51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment

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Australian Army Reserve unit infantry battalion

The 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment is a light infantry unit of the Australian Army Reserve responsible for surveillance and security operations across remote northern Queensland and the Torres Strait.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
51st Battalion (Australian Imperial Force)	1
51st Battalion, The Far North Queensland Regiment (Citizen Military Forces)	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian Army Reserve unit ⓘ infantry battalion ⓘ
allegiance	Australian Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility	Torres Strait ⓘ remote northern Queensland ⓘ
associatedWith	Regional Force Surveillance Group ⓘ
branch	Australian Army ⓘ
commandLanguage	English ⓘ
component	Army Reserve ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
engagement	border protection operations ⓘ domestic security operations ⓘ
forceType	reserve ⓘ
formedFrom	51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 51st Battalion (Australian Imperial Force)
garrison	Cairns NERFINISHED ⓘ Thursday Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Townsville ⓘ Weipa ⓘ
motto	Ducit Amor Patriae ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation	Love of country leads me ⓘ
nickname	51 FNQR ⓘ
notableFeature	high proportion of Indigenous Australian soldiers ⓘ
operatesIn	maritime littoral regions ⓘ tropical environments ⓘ
partOf	11th Brigade ⓘ 1st Division (Australia) ⓘ surface form: 1st Division (Australian Army)
predecessor	51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 51st Battalion, The Far North Queensland Regiment (Citizen Military Forces)
primaryTask	security operations ⓘ surveillance operations ⓘ
raised	1976 ⓘ
recruitmentArea	Far North Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ Torres Strait Islands ⓘ
role	light infantry ⓘ regional force surveillance ⓘ
specialisation	reconnaissance ⓘ remote area surveillance ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
type	light infantry battalion ⓘ
uniformColourPatch	black over light blue diamond ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment → formedFrom → 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 51st Battalion (Australian Imperial Force)

Australian Army → hasUnit → 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment ⓘ

51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment → predecessor → 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 51st Battalion, The Far North Queensland Regiment (Citizen Military Forces)