The 22nd Brigade was a brigade-sized infantry unit of the Australian Army. It was briefly raised in 1912 as a Militia formation providing training as part of the compulsory training scheme. Later, dur
Elements of the 22nd Brigade marching down Castlereagh Street in Sydney on 15 September 1940
Members of the 22nd Brigade on board a ferry at Sydney, New South Wales, bound for the ship assigned to transport them to Malaya
The 2/18th Battalion was an Australian Army infantry unit that served during World War II. Formed in June 1940, the battalion was assigned to the 22nd Brigade, which formed part of the Australian 8th
22nd Brigade (Australia)
…was opened at Wallgrove, New South Wales. Under the command of Brigadier Harold Taylor, the brigade consisted of three infantry battalions – the 2/18th, 2/19th and 2/20th – and was supported by the 2/10th Field Regiment, which was initially equipped with World War I-vintage Ordnance QF 18-pounders. In…
The 2/18th's first commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Varley, awaiting transport to Malaya with the battalion, February 1941
Part of the Nithsdale Estate where the 2/18th made contact with the advancing Japanese forces in January 1942. (As seen in 1945.)
Lieutenant Iven John Mackay, who led a section from the 2/18th's carrier platoon in a counterattack up Reformatory Road during the fighting in Singapore on 11 February 1942.