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2/9 Armoured Regiment
Unit
In November 1940 the Australian War Cabinet approved the formation of an armoured division and the 1st Armoured Division was raised in July 1941. The 2/9th Australian Armoured Regiment was raised in A...U54345
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1 Armoured Regiment
Unit
Serving in New Guinea as the 1st Tank Battalion (Australian Imperial Force) (AIF) in 1943 and 1944, and in Balikpapan in 1945 as the 1st Armoured Regiment (AIF), this regiment arguably saw more action...U54347
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2/11 Cavalry Commando Squadron
Unit
The first independent company was formed in June 1941 and another seven were raised by July 1942. Following a reorganisation of the independent companies and the 6th, 7th and 9th Divisions' cavalry re...U54328
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2/12 Cavalry Commando Squadron
Unit
The first independent company was formed in June 1941 and another seven were raised by July 1942. Following a reorganisation of the independent companies and the 6th, 7th and 9th Divisions' cavalry re...U54329
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2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Unit
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
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No. 78 Squadron
Unit
78 Squadron was formed at Camden on 20 July 1943, equipped with Kittyhawks, and came under the command of Squadron Leader G.F. Walker on 14 August 1943. In October the advanced echelon travelled, via ...U59416
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No. 79 Squadron
Unit
79 Squadron was formed at Laverton, Victoria, on 26 April 1943. The squadron received its first Spitfire VC aircraft a month later, when it was ordered to deploy to Goodenough Island, off New Guinea's...U59417
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No. 93 Squadron
Unit
93 Squadron, the last operational Beaufighter squadron, was formed at Kingaroy, Queensland, on 22 January 1945, under the command of Squadron Leader Donald Gulliver. Although it had no official motto,...U59426
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No. 75 Squadron
Unit
75 Squadron was formed at Townsville, Queensland, on 4 March 1942, under the command of Squadron Leader Peter Jeffery. On 21 March the squadron's first four Kittyhawk aircraft landed at the Seven Mile...U59413
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No. 82 Squadron
Unit
82 Squadron formed at Bankstown, New South Wales, on 18 June 1943, where it was equipped with P40M Kittyhawks and a flight of P39D Airacobras, commanded by Squadron Leader Stanley Wallace Galton. In A...U59419
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No. 76 Squadron
Unit
76 Squadron was formed at Archerfield, Queensland, on 14 March 1942, equipped with Kittyhawk P-40E aircraft and under the command of Wing Commander P. Jeffrey. During April the squadron transferred to...U59414
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No. 77 Squadron
Unit
No. 77 Squadron was first formed on 16 March 1942, during the Second World War. At the end of the war it was based at Labuan, Borneo. It was sent to Japan in February of 1946 as part of the British Co...U59415
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No. 457 Squadron
Unit
No. 457 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, was formed at Baginton, near Coventry, in England on 16 June 1941 in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Initially, the squadron...U59442
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2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Unit
The 2/43rd Infantry Battalion was formed on 17 July 1940 at Woodside camp, near Adelaide in South Australia. The battalion was initially raised as part of the 8th Division's 24th Brigade and was trans...U56078
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9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment
Unit
The 8th Division Cavalry Regiment was formed in July 1940 when it was raised around the nucleus of two squadrons from the 7th Division Cavalry Regiment. Based at Seymour, in Victoria, the regiment tra...U54271
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2/28th Australian Infantry Battalion
Unit
Western Australia's 2/28th Infantry Battalion was raised in 1940, with the nucleus of the battalion coming together at Melville Camp, near Fremantle, on 17 July. The battalion was initially raised as ...U56071
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2/8th Field Regiment
Unit
Formed in Australia during the first year of the Second World War, the 2/8th Field Regiment served in Egypt and Syria, in the Middle East, and on Borneo, in the Pacific. It was one of the 9th Division...U54398
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2/7th Field Regiment
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The 2/7th Field Regiment began to take shape in late April 1940. Its first recruits had previously been members of the militia artillery brigades in South and Western Australia. The first South Austra...U54397