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The Fighting Ninth:
9 Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment |
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9 Battalion Royal
Queensland Regiment
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9 RQR has a proud military history with
numerous battle honours. Soldiers from 9 were the first on the beach at
Gallipoli.
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| The fighting ninth is one
of the strongest Battalions in the modern Army Reserve and is the proud
custodians of a long and distinguished history. The Battalion can trace
its history back to the Queensland Volunteer Rifle Brigade established
in 1867 and first deployed forces overseas as early the Boer War in
1899. Today the Battalion has depots at Bundaberg, Maryborough, Gympie,
Yandina, Caboolture, Enoggera and Loganlea. The Battalion forms part of
7 Brigade and has an operational focus in its training and has provided
soldiers for several overseas deployments in recent years including East
Timor, Malaysia, and New Zealand. |
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| 1867.06.23 |
The Spring Hill and Fortitude Valley
Rifle Corps |
| 1879. |
1st
Queensland (Moreton) Regiment
formed by regimentation of existing volunteer rifle corps |
| 1885 |
1st
Queenslanders ( The Moreton Regiment ) |
| 1903 |
9th
Australian Infantry Regiment (Moreton Regiment) |
| 1912 |
7th
Infantry (Moreton Regiment) |
| 1918 |
9th
Infantry Regiment (The Moreton Regiment)
reorganised to perpetuate 9th Battalion AIF |
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- 1st Battalion, formed from 9th Battalion AIF
- 2nd Battalion formed from 7th Infantry
- 3rd Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 5th Battalion formed from 7th Battalion Senior
Cadets
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| 1921 |
9th
Battalion (The Moreton Regiment)
formed by merger of 2/9th Infantry and part of 5/9th Infantry |
| 1930 |
9th/15th
Battalion
absorbed 15th Battalion |
| 1934 |
9th/49th
Battalion (The Moreton Regiment)
unlinked from 15th Battalion, and linked with 49th Battalion |
| 1940.07 |
9th
Battalion (The Moreton Regiment) unlinked from 49th Battalion |
| 1940 |
9th
Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) mobilised for war service |
| 1945.12.12 |
disbanded |
| 1948.07.01 |
9th
Infantry Battalion (The Moreton Regiment) reformed in CMF |
| 1960.07.01 |
reduced
to one company in 1st Battalion, The Royal Queensland Regiment |
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- A Company (The Moreton Company)
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| 1960 |
9th
Battalion, The Royal Queensland Regiment
formed by redesignation of 1st Battalion, The Royal Queensland
Regiment |
| 1960.07.01 |
The Queensland Regiment
formed by reduction of all CMF infantry battalions in Queensland: |
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- 1st Battalion
- A Company (The Moreton Company), formed by
reduction of 9th
Infantry Battalion (The Moreton Regiment)
- B Company (The Darling Downs Company), formed
by reduction of 25th
Infantry Battalion (The Darling Downs Regiment)
- C Company (The Darling Downs Company),
formed by reduction of 25th
Infantry Battalion (The Darling Downs Regiment)
- D Company (The Wide Bay Company), formed
by reduction of 47th
Infantry Battalion (The Wilde Bay Regiment)
- E Company (The Byron Scottish Company), formed
by reduction of 41st Infantry Battalion (The Byron Scottish
Regiment)
- 2nd Battalion
- A Company (The Far North Queensland Company),
formed by reduction of 51st
Infantry Battalion (The Far North Queensland Regiment)
- B Company (The Far North Queensland Company),
formed by reduction of 51st
Infantry Battalion (The Far North Queensland Regiment)
- C Company (The Kennedy Company), formed by
reduction of 31st Infantry Battalion (The Kennedy Regiment)
- D Company (The Capricornia Company),
formed by reduction of 42nd
Infantry Battalion (The Capricornia Regiment)
- E Company (The Capricornia Company),
formed by reduction of 42nd
Infantry Battalion (The Capricornia Regiment)
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| 1960 |
The
Royal Queensland Regiment |
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- 9th Battalion, redesignation of 1st Battalion
- 31st Battalion, redesignation of 2nd Battalion
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| 1965 |
battalions
reorganised: |
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- 9th Battalion: E Company (The Byron Scottish
Coy) redesignated A Company, 41st Battalion, The Royal New
South Wales Regiment
- 25th Battalion, re-formed 1 July 1965 from
companies of 9th Battalion
- 31st Battalion
- 42nd Battalion, re-formed 2 Aug. 1965 from
companies of 31st Battalion
- 51st Battalion, re-formed 24 May 1965 from
companies of 31st Battalion
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| 1966.09 |
49th
(Remote Area) Battalion re-formed and regimented |
| 1976.07.31 |
51st
Battalion reduced to 51st Independent Rifle Company |
| 1985.10.01 |
51st
Battalion became independent as a Regional Force Surveillance unit |
| 1997.07.01 |
25th/49th
Battalion, formed by amalgamation of 25th Battalion and 49th
Battalion |
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