PERTH, WA. 1942-10-05. A COMPANY OF 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PASSING THE SALUTING ...

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Accession Number 026903
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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PERTH, WA. 1942-10-05. A COMPANY OF 2/11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION PASSING THE SALUTING BASE DURING THE MARCH OF THE BATTALION THROUGH THE CITY OF PERTH, FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT RETURN FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. THE BATTALION WAS THE FIRST RAISED IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN THE 1939-1945 WAR AND WAS ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS IN LIBYA, GREECE, CRETE AND SYRIA.