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  • 138 killed, 243 wounded (1)
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  • 214 died; 567 wounded; 225 prisoners (1)
  • 217 killed, 368 wounded (1)
  • 263 killed, 418 wounded (1)
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  • 561 died; 122 wounded (1)
  • 562 died; 124 wounded (1)
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related units (8)

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  1. 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion

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    The 2/32nd Infantry Battalion was unique in being one of only three Australian infantry battalions formed in the United Kingdom. In June 1940 a troop convoy carrying almost 8,000 Australians, sailing ...

    U56075

  2. 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 2/2nd Battalion was raised at Victoria Barracks, Sydney on 24 October 1939 as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division. It relocated to the newly-opened Ingleburn Camp on 2 November...

    U56045

  3. 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 2/3rd Battalion was raised at Victoria Barracks, Sydney on 24 October 1939 as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division. It relocated to the newly-opened Ingleburn Camp on 2 November...

    U56046

  4. 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 2/1st Battalion was raised at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on 16 October 1939 as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division. It relocated to the newly-opened Ingleburn Camp on 2 Novembe...

    U56044

  5. 2/19th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 2/19th Infantry Battalion opened its headquarters at Walgrove Camp, west of Sydney, on 15 July 1940. The battalion's recruits were drawn principally from the Monaro and Riverina regions of Souther...

    U56062

  6. 2/20th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 2/20th Infantry Battalion opened its headquarters at Walgrove Camp, west of Sydney, on 15 July 1940. The battalion's recruits were drawn principally from Sydney, Newcastle, and the New South Wales...

    U56063

  7. 2/18th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The headquarters of the 2/18th Infantry Battalion opened at Wallgrove Camp, west of Sydney on 13 July 1940. Its recruits were drawn principally from north-west New South Wales and Sydney and they trai...

    U56061

  8. 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 2/4th Battalion's first drafts of recruits arrived at Ingleburn Camp on 3 November 1939, following the formation its headquarters at Victoria Barracks in Sydney the previous week. Part of the 16th...

    U56047

  9. 2/12th Australian Infantry Battalion

    Unit

    The 2/12th Battalion officially came into being with the appointment of its first commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel John Field, on 13 October 1939. Two months would pass, however, before the 2/12...

    U56055

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