1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular light infantry battalion of the Australian Army. 1 RAR was first formed as the 65th Australian Infantry Battalion of the 34th Brigade on Balikpapa
A 1 RAR soldier on guard duty in Korea during July 1952
1 RAR soldiers take up defensive positions after disembarking US Army helicopters during an operation north of Saigon in July 1965
1 RAR soldiers patrolling near Fire Support Base Coral in June 1968
1 RAR soldiers prepare to board a United States Marine Corps helicopter in Somalia
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The Royal Australian Regiment 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. I
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
…in 1948 and the 65th Battalion became the 1st Battalion, Australian Regiment. On 31 March 1949 the regiment received the prefix "Royal", becoming the Royal Australian Regiment. 1 RAR was initially based at Ingleburn, but later moved to Enoggera and Holsworthy and is now based at Lavarack Barracks, Townsville. Under an agreement…
Troops from the 66th Battalion march through Saijo, Japan in 1946
Soldiers from 3 RAR occupying Chinese trenches on 'Salmon', 16 April 1951.
An Australian soldier manning a machine gun position in Borneo, 1965
Australian soldiers from the Royal Australian Regiment arrive at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon.