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World War 2, Middle East, 14 Field Battery, 1940

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1940

Overview

Informal portrait of unidentified soldier sitting on a rock

Historical information

The 2/7th Field Regiment began to take shape in late April 1940. Its first recruits had previously been members of the militia artillery brigades in South and Western Australia. The first South Australians came from the 13th Field Brigade, were sworn in on 20 May at the state recruiting depots at Wayville, and went into camp at Woodside. The first group of Western Australians came from the 3rd Field Brigade and were sworn in at Swan Barracks on 15 May, before going on to Northam camp. The South Australians made up the regiment's 13th Battery and the West Australians made up the regiment's 14th Battery. Although the regiment had been raised around the same time as the 7th Division, in October it was instead allotted to the 9th Division. The division's other artillery regiments were the 2/8th and 2/12th Field Regiments. Later, in October 1941, when the regiment was in the Middle East, a third battery, the 57th, was formed.

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Registration number

cwa-org-32-P1900.2900

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 2

Year

1940

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

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