2/5th Battalion (Australia)
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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
2/5th 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
2/6th Battalion (Australia)
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The 2/6th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during the Second World War. Raised in October 1939 as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force, the
Three infantrymen of the Australian 2/6th Battalion training in the Watsonville area of North Queensland, April 1944
Soldiers from the 2/6th on Bren Carriers in Egypt, October 1940.
A soldier from the 2/6th with an Owen gun during an exercise in Queensland, April 1944
A 3-inch mortar from the 2/6th's headquarters company, New Guinea, August 1943.