About: 2/43rd Battalion (Australia)

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The 2/43rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in July 1940 in South Australia as part of the 24th Brigade, the battalion was initially part of the 8th Division, until the 24th Brigade was re-allocated to the 9th Division in late 1940. It was with this formation that the 2/43rd saw service in the Middle East in 1941–1942, taking part in the fighting at Tobruk and in the First and Second Battles of El Alamein. It also undertook garrison duties in Syria, before returning to Australia early in 1943 to fight against the Japanese in the Pacific.

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  • The 2/43rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in July 1940 in South Australia as part of the 24th Brigade, the battalion was initially part of the 8th Division, until the 24th Brigade was re-allocated to the 9th Division in late 1940. It was with this formation that the 2/43rd saw service in the Middle East in 1941–1942, taking part in the fighting at Tobruk and in the First and Second Battles of El Alamein. It also undertook garrison duties in Syria, before returning to Australia early in 1943 to fight against the Japanese in the Pacific. In 1943–1944, after re-organisation and training to prepare for jungle warfare, the 2/43rd fought in New Guinea, as part of operations to capture Lae and secure the Huon Peninsula. After returning to Australia in early 1944, a long period of training followed on the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland, before the battalion undertook its final campaign of the war, taking part in Allied operations to re-take Borneo from the Japanese in June 1945. Following the end of the war, the battalion was disbanded in February 1946. One member of the battalion, Private Tom Starcevich, was awarded the Victoria Cross. (en)
  • Le 2/43e bataillon d'infanterie australien est un bataillon de l'armée australienne créé en 1940. (fr)
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  • 1946-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1940-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • ~ 800–900 personnelref|By the start of World War II, the authorised strength of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks; later in the war it fell to 803.|group=Note
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  • Soldiers during a jungle patrol (en)
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  • World War II *Siege of Tobruk *Second Battle of El Alamein *Huon Peninsula campaign *Borneo campaign (en)
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  • Soldiers from the 2/43rd Battalion patrolling on Labuan, June 1945 (en)
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  • Australia (en)
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  • ~ 800–900 personnelref|By the start of World War II, the authorised strength of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks; later in the war it fell to 803.|group=Note (en)
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  • Le 2/43e bataillon d'infanterie australien est un bataillon de l'armée australienne créé en 1940. (fr)
  • The 2/43rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in July 1940 in South Australia as part of the 24th Brigade, the battalion was initially part of the 8th Division, until the 24th Brigade was re-allocated to the 9th Division in late 1940. It was with this formation that the 2/43rd saw service in the Middle East in 1941–1942, taking part in the fighting at Tobruk and in the First and Second Battles of El Alamein. It also undertook garrison duties in Syria, before returning to Australia early in 1943 to fight against the Japanese in the Pacific. (en)
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  • 2/43rd Battalion (Australia) (en)
  • 2/43e bataillon d'infanterie (Australie) (fr)
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  • 2/43rd Battalion (en)
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