Territory Stories

19 Infantry Brigade

Details:

Title

19 Infantry Brigade,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Batchelor,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Infantry,

Unit

19 Infantry Brigade,

Parent unit

6 Division, 7 MD,

Subordinate units

23/21 Infantry Battalion, 2/4 Infantry Battalion, 2/8 Infantry Battalion, 147 Field Regiment, 11 Field Regiment, 38 Infantry Battalion,

Date arrived in NT

1942-05,

Date left the NT

1943-06,

History

The Brigade was raised in 1940 as part of the 6 Division AIF which served in the Middle East, Greece and North Africa before returning to Australia in 1942. After leaving the Territory, the Brigade took part in the Aitape Wewak Campaign.,

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, 6 Division, 7 MD, 23/21 Infantry Battalion, 2/4 Infantry Battalion, 2/8 Infantry Battalion, 147 Field Regiment, 11 Field Regiment, 38 Infantry Battalion, 19 Infantry Brigade,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

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

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/34367 [PictureNT : PH0397/0023, Parade, Frank Resuggan Collection], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/2/19/ [19 Infantry Brigade War Diaries - AWM52, 8/2/19/17 - AWM52, 8/2/19/22],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847635,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848000