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The 8th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army, formed during World War II as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force.The 8th Division was raised from volunteers for overseas service from July 1940 onwards.
The 2/15th Field Regiment was an Australian Army field artillery regiment that served during the Second World War.Raised in late 1940 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF), the regiment was assigned to the 8th Division.
Established on 15 July 1940 as part of the 8th Australian Division, the brigade's headquarters was opened at Wallgrove, New South Wales. Under the command of Brigadier Harold Taylor , the brigade consisted of three infantry battalions – the 2/18th , 2/19th and 2/20th – and was supported by the 2/10th Field Regiment , which was initially ...
The 2/30th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during World War II.Raised in late 1940 as part of the all volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF), the battalion formed part of the 27th Brigade, which was assigned to the 8th Division.
The 2/21st Battalion was formed on 11 July 1940 at Trawool in central Victoria as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War.Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Roach, a Militia officer who had previously commanded the 14th Battalion, [2] it was part of the 23rd Brigade of the 8th Division. [3]
The 23rd Brigade was a brigade of the Australian Army.It was briefly raised in 1912 as a Militia formation providing training as part of the compulsory training scheme.Later, it was re-formed in July 1940 for service during the Second World War, the brigade was initially a formation of the Second Australian Imperial Force assigned to the 8th Division; however, after its sub units were captured ...
8th Ersatz Division (German Empire) 8th Landwehr Division (German Empire) 8th Bavarian Reserve Division, a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I; 8th Infantry Division (Greece) 8th (Lucknow) Division, a unit of the British Indian Army before and during World War I; 8th Infantry Division (India) 8th Najaf Ashraf Division, Iran; 8th ...
Date: 25 October 2021: Source: Own work: Author: Usedtoknowthat Based on a map in "The Eighth Division 1914-1918" by Lt.-Col. J H Boraston and Capt. C E O Bax, opposite p166. Naval & Military press ISBN9871843421894.