The unit was reassigned to 1 Field Engineer Regiment in June 1951, before being re-designated as 7 Independent Field Squadron and grouped with the 1st Infantry Brigade at Casula and Holsworthy. During this time, the unit provided the nucleus of personnel used to form the 1 RAR Assault Pioneer Platoon, which subsequently took part in operations along the Pusan Perimeter during the Korean War. In 1955, elements of the squadron – 4 Troop – deployed to South-East Asia and participated in the Malayan Emergency. On 28 December 1958, the unit deployed to Vanuatu to provide humanitarian support after a tropical cyclone. In June 1960, the Australian Military Forces were reorganised along a divisional basis with the adoption of the Pentropic organisation, and 7 Independent Field Squadron (redesignated 7 Fd Sqn) moved to Wacol, Queensland. Between June and December 1964, eight officers and 132 other ranks from 7 Fd Sqn deployed to Borneo during the Indonesia Confrontation to conduct tasks such as road and airstrip construction.