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simple list. Often units, depending on their status as volunteer, militia, or regular, were similarly numbered and named, for example the 43rd
Infantry Battalion and 2/43 Battalion, AIF in World War II, and often units were split, amalgamated, resplit and reformed, making it almost impossible to create a straight family tree as is often seen for the British Army.
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Later in 1960, The
Regiment was renamed 1st Battalion Royal South Australia Regiment, bringing it in line with the other State and National regiments. On 1 July 1965, the Regiment was reformed as 2 battalions, taking their names from the battalions that formed the regiment: The 10th and 27th. On 29
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Reforms, the 81 mm mortar-equipped 6th/13th Light
Battery (formed through an amalgamation of the 16th and 48th Field Batteries) and 3rd Field Squadron were absorbed in the Battalion in 2013 and 2014 respectively in order to provide the Battalion with organic offensive support coordination and
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A broad statement is that the Royal South
Australia Regiment is preceded by units often known as the 10th (or 78th or Adelaide Rifles), 27th (or SA Scottish or Boothby), 43rd (or 76th or SA Infantry or Hindmarsh), and 48th (or Torrens), and units bearing these designations are now perpetuated in
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Australia has been a complex and shifting affair since colonisation. The following is an attempt to list the preceding units of the RSAR in chronological order. Units were raised, disbanded and perpetuated in a variety of forms that is not easy to show in a
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The
Regiment traces much of its history to early volunteer and citizen militia units from pre-federation Australia. The history of the units that formed the current Regiment are dealt with individually on those pages.
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Rotation 14, Operation Anode Rotation 17, Operation Anode Rotation 24, Operation Anode Rotation 27, Operation Resolute, Operation Vic Fires Assist, Operation Cyclone Yassi Assist, Operation Testament.
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indirect firepower, and light engineering support. 6th/13th Light
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November 1987, the 10th and 27th battalions were amalgamated to form the 10/27 Battalion Royal South
Australia Regiment, the Regiment's current title.
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Digger History: an unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Forces
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Colours of the 10th Battalion and 27th Battalion RSAR and hat colour patch
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The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
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43rd (Remote Area) Battalion, The Royal South Australia Regiment
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E Company (The Port Adelaide Company) (from the Adelaide Rifles)
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27th Infantry Battalion (The South Australia Scottish Regiment)
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27th Infantry Battalion (The South Australia Scottish Regiment)
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The Royal South Australia Regiment has been awarded the
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43rd/48th Infantry Battalion (The Hindmarsh Regiment)
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These three battalions were formed into 5 Companies:
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43rd/48th Infantry Battalion (The Hindmarsh Regiment)
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27th Battalion (South Australian Scottish Regiment)
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10th Australian Infantry Regiment (Adelaide Rifles)
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418:43rd Infantry Battalion (The Hindmarsh Regiment)
388:1st Battalion, 10th Australian Infantry Regiment
33:Cap badge of the Royal South Australia Regiment
586:3rd Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers
558:48th Infantry Battalion (The Torrens Regiment)
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424:10th Infantry Regiment (The Adelaide Rifles)
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518:1st Battalion South Australia Infantry
352:1st Regiment South Australian Infantry
328:1st and 2nd Battalions Adelaide Rifles
1001:Western Australia University Regiment
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442:10th Battalion (The Adelaide Rifles)
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609:Individual and Group Deployments:
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137:LTCOL Samuel Benveniste
674:South Africa 1899–1902
444:: 1927–1930, 1936–1942
336:: 1860–1866, 1866–1867
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142:Representative Colonel
100:10th/27th Battalion –
1082:2nd Commando Regiment
1077:1st Commando Regiment
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538:2/27th Battalion AIF
573:Current structure:
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460:43rd/48th Battalion
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602:Unit Deployments:
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134:Commanding Officer
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87:Part of
871:Ramu Valley
863:Finschhafen
769:Albert 1918
741:Poelcapelle
737:Broodseinde
684:Middle East
679:World War I
658:New Zealand
498:: 1952–1960
492:: 1948–1960
486:: 1943–1945
474:: 1942–1943
468:: 1939–1946
456:: 1930–1936
450:: 1927–1930
438:: 1921–1927
432:: 1921–1927
426:: 1918–1921
420:: 1918–1921
414:: 1914–1918
408:: 1913–1918
402:: 1912–1913
390:: 1903–1912
360:: 1903–1912
342:: 1867–1867
330:: 1854–1856
218:9th Brigade
97:Garrison/HQ
91:9th Brigade
1102:Categories
891:References
883:Balikpapan
875:Sattelberg
813:El Alamein
793:The Litani
789:Syria 1941
761:Beaurevoir
749:Ypres 1917
745:Bullecourt
725:Somme 1918
721:Somme 1916
713:Menin Road
129:Commanders
112:Pro Patria
74:Light role
847:Milne Bay
839:Sanananda
827:Buna–Gona
799:, Adlun,
616:Alliances
583:B Company
580:A Company
50:Australia
1049:NORFORCE
705:Pozières
307:Adelaide
288:Freedoms
210:regiment
157:Insignia
108:Motto(s)
819:Pacific
372:: 1903–
366:: 1903–
224:History
212:of the
102:Keswick
47:Country
879:Borneo
801:Damour
717:Amiens
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323:RSAR.
295:Kadina
174:Tartan
55:Branch
39:Active
797:Sidon
692:Anzac
301:Unley
119:March
309:2015
303:2006
297:1994
241:The
204:The
187:RSAR
79:Size
71:Role
63:Type
58:Army
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