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11-December-2017
11-December-2017
Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams

The plaque commemorates those who served with the 2nd / 32nd Infantry Battalion during World War Two.

The 2nd / 32nd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during the Second World War.  It was formed in June 1940, and served in North Africa in 1941 and 1942 as part of the 25th Brigade, which was assigned to the 9th Division, before being assigned to the 24th Brigade.

In early 1943 the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943 and 1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946.

Location

Address:Ann Street, ANZAC Square, Shrine of Remembrance Crypt, Brisbane, 4000
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.466402
Long: 153.026511
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Actual Event Start Date:03-September-1939
Actual Event End Date:15-August-1945
Link:http://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/P…

Dedication

Front Inscription

1939 - 1945

For honour and glory

To those who served and fell

2nd 32 Inf. Bn. 2nd A.I.F.

Battle Honours

North Africa 1940 - 43      S. W. Pacific 1942 - 45
Defence of Tobruk            Lae - Nadzab
Defence of Alamein Line  Finschhafen
Tell El Makd Khad            Def of Scarlet Beach
Sanyet El Miteirya            Pabu
El Alamein                        Liberation of Australian New Guinea
                                         Borneo
                                         Beaufort

For King and Country

 

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