The 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a motorised infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally formed in 1973 by linking together both the 8th and 9th Battalions of the R
Soldiers from 8/9 RAR deployed to Iraq in 2016 commemorate 8 RAR's role in the battles of the Long Hai Hills during the Vietnam War
Former Commanding Officer 8/9 RAR LTCOL K.S. Fegan
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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
8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
…is a motorised infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally formed in 1973 by linking together both the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment. Over the next twenty-four years the battalion would remain on the Australian Order of Battle based at Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane, Queensland, until…
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.