2nd Battalion (Australia)
- 2nd Battalion (Australia)
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=Australian 2nd Battalion
caption=Group shot of C Company, 2nd Battalion
dates= 1914-1919
country= Australia
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branch= Australian Army
type= Infantry
role= Line Infantry
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command_structure= Australian 1st Brigade
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colors= Purple over Green
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battles= World War I
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The 2nd Battalion was raised for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Along with the 1st, 3rd and 4th Battalions it was recruited from New South Wales and formed the 1st Brigade.
The battalion was raised within two weeks of the declaration of war and left Australia two months later. The battalion proceeded to Egypt, arriving on 2 December. The battalion took part in the Landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 as part of the second and third waves. In August, the battalion took part in the attack on Lone Pine, among the dead was the commander of the battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Scobie, killed during a Turkish counter-attack. The battalion served at Gallipoli until the evacuation in December.
After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the battalion returned to Egypt. In March 1916, it sailed to France and deployed to the Somme. The battalion's first major action in France was at Pozières in July 1916. Later the battalion fought at Ypres, in Belgium, before returning to the Somme in winter.
In 1918 the battalion helped to stop the German spring offensive in March and April. In April 1917, Private Kenny attacked several enemy machine gun positions with grenades, earning the 2nd Battalion's only Victoria Cross of the war. The battalion then participated in the greatest Allied offensive of 1918, launched near Amiens on 8 August 1918. The battalion continued operations to late September 1918.
The battalion returned to Australia between November 1918 and May 1919 for demobilisation and discharge.
References
[http://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_11189.asp Australian War Memorial]
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