Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/July 15

Soldiers from 5/7 RAR during an exercise in 2001

The 5th/7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR) was an Australian Army infantry battalion. 5/7 RAR was formed in December 1973 by combining the 5th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment to form a single battalion. The battalion was converted to mechanised infantry between the late 1970s and 1984. 5/7 RAR deployed to East Timor in 1999 and returned to Australia in April 2000. The Battalion also contributed elements to Australian units in Iraq from 2003. 5/7 RAR was de-linked into its antecendent units in December 2006.