Territory Stories

2/40 Infantry Battalion

Details:

Title

2/40 Infantry Battalion,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Katherine, Noonamah, Humpty Doo, Timor,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Infantry,

Unit

2/40 Infantry Battalion,

Alternative unit name

Sparrow Force,

Parent unit

23 Infantry Brigade,

Date arrived in NT

1941-04-16,

Date left the NT

1941-11,

History

This Battalion was raised in Tasmania. It left Bonegilla in Victoria bound for Katherine at the end of March 1941. The first troops arrived at Katherine on 16 April. They embarked on the Zealandia and Westralia on 8 December bound for Timor with Sparrow Force.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- Katherine, 16 April 1941 to November 1941 -- Noonamah, November 1941 -- Timor, December 1941 to February 1942,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, Sparrow Force, 23 Infantry Brigade, 2/40 Infantry Battalion,

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/C61144 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 068022, Second World War, 1939-1945], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U56077 [2/40 Infantry Battalion], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/3/34/ [2/40 Infantry Battalion War Diaries], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35025 [2/40 Infantry Battalion],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847687,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847687

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848052,