Australian Regular Army
The Royal Australian Regiment
The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the full time component of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. The RAR was formed on 23rd November 1948 with the raising of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions from the 65th, 66th and 67th Battalions of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) in Japan.
The RAR currently comprises seven battalions having peaked at nine battalions during Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The eight battalions are:
1 RAR
2 RAR
3 RAR(Para)
5 RAR(Mech)
6 RAR
7 RAR(Mech), and
8/9 RAR
Australian Army Reserve
The Part Time component of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps is comprised primarily of the six state regiments, many of which trace their origins to the early 20th Century. These are:
Royal Queensland Regiment (RQR)
9 RQR,
25/49 RQR, and
31/42 RQR
Royal New South Wales Regiment (RNSWR)
1/19 RNSWR,
2/17 RNSWR,
4/3 RNSWR, and
41 RNSWR
Royal Victoria Regiment (RVR)
5/6 RVR,and
8/7 RVR
Royal Tasmania Regiment (RTR)
12/40 RTR
Royal South Australia Regiment (RSAR)
10/27 RSAR
Royal West Australia Regiment (RWAR)
11/28 RWAR, and
16 RWAR
Special Forces
Special Force units comprise many Corps but the units traditionally come under the Royal Australian Infantry Corps banner. Special Forces units and locations are:
Special Air Service Regiment - Perth.
2 Commando Regiment - Sydney
1st Commando Regiment - Sydney.
1 Cdo Regt
Regional Force Surveillance Units
Regional Force Surveillance Units are integrated full-time and part-time units which draw on local and indigenous peoples to provide regional surveillance on Australia's northern coastline. The Regional Force Surveillance Units and locations are:
51st Battalion Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR)
Headquarters - Cairns. 51 FNQR
North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE)
Australia's "Top End" centred on the Northern Territory.
Headquarters - Darwin.
The Pilbara Regiment (Pilbara Regt)
Western Australia's Pilbara Region
Headquarters - Karratha. Pilbara Regt