17th Brigade (Australia)
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The 17th Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Australian Army. First raised in 1912 as a Militia formation to provide training under the compulsory training scheme, the brigade was later re-raised a
2/5th Battalion troops in action around Khalde, in Syria, July 1941
Soldiers from the 17th Brigade on Bren Carriers in Egypt, October 1940.
Members of the 2/5th Battalion man defensive positions in New Guinea, August 1943
A 2/7th Battalion patrol, New Guinea, 17 August 1945
6th Division (Australia)
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The 6th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army. It was raised briefly in 1917 during World War I, but was broken up to provide reinforcements before seeing action. It was not re-rais
17th Brigade (Australia)
…Brigade was formed as part of the all volunteer First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in England, in the Salisbury Plain Training Area, as part of the 6th Division on 25 April 1917. The brigade consisted of four infantry battalions, and supported by a machine gun company and a light trench mortar battery. By…
22 January 1941. Members of 'C' Company, 2/11th Infantry Battalion, having penetrated the Italian outer defences at Tobruk and attacked anti-aircraft positions, assemble again on the escarpment at the south side of the harbour. (Photographer: Frank Hurley.)
Troops from the 2/2nd Infantry Battalion enter Bardia.
6th Division evacuees arrive in Alexandria after being taken off Crete, 2 June 1941
Typical country in the Wau–Mubo area