The 9th Division was a division of the Australian Army that served during World War II. It was the fourth division raised for the Second Australian Imperial Force. The distinctions of the division include it being:in front line combat longer, cumulatively, than any other Australian division;
one of the Australian military's most decorated formations;
the only 2nd AIF division formed in the United Kingdom, from infantry brigades and support units formed in Australia;
praised by both Allied and Axis generals, including Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel, as well as non-Australian military historians, and;
like the 6th and 7th Divisions, being one of only a few Allied army units to serve in both the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres.
Members of the 9th Division parade at Gaza Airport in late 1942
Australian troops using captured Italian tanks
A patrol from the 2/13th Infantry Battalion at Tobruk (AWM 020779)
Guns of the 2/8th Field Regiment at El Alamein in July 1942 (AWM 024515)
A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps.
A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun of British 3rd Infantry Division, 1944
Members of the Australian 6th Division at Tobruk, 22 January 1941
Headquarters of 11th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army near Bogra
British soldiers from the 1st Armoured Division engage Iraqi Army positions with their 81mm mortar in Iraq, 26 March 2003.
