9th Australian Infantry Battalion (Moreton Regiment)

During the interwar years, the 9th Battalion – also known by the name of its shire as the 'Moreton Regiment' – merged with the 15th and later the 49th Battalions. The 9th/49th received a quota of recruits who had been called up for compulsory service. Together with the 15th, 25th and 61st Battalions, it formed the 7th Brigade and performed defence duties around Caloundra and then Rollingstone, before deploying to Milne Bay in New Guinea.  The 7th Brigade also performed garrison duties in the Madang area and fought several campaings in Bougainville.  The battalion was disbanded on 12 December 1945, having suffered 31 killed and 76 wounded.