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| Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills |
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Page created 1 October 2004. Corrected and updated 09.10.2005
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Special Air Service Regiment
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Australia 
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1957.07.25 |
1st Special Air Service Company
raised at Campbell Barracks, Swanbourne, WA, with para role, and modelled on British SAS |
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1961.11 |
1st Special Air Service Company, The Royal Australian Regiment
re-roled as recce |
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1964.08.20 |
Special Air Service Regiment
expanded to regiment (three sabre sqns, training sqn, and HQ) |
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1978 |
one sqn re-roled for counter-terrorism |
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Badges: |
Cap badge of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps (1957-1961),
Cap badge of the Royal Australian Regiment (1961-1964)
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Uniform: |
headdress: maroon beret (1957-1966), sand beret (1966-present) |
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Honorary Colonel: |
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<2003> |
Maj-Gen. Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC [Governor General of Australia] |
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Motto: |
Who dares wins |
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Nicknames: |
Gerbils |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
1961: The Happy Wanderer |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous Tradition Links: |
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