2/7th Battalion (Australia)
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The 2/7th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army raised for service during World War II. Formed as part of the 6th Division shortly after the outbreak of the war as part of the all
Members of the 2/7th Battalion with a Bren carrier in October 1940
Troops from the 2/7th march to the rifle range at Puckapunyal, February 1940
Troops from the 2/7th Battalion, including then Sergeant Reg Saunders, who was later the first Australian Aboriginal commissioned into the Australian Army, at Innisfail, waiting for the south-bound leave train to depart, October 1943.
A 2/7th Battalion patrol, New Guinea, 17 August 1945
17th Brigade (Australia)
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The 17th Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Australian Army. First raised in 1912 as a Militia formation to provide training under the compulsory training scheme, the brigade was later re-raised a
2/5th Battalion troops in action around Khalde, in Syria, July 1941
Soldiers from the 17th Brigade on Bren Carriers in Egypt, October 1940.
Members of the 2/5th Battalion man defensive positions in New Guinea, August 1943