University of New South Wales Regiment

University of New South Wales Regiment
Badge of the UNSW Regiment
Active	1 February 1952 – Present
Country	Australia
Branch	Army Reserve
Type	Officer Training
Role	Army Reserve Officer Training
Part of	5th Brigade
Garrison/HQ	University of New South Wales, Kensington
Motto	Scientia "Knowledge" (Latin)
March	Quick—Blue Blood[1]
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant Colonel Peter Docwra
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch
Abbreviation	UNSWR

The University of New South Wales Regiment (UNSWR) is an officer training regiment of the Australian Army Reserve.

Unit history

The University of New South Wales Regiment was originally founded as the New South Wales University of Technology Regiment in 1952. Army Headquarters approval to form the unit was granted in July 1951. The University was sensitive at the time to the standing it had in relation to the historic traditions of Sydney University and thus the regiment was founded along the lines of the Sydney University Regiment. The regiment was renamed the University of New South Wales Regiment (UNSWR) when the University changed its name in 1958.

The regiment became allied to the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army in 1964, which was transferred to the Queen's Regiment in 1966 as a result of a merger. On 9 September 1992 the Queen’s Regiment and the Royal Hampshire Regiment amalgamated to form the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires). On 18 November 1977 Queen Elizabeth II granted formal affiliation between UNSWR and the Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment, a Territorial Force unit based on the South Island for soldiers serving part-time in the New Zealand Army.^[2]

Regimental colours

The Regiment was first presented with Colours on 27 October 1963 on the UNSW Oval at Kensington by the Governor of New South Wales, Lieutenant General Sir Eric Woodward. New Colours were presented at a Regimental Colours Parade on 22 August 1998 at Victoria Barracks, Paddington by the Governor General of Australia, Sir William Deane, while the old colours were retired in St Spyridon's Greek Othrodox Church, Kensington.

Commanders

Commanding Officers

• Brigadier Max Willis RFD, ED, CSI

Honorary Colonels

• Lieutenant General Sir Mervyn Brogan KBE CB
• Major General Allan Murchison AO MC ED
• Major General John MacDonald AO MBE RFD ED, 5 October 1979 - 4 November 1985

Notable graduates

• Ted Pickering - NSW politician
• Darrell Duncan - Director General Health Reserves Army^[3]

Alliances

•  United Kingdom - Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1964)
•  New Zealand - Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment (1977)

See also

• Officers' Training Corps (UK equivalent)
• Reserve Officers' Training Corps (US equivalent)

References

1. ^ "University of New South Wales Regiment History". University of New South Wales Regiment. http://www.army.gov.au/UNSWR/Unit_History.asp. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 
2. ^ "University of New South Wales Regiment Affiliations". University of New South Wales Regiment. http://www.unswr.com/regimental_affiliations.htm. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 
3. ^ "RAMC - Director General Reserves". Royal Australian Medical Corps. http://www.raamc.org.au/dghra.html. Retrieved 23 September 2011. 

External links

• University of New South Wales Regiment - website
• University of New South Wales Regiment Association