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2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Comprised of volunteer men from New South Wales and Queensland Light Horse, the 2/2nd Machine Gun Battalion was raised in Sydney on 2 May 1940 and departed for the Middle East in February 1941 where it served in Palestine, Egypt, at El Alamein and Tripoli. The battalion returned to Sydney in 1944 before deploying to Papua and New Guinea and later Morotai and Tarakan Island. The 2/2nd was disbanded in Brisbane in 1946.
Inscription
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET
Conflicts
World War II
Location
World War II Gallery
Memorial type
Plaque
Contributions
QLD War Memorial Register
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