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2/6 Cavalry Regiment

Details:

Title

2/6 Cavalry Regiment,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Cavalry,

Unit

2/6 Cavalry Regiment,

Alternative unit name

6 Australian Division Cavalry Regiment,

Date arrived in NT

1942-07,

Date left the NT

1943-08,

History

The name of this Regiment was changed from 6 Division Cavalry on 2 January 1943. This Unit had a small launch attached to it for resupply called the Parsee. In August 1942, A and B Squadrons were at Mt. Pleasant, C Squadron with 3 Troop was at Gumpa Springs, 4 Troop was at the mouth of the Daly River and 6 Troop was at Mt. Litchfield. The B Echelon was located at the Litchfield homestead. Some men from this Unit joined the Pack Animal Training Unit.,

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 Australian Division Cavalry Regiment, Bren gun, Universal carrier, 2/6 Cavalry Regiment,

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/10070/70172 [PictureNT : PH0238/0857, Soldier on gun carrier, Peter Spillett Collection], http://www.26cavcommando.org.au/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 [2/6 Cavalry Commando Regiment], https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/U54268 [6 Division Cavalry Regiment],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847689,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848050