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  • 2nd Division (Australia)
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  • The 2nd Division commands all the reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th in Victoria, the 5th and 8th in New South Wales, the 9th in South Australia and Tasmania, the 11th in Queensland and the 13th in Western Australia. The division was first formed in 1915 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF), and served in the Gallipoli Campaign and on the Western Front World War I. Apart from a period from 1960 to 1965, the division has existed in one form or another.
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Branch
Country
  • Australia
Current Commander
Type
  • Reserve division
Caption
  • The 2nd Division's formation sign during World War II
Dates
  • --07-26
  • April 1948 – present
  • March 1921 – April 1944
Unit Name
  • 2
notable commanders
  • Major General Herbert Lloyd
  • Major General Iven Mackay
Battles
  • * Battle of Gallipoli
  • * Battle of Amiens
  • * Battle of Arras
  • * Battle of Hamel
  • * Battle of Mont St. Quentin
  • * Battle of St. Quentin Canal
  • * Battle of the Somme (1916)
  • * Third Battle of Ypres
Size
  • 6
abstract
  • The 2nd Division commands all the reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th in Victoria, the 5th and 8th in New South Wales, the 9th in South Australia and Tasmania, the 11th in Queensland and the 13th in Western Australia. The division was first formed in 1915 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF), and served in the Gallipoli Campaign and on the Western Front World War I. Apart from a period from 1960 to 1965, the division has existed in one form or another.
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