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8/9 RAR's colour patch

The 8th/9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (8/9 RAR) is an Australian Army infantry battalion which was disbanded in 1997 but is currently scheduled to be reformed. 8/9 RAR was formed on 31 October 1973 by linking 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. 8/9 RAR was based at Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane and formed part of the 6th Brigade until it was disbanded on 18 June 1997. On 24 August 2006, Prime Minister John Howard announced that the battalion would be re-raised under a new plan to increase the size of the Army. Based in South East Queensland, the battalion forms part of the 7th Brigade and has deployed elements to Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq.