2/3rd Australian Anti-Tank Regiment

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Brief History

Formed in July 1940 at Warwick Farm in New South Wales as the 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, it was initially assigned to the 8th Division, but later reassigned to the 9th Division. They embarked for the Middle East in November 1941 and on arrival moved to Julis in Palestine to complete their training. Deployed to the west of Tobruk they were caught up in the retreat enforced by Rommel's Africa Corps, losing most of their HQ element and personnel of the 2/11th Anti-Tak Battery.

Re-equipped and strengthened with new troops they were sent to Tobruk where they played an important role in hte defence of its perimeter. The regiment took part in the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 and then the First and Second Battles of El Alamein in 1942. After returning to Australia in early 1943, the regiment became a corps-assigned unit, and its individual batteries served in New Guinea in 1943–1944, and then Borneo against the Japanese in 1945.