2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an amphibious light infantry battalion of the Australian Army part of the 1st Division Amphibious Task Group based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville.
Soldiers from 2RAR withdraw to the DMZ Korea, 1953
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wells, Chief of the General Staff, inspects troops from 2RAR in Malaya c. 1956.
Members of 2 RAR during a patrol in September 1967
2 RAR soldiers during Exercise Talisman Sabre in 2007
The 1st Division, also known as the 1st (Australian) Division, is headquartered in Enoggera, a suburb of Brisbane. The division was first formed in 1914 for service during the First World War as a part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). It was initially part of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and served with that formation during the Gallipoli campaign, before later serving on the Western Front. After the war, the division became a part-time unit based in New South Wales. During the Second World War it undertook defensive duties in Australia. It was disbanded in 1945.
Members of the 7th Battalion in a trench at Lone Pine, 6 August 1915
The 11th Battalion posing on the Great Pyramid of Giza, 1915.
Soldiers from the 1st Division at Hooge, 5 October 1917
1RAR soldiers prepare to board a United States Marine Corps helicopter in Somalia