Royal New South Wales Regiment (RNSWR) Shoulder Title. The Royal New South Wales Regiment (RNSWR) is a reserve infantry regiment of the Australian Army based in the state of New South Wales. The regiment was formed in 1960 as a result the amalgamation of all the Citizen's Military Force infantry battalions in New South Wales. This came about through an Army-wide reorganisation of regionally based infantry battalions and the formation of multi-battalion state-based regiments. The New South Wales Regiment was formed from ten individual regiments: City of Sydney's Own Regiment New South Wales Scottish Regiment North Shore Regiment Newcastle Regiment Macquarie Regiment 6th New South Wales Mounted Rifles St George Regiment Illawarra Regiment Werriwa Regiment Australian Rifles