2nd Motor Brigade (Australia)

2nd Motor Brigade
Active 1942–43
Country Australia
Branch Australian Army
Type Armoured
Size Brigade
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Brigadier W.E.H. Pascoe

The 2nd Motor Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II. The brigade was converted in March 1942, from the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the new brigade was assigned to the 1st Australian Motor Division. The brigade did not see any active service and was disbanded at Gherang, Victoria in January 1943.[1]

Brigade units

All units that served with the brigade during the war:[2]

See also

Notes

Footnotes
  1. ↑ In February 1945 the 20th Motor Regiment was converted into a pioneer battalion and was renamed the 20th Pioneer Battalion. Of the four companies subsequently raised, No. 3 Pioneer Company served in New Guinea before the end of the war.[3]
Citations
  1. ↑ "2 Australian Motor Brigade". Order of Battle. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "2 Motor Brigade units". Order of Battle. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Kuring 2004, p. 207.

References

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