Royal Queensland Regiment
The Royal Queensland Regiment | |
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Active | 1 July 1960 – present |
Country | Australia |
Branch | Army |
Type | Reserve infantry |
Role | Light infantry |
Size | Three battalions |
Part of | Royal Australian Infantry Corps |
Garrison/HQ | 9th Battalion – Enoggera 25th/49th Battalion – Greenbank Military Range 31st/42nd Battalion – Townsville |
Motto(s) | Pro Aris Et Focis (For Altars and Hearths) |
March | Southern Cross |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | Jeannette Young PSM (Governor of Queensland) |
Insignia | |
Unit colour patch | |
Abbreviation | RQR |
The Royal Queensland Regiment (RQR) is a reserve light infantry regiment of the Australian Army based in Queensland. Part of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, the regiment was established in 1960 following a reorganisation of Australia's part-time infantry regiments that saw the creation of six state-based regiments through the amalgamation of the previously existing regionally designated infantry battalions. Initially only two battalions were raised, but since then the size of the regiment has fluctuated depending upon the Army's requirements. There are currently three battalions within the regiment based at various locations throughout Queensland, all of which are assigned to the 11th Brigade.
Current structure
The regiment currently consists of three battalions:[1]
- 9th Battalion (9 RQR) – HQ based at Enoggera
- 25th/49th Battalion (25/49 RQR) – HQ based at Greenbank Military Range
- 31st/42nd Battalion (31/42 RQR) – HQ based at Townsville
Previous battalions include:[2]
- 25th Battalion (25 RQR)
- 31st Battalion (31 RQR)
- 42nd Battalion (42 RQR)
- 49th Battalion (49 RQR)
- 51st Battalion (51 RQR)
History
The RQR was formed on 1 July 1960 as part of the reorganisation of the
To perpetuate the old battalions of the
Since the late 1990s, the regiment's component battalions have deployed personnel in support of various overseas operations including
Battle honours
The Royal Queensland Regiment holds the following battle honours, which it inherited from various units raised from Queenslanders for service during the Boer War, World War I and World War II:[2]
- Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902
- World War I: Somme 1916, Pozières, Bapaume, Bullecourt, Landing at Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli, Egypt 1915–16
- World War II: North Africa, Giarabub, Defence of Tobruk, The Salient, Syria, Syrian Frontier, Merjayun, Jezzine, Chehim and Rharife, Damour, Mazraat ech Chouf, Hill 1069, Bandarene, South West Pacific 1942–45, Kokoda Trail, Ioribaiwa, Eora Creek–Templeton's Crossing II, Oivi–Gorari, Buna-Gona, Gona, Cape Endaiadere-Sinemi Creek, Sanananda–Cape Killerton, Milne Bay, Mount Tambu, Tambu Bay, Komiatum, Lae–Nadzab, Lae Road, Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Ramu Valley, Shaggy Ridge, Finisterres, Tsimba Ridge, Bonis–Porton, Artillery Hill, Pearl Ridge, Mawaraka, Mosigetta, Puriata River, Darara, Slater's Knoll, Hongorai River, Mivo Ford, Borneo, Balikpapan, Milford Highway.
Alliances
The regiment holds the following alliances:[2]
- United Kingdom – The Royal Scots Borderers
- United Kingdom – Black Watch
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- United Kingdom – The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
- The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
See also
- Royal Australian Regiment
- Royal New South Wales Regiment
- Royal Victoria Regiment
- Royal Tasmania Regiment
- Royal South Australia Regiment
- Royal Western Australia Regiment
- Pilbara Regiment
- Norforce
- Special Air Service Regiment
Notes
- Citations
- ^ a b "11th Brigade". Who We Are. Australian Army. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Festberg 1972, p. 26.
- ^ Shaw 2010, p. 10.
- ^ "11th Brigade History". Department of Defence. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
- ^ "25th/49th Battalion, The Royal Queensland Regiment". Who We Are. Australian Army. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- Bibliography
- Festberg, Alfred (1972). The Lineage of the Australian Army. Melbourne, Victoria: Allara Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85887-024-6.
- Shaw, Peter (December 2010). "The Evolution of the Infantry State Regiment System in the Army Reserve". Sabretache. LI (4). Garran, Australian Capital Territory: Military Historical Society of Australia: 5–12. ISSN 0048-8933.
Further reading
- Anderson, Peter (1987). Moreton Regiment, 1886, First Regiment of Queensland. P.Anderson. ISBN 1-86252-648-6.
- Cranston, Frederick (1983). Always Faithful: A History of the 49th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1916–1982. Boolarong Publications. ISBN 0-908175-60-4.
- Doneley, Robert (1997). Black over Blue: The 25th Battalion, AIF, at War, 1915–1918. USQ Press. ISBN 0-949414-79-4.
- Johnson, D.H. (1975). Volunteers at Heart: The Queensland Defence Forces, 1860–1901. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0-7022-0836-1.