8th Battalion (Australia)
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The 8th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Initially raised in 1914 for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War the battalion was completely recruited f
Members of the 8th Battalion, after attacking at Passchendaele, 28 October 1917
Members of the 2nd and 8th Battalions at Lone Pine, 1915
Frank Partridge, who received the Victoria Cross for actions on Bougainville in 1945
6th Battalion (Australia)
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The 6th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally formed in 1914 for service during the First World War, the battalion fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. The ba
8th Battalion (Australia)
…had been reduced to the extent that they were amalgamated with 5th Battalion. This battalion was subsequently amalgamated with another, formed from the 6th and 7th Battalions, to form the 2nd Brigade Battalion, before finally being disbanded. Throughout the course of the war, the 8th Battalion suffered 877…
Members of the 6th Battalion in August 1918 near Lihons during the Battle of Amiens
Frederick Birks, the 6th Battalion's sole Victoria Cross recipient, c. 1916