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Property	Value
rdf:type	Military Unit
rdfs:label	2/40th Battalion (Australia)
rdfs:comment	The 2/40th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Formed in mid-1940 from personnel recruited from Tasmania, the battalion took part in the fighting against the Japanese on Timor in 1942. Outnumbered and lacking supplies, the majority of the 2/40th's personnel were captured and spent the rest of the war as prisoners of war.
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Branch	Australian Army
colors label	Colours
command structure	8 23 dbkwik:resource/FkV_oTxBDKabrkjg1TIlpw==
identification symbol	100
Type	Infantry
identification symbol label	Unit Colour Patch
Dates	1940
Colors	White over Red
Unit Name	2
notable commanders	William Leggatt
Battles	Second World War Battle of Timor
Size	~800–900 menref|By the start of the Second World War, the authorised strength of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks, however, later in the war it fell to 803.|group=Note
abstract	The 2/40th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Formed in mid-1940 from personnel recruited from Tasmania, the battalion took part in the fighting against the Japanese on Timor in 1942. Outnumbered and lacking supplies, the majority of the 2/40th's personnel were captured and spent the rest of the war as prisoners of war.