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The 25th/49th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment (25/49 RQR) is an Australian Army Reserve infantry battalion located in Queensland. 25/49 RQR was formed in 1997 by the amalgamation of the 25th and 49th Battalions of the Royal Queensland Regiment and currently forms part of the 11th Brigade. Since 1997 individual members of the battalion have volunteered for service in Malaysia, East Timor, Sierra Leone, the Solomon Islands, Egypt, Bougainville and Iraq. In 2006, a composite company made up of members of 25/49 and 9 RQR deployed to the Solomon Islands as a part of RAMSI.