiment
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The Royal Australian Regiment ...... , the Solomon Islands, Iraq an
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