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 Training Unit
Role Training Army Reserve Officers and Soldiers
Part of 8th Brigade
Garrison/HQ Kensington, Sydney
Motto(s) Caveat Qui Me Traducit
"Let him, who traduces me beware" (Latin)
Colors Black and Gold
March Quick—Blue Blood[1]
Commanders
Current
commander		 Lieutenant Colonel Alain Dunand RAA
Colonel Commandant UNSWR / RNSWR Brigadier Paul Couch CSC RFD
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch
Abbreviation UNSWR

The University of New South Wales Regiment (UNSWR) is an Officer training unit of the Australian Army Reserve under the command of the 8th Brigade.

Unit History

The University of New South Wales Regiment was originally founded as the New South Wales University of Technology Regiment in 1952, while Army Headquarters' approval to form the unit had been granted in July 1951. The new university and regiment were 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. While the first regimental headquarters were based in Mews Street, Ultimo from 1952, in 1954 the Vice-Chancellor of the university Philip Baxter, who had strongly supported the regiment's creation, provided it with a base on campus on High Street.[2]

The regiment was renamed the University of New South Wales Regiment (UNSWR) when the University changed its name in 1958. In 1959, the Regiment moved to a new specially-built site on Day Avenue on campus.[3] The initial structure of UNSWR reflected an infantry battalion. The regiment affiliated with the university to attract candidates, who having served as Privates, Lance Corporals, Corporals and Sergeants could be subsequently commissioned in the Army Reserve.

UNSWR became allied to a British Army Regiment in 1964, through amalgamations this affiliation is now with the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires). On 18 November 1977 UNSWR affiliated with 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.[4]

In 1991, the structure changed to a training unit with the introduction of dedicated Officer commissioning training. This ultimately became the First Appointment Course. In 2008, UNSWR transferred to under command of 8th Brigade and commenced delivery of soldier training for 8th Brigade. In 2011, the commitment to the First Appointment Course was reduced and UNSWR commenced delivery of training also to the soldiers of 5th Brigade.

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. When UNSW declined to house the old Regimental colours on campus, the regiment gained permission to retire them in St Spyridon's Greek Othrodox Church, Kensington.[5]

Key Personnel

The University of Technology Regiment honour guard being inspected by Governor Sir John Northcott at the first graduation ceremony of the university, 16 April 1955.

Commanding Officers

The following officers served as commanders of the regiment:[6]

Honorary Colonels

The following officers served as Honorary Colonel of the regiment:[7]

Notable former members

Alliances

See also

References

  1. ↑ "University of New South Wales Regiment History". University of New South Wales Regiment. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. ↑ O'Farrell, Patrick (1999). UNSW, a Portrait: The University of New South Wales, 1949–1999. Sydney: UNSW Press. p. 54. ISBN 0868404179.
  3. ↑ Deasey 1978, p 17.
  4. ↑ "University of New South Wales Regiment Affiliations". University of New South Wales Regiment. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Burman, Luke Stuart (June 2006). "The UNSW Regiment" (PDF). Origins – Newsletter of the UNSW Archives (10): 8.
  6. ↑ Deasey, David John (1978). The History of the University of New South Wales Regiment, 1952–1977. Sydney: Haldane Publishing Co. p. 49. ISBN 0959701109.
  7. ↑ Deasey 1978, p 40.
  8. ↑ "RAMC – Director General Reserves". Royal Australian Medical Corps. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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