Royal Queensland Regiment

The Royal Queensland Regiment
Cap badge of the Royal Queensland Regiment
Active	1 July 1960 – Present
Country	Australia
Branch	Army
Type	Reserve Infantry
Role	Light Infantry
Size	Three battalions
Part of	Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ	9th Battalion – Enoggera 25th/49th Battalion – Greenbank Military Range 31st/42nd Battalion – Townsville and Rockhampton
Motto(s)	Pro Aris Et Focis (For Altars and Hearths)
March	Southern Cross
Commanders
Colonel in Chief	HM The Queen (Royal Australian Infantry Corps)
Colonel of the Regiment	Paul de Jersey AC, QC (Governor of Queensland)
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch
Abbreviation	RQR

The Royal Queensland Regiment (RQR) is a reserve light infantry regiment of the Australian Army based in Queensland. Part of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps, the regiment was established in 1960 following a reorganisation of Australia's part-time infantry regiments that saw the creation of six state-based regiments through the amalgamation of the previously existing regionally designated infantry battalions. Initially only two battalions were raised, but since then the size of the regiment has fluctuated depending upon the Army's requirements. There are currently three battalions within the regiment based at various locations throughout Queensland, all of which are assigned to the 11th Brigade.

The regiment currently consists of three battalions:

Previous battalions include:

The RQR was formed on 1 July 1960 as part of the reorganisation of the Citizen's Military Force, which saw all CMF battalions in each state amalgamated into state regiments. Initially, the regiment simply had a 1st and 2nd Battalion, which were established under the Pentropic divisional structure. It was initially designated as the "Queensland Regiment", but was granted the Royal suffix shortly after its establishment. Upon formation, the regiment was raised through the amalgamation of seven other regiments: the Moreton Regiment, the Darling Downs Regiment, the Wide Bay Regiment, the Byron Scottish Regiment, the Far North Queensland Regiment, the Kennedy Regiment, and the Capricornia Regiment. Through these regiments, the Royal Queensland Regiment traces its history through various units that were raised for service during the Boer War, World War I and World War II.