6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) is a mechanised infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally raised in Brisbane, Queensland, on 6 June 1965 and has since then served in a number of overseas deployments and conflicts including South Vietnam, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Blue is the official mascot for the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. The history of ‘Blue’ stems back to 1975, when the CO of the Battalion ordered the Bn 2IC to obtain a ‘Blue Heeler’ as the unofficial battalion mascot.
