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The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. It was originally formed in 1948 as a three battalion regiment; however, since then its size has fluctuated as battalions have been raised, amalgamated or disbanded in accordance with the Australian government's strategic requirements.

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  • The Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) is the parent administrative regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. It was originally formed in 1948 as a three battalion regiment; however, since then its size has fluctuated as battalions have been raised, amalgamated or disbanded in accordance with the Australian government's strategic requirements.
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  • The Royal Australian Regiment
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  • 2nd Battalion – Second to None
  • 3rd Battalion – Old Faithful
  • 4th Battalion – The Fighting Fourth
  • 5th Battalion – The Tiger Battalion
  • 7th Battalion – The Pigs
  • 8th Battalion – The Grey Eight
  • 1st Battalion – The Pony Soldiers or The Big Blue One
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  • 3rd Battalion and 6th Battalion entitled to wear USPUCstreamer on Regimental Colour; 1st Battalion entitled to USMUCstreamer on Regimental Colour
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  • Australian (2 and 7 RAR piper's kilts and plaids)
  • RAR
  • Royal Stewart (3 RAR piper's kilts and plaids)
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  • 6th Battalion –Blue HeelerCorporal "Ridgeliegh Blue"
  • 1st Battalion –Shetland Pony"Septimus"
  • 3rd Battalion – None
  • 4th Battalion – None
  • 5th Battalion –Sumatran Tiger"Quintus Rama"
  • 8th/9th Battalion –Merinoram John "Stan the Ram" Macarthur
military unit size
  • Seven battalions
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  • Duty First
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