2/1st Battalion (Australia)
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The 2/1st Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Formed as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force at the start of World War II, the battalion was deployed to the Middle East
Troops from the 2/1st at Wondecla, Queensland, April 1944
Troops from the 16th Brigade, including some from the 2/1st Battalion, cross the Owen Stanleys in October 1942.
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
2/1st Battalion (Australia)
…in 1944–45. Following the war, the 2/1st was disbanded. Raised at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on 16 October 1939 as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division, the 2/1st Battalion was one of the first infantry battalions raised as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force at the start of World…
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