Category: 2nd 11th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II

Categories: Australian Army, World War II

The 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which saw service during World War II. Raised shortly after the outbreak of war in 1939, the 2/11th was formed from Second Australian Imperial Force volunteers who were recruited mainly from the state of Western Australia. Assigned to the 6th Division, the 2/11th completed its training in Western Australia and New South Wales before deploying to the Middle East in 1940. Its first action came around Bardia in early January 1941, and this was followed by further actions in Libya, and then Greece and on Crete. On Crete, whilst defending the town and aerodrome of Retimo, the 2/11th and 2/1st Battalions did not receice the evacuation order and subsequently most of its soldiers became prisoners-of-war. After being re-formed, in late 1941 the battalion was deployed to Syria to undertake garrison duties there. In early 1942, it was brought back to Australia to help bolster the country's defences following Japanese advances in the Pacific, and it subsequently undertook defensive duties in Western Australia. The 2/11th did not see combat again until the final year of the war when it was committed to the Aitape–Wewak campaign. It was disbanded after the war in late 1945. The battalion had four commanding officers: Lieutenant Colonels Thomas Louch (1939–1941), Raymond Sandover (1941–1943), Hector Binks (1943–1945) and Charles Green (1945).

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Albert Adams 09 Oct 1924 New South Wales, Australia - 10 May 1949

Raymond Beard 11 Sep 1914 Holyoake, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Jan 1941

Harold Black 22 Apr 1905 Pingelly, Western Australia, Australia - 30 Jul 1986

Charles Doust 28 Jan 1907 Esperance, Western Australia, Australia - 06 Aug 1956

Charles Green 26 Dec 1919 Swan Creek, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Nov 1950

Archibald Ivey 22 Mar 1911 Hedworth, Durham, England, United Kingdom - 1991

Ronald George McNess 02 Mar 1908 Leederville, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Dec 1947

Leslie Osborn 05 Dec 1921 London, England, United Kingdom

Jack Pond 21 Apr 1925 Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia

Luke Robartson 01 Oct 1912 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - abt 28 Feb 2015

Wyborn Screaigh 12 May 1911 York, Western Australia, Australia - 07 Jul 2002

William Stephen 1919 Leonora, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Dec 2001

Frederick Tapping 01 Mar 1915 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 26 Sep 1973

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