The 2/4th Commando Squadron was one of 12 independent companies and commando squadrons raised by the Australian Army during the Second World War. Raised in August 1941, it was disbanded not long after
Members of the Australian 2/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron raise the Australian flag over Sadau Island on 30 April 1945. This was the first time Australian troops had captured non-Australian territory during the Pacific War in WW II.
Members of the Australian 2/4th Cavalry Commando Squadron on Tarakan Ridge.
Members of the Australian 2/4th Commando Squadron on Tarakan Island in June 1945
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The name commando has been applied to a variety of Australian special forces and light infantry units that have been formed since 1941–42. The first Australian "commando" units were formed during the
2/4th Commando Squadron (Australia)
…The 2/4th Commando Squadron was one of 12 independent companies and commando squadrons raised by the Australian Army during the Second World War. Raised in August 1941, it was disbanded not long after due to conceptual problems, but it…
Australian commandos from the 2/3rd Independent Company during WW II, shortly before making an attack on Timbered Knoll in the Salamaua Area of New Guinea.
The Commando Memorial in Martin Place, Sydney
Sergeant Leonard G. Siffleet of M Special Unit being beheaded by a Japanese soldier, Yasuno Chikao, on 24 October 1943. AWM photo.
Soldiers from the 1st Commando Company parachute with their inflatable boats from an RAAF C-130H into Shoalwater Bay