2nd Australian Infantry Special Group

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Brief History

Formed in Bathurst, New South Wales dyuring AUgust 1942 by the 2nd Australian Infantry Training Brigade to train troops on mortars, anti tank weapons and intelligence tasks. In May 1940 they absorbed their fellow units from the 1st and 4th Infantry Training Brigades. In 1944 a Pioneeer wing was formed and they remained in Bathurst until the end of the war, in the later period preparing reinforcements for the proposed Occupation Force in Japan.

Trainees

• Roy Searle Williams 27 Jul - 3 Sep 1945

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 6 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 6.253 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018 Unit Personnel