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Ist Battalion RAR PLaque
Ist Battalion RAR PLaque
Photographs supplied by Diane Watson

The plaque commemorates the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment.

1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) is a regular light infantry battalion of the Australian Army. 1 RAR was first formed as the 65th Australian Infantry Battalion in 1945 and since then has been deployed on active service during the Korean War the Malayan Emergency, the Vietnam War and more recently in Somalia  East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Location

Address:Wharf Street, Memorial Walkway, Chris Cunningham Park, Tweed Heads, 2485
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -28.17
Long: 153.544186
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:Multiple

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 17th October, 2009
Front Inscription

           1st BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
                   1945

                   1
             Duty First

KOREA                                  MALAYA
VIETNAM                             SOMALIA
TIMOR   AFGHANISTAN      IRAQ

Dedicated By The First Battalion Association On 17th October 2009
We Will Remember Them                        

 

Source: MA
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