No, Australian unit designations do not include higher formations.
5/7 RAR for example is both 5th and 7th battalions, Royal Australian Regiment, which at one stage were combined into one unit. (5/7 was in the 90's our main mechanised infantry unit - all others were either foot mobile, motorised (at best), or parachute.
Although the exact details differ from unit to unit, often one of the "parent" units makes up say A and B companies of the combined unit, while the other "parent" makes up the rest. After a while of course personnel tend to transfer freely from one to the other until eventually there's no real distinction.
Hope that makes some sort of rambling sense...
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