5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

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The 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR) is a regular littoral infantry battalion of the Australian Army. The battalion is based at Robertson Barracks in Holtze, Northern Territory and forms part of the 1st Brigade. It was originally formed in 1973 by the linking of the 5th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment together. It was de-linked on 3 December 2006, as part of the expansion of the Australian Army whereby the 5th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment were re-established as separate battalions. As part of the 2023 Defence Strategic Review, the 5th/7th Battalion were to be relinked which occurred on 3 December 2024 and raised as a littoral light infantry battalion.

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