Royal New South Wales Regiment Totally Explained

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The Royal New South Wales Regiment is a reserve infantry regiment of the Australian Army based in the state of New South Wales. The regiment consists of four battalions:

1st/19th Battalion
2nd/17th Battalion
4th/3rd Battalion
41st Battalion

The regiment was formed in 1960 as a result of the amalgamation of all the Citizen's Militia Force infantry battalions in NSW. The New South Wales Regiment was formed from ten individual regiments:

City of Sydney's Own Regiment

New South Wales Scottish Regiment

North Shore Regiment

Newcastle Regiment

Macquarie Regiment

6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles

St George Regiment

Illawarra Regiment

Werriwa Regiment

Australian Rifles The regiment was formed with a total of three battalions - the 1st Battalion (Commando) was formed from the 1st Infantry Battalion (City of Sydney's Own Regiment), which was the only unit transferred intact to a new state regiment. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were formed through the amalgamation of the remaining battalions, which were reduced to company size. The expansion of the reserve force in 1965 saw a further three battalions raised (4th, 17th, 41st), with the 19th Battalion formed in 1966. A year after that, the 1st Battalion was reduced to a company, which was amalgamated with the 19th Battalion in 1971. Further amalgamations in 1987 led to the formation of the regiment as it's today. Today, the regiment provides two battalions each to 5 Brigade and 8 Brigade in 2nd Division.

Alliances

- The Royal Marines

- The Black Watch

- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

- The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)

- The Rifles

- The Royal Welsh

- The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)Further Information

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