The structure of the Australian Army changed considerably during World War II. At the outbreak of war the Army comprised a small regular component and a large, but ill-trained and equipped, militia fo
Members of the 9th Division during a formal parade in late 1942
The Australian Army was the largest service in the Australian military during World War II. Prior to the outbreak of war the Australian Army was split into the small full-time Permanent Military Force
Australian soldiers rest in the Finisterre Ranges of New Guinea while en route to the front line during March 1944
Soldiers of the Militia 56th Battalion in 1937
Men from the Darwin Mobile Force in April 1939. The unit was an early attempt by the Australian government to raise a regular infantry field force amidst concerns about Australia's readiness for war.
Soldiers from the 19th Brigade in Libya, January 1941