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MUD AND BLOOD: Albury's 2nd Twenty-Third Australian Infantry Battalion
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Mud and Blood: Albury’s Own Second Twenty-Third Australian Infantry Battalion, Ninth Australian Division. 1st Edition 1978 “By Pat Share”
This 464 page Hard Cover with Dust Jacket is a detailed and concise history of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion. The 2/23rd Infantry Battalion was raised at the Albury Showgrounds in Victoria in June 1940, as part of the 26th Brigade. Initially the brigade belonged to the 7th Division but in early 1941 moved to the 9th Division. The battalion did its initial training at Bonegilla before sailing for the Middle East in November. The battalion helped defend Tobruk for eight months, manning a series of concrete pillboxes located in a semicircle around the town, called the Red Line. In April the 2/23rd defended the western side of the line cutting Derna Road. From May to July, it moved to the eastern side of Tobruk, where the line cut Bardia Road. The battalion continued patrolling along the line between the El Adem and Bardia Roads. Its heaviest fighting occurred while defending the Salient from 20 August to 9 September and again from 17 September to 3 October.
Following the end of the war in August and Japan’s surrender, the ranks of the 2/23rd thinned, as men were discharged, transferred, or volunteered for the occupation force for Japan. Those who remained in the battalion returned to Australia in December. The 2/23rd was disbanded at Puckapunyal on 17 February 1946.
INCLUDES HONOUR ROLL AND HONOURS & AWARDS
This 464 page Hard Cover with Dust Jacket is a detailed and concise history of the 2/23rd Infantry Battalion. The 2/23rd Infantry Battalion was raised at the Albury Showgrounds in Victoria in June 1940, as part of the 26th Brigade. Initially the brigade belonged to the 7th Division but in early 1941 moved to the 9th Division. The battalion did its initial training at Bonegilla before sailing for the Middle East in November. The battalion helped defend Tobruk for eight months, manning a series of concrete pillboxes located in a semicircle around the town, called the Red Line. In April the 2/23rd defended the western side of the line cutting Derna Road. From May to July, it moved to the eastern side of Tobruk, where the line cut Bardia Road. The battalion continued patrolling along the line between the El Adem and Bardia Roads. Its heaviest fighting occurred while defending the Salient from 20 August to 9 September and again from 17 September to 3 October.
Following the end of the war in August and Japan’s surrender, the ranks of the 2/23rd thinned, as men were discharged, transferred, or volunteered for the occupation force for Japan. Those who remained in the battalion returned to Australia in December. The 2/23rd was disbanded at Puckapunyal on 17 February 1946.
INCLUDES HONOUR ROLL AND HONOURS & AWARDS
- Date Listed:13/05/2023
- Last Edited:13/05/2023
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