Category: 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

Categories: Australian Army, Vietnam War | Royal Australian Regiment, Australian Army | Royal Australian Infantry | British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Australia | Australian Defence Force, Malayan Emergency | Australian Army, Korean War

The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) was first formed as the Australian 66th Battalion in 1945 and since then has seen active service as part of the 34th Australian Infantry Brigade in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan, and during the Korean War, Malayan Emergency and Vietnam War. In addition, the battalion has participated in peacekeeping operations in Japan, Rwanda, East Timor and the Solomon Islands and has contributed rifle companies to the security force protecting the Australian embassy in Baghdad. In May 2006, 2 RAR's headquarters, support company and a rifle company deployed to Iraq as part of the third rotation of the Al Muthanna Task Group. In June 2011, the battalion deployed to Urozgan Province, Afghanistan as Mentoring Task Force Three (MTF3). On 23rd November 1948 the battalion was renamed the 2nd Battalion, Australian Regiment, with the Royal regimental prefix being granted on 31st March 1949. During it's two rotations to South Vietnam (1st April 1967 to 7th July 1968 and 28th April 1970 to 4th June 1971), the battalion included a company of New Zealand Infantry and was re-designated for those deployments as the 2 RAR / NZ (ANZAC) Battalion.

Wikipedia: 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment.

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Maurice Austin 15 Dec 1916 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 13 Oct 1985

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David Butler 03 Sep 1928 Guildford, Western Australia, Australia - 24 Nov 2020

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George Chinn 28 Oct 1927 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 24 Sep 1981

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Stuart Graham 23 Oct 1920 Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jul 1996

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William Henderson 19 Jul 1919 Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia - 10 Oct 1995

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Bruce McDonald 23 Mar 1925 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 23 Mar 1993

Alan Morrison 15 Aug 1927 Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia - 09 May 2008

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James Ochiltree 02 Apr 1918 Armadale, Victoria, Australia - 03 Mar 1987

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Keith Payne 1930s

Living Petersen

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Living Regnart

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Raymond Leslie Schipp 15 Apr 1927 Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia - 06 Oct 1986

Rayene Simpson 16 Feb 1926 Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Oct 1978

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Harry Smith 25 Jul 1933 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 20 Aug 2023

Alan Stretton 30 Sep 1922 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 26 Oct 2012

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Kevin Wheatley 13 Mar 1937 Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Nov 1965

Keith Wiltshire 16 Jul 1913 Reynella, South Australia, Australia - 25 Jun 1984

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