60th Battalion (Australia)
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The 60th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was raised for service during World War I in 1916 and took part in the fighting on the Western Front for two-and-a-half years. F
Portrait of 60th Battalion officers, c. 1917
Men from the 57th/60th Battalion advance up the Faria River in February 1944
57th Battalion (Australia)
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The 57th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Formed in early 1916 for service during World War I, the battalion served on the Western Front until the end of the war, when it wa
60th Battalion (Australia)
…before being re-raised in 1921 as a part-time unit of the Citizen Force. In 1930, as a result of manpower shortages, the 60th was amalgamated with the 57th Battalion to form the 57th/60th Battalion and this unit subsequently saw service in the South West Pacific during World War II fighting against the Japanese…
Officers from the 57th Battalion in Egypt, February 1916