Tweed Heads 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque Middle Image Image Image 0 / 0 - Prev Next Description / Background The memorial is a bronze plaque commemorating those who served and fell from the 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. It was dedicated on 1 February 2011. The memorial is located along the Tweed Heads Memorial Walkway in Chris Cunningham Park. It is attached to a lattice frame, set within a garden bed. It is one of a number of plaques commemorating Australian military units and organisations positioned throughout the area. Excerpt from the Australian War Memorial: 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) was raised at Woodside on 1 February 1964. The first regular infantry to be raised in Australia, 4RAR served in Malaysia as part of the Far East Strategic Reserve from August 1965 to September 1967. Upon its return the battalion began training for service in Vietnam. ... [4RAR] was the last Australian battalion to leave Vietnam. On 7 November 1971 it withdrew from Nui Dat to Vung Tau, before departing for Australia on 8 December. The battalion was renamed the 2nd Commando Regiment on 19 June 2009. Chris Cunningham Park is a site of Anzac Day and other commemorative services. Inscription 4th BATTALION, THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT RAISED 01 FEBRUARY 1964 4 Duty First MALAYSI, BORNEO, SOUTH VIETNAM, EAST TIMOR, TIMOR LESTE, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN Dedicated to all who served and in memory of those who died Lest We Forget Dedicated 01 February 2011 Related memorials Tweed Heads Memorial Walkway Tweed Heads 1st Battalion A.I.F. Memorial Plaque Tweed Heads 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque Tweed Heads 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque Tweed Heads 7th Australian Division 2nd A.I.F. Second World War Memorial Plaque Tweed Heads 8th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque Tweed Heads War Widows' Guild Club Memorial Plaque Veterans listed on this memorial Do you know more about this war Memorial? Click here to learn how you can contribute Sidebar Address Tweed Heads Memorial Walkway Chris Cunningham Park Wharf Street Tweed Heads NSW 2485 Local Government Area Tweed Shire Setting Garden/park Location status Original location Memorial type Board/roll/plaque/tablet Recorded by Graham Wilson Dedication date 01 February 2011 Conflict/s Malayan Emergency, 1950–60 Vietnam War, 1962–75 Afghanistan, 2001–present Iraq: the Second Gulf War, 2003–09 Peacekeeping, 1947–present Materials Bronze