Territory Stories
2/4 Infantry Battalion
Details:
Title
2/4 Infantry Battalion,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
66 Mile,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Infantry,
Unit
2/4 Infantry Battalion,
Parent unit
19 Brigade,
Date arrived in NT
1942-06-12,
Date left the NT
1943-05-18,
History
The Battalion was raised at Ingleburn in Sydney during November 1939. It fought in the Middle East at Benghazi, Tobruk, Greece, Crete, Palestine and Syria. They were part of the 6 Division. They arrived back in Adelaide on March 25 1942 and left for the Northern Territory in May 1942. The Battalion arrived at the 66 Mile mark near Pell Airfield in June 1942. They were quartered at Larrakeyah Barracks for some time prior to moving to Atherton. They served in New Guinea at Aitape and Wewak. The Unit was disbanded on 12 October 1945. Ivan Dougherty commanded the Battalion at Tobruk and Derna.,
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,
19 Brigade,
Infantry,
2/4 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/C20948 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 097735, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U56047 [2/4 Battalion] ,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/3/4/ [2/4 Infantry Battalion War Diaries - AWM52, 8/3/4/18 - AWM52, 8/3/4/24],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33277 [2/4 Infantry Battalion],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847684 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848039
Territory Stories
2/4 Infantry Battalion
Details:
Title
2/4 Infantry Battalion,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
66 Mile,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Infantry,
Unit
2/4 Infantry Battalion,
Parent unit
19 Brigade,
Date arrived in NT
1942-06-12,
Date left the NT
1943-05-18,
History
The Battalion was raised at Ingleburn in Sydney during November 1939. It fought in the Middle East at Benghazi, Tobruk, Greece, Crete, Palestine and Syria. They were part of the 6 Division. They arrived back in Adelaide on March 25 1942 and left for the Northern Territory in May 1942. The Battalion arrived at the 66 Mile mark near Pell Airfield in June 1942. They were quartered at Larrakeyah Barracks for some time prior to moving to Atherton. They served in New Guinea at Aitape and Wewak. The Unit was disbanded on 12 October 1945. Ivan Dougherty commanded the Battalion at Tobruk and Derna.,
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,
19 Brigade,
Infantry,
2/4 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/C20948 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 097735, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U56047 [2/4 Battalion] ,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/3/4/ [2/4 Infantry Battalion War Diaries - AWM52, 8/3/4/18 - AWM52, 8/3/4/24],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33277 [2/4 Infantry Battalion],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847684 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848039