The 2/3rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised for service during the Second World War as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force, it was formed in October 1939 in S
Members of the 2/3rd Battalion during a memorial service held for members of the unit who were killed in the Aitape–Wewak campaign
Troops from the 6th Division enter Bardia, January 1941
Troops from the 2/3rd clearing snow in Syria, January 1942
Troops from the 16th Brigade, including the 2/3rd, cross the Owen Stanleys, October 1942
The 2/5th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that operated during World War II. It was raised at Melbourne, Victoria, on 18 October 1939 as part of the Second Australian Imperi
2/3rd Battalion (Australia)
…campaign. Australian troops from the 7th Division were already fighting in the Syria–Lebanon Campaign when the re-formed 2/3rd Battalion, along with the 2/5th Battalion and the 6th Division Cavalry Regiment, were committed as reinforcements, to help bring the 7th Division up to strength. In a bitter campaign that lasted…
2/5th Battalion being addressed by Major General Edmund Herring in Syria, November 1941
2/5th Battalion troops in action around Khalde, July 1941
Members of the 2/5th Battalion man defensive positions in New Guinea, August 1943
A patrol from the 2/5th around Yamil, July 1945