Initially formed as one of three original battalions in the Royal Australian Regiment, 3 RAR began its life as the 67th Battalion in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan in 1945. The battalion’s proud service record includes deployments to Japan, Korea, Malaya, Borneo, South Vietnam, East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Of these deployments, 3 RAR has received six battle honours, for actions at Yongju, Chongju, Uijeongbu, Kapyong, Maryang San and Coral-Balmoral. The majority of these battles were fought during the Korean War, and 3 RAR has the distinction of being the only battalion in the regiment to have received a US Presidential Unit Citation.
The battalion’s most recent deployment was serving in Afghanistan in 2012 to train the Fourth Brigade, 205th Corps in the Afghan National…
