The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment – Volume 2

Description

Title: The Battle History of the Royal New South Wales Regiment: Volume 2 1939 – 1945

Author: Maitland, Gordon

Condition: Very Good Plus – Has some minor edge wear to the hard cover edges.

Edition: 1st Edition

Publication Date: 2001

ISBN: 0731811607

Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 454 pages

Comments: The detailed history of Royal New South Wales Regiment from 1939 to 1945.

The Royal New South Wales Regiment (RNSWR) is a reserve infantry regiment of the Australian Army based in the state of New South Wales. The regiment consists of four battalions:

1st/19th Battalion
2nd/17th Battalion
4th/3rd Battalion
41st Battalion

The regiment was formed in 1960 as a result of the amalgamation of all the Citizen’s Military Force infantry battalions in NSW. The New South Wales Regiment was formed from ten individual regiments:

City of Sydney’s Own Regiment
New South Wales Scottish Regiment
North Shore Regiment
Newcastle Regiment
Macquarie Regiment
6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles
St George Regiment
Illawarra Regiment
Werriwa Regiment
Australian Rifles

The regiment was formed with a total of three battalions—the 1st Battalion (Commando) was formed from the 1st Infantry Battalion (City of Sydney’s Own Regiment), which was the only unit transferred intact to a new state regiment. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions were formed through the amalgamation of the remaining battalions, which were reduced to company size. The expansion of the reserve force in 1965 saw a further three battalions raised (4th, 17th, 41st), with the 19th Battalion formed in 1966. A year after that, the 1st Battalion was reduced to a company, which was amalgamated with the 19th Battalion in 1971. Further amalgamations in 1987 led to the formation of the regiment as it is today. Today, the regiment provides two battalions each to 5th Brigade and 8th Brigade in 2nd Division.