2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

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Australian Army unit infantry battalion

The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its deployments in major conflicts and peacekeeping operations since the mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment canonical 4
2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 2
2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Army unit ⓘ
infantry battalion ⓘ
alliance Coldstream Guards ⓘ
surface form: Coldstream Guards (United Kingdom)

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ⓘ
surface form: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
awardedHonor Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) ⓘ
surface form: United States Presidential Unit Citation
battleHonour Kapyong ⓘ
Korea 1950–53 ⓘ
Malaya 1955–60 ⓘ
Maryang San ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam 1965–72
branch Australian Army ⓘ
conflict Borneo Confrontation ⓘ
surface form: Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation

Korean War ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dateFormed 1945 ⓘ
dateReRaised 1948 ⓘ
forceType regular army ⓘ
formedAs 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Australian Regiment
garrison Townsville military precinct ⓘ
surface form: Lavarack Barracks, Townsville
hasColour Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Royal Australian Regiment regimental colours
hasMascot Australian Army infantry traditions mascot (regimental) ⓘ
hasPredecessor 2/2nd Battalion (Second Australian Imperial Force) ⓘ
higherFormation 1st Division (Australia) ⓘ
surface form: 1st Division (Australian Army)

3rd Brigade ⓘ
location Townsville, Queensland ⓘ
motto Duty First ⓘ
nickname RAR ⓘ
surface form: 2 RAR
notableEngagement Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Battle of Maryang San ⓘ
operation Afghanistan operations ⓘ
East Timor peacekeeping operations ⓘ
Iraq operations ⓘ
Solomon Islands intervention (RAMSI) ⓘ
surface form: Solomon Islands peacekeeping operations

Somalia operations ⓘ
partOf Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
role light infantry ⓘ
type motorised infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Royal Australian Regiment → hasUnit → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
Royal Australian Regiment → hasUnit → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Lavarack Barracks → garrison → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
Henry Gordon Bennett → commanded → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
RAR → hasPart → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
RAR → hasPart → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
this entity surface form: 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The Royals → hasComponent → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment → formedAs → 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Australian Regiment