1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers

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1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
Cap badge of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
Active	1956 -
Country	Australia
Branch	Army
Type	Line Cavalry
Role	Light Cavalry
Size	One regiment
Part of	Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Parramatta
Motto	Tenax in Fide (Steadfast in Faith)
March	Quick - El Abanico Slow - Scipio
Anniversaries	3rd March - Regimental Birthday
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Graham Stewart
Colonel-in-Chief	HRH The Prince of Wales (Colonel-in-Chief, RAAC)
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch

The 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is a current Australian Army Reserve Light Cavalry (Reconnaissance) Regiment. The regiment is based at Lancer Barracks in Parramatta, New South Wales. The regiment has recently re-equipped with 4x4 Land Rover patrol vehicles as part of the conversion to a Light Cavalry (Reconnaissance) role. The last of the previously equipped vehicles, the M113A1 APC was handed over in 2006.

The current regiment was formed in 1956 when the 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers and the 15th Northern River Lancers were joined. The 1st/15th RNSWL carries the former regiments' battle honours, consequently it is the most highly decorated unit in the Australian Army with 21 battle honours. (1st - South Africa/Defence at ANZAC/Sari Bair/Rumani /Magdhaba-Rafah /Gaza-Beersheba /Jerusalem /Jaffa /Jericho /Jordan (Amman) /Megiddo/South West Pacific/Finchaffen/Sattleberg/Wareo/New Guinea/Wareo-Lakon/Gusika/Borneo/Balikpapan/Milford Highway, 15th South Africa/Rumani /Magdhaba-Rafah/Egypt /Gaza-Beersheba /Jerusalem /Jaffa /Jericho /Jordan (Es Salt) /Jordan (Amman) /Megiddo /Nablus /Damascus). Battle honours include those from the Boer War, World War I and World War II.

The Regimental Band of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is one of the few RAAC regimental bands still in existence. It consists of Army Musicians who perform for Regimental functions, at public events, and for other Army Ceremonial tasks.