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The political decision to raise the fourth battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment was made in 1963. [1] Consequently, instructions for the raising of the battalion were issued on 13 January 1964. The official raising of 4 RAR on 1 February 1964 was the first time a regular infantry battalion had been raised on Australian soil. [ 2 ]
As a part of these changes the 29th Infantry Regiment (Australian Rifles) was redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, while the 40th Infantry Regiment (which had been formed in 1915 from the 37th and 38th Infantry Regiments) was redesignated as the 5th Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment. [3]
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 ...
The 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (2/4 RAR) was an Australian Army infantry battalion.Throughout its existence 2/4 RAR was based at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville and formed part of the 3rd Task Force (3 TF) or as it is later known 3rd Brigade.
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 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4 RAR) arrived in Malaysia in September 1965 to replace 3 RAR, which returned to Australia in October. After a period of training the battalion deployed to Sarawak in April 1966 where it was to operate from four company bases in the Bau area.
The 2/4th Battalion [Note 2] was raised on 3 November 1939 at Victoria Barracks, in Sydney, as part of the all volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF). Among the first batch of troops raised as part of the new force, the battalion was initially attached to the 16th Brigade, which was assigned to the 6th Division. [3]