| The Royal Queensland Regiment | |
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File:Royal Queensland Regiment.png Cap badge of the Royal Queensland Regiment | |
| 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 – Enoggera 31st/42nd Battalion – Townsville and Rockhampton |
| Motto(s) | Pro Aris Et Focis (For Altars and Hearths) |
| March | Southern Cross |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel in Chief |
HM The Queen (Royal Australian Infantry Corps) |
| Insignia | |
| Unit Colour Patch |
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| Abbreviation | RQR |
The Royal Queensland Regiment (RQR) is a reserve light infantry formation in the Australian Army based in Queensland.
Current Structure[]
The regiment currently consists of three battalions:
- 9th Battalion (9 RQR)
- 25th/49th Battalion (25/49 RQR)
- 31st/42nd Battalion (31/42 RQR)
History[]
The RQR was formed in 1960 as part of the reorganisation of the Citizen's Militia Force, which saw all CMF battalions in each state amalgamated into state regiments. Initially, the regiment simply had a 1st and 2nd Battalion. However, to perpetuate the old battalions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, the two battalions were renumbered as the 9th Battalion and 31st Battalion. Three further battalions (25th, 42nd and 51st) were formed in 1965, with the 49th Battalion formed a year later. In 1985, the 51st Battalion was separated from the rest of the Royal Queensland Regiment and reformed as the 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment, while the 25th and 49th Battalions were amalgamated into a single battalion in 1997. The 31st and 42nd Battalions were amalgamated in 2008. The Queensland Regiment was formed from seven other regiments:
- Moreton Regiment
- Darling Downs Regiment
- Wide Bay Regiment
- Byron Scottish Regiment
- Far North Queensland Regiment
- Kennedy Regiment
- Capricornia Regiment
Previous battalions include:
- 25th Battalion (25 RQR)
- 31st Battalion (31 RQR)
- 42nd Battalion (42 RQR)
- 49th Battalion (49 RQR)
- 51st Battalion (51 RQR)
Battle honours[]
- Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902
- World War I: Somme 1916, Pozières, Bapaume, Bullecourt, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Ancre, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Kemmel, Hamel, Amiens, Albert, Mont St. Quentin, Hindenburg Line, Épèhy, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, France and Flanders 1916–18, Anzac, 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, Sananda-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, Bonnis-Porton, Artillery Hill, Pearl Ridge, Mawaraka, Mosigetta, Puriata River, Darara, Slater's Knoll, Hongorai River, Mivo Ford, Borneo, Balikpapan, Milford Highway
Alliances[]
United Kingdom – The Royal Scots Borderers- United Kingdom – Black Watch
- United Kingdom – The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- United Kingdom – The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
- Canada – 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
- Far North Queensland Regiment
- Pilbara Regiment
- Norforce
- Special Air Service Regiment
Notes[]
References[]
- Anderson, Peter. 1987. Moreton Regiment, 1886, First Regiment of Queensland. Published by 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
External links[]
- Royal Australian Infantry Corps
- 9 RQR at Digger History
- 25/49 RQR at Digger History
- 31 RQR at Digger History
- 42 RQR at Digger History
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