Territory Stories

5 Infantry Battalion

Details:

Title

5 Infantry Battalion,

Collection

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

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

67 1/4 Mile, Larrakeyah Barracks,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Infantry,

Unit

5 Infantry Battalion,

Alternative unit name

Victorian Scottish Regiment,

Parent unit

2 Infantry Brigade,

Date arrived in NT

1943-09-30,

Date left the NT

1944-09,

History

The Battalion was known as the Victorian Scottish Regiment. It left Melbourne on 15 September 1943 travelling to the Northern Territory by rail via Adelaide. The Battalion arrived at Adelaide River 67 1/2 Mile on 26 September 1946. The Unit left the Northern Territory for Melbourne in September 1944 and was disbanded on 31 December 1944 at Wallgrove in NSW.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- 67 1/4 Mile, 30 September 1943 to 29 February 1944 -- Larrakeyah Barracks, 27 May 1944 to September 1944,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, 2 Infantry Brigade, 5 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/C61764 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 068620, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/3/42/ [5 Infantry Battalion War Diaries], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=33416 [5 Infantry Battalion],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847767,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848119