2nd/5th Machine Gun Battalion 2nd AIF

About This Unit

Raised in September 1942, the unit undertook mainly militia defence and garrison duties in the Torres Strait region of Northern Australia. When the Japanese Threat subsided the unit was disbanded in May 1944.

 

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