Royal Western Australia Regiment

The Royal Western Australia Regiment

Cap badge of the Royal Western Australia Regiment
Active 1960–Present
Type Line Infantry
Role Light Role
Size Two battalions
Part of Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ 11th/28th Battalion – Karrakatta
16th Battalion – Karrakatta
Motto Vigilant
March 11th/28th Battalion – Sussex by the Sea/Colonel Bogey
16th Battalion – March of the Cameron Men
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief HM The Queen
(Royal Australian Infantry Corps)
Colonel of
the Regiment
Kerry Sanderson AO (Governor of Western Australia)
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch
Tartan Cameron of Erracht
Abbreviation RWAR

The Royal Western Australia Regiment is a reserve infantry regiment of the Australian Army consisting of two battalions, the 11th/28th Battalion and the 16th Battalion. The regiment was raised in July 1960 as part of the reorganisation of the Australian Army Reserve through the amalgamation of the three existing infantry regiments in Western Australia:

Initially formed as a single battalion, in 1966 it was reorganised into first two, then three battalions. Two of these, the 11th Battalion and 28th Battalion were reduced to single companies in 1977, then amalgamated into the single 11th/28th Battalion in 1987.

The regiment perpetuates the traditions of three battalions of the Australian Imperial Force:

Battle honours

11th/28th Battalion

16th Battalion

Alliances

See also

External links

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