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.
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
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