2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion

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Members of the 2/3rd Battalion during a memorial service held for members of the unit who were killed in the Aitape-Wewak Campaign

The 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the 6th Australian Division raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force for World War II. It was raised at the Victoria Barracks, New South Wales on 24 October 1939. The battalion saw action in Egypt, Libya and Greece before returning to Australia to fight the Japanese. The 2/3rd Battalion disbanded in Brisbane on 8 February 1946

This Battalion is one of the most decorated of the Second AIF. Indeed, it has the unique history of being one of only a handful of Commonwealth Units to have met 'All the Kings Enemies' in Battle. In other words, the Battalion met the Italians in the Cyrenaican Campaign of 1940 - 1941, The Germans in Greece and Crete in 1941, The Vichy French in Syria in 1941 and the Japanese and Papua in 1942 and New Guinea in 1944 - 1945.

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