5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

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Australian Army unit infantry battalion

The 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and its role within the Royal Australian Regiment.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment canonical 3
5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment 1
5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Army unit ⓘ
infantry battalion ⓘ
alliance Royal Anglian Regiment ⓘ
The Rifles ⓘ
associatedCorps Royal Australian Infantry Corps ⓘ
battleHonour Binh Ba ⓘ
Coral–Balmoral ⓘ
Long Tan ⓘ
Vietnam 1966–1971 ⓘ
branch Australian Army ⓘ
ceremonialDress Rising Sun badge ⓘ
colour black over red ⓘ
commandStructure Forces Command (Australia) ⓘ
conflict Iraq War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan
country Australia ⓘ
decorations Meritorious Unit Citation (Iraq) ⓘ
Unit Citation for Gallantry (Australia) ⓘ
surface form: Unit Citation for Gallantry (Vietnam)
disbanded 1973 ⓘ
equipment Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle ⓘ
F88 Austeyr rifle ⓘ
surface form: EF88 Austeyr rifle
formed 1965 ⓘ
garrison Robertson Barracks ⓘ
garrisonLocation City of Darwin ⓘ
surface form: Darwin, Northern Territory
hasSubunit A Company, 5 RAR ⓘ
B Company, 5 RAR ⓘ
C Company, 5 RAR ⓘ
Headquarters Company, 5 RAR ⓘ
Support Company, 5 RAR ⓘ
motto Duty First ⓘ
nickname RAR ⓘ
surface form: 5 RAR
notableDeployment 1st Australian Task Force ⓘ
surface form: 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam
notableOperation Operation Bribie ⓘ
Operation Hammersley ⓘ
parentFormation 1st Brigade (Australia) ⓘ
partOf Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
primaryTask close combat ⓘ
raisedFor expansion of Australian Army during Vietnam War ⓘ
reRaised 1977 ⓘ
role light infantry ⓘ
secondaryTask peacekeeping operations ⓘ
stability operations ⓘ
tradition Waltzing Matilda ⓘ
surface form: Royal Australian Regiment regimental march "Waltzing Matilda"
trainingFocus amphibious operations ⓘ
combined arms operations ⓘ
type regular army unit ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Royal Australian Regiment → hasUnit → 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland → alliedUnit → 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
RAR → hasPart → 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
RAR → hasPart → 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
this entity surface form: 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The Royals → hasComponent → 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment