The 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion was a battalion of the Australian Army that was raised for service during World War II as part of the 6th Division. When it was formed on 14 December 1939, its componen
Machine gunners from the 2/1st at Balikpapan, July 1945
King George VI inspecting the skills of one of the 2/1st's machine gunners, 1940
Members of 'A' Company, 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion, rest at Skindewai during the march from Bulolo to Nassau Bay, 1943
21st Brigade (Australia)
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The 21st Brigade was a brigade-sized infantry unit of the Australian Army. It was briefly raised in 1912 as a Militia formation providing training as part of the compulsory training scheme. Later, it
2/1st Machine Gun Battalion (Australia)
…in July. Now largely being used as a divisional asset, the battalion provided a company to each of the division's component brigades – the 18th, 21st and 25th – while one company remained in reserve with the headquarters. Coming ashore aboard several landing craft, the two companies taking part in…
21st Brigade troops moving down from the Finisterre Range into the Ramu Valley in November 1943
2/27th Battalion at bayonet practice in Palestine, December 1940
Men from 9 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2/14th Battalion at Kokoda on 16 August 1942