2/1st Pioneer Battalion (Australia)

2/1st Pioneer Battalion
Troops from the 2/1st Pioneers assist 14th Field Regiment gunners to move a 25-pdr gun up the Kokoda Track, September 1942
Active	May 1940 – 18 February 1946
Country	Australia
Branch	Australian Army
Engagements	World War II North African campaign New Guinea campaign Borneo campaign (1945)
Disbanded	18 February 1946
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch

The 2/1st Pioneer Battalion was a pioneer battalion of the Australian Army during World War II. Formed in May 1940, the battalion served in North Africa, Australia, New Guinea and Borneo. The battalion was disbanded on 18 February 1946.

References

• "2/1st Pioneer Battalion". Second World War, 1939–1945 units. Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 9 January 2014. 

Further reading

• Osborn, Gordon (1988). The Pioneers: Unit History of the 2nd/1st Australian Pioneer Battalion Second A.I.F. Beverly Hills, New South Wales: M.D. Herron. ISBN 073162145X.