Armoured units made a relatively small, but important, contribution to Australia’s war effort during World War II. While Australia formed three armoured divisions and two independent armoured brigades
Members of the 2/4th Armoured Regiment with a M3 Grant tank in 1942
Tanks and carriers of the 9th Divisional Cavalry Regiment in Syria in 1941 (AWM 041776)
The 13/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion's Carrier Platoon at Sydney in 1943 (AWM 053617)
The 2/10th Armoured Regiment during a training exercise in Western Australia in 1943 (AWM 043801)
The 2nd Armoured Division was an armoured formation of the Australian Army during World War II. Originally raised in 1921 as the 2nd Cavalry Division, based in Victoria and South Australia, the format
2nd Armoured Division officers at Puckapunyal