5 RAR "The Tigers"

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Category: Army today/RAR

	Raised	1 March 1965
	Battalion colour	Gold (BCC 114)
	Battalion name	The Tigers; Tiger Battalion
	Battalion march	"Dominique"
	Current home	Darwin NT as part 5/7 RAR
	Mascot	Quintus Secundus the tiger (at Taronga Park Zoo)

Now called 5/7 RAR (Mechanised) Linked with 7RAR on 3 Dec 1973
Tours of duty overseas.
Viet Nam	1966/67 and 1968/69

THE COLOURS

The Fifth Battalion was presented with the Queen’s and Regimental Colours on Sunday 29th October 1967. His Excellency, The Governor of New South Wales, Sir Roden Cutler, V.C., K.C.M.G., C.B.E. presented the colours to 2Lt. DG Lovell.

HISTORICAL NOTES

Regimental Motto - Duty First

Alliance - Her Majesty’s Welsh Guards

The Fifth battalion was formed on 1 March 1965 from officers and other ranks from the First Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment.

AWARD	RECIPIENTS
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER (DSO)	Lt. Col. J.A. WARR. Lt.Col. C.N. KHAN.
MILITARY CROSS (MC)	2Lt. M.G.J. DEAK. 2Lt. J.D. McALONEY. 2Lt. D.C. RAINER. Maj. R.F. SUTTON. 2Lt. R.A. BRETT. Maj. M.P. BLAKE.
DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL (DCM)	Sgt. A.B. McNULTY. Sgt. B.K. LONDON.
MILITARY MEDAL (MM)	Pte. C.J.COGWELL Pte. P. FRASER Sgt. W.T. WARD Cpl. M.A. DENCH Pte. F.T. FITCH
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES (MID)	Cpl. N.J. WOMAL. (died of wounds) Maj. P.N. GREENHALGH Maj. M.B. McQUALTER. (died of wounds) Maj. O.M. CARROLL. Capt. P.J. ISAACS. Lt. J.C. HARTLEY. (2) Twice Mentioned WO2. J.H. BATES. Pte. W.R. CAVANAGH. Pte. L.V. LEWIS. Pte. S.L. SHORE. Capt. R.J. O'Neill. Lt. J. CARRUTHERS. (died of wounds) Pte. A.D. HILLIER. Maj. S.J. MAIZEY. WO2. B.M. HUGHSON. Maj. I.R.J. HODGKINSON MBE Capt. H.A.D. WHITE. Sgt. R.G. ARMITAGE Cpl. R.L. MUNDINE Pte. J.D.C. BURRIDGE Maj C.H. DUCKER MC Maj. R.E. HARRING Maj. M.P. BLAKE 2Lt B.J. RYAN 2Lt R.A FENWICK Sgt. J.W. KENNARD Cpl. L.W. ALLEN Pte. W.R. HERBERT Pte. P.J. WAITE

Nui Dat, Vietnam. 1967. During a changeover of infantry battalions within the 1st Australian Task Force three senior warrant officers met for the first time since the Korean War. Left to right: WO1 Peter Balzary, Sandringham, Vic, Regimental Quarter-master of 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), WO1 George Chinn of Stafford, Qld, Regimental Sergeant Major of 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), and WO1 Alexander (Blue) Thompson of Hobart, Tas, Regimental Sergeant Major of the newly arrived 7th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR).