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- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) abstract "The 2/17th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in April 1940 in New South Wales, it formed part of the 20th Brigade, and was eventually allocated to the 9th Division. After completing basic training in Australia, the unit was deployed to the Middle East. In early 1941, it took part in the fighting at Tobruk, defending the port until relieved. A period of garrison duties followed in Syria and Lebanon before the battalion took part in the First and Second Battles of El Alamein in mid-1942. As the focus of the Australian Army's operations shifted to the Pacific theatre to fight the Japanese, the 2/17th Battalion returned to Australia early in 1943.In 1943–44, the battalion fought in New Guinea, conducting an amphibious landing as part of operations to capture Lae in early September at the end of the Salamaua–Lae campaign, before participating in the follow-up landing on the Huon Peninsula as Japanese forces withdrew inland from Lae. In early 1944, the battalion was withdrawn to Australia for rest and reorganisation and a long period of inactivity followed before it returned to combat. Its final campaign came late in the war when it was committed to the fighting in Borneo in June 1945, landing on Brunei. Following the end of the war, the battalion was disbanded in early 1946.".
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) activeYearsStartYear "1940".
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) battle Borneo_campaign_(1945).
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) battle Huon_Peninsula_campaign.
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) battle North_African_Campaign.
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) battle Salamaua–Lae_campaign.
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) battle World_War_II.
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) colourName "White and Green".
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) commandStructure 20th_Brigade_(Australia).
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) commandStructure 9th_Division_(Australia).
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) identificationSymbol "90px|alt=A two toned diamond organizational symbol,90px|alt=A two-toned T-shaped organizational symbol".
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) militaryBranch Australian_Army.
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) militaryUnitSize "~800–900 menref|By the start of World War II, the authorised strength of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks, however, later in the war it fell to 803.|group=Note".
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) motto "What We Have We Hold".
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) notableCommander John_Raymond_Broadbent_(Major_General).
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) notableCommander John_Wilson_Crawford.
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) notableCommander Maurice_Fergusson.
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) role "Infantry".
- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) thumbnail Destroyed_Panzer_III_near_Tobruk_1941.jpg?width=300.
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- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Australian_World_War_II_battalions.
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- 17th_Battalion_(Australia) wikiPageWikiLink Landing_at_Anzac_Cove.
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