2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion

The 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion formed in May 1940, as part of the Second AIF with volunteers mainly from Queensland. Initially part of 7th Division, the 2/15th was reassigned to the 9th Division and saw significant action in North Africa, particularly at Tobruk and El Alamein. The battalion returned to the Pacific theatre in 1943 and later deployed to New Guinea, including to Milne Bay, the Salamaua–Lae campaign and at Scarlet Beach, and then finally to Borneo in the latter stages of the war.