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	Key dates in World War 2
		As part of this directive, the Australian 6th, 7th and 9th Australian Divisions were to be withdrawn to Queensland for rehabilitation
		Finschafen captured by 9th Australian Division and 4 Bde, 5th Australian Division on 2 October.
		6-12 February : 6th Australian Division withdrawn from Benghazi and replaced by two brigades of the 9th Australian Division (20 Bde and elements of 26 Bde)
	www.vrb.gov.au /index/ww2dates.html

	Burma Thailand Railway Memorial Association Inc. - Articles
		Wavell explained the current situation and said that the Australian 7th Division was to be deployed in Southern Sumatra and the 6th Division in Central Java.
		These troops were the vanguard of the 7th Division’s move from Middle East and were on board the S.S. Orcades but were ordered to disembark at Oosthaven Sumatra on the 15th February, the day Singapore fell.
		Lavarack did not agree to the Australian Corps being split up and referred it back to the Australian government, surprisingly the response was to obey Wavell’s orders but to press for the two divisions to be united as the situation permitted.
	www.btrma.org.au /articles/bwb.htm (800 words)

	"Kokoda Trail" or "Kokoda Track" ? [Australian War Memorial]
		This link is to a selection of scanned sketches of Kokoda taken from official records series AWM 54: 481/12/13 "[Medical - Reports:] Brief account of the activities of the 7th Australian division - medical services during the six months campaign in Papua (January 1943)".
		More Australians died in the seven months of fighting in Papua, and the Japanese came closer to Australia than in any other campaign.
		The Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway is a unique tribute to the bravery of Australian troops who fought through atrocious conditions and against vastly superior enemy numbers in the Papua-New Guinea campaign of July 1942-January 1943.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/kokoda/index.htm (287 words)

	53
		The Vichy French were the enemy this time, but the Free French, British and Australian 7th division were successful in obtaining the surrender of the Vichy.
		The next destination for the 6th Division and 1st Corps we were hoping would be Australia, but once again Churchill wanted the convoy to head for and land in Java, to help the 8th Division and British fight the Japanese.
		Australia in '39 was ill prepared for war, but volunteers were called on to enlist in what was then called a "special force", later named the 6th Division.
	www.localheroes.8m.com /53.htm (468 words)

	7th Division A.I.F.
		The 7th Division left Australia in October 1940 for the Middle East.
		The 7th Division AIF was formed in late February 1940 with Sir John Lavarack as its Commander.
		Supporting troops were the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, 7th Division Cavalry Regiment, and Medical units, Engineers and Base Troops.
	www.starwon.com.au /~skip/page5.html (510 words)

	7th Division A.I.F.
		The 7th Division left Australia in October 1940 for the Middle East.
		The 7th Division AIF was formed in late February 1940 with Sir John Lavarack as its Commander.
		Supporting troops were the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, 7th Division Cavalry Regiment, and Medical units, Engineers and Base Troops.
	www.starwon.com.au /~skip/page5.html (510 words)

	The Militia (AMF or CMF); what it was and how it operated.
		The 6th Australian Infantry Division was reflective in miniature of the population of Australia in its recruitment.
		Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) was a volunteer force (initially of four infantry divisions, and later an armoured division) whose troops enlisted for overseas duty.
		For example, the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion of the 2nd AIF was recruited from New South Wales, the home of the 1st Battalion of the Militia.
	au.geocities.com /thefortysecondinww2/level1/line5/the_militia.htm (2694 words)

	The 503d Australians
		Elements of the 7th Australian Division, A.I.F were hastily chosen to jump - in the form of 33 men of the 2/4th Artillery Battery under command of Lt Pearson.
		Remarkably, the Heritage of the 503d includes the 1st Royal Australian Regiment, which joined the "Herd" in May/June of 1965 when the two line Battalions of the Brigade were the 1/503d and 2/503d.
		1st R.A.R's lineal history goes back to the 65th Battalion, 2nd Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.) of WWII.
	corregidor.org /Heritage_Battalion/aussies.html (316 words)

	Articles - Australian Army
		Australian Army Training Team; this encompasses 55 personnel providing logistic training to the new Iraqi Army.
		Embassy security detatchment; this provides security protection and escort for staff at the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, and consists of 100 personnel.
		The army contribution is primarily concentrated in Afghanistan and consists of a Special Operations Task Group of personnel from the Special Air Service Regiment, 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and Incident Response Regiment.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Australian_Army (272 words)

	World War II - South West Pacific 1941- 42
		L-R: Australian Brigadier Charles Spry points out locations of heavy fighting between Allied ground forces and the Japanese to Lieutenant General Edmund Herring, US General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area, and Major General GS Allen, Commander, Australian 7th Division AIF.
		Australian Corps was changed to Australia following the fall of Singapore.
		By 2 November the reinforced Australians had retaken Kokoda and on 11 November Japanese fighting units were forced to abandon Oivi.
	www.defence.gov.au /army/ahu/history/world_war_ii_sw_pacific.htm (520 words)

	Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story, by Wesley Johnston
		AUSTRALIAN INVOLVEMENT IN WAR AND CONFLICT: SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 : This is part of the Australian War Memorial web site, which also contains the online database of the Roll of Honour of Australians killed in wars.
		Australia in World War Two : This is not an official site, but it has useful historical information.
		World War II Troop Ship Crossings : I began this work, which is now being beautifully enhanced and maintained by Shayne Wallesch.
	members.aol.com /dadswar (520 words)

	The World at War
		Australian soldiers of the 9th Division and one brigade of the 7th Division held out at Tobruk for 5 months against the opposition of Rommel and the Afrika Korps.
		In these the early stages of the war, there was no particular worry about home defence and Australians believed the 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) would be deployed in exactly the same manner as the 1st AIF in World War 1: that is as Great Britain saw fit.
		The period from September 1939 (the Beginning of World War 2 in Europe) until February 1942 (the fall of Singapore) is one of the most revolutionary in Australia’s history.
	worldatwar.net /article/australiaswar (520 words)

	the Far East
		A war of words erupted, with Curtin refusing to permit the 7th Division to be landed in Burma, where it would almost certainly have been over-run, as it was needed for Australia’s defence.
		The Japanese continued advancing towards Rangoon and, without consulting the Australian Government, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill diverted the convoy carrying most of the 7th Division and ordered that it be landed in Burma.
		Trincomalee was attacked on 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft launched from aircraft carriers and several Australians flying Hurricanes flew in its defence, one of whom was killed and another died of wounds.
	www.ww2australia.gov.au /farflung/fareast.html (805 words)

	Battlefront.com Discussion Forums: Best/Favorite Corps & Division Generals
		The only defenders were the 9th Australian Division, 3rd British Armoured Brigade (all of which were previously in full retreat), and a Brigade of the 7th Division along with some other British and Indian Troops.
		It should be added that Maj.- Gen. Lavarack commander of the 7th Australian Division and initial Tobruk commander was also partially responsible for these defensive arrangements.
		He commanded the 8th Australian Division in Malaya, and managed to temporarily stem the Japanese advance.
	www.battlefront.com /discuss/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=003626 (2373 words)

	This Month in Australian Military History
		The capture of Sio by the 9th Australian Division represented the final destruction of the Japanese 20th Division in the protracted Huon Peninsula campaign of 1943-1944.
		The Australian 6th Division captured 40,000 Italian prisoners, including 4 generals, at a cost of 130 killed and 326 wounded in Australia's first major land battle of the Second World War.
		After its capture Tobruk was garrisoned by the 9th Division, elements of the 7th Division and other Allied units.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/thismonth/jan.htm (2373 words)

	10th Light Horse Regiment
		Initially a mounted unit was not required from Western Australia however approval was given for C Squadron of the 7th Light Horse Regiment to be formed in Western Australia (the balance from Qld and N.S.W.).
		In the long advance which was to eventually terminate with the fall of Damascus, 10th Light Horse had the honour of leading the Australian Mounted Division.
		It is in recognition of services of members of the Volunteer Regiment, the Western Australian Mounted Infantry, that the Militia Light Horse Regiment was formed (later the 10th Light Horse Regiment) and was granted the battle honour ‘South Africa 1900-02’.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /unitsact/10th.htm (2373 words)

	Science Division - Department of Conservation and Land Management
		In 150, National Herbarium of Victoria: Celebrating 150 Years of Plant Research in Australia: Conference Abstract Book: Australian Systematic Botany Society and the Australasian Mycological Society with the 7th Australasian Bryophyte Workshop, 29 September-3 October 2003, Melbourne, Victoria University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
		Maslin, B.R. and McDonald, M.W. Acacia search: evaluation of Acacia as a woody crop option for southern Australia.
		Maslin, B.R. Response to Walker and Simpson's views on the ICBN Proposal 1584 by Orchard and Maslin to conserve the name Acacia with the conserved type.
	science.calm.wa.gov.au /people/brucem.php (2373 words)

	ABC Western Australia » Ex-Services Contingent - Land Forces
		The colour patch on its banner features the 'T'-shape of the 9th Australian Division and the traditional blue and red colours of the artillery of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
		The Regiment was a unit in the 9th Australian Division, A.I.F.; comprises ex-members of the 2/7 Australian Field Regiment.
		6th Division Cavalry Commando Association 2/7, 2/9, 2/10
	www.abc.gov.au /wa/anzac/land.htm (2373 words)

	Australian Special Wireless Group, AIF, Australian Army in Australia during WW2
		On 2 October 1989 the unit joined forces with the 72 Electronic Warfare Squadron to become the 7th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare).
		Sigint operations were enhanced when the Australian 9th Division discovered some Japanese code books in the bottom of a flooded slit trench at Sio.
		The Australian Army intercept portion of No. 4 Australian Special Wireless Section moved to Bonegilla in Victoria and on 18 May 1942 it was renamed as the Australian Special Wireless Group with a War Establishment of 1,000 personnel.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/sigint/aswg.htm (1079 words)

	Battlefront.com Discussion Forums: Best/Favorite Corps & Division Generals
		The only defenders were the 9th Australian Division, 3rd British Armoured Brigade (all of which were previously in full retreat), and a Brigade of the 7th Division along with some other British and Indian Troops.
		He commanded the 8th Australian Division in Malaya, and managed to temporarily stem the Japanese advance.
		Commanded the 9th Australian Div and garrison of Tobruk.
	battlefront.com /cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=13;t=003626 (2381 words)

	Nadia Fairfax
		She was 28th AA in the Sub Junior Division at the 2000 Nationals, but burst out of the pack to finish 7th in the Junior National Division in 2001.
		In 2003, she is expected to be one of the top juniors in Australia, and has confirmed our predictions by winning the silver medal in the Junior International Division at Nationals.
		Nadia Fairfax has good sporting genes - her father Russell was a stand out rugby league player for the East Suburbs Roosters (now Sydney City Roosters) back in the 1970s.
	www.geocities.com /australiagym_az/profiles/snr_int/nadia_fairfax.html (2381 words)

	9th Division AIF; Tobruk and El Alamein
		It was stationed with the 7th at Atherton in North Queensland, and training for the jungle fighting against the Japanese yet to come north of Australia.
		This highlighted the seriousness of the situation in Europe, and Australia immediately undertook to raise two further infantry divisions and an armoured division for Imperial service overseas.
		Colour patches of the 9th Division after they were allowed the honour of the "T" shaped patch to recognize their service at the Siege of Tobruk.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww2/pages-2aif-cmf/9-div-aif.htm (1212 words)

	Australian Military Units
		Five Second AIF Divisions were eventually raised - the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Infantry Divisions, and the 1st Armoured Division.
		The differences between the AIF and the existing home-based militia force caused numerous administrative and strategic difficulties and there was considerable friction between the members of the two forces.
		Drawing on the traditions of the Australian force that had served in the First World War, the new force soon became known as the Second AIF.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13201.asp (308 words)

	Australian Army 1939-41
		The 6th Australian Infantry Division was reflective in miniature of the population of Australia in its recruitment.
		This was the 1st Australian Armoured Division formed on 1 July 1941 and consisting initially of 1st and 2nd Australian Armoured Brigades.
		This force was entitled the Second Australian Imperial Force or 2nd AIF and was modeled after the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) that was raised during the first world war.
	home.adelphia.net /~dryan67/orders/aust.html (308 words)

	Australian Army 1939-41
		The 6th Australian Infantry Division was reflective in miniature of the population of Australia in its recruitment.
		This was the 1st Australian Armoured Division formed on 1 July 1941 and consisting initially of 1st and 2nd Australian Armoured Brigades.
		The Australian Army recruited seven Garrison Battalions (1st-7th) from veterans of the First World War in October,1939 and by January,1940 there were eight such battalions with a strength of 4,967 men.
	home.adelphia.net /~dryan67/orders/aust.html (308 words)

	Australian Army 1939-41
		The 6th Australian Infantry Division was reflective in miniature of the population of Australia in its recruitment.
		This was the 1st Australian Armoured Division formed on 1 July 1941 and consisting initially of 1st and 2nd Australian Armoured Brigades.
		The Australian Army recruited seven Garrison Battalions (1st-7th) from veterans of the First World War in October,1939 and by January,1940 there were eight such battalions with a strength of 4,967 men.
	home.adelphia.net /~dryan67/orders/aust.html (308 words)

	General Sir Thomas Blamey (in detail)
		Blamey has been strongly criticised for sending the militia instead of the veteran AIF troops of 7th Division, which he was keeping for projected offensive operations.
		Thomas Albert Blamey was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales on 24 January 1884, the seventh of ten children of Richard Blamey, a Cornish butcher who had emigrated to Australia at age 16 and worked as a drover and overseer.
		Blamey initiated a sweeping reorganisation of the defence of Australia that saw Lieutenant General J. Lavarack appointed to command the First Army in Queensland, Lieutenant General I. Mackay, the Second Army in Victoria and Lieutenant General H. Bennett, the III Corps in Western Australia.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-leaders/ww2/blamey.htm (4992 words)

	Articles - Second Australian Imperial Force
		However, the bulk of the 7th Division was deployed in support of Militia battalions engaged in a rearguard action on the Kokoda Track Campaign in New Guinea, which was an Australian territory at the time.
		The 7th Division was also responsible for the breakthrough victory over Japanese land forces at the Battle of Milne Bay in August 1942.
		The 6th and 7th Divisions, with elements of the 1st Armoured, formed a large part of the Allied forces which destroyed the major Japanese beachhead in New Guinea, at the Battle of Buna-Gona.
	lastring.com /articles/Second_Australian_Imperial_Force?... (791 words)

	[Wa] [Wa-calendar] Active Events Calendar - from Monday 7th October 2002
		All welcome the Reid oration was established by the institute of public administration Australia (WA division) in 1991 to honour professor Gordon Reid's contribution to public life.
		Abstract: since the appearance of Gordon Reid's major study of Australia's commonwealth parliament in 1988 which explored some of the changes that strained the links between the people and their elected representatives, the criticism of politics and politicians has increased.
		He was professor of politics for many years at the university of western Australia as well as serving as deputy vice-chancellor.
	lists.cat.org.au /pipermail/wa/2002-October/000014.html (791 words)

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