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1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is a current
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Light Cavalry (Reconnaissance) Regiment. The regiment is based at Lancer Barracks in
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. The regiment has recently re-equipped with 4x4
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patrol vehicles as part of the conversion to a Light Cavalry (Reconnaissance) role. The last of the previously equipped vehicles, the
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was handed over in 2006.
The current regiment was formed in 1956 when the
1st Royal New South Wales LancersThe 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers was a former Australian Army light cavalry regiment. Its complicated lineage includes the New South Wales Lancers which were first formed as a colonial unit in 1885, and subsequently saw action in the Second Boer War, and later during First World War at...
and the
15th Northern River LancersThe 15th Northern River Lancers was an amphibious assault squadron of the Australian Army, the Lancers were designated A squadron of the Amphibious Assault Regiment. The 15th Northern River Lancers were formed in 1948 and based in Northern New South Wales, in 1956 it was amalgamated with the 1st...
were joined, initially being equipped with
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s. The 1st/15th RNSWL carries the former regiments' battle honours, and consequently it is the most highly decorated unit in the Australian Army with 21 battle honours, including those from the
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, First World War and Second World War.
The Regimental Band of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is one of the few RAAC regimental bands still in existence. It consists of Army Musicians who perform for Regimental functions, at public events, and for other Army Ceremonial tasks.
Battle honours
1st Royal New South Wales Lancers
- Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902;
- First World War: Defence at ANZAC, Sari Bair, Rumani , Magdhaba-Rafah , Gaza-Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Jericho, Jordan (Amman), and Megiddo
- Second World War: South West Pacific, Finchaffen, Sattleberg, Wareo, New Guinea, Wareo-Lakon, Gusika, Borneo, Balikpapan, Milford Highway
15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
- Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902;
- First World War: Rumani, Magdhaba-Rafah, Egypt, Gaza-Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Jericho, Jordan (Es Salt), Jordan (Amman), Megiddo, Nablus, Damascus
Alliances
- 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards -
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