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Forward with the Fifth. The Story of Five Years' War Service, Fifth Inf. Battalion, A.I.F. [1921, Australian Imperial Force]

Digitised by Google Books from the collection at the University of Michigan https://books.google.com/books?id=7qoBAAAAMAAJ The author served with the 5th Australian Inf. Bn AIF as a private soldier. The 5 th Battalion was founded in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and was part of the 2nd Brigade. The Battalion served in Egypt, at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. The 2nd Brigade consisted of 5th Battalion (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Battalion_(Australia) 6th Battalion (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Battalion_(Australia) 7th Battalion (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Battalion_(Australia) 8th Battalion (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Battalion_(Australia) 2nd Brigade (Australia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Brigade_(Australia) The 2nd Brigade was part of the 1st Division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Division_(Australia) . It consisted of 3 Infantry Brigades. For general information see https://aif.adfa.edu.au/OrderOfBattle/index.html First AIF Order of Battle 1914-1918. This link lists the units and formations of the First AIF along with information including where they were raised, when they departed Australia

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