Territory Stories

43 Infantry Battalion

Details:

Title

43 Infantry Battalion,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Winnellie Camp, SE Howard Springs Road Junction, Noonamah 28 Mile Camp, 17 Mile Camp,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Infantry,

Unit

43 Infantry Battalion,

Date arrived in NT

1941-12,

Date left the NT

1943-02-28,

History

This Unit received orders on 6 December 1941 to move from Warradale in South Australia to Darwin. They completed the move to Noonamah by 22 December 1941. The Battalion established its first camp 200 yards north of McMinns Lagoon Railway Station at the 20 Mile in early 1942.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- McMinns Lagoon, December 1941 to January 1942 -- Humpty Doo, January 1942 -- Winnellie camp, February 1942 -- 17 1/2 Mile, March 1942 -- Adelaide River, April 1942 -- Marrakai 53 1/2 Mile, May 1942 to 28 February 1943,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, 43 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/C11401 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 027820, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/3/82/ [43 Infantry Battalion War Diaries], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35305 [43 Infantry Battalion],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847754,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848106