held solely by the battalions that received them, and are displayed as streamers on the regimental colours of those battalions. 8 RAR was awarded the South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation for its service during the Vietnam War. United States Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation United States Army Meritorious Unit Commendation South Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation. Music The Royal Australian Regiment has a wide variety of regimental music. In addition to regimental quick and slow marches, each battalion has its own set of marches: Royal Australian Regiment – Quick: El Alamein (Band); Slow: Infantry Song 1st Battalion – Waltzing Matilda 2nd Battalion – Ringo (Band); Back in Black (Pipes and Drums) 3rd Battalion – Our Director (Band); Hielan' Laddie (Pipes and Drums) 4th Battalion – Inverbrackie 5th Battalion – Dominique 6th Battalion – Spirit of Youth (Band); The Crusaders (Pipes and Drums) 7th Battalion – Australaise (Band); Cock o' the North (Pipes and Drums) 8th/9th Battalion – Black Bear (Pipes and Drums) Lanyards Each battalion of the regiment is identified by a different coloured lanyard worn on the left shoulder: 1st Battalion – Garter blue 2nd Battalion – Black 3rd Battalion – Rifle green 4th Battalion – Scarlet 5th Battalion – Gold 6th Battalion – Khaki 7th Battalion – Maroon 8th/9th Battalion – Slate Grey and Beech Brown (braided) Alliances The Royal Australian Regiment is allied with the following regiments: – Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry – 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment – Royal Malay Regiment – Brigade of Gurkhas – Grenadier Guards (1 RAR) – Coldstream Guards (2 RAR) – Scots Guards (3 RAR) – The Queens's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (3 RAR) – Irish Guards (4 RAR) – Welsh Guards (5 RAR) – The Highlanders (7 RAR) – The Parachute Regiment (8/9 RAR) See also Regimental Square Non-US recipients of US gallantry awards Notes Footnotes Citations References Further reading A Australian army units with royal patronage Military units and formations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Australia United Nations contingents in Korea Australia