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6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) is a mechanised infantry battalion of the Australian Army.It was originally raised in Brisbane, Queensland, on 6 June 1965 and has since then served in a number of overseas deployments and conflicts including South Vietnam, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 6th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally formed in 1914 for service during the First World War, the battalion fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front . The battalion was disbanded in 1919 but was re-raised in 1921 as part of the Citizens Force , and adopted the title of "Royal Melbourne Regiment" in 1935.
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 ...
6 RAR's identification symbol. The 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) is an Australian Army motorised infantry battalion which is currently based in Brisbane, Queensland and forms part of the 7th Brigade. 6 RAR was formed in June 1965 and made its first deployment to South Vietnam between May 1966 and June 1967.
In March 1901, the Australian Army came into existence as the Commonwealth Military Forces through the amalgamation of the former colonies military forces. The existing regiments and battalions of the colonies were reorganised and renumbered due to their absorption into the national army and subsequently formed the first military units of a united Australia.
Two Bushmasters operated by the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during an exercise in 2010. This article describes the current structure of the Australian Army.It includes the army's order of battle and the headquarters locations of major units.
The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place in a rubber plantation near Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.The action was fought between Australian forces and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units after 108 men from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) clashed with a force of 1,500 to 2,500 from the Viet Cong 275th Regiment ...
The 6th Division was first formed in 1917 in Britain during World War I as part of an effort to expand the First Australian Imperial Force.Its existence was short-lived, though, and as a result of manpower shortages that occurred because of a failure to make good the heavy losses that the AIF had suffered on the Western Front in 1917, it was decided to disband the division and its subordinate ...