Territory Stories
23 Infantry Brigade
Details:
Title
23 Infantry Brigade,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Larrakeyah,
17 Mile,
Noonamah,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Infantry,
Unit
23 Infantry Brigade,
Parent unit
7 MD Headquaters,
Subordinate units
2/21 Inf Battalion,
2/40 Inf Battalion,
2/4 Machine Gun Battalion,
2/14 Field Regiment,
2/11 Field Company,
7 Infantry Battalion,
8 infantry Battalion,
147 Field Regiment,
History
The Brigade was formed in 1940 as part of the 8 Division. Almost all of the Units assigned to the Brigade were lost in Rabaul, Ambon and Timor. The AIF Battalions were replaced with the 7, 8 and 27 Militia Battalions. After leaving Darwin, the Brigade took part in the Bougainville Campaign. Ivan Dougherty and Arnold Potts commanded the Division.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Australia,
Army,
7 MD Headquaters,
2/21 Inf Battalion,
2/40 Inf Battalion,
2/4 Machine Gun Battalion,
2/14 Field Regiment,
2/11 Field Company,
7 Infantry Battalion,
8 infantry Battalion,
147 Field Regiment,
23 Infantry Brigade,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/3656 [PictureNT : PH0547/0014, Operating wireless van, William Bennetts Collection] ,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/2/23/ [23 Infantry Brigade War Diaries],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34713 [23 Infantry Brigade],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847703 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847703
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848061 ,
Territory Stories
23 Infantry Brigade
Details:
Title
23 Infantry Brigade,
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Larrakeyah,
17 Mile,
Noonamah,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Army,
Service branch
Infantry,
Unit
23 Infantry Brigade,
Parent unit
7 MD Headquaters,
Subordinate units
2/21 Inf Battalion,
2/40 Inf Battalion,
2/4 Machine Gun Battalion,
2/14 Field Regiment,
2/11 Field Company,
7 Infantry Battalion,
8 infantry Battalion,
147 Field Regiment,
History
The Brigade was formed in 1940 as part of the 8 Division. Almost all of the Units assigned to the Brigade were lost in Rabaul, Ambon and Timor. The AIF Battalions were replaced with the 7, 8 and 27 Militia Battalions. After leaving Darwin, the Brigade took part in the Bougainville Campaign. Ivan Dougherty and Arnold Potts commanded the Division.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Australia,
Army,
7 MD Headquaters,
2/21 Inf Battalion,
2/40 Inf Battalion,
2/4 Machine Gun Battalion,
2/14 Field Regiment,
2/11 Field Company,
7 Infantry Battalion,
8 infantry Battalion,
147 Field Regiment,
23 Infantry Brigade,
File type
image/tiff,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Library & Archives NT,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/3656 [PictureNT : PH0547/0014, Operating wireless van, William Bennetts Collection] ,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM52/8/2/23/ [23 Infantry Brigade War Diaries],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34713 [23 Infantry Brigade],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847703 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847703
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848061 ,