Territory Stories

2/3 Field Regiment

Details:

Title

2/3 Field Regiment,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Torres Strait,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Artillery,

Unit

2/3 Field Regiment,

Parent unit

18 Brigade,

History

A and B Troops of Number 5 Battery were raised in the Northern Territory. C Troop and Headquarters were raised in South Australia. D and F Troops of 6 Battery were raised in New South Wales and E Troop in West Australia. The Regiment travelled to the United Kingdom on the Queen Mary and Empress of Canada. 5 Battery went to Benghazi and 6 Battery to Greece. The Regiment served in Crete, Syria and Aitape/Wewak.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, 18 Brigade, 25 pounder, Artillery, 2/3 Field Regiment,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C7555 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 023663, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://lant.on.worldcat.org/v2/oclc/828864691 [Frank Geddes Manuscript Collection 1941-1992: MS29], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33333 [2/3 Field Regiment],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847681,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847681

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848041,