The 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally raised in 1965 as part of Australia's commitment to the Vietnam War and it event
Members of 5 Platoon, B Company, 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 26 August 1967, an iconic photograph by Mike Coleridge featuring 7 RAR soldiers preparing to board US Army helicopters at the conclusion of an operation in August 1967. The photograph is now etched on the Vietnam Forces National Memorial.
7 RAR tracker dogs and their handlers in South Vietnam, 1967
A memorial plaque for members of 7 RAR killed in Vietnam 1967–68 and 1970–71. Shown at Regimental Square, Sydney.
A 7RAR soldier on exercise at Shoalwater Bay 2011
The 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was a regular motorised infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally established in 1965 it would serve two tours of South Vietnam before it was l
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
…served two tours in Vietnam in 1967 and 1971. In 1973, following Australia's withdrawal from the conflict, the battalion was amalgamated with the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment to form the 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR). The battalion was re-linked with the 5th Battalion to reraise the 5th/7th Battalion…
Soldiers from 5 RAR disembarking a US Army helicopter during Operation Toledo in September 1966
5 RAR soldiers waiting to be picked up by a RAAF de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou at the conclusion of a month-long operation in October 1969
A 5 RAR soldier during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2009