Australia

Royal Tasmania Regiment

	Colony of Tasmania
	3rd Battalion,	2nd Battalion,	1st Battalion,
	Tasmanian Infantry Regiment
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1901:	Commonwealth of Australia
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1903:	Tasmanian Rangers	12th Australian Infantry Regiment	Derwent Infantry Regiment
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1908:	1st Battalion, Tasmanian Rangers │	1st Battalion, 12th Australian Infantry Regiment │	1st Battalion, Derwent Infantry Regiment │
1912:	91st Infantry (Tasmanian Rangers)	92nd Infantry (Launceston Battalion)	93rd Infantry (Derwent Battalion)
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1918:		2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment │	2nd Battalion, 40th Infantry Regiment │
		perpetuates 12th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF │	perpetuates 40th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF │
1921:		12th Battalion │	40th Battalion │
1927:		12th Battalion (The Launceston Regiment) │	40th Battalion (The Derwent Regiment) │
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	from 50th Battalion (The Barrier Regiment) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1936:	linked into 12th/50th Battalion (The Launceston Regiment/The Barrier Regiment) │		│ │ │ │
1943:	12th/50th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF │		40th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF │
1945:	12th/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF │
1946:	disbanded
1948:	12th/40th Infantry Battalion │
	perpetuates 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF │
1953:	12th Infantry Battalion (The Launceston Regiment) │		40th Infantry Battalion (The Derwent Regiment) │
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1960:	‘A’ Company (The Launceston Company),		‘B’ Company (The Derwent Company),
	1st Battallion, Tasmania Regiment │
1960:	1st Battallion, Royal Tasmania Regiment
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1972:	12th Battalion,		40th Battalion,
	Royal Tasmania Regiment
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1975:	12th Independent Rifle Company,		40th Independent Rifle Company,
	Royal Tasmania Regiment
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1987:	12th/40th Battalion, Royal Tasmania Regiment │

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