RAR

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RAR is the Royal Australian Regiment, the principal regular infantry regiment of the Australian Army known for its service in major conflicts since World War II.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
RAR canonical 4
6 RAR 2
2 RAR 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment
military unit
abbreviation RAR self-linksurface differs
allegiance Commonwealth of Australia
conflict Bougainville Civil War
surface form: Bougainville conflict

East Timor intervention
Gulf War
Borneo Confrontation
surface form: Indonesian Confrontation

Iraq War
Korean War
Malayan Emergency
Solomon Islands intervention (RAMSI)
surface form: Solomon Islands intervention

Vietnam War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan
country Australia
establishedInPeriod post–World War II era
garrisonLocation Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera
Lavarack Barracks
surface form: Lavarack Barracks, Townsville

RAAF Base Edinburgh
surface form: RAAF Base Edinburgh, Adelaide

Robertson Barracks, Darwin
hasBattalionType light infantry battalion
mechanised infantry battalion
motorised infantry battalion
hasPart 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
surface form: 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
surface form: 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
languageOfCommand English
militaryRole infantry
motto Duty First
nickname RAR self-linksurface differs
notableFor service in major conflicts since World War II
notableOperation INTERFET deployment to East Timor
Operation Catalyst
Operation Slipper
partOf Royal Australian Infantry Corps
primaryFunction close combat operations
light infantry operations
serviceBranch Australian Army
type regular army regiment

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2nd Commando Regiment hasPrecursor RAR
this entity surface form: 4 RAR (Cdo)
RAR abbreviation RAR self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
RAR nickname RAR self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
The Royals hasAbbreviation RAR
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment nickname RAR
this entity surface form: 2 RAR
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment abbreviation RAR
this entity surface form: 3 RAR
8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment nickname RAR
this entity surface form: 8 RAR
9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment nickname RAR
this entity surface form: 9 RAR
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment nickname RAR
this entity surface form: 4 RAR
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment nickname RAR
this entity surface form: 5 RAR
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment abbreviation RAR
this entity surface form: 6 RAR
6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment nickname RAR
this entity surface form: 6 RAR
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment nickname RAR
this entity surface form: 7 RAR