From the Collection #35 - The Swan Regiment
Part of the "From the Collection" series prepared and distributed to a subscribers' list during 2022 as a follow on to the "Virtual Visit" series initiated during the COVID lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 The collection focus of this item is 28 Battalion, The Swan Regiment.
After demobilisation of the AIF was completed in 1921, the Citizens Force, was reorganised to reflect the numerical designations of the AIF. As a result, the 28th Battalion was re-raised in Western Australia, as part of the 13th Brigade, within the 5th Military District. In 1927, when territorial designations were approved for Citizen Forces infantry battalions, the 28th adopted the title of the Swan Valley Regiment, although in 1934 this was changed to the Swan Regiment. The battalion's motto – the Latin word Urgens – was approved in 1927
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Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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