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| branch = Australian Imperial Force
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| type = Infantry
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| alternate_unit_names = 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
 
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| parent = 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
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== Personal narratives ==
 
== Personal narratives ==
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=== Arthur John Moore Burrowes ===
 
=== Arthur John Moore Burrowes ===
 
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=== Lieutenant John Adams ===
 
=== Lieutenant John Adams ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10676646/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
 
* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10676646/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
  
 
=== Corporal Arthur Gladstone Alderdice ===
 
=== Corporal Arthur Gladstone Alderdice ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675742/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
 
* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675742/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
  
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=== Private Guy Hartley Arnold ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675849/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Sergeant Jason Leslie Boyd Coulter ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675785/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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* [[2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* [[8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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=== Staff Sergeant John Wesley Hetherington ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675864/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Private Cecil Anthony McAnulty ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675874/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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* [[2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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* [[3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)]]
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=== Sergeant Keith Rourke ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675789/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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=== Corporal Henry Ernest Wyatt ===
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* [http://www.awm.gov.au/people/P10675730/#collection-items Australian War Memorial - Anzac Connections - collection items]
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== Other Sources ==
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== Official sources ==
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*{{War diary AWM|23|19}}
  
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*[https://www.awm.gov.au/unit/U51442/ 2nd Battalion at the Australian War Memorial]
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== Other sources ==
 
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[[Category:Australian infantry battalions]]
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[[Category:Australian Imperial Force infantry battalions|02]]
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[[Category:Australian Imperial Force|Battalion 02]]
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[[Category:Australian Army|Battalion 02]]
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Latest revision as of 11:32, 28 July 2016

2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Years active:
Country: Australia
Service: Australian Army
Branch: Australian Imperial Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Alternate names: 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Parent level: Brigade
Start date:
End date:
Sources:


Personal narratives

Lieutenant John Adams

Corporal Arthur Gladstone Alderdice

Private Guy Hartley Arnold

Sergeant Jason Leslie Boyd Coulter


Staff Sergeant John Wesley Hetherington

Private Cecil Anthony McAnulty

Sergeant Keith Rourke

Corporal Henry Ernest Wyatt

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • Australian War Memorial: AWM4 Subclass 23/19 (unknown date–unknown date) (images free for non-commercial use)

Unit histories


Other official documents

Other sources


References