Category: 2nd 16th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II

Categories: Australian Army, World War II

The 2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, serving during World War II. Attached to the 21st Brigade that was assigned to the 7th Division, the 2/16th was raised in 1940 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force from volunteers drawn mainly from the state of Western Australia. After training in Australia, the battalion was deployed to the Middle East where it undertook defensive duties along the Egyptian–Libyan border in early 1941 before taking part in the Syria–Lebanon campaign, fighting against Vichy French forces in June and July. At the conclusion of the campaign, the 2/16th remained in Lebanon, contributing to the Allied occupation force there, before returning to Australia in early 1942 following Japan's entry into the war. In August 1942, they were committed to the fighting along the Kokoda Track and then later fought around Buna and Gona. After a period of rest and reorganisation in Australia, the battalion fought around Lae and then took part in the Finisterre Range campaign in 1943–44. Its final campaign of the war came in Borneo in July 1945. At the end of the war, the 2/16th were disbanded in January 1946.

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Edward Antill 14 May 1905 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 15 Jun 2002

Roy Ashby 15 May 1917 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 13 Jul 1977

B

Francis Bantow 23 Jan 1899 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 27 Oct 1960

Thomas Beard 06 Oct 1915 Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia - 06 Dec 1984

Alan Bobbin 26 Sep 1923 Cooma, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Apr 2005

Frank Bown 21 Apr 1908 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 1994

C

Reginald Cullen 28 Jun 1918 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

F

George Fritz 11 Apr 1918 Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia - 31 Aug 2007

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Joseph Johnston 06 Feb 1910 Kundip, Western Australia, Australia - 31 Aug 1942

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Jack Langton abt 07 Nov 1916 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Dec 1942

John Lee Steere 26 Nov 1909 Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia - 31 Aug 1942

John Lewis 17 Jun 1906 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 08 Dec 1942

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Edward Masters 03 Apr 1908 Albany, Western Australia, Australia - 29 Aug 1942

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William McLeish abt 02 Dec 1913 Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1945

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Henry O'Loughlin 03 Sep 1914 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 08 Sep 1942

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Arnold Potts 16 Sep 1896 Peel, Isle of Man - 01 Jan 1968

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Arthur Tibbett 11 Jun 1923 Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Oct 1943

Kevin Tonkin 1921 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 14 Sep 1942

Y

Francis Yates 16 Jan 1916 Katanning, Western Australia, Australia - 14 Feb 1988

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