8th Division (Australia)
Videos
The 8th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army, formed during World War II as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force. The 8th Division was raised from volunteers
Members of 'C' Company, 2/30th Battalion disembark at Singapore, from Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt (HMT FF), part of Convoy US11B, 15 August 1941.
The 2/19th Battalion marching down Castlereagh Street in central Sydney in September 1940
Gemencheh Bridge in 1945, where troops of the 2/30th Battalion, ambushed the Japanese 5th Division during the Battle of Gemas on 14 January 1942.
The Japanese landings on Singapore Island
Gordon Bennett (general)
Videos
Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Bennett, was a senior Australian Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. A citizen soldier by background, Bennett began his professional life in t
8th Division (Australia)
…Major General Vernon Sturdee (1940) Major General Gordon Bennett (1940–1942) The following units were assigned to the 8th Division…
Bennett in 1962
Bennett and his headquarters staff near the Menin Road, Belgium, 20 October 1917
Bennett, briefing war correspondents in Malaya, January 1942