8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

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Australian Army unit infantry battalion

The 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during the Vietnam War era before later being amalgamated with another unit.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment canonical 2
8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Association 1
8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian Army unit ⓘ
infantry battalion ⓘ
alliance The Royal Green Jackets (historical) ⓘ
surface form: The Royal Green Jackets (United Kingdom)
amalgamatedWith 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
areaOfOperations Phuoc Tuy Province ⓘ
associatedWith 1st Australian Logistic Support Group ⓘ
awardedToMembers Mention in Despatches ⓘ
Military Cross ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam Campaign Medal

Vietnam Medal ⓘ
battleHonour Hat Dich ⓘ
Long Khanh ⓘ
Vietnam 1969–70 ⓘ
branch Australian Army ⓘ
colourPatch black over green rectangle ⓘ
commemoratedBy 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Association
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
deployment November 1969 – November 1970 in South Vietnam ⓘ
disbanded 1973 ⓘ
engagement operations against North Vietnamese Army forces ⓘ
operations against Viet Cong forces ⓘ
era Vietnam War era ⓘ
formedAt Puckapunyal, Victoria ⓘ
garrison Enoggera, Queensland ⓘ
heritagePreservedIn 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment traditions ⓘ
militaryRole infantry ⓘ
motto Duty First ⓘ
nickname RAR ⓘ
surface form: 8 RAR
notableCommander Lieutenant Colonel Keith O’Neill ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel P. A. Warr ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Bondi II ⓘ
Operation Hammersley ⓘ
Operation Townsville ⓘ
parentFormation 1st Australian Task Force ⓘ
partOf Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
raised 1966 ⓘ
reasonForAmalgamation post–Vietnam War army reorganisation ⓘ
roleInVietnam counter-insurgency operations ⓘ
pacification operations ⓘ
search and destroy operations ⓘ
serviceStatus disbanded ⓘ
size battalion ⓘ
successorUnit 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ONNED1 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations South Vietnam ⓘ
trainingFocus jungle warfare ⓘ
type regular army battalion ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Royal Australian Regiment → hasUnit → 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
RAR → hasPart → 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
The Royals → hasComponent → 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Regiment
this entity surface form: 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment → commemoratedBy → 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Association