6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

	caption	Badge of the Royal Australian Regiment
	country	Australia
	type	Line Infantry
	branch	Army
	dates	6th June 1965 -Present
	specialization	Motorised Infantry
	command Structure	Australian 7th Brigade
	garrison	Enoggera
	ceremonial Chief	HM The Queen (Australian Infantry Corps)
	ceremonial Chief Label	Colonel-in-Chief
	motto	Duty First
	identification Symbol Label	Unit Colour Patch
	march	''Spirit of Youth'' (Band) ''The Crusaders'' (Pipes and Drums)

6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) is part of the Australian Army . 6RAR is based at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane. The battalion's D Company distinguished itself at the Battle Of Long Tan on August 18 -19, 1966 , during the Vietnam War .

BRIEF HISTORY

Based in Singapore between August 1971 and December 1973 as part of 28 ANZUK Brigade.

D Company was reorganised as a parachute company group in early 1980 and continued in this role until November 1983.

Began conversion to a motorised organisation in February 1992 and added a Ready Reserve company later the same year.

Reverted to an integrated-regular/reserve battalion in February 1997 and trialed the experimental Army 21 organisation.

REFERENCES

6 RAR Official Website

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