55th Battalion (Australia)
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The 55th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in 1916 for service during World War I in the AIF the battalion served on the Western Front until the end of the war, before
The 55th Battalion receives its Colours in a ceremony at Liverpool, NSW, in 1927
The 55th Battalion's line at Wytschaete, near Messines, in February 1918
The 55th/53rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which saw active service during World War II. First formed in 1919 during the demobilisation of the Australian Imperial Force,
55th Battalion (Australia)
…This designation was later changed to the "New South Wales Rifle Regiment" in 1930, before they were once again amalgamated with the 53rd, forming the 55th/53rd Battalion (New South Wales Rifle/West Sydney Regiment) in 1937. In October 1941, during World War II, the two militia battalions were delinked and the 55th was later deployed to New Guinea, where they took…
Walking wounded from the 55th/53rd Battalion after an attack on 7 December 1942 around Sanananda