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COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE DEDICATION CONTENTS LIST OF MAPS ABBREVIATIONS CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE TO THE 2008 EDITION BY THE COLONEL COMMANDANT PREFACE TO THE 1990 EDITION BY THE COLONEL COMMANDANT 1 RAISING A REGULAR INFANTRY FORCE MOROTAI, 1945-46

POLICY ISSUES RAISING THE BATTALIONS TRAINING AND PEACETIME ROUTINE GROWING IMPATIENCE DEPARTURE FOR JAPAN

2 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE JAPAN, 1946–48

ENFORCING SCAP DIRECTIVES—65TH BATTALION GUARD PARADES AND GUARD DUTY—66TH BATTALION TRAINING IN JAPAN—67TH BATTALION

3 FORMATION OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN, 1948–50

DEVELOPMENT OF THE POSTWAR ARMY FORMATION OF THE RAR THE RAR IN AUSTRALIA—1949–50 LAST DAYS OF BCOF THE 3RD BATTALION IN JAPAN—1949–50 PREPARATION FOR WAR

4 THE REGIMENT’S FIRST WAR KOREA, 1950–56

ADVANCE TO THE YALU THE UNITED NATIONS WITHDRAWAL THE UNITED NATIONS COUNTEROFFENSIVE KAPYONG THE 1ST COMMONWEALTH DIVISION IN ACTION THE STATIC WAR

5 THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY MALAYA, 1955–60

AN OUTLINE OF THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY JUNGLE PATROLLING—2 RAR IN MALAYA DENIAL OPERATIONS—3 RAR IN MALAYA MAINTAINING PRESSURE—1 RAR IN MALAYA

6 CONSOLIDATION AND REORGANISATION AUSTRALIA, 1950–65

IN SEARCH OF A HOME BASE THE REORGANISATION OF 1957 THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PENTROPIC ORGANISATION THE END OF THE PENTROPIC ORGANISATION

7 CONFRONTATION MALAYSIA AND BORNEO, 1960–66

2 RAR AT TERENDAK THE BEGINNING OF CONFRONTATION ROUNDING UP THE INFILTRATORS—3 RAR IN MALAYA CLARET OPERATIONS—3 RAR IN BORNEO 4 RAR IN MALAYSIA

8 A NINE-BATTALION REGIMENT AUSTRALIA, MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE, 1965–73

EXPANDING THE REGIMENT TRAINING FOR WAR TERENDAK AND SINGAPORE MEMORIES OF NINE BATTALIONS

9 THE BUILD-UP VIETNAM, 1965–67

INTRODUCTION THE SITUATION 1 RAR’S FIRST VIETNAM TOUR 1 ATF ESTABLISHES ITS PRESENCE OPERATIONS OF 5 RAR AND 6 RAR THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN MORE OF THE SAME REASSESSMENT BALANCING TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES OPERATION BRIBIE THE LONG HAI HILLS FINAL 5 RAR AND 6 RAR OPERATIONS OPERATIONS OF 2 RAR AND 7 RAR IN 1967 THE BATTLE OF SUOI CHAU PHA RESETTLEMENT AND REORGANISATION CONCLUSIONS

10 MAIN FORCE OPERATIONS VIETNAM, 1968–69

THE 1968 TET OFFENSIVE INTO THE LONG HAIS THE SECOND VC OFFENSIVE THE ATTACKS ON FSB CORAL THE ATTACKS ON FSB BALMORAL BACK TO PHUOC TUY THE THIRD VC OFFENSIVE KEEPING THE VC MAIN FORCE OFF BALANCE OPERATION GOODWOOD THE 1969 TET OFFENSIVE THE LAST VC MAIN FORCE OFFENSIVE

11 PACIFICATION IN PHUOC TUY VIETNAM 1969–72

PACIFICATION OPERATIONS MINES AND BUNKERS KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE VC RETURN TO MAIN FORCE OPERATIONS WITHDRAWAL

12 THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA, 1973–79

THE POST-VIETNAM ARMY LINKING THE BATTALIONS TOWARDS CONTINENTAL DEFENCE THE MECHANISATION TRIAL AN ARRAY OF TASKS

13 READY REACTION AND SPECIALISATION AUSTRALIA, 1980–90

OPERATION MORRISDANCE ARMY REORGANISATION THE OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT FORCE MECHANISATION THE PARACHUTE CAPABILITY THE BRISBANE BATTALIONS

14 UPHEAVAL, UNCERTAINTY AND OPPORTUNITY UN OPERATIONS AND AUSTRALIA, 1990–99

STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND COST-CUTTING UN DEPLOYMENTS—SOMALIA, CAMBODIA AND RWANDA REFORM AND RESTRUCTURING EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY TRAINING—THE OLD AND THE NEW

15 NEAR AND FAR OPERATIONS, 1999–2006

EAST TIMOR, 1999–2004 OPERATION ASTUTE SOLOMON ISLANDS ‘SPECIAL’ ROLE FOR 4 RAR WAR IN IRAQ OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, 2005–06 RETURN TO THE PACIFIC, NOVEMBER 2006 EXERCISES WOMEN IN THE BATTALIONS HARDENED AND NETWORKED ARMY (HNA) REFLECTIONS ON THE ‘SPECIAL’ NATURE OF THE RAR

16 INDIVIDUAL VIEWS

BETTS BUTLER CALIGARI (BARRY AND JOHN) CRUICKSHANK EAST GILLMAN GOULD HASSETT HURLEY SMITH THOMPSON

APPENDICES

A. AWARDS AND DECORATIONS TO MEMBERS ON OPERATIONS WITH THE RAR B. HONORARY COLONELS, COLONELS COMMANDANT AND REGIMENTAL COLONELS C. COMMANDING OFFICER D. REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJORS

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