Category: 2nd 24th Infantry Battalion, Australian Army, World War II

Categories: Australian Army, World War II

The 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II. A unit of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF), it was formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers and was known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. It served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946. The 2/24th suffered the highest number of casualties of any 2nd AIF infantry battalion.

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Douglas Abbott 21 Aug 1924 Maylands, South Australia, Australia - 02 May 1945

Stanley Aitken 08 Jun 1920 Croxton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 25 Aug 1991

Leslie Albon 01 Apr 1913 Powlett River, Victoria, Australia - 08 Jun 1990

Eric Allen 18 Sep 1922 Horsham, Victoria, Australia - 23 Nov 1975

Christopher Ronald Armstrong 03 Jul 1914 West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia

Arthur Attwell 1913 Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia

Geoffrey Austin 27 Aug 1903 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 06 Sep 1988

Arthur Avery 1909 Alberton, Victoria, Australia - 1963

B

Lindsay Bailey 27 Dec 1917 Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia - 1977

Everard Baillieu 09 Dec 1912 Armadale, Victoria, Australia - 22 Feb 2002

Jack Bamford 21 Jul 1915 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia - 29 Mar 2005

Russell Beal 1908 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia - 01 Feb 1989

Albert Beams abt 05 Jun 1915 Broadford, Victoria, Australia - 09 Jun 2004

B cont.

Harold Beasy 02 Aug 1914 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia - 16 Nov 1942

James Beck 1910 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 20 Dec 1980

Alfred Bennett 23 Apr 1905 Horsham, Victoria, Australia - 1980

Keith Bennett 1906 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 1957

Harold Branson 27 Jul 1913 Rushworth, Victoria, Australia - 12 Apr 1982

C

Oliver Clafton 19 Dec 1918 New South Wales, Australia - abt 1997

Jack Collins 13 Mar 1903 Berringa, Victoria, Australia - Apr 1962

D

Leonard Dingwall 21 Nov 1918 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia - 1997

James Dwyer 20 Nov 1905 Bundarra, New South Wales, Australia - 14 Aug 1980

J

Harold Johnson 24 Apr 1907 Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - 30 Aug 1974

M

Alan Mackinnon 12 Feb 1909 Armadale, Victoria, Australia - 29 Jun 1976

William McKenzie 17 Jan 1923 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 15 Jan 1944

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Harold Pech 27 Jan 1920 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia - 17 Feb 1975

R

Roy Rayner 17 Jul 1918 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Aug 1988

S

Kenneth Singleton 1914 Maffra, Victoria, Australia - 25 Jul 1942

Allan Spowers 09 Jul 1892 South Yarra, Victoria (Australia) - 04 May 1968

T

John Taylor 25 Nov 1914 Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Mar 1989

Stanley Tolley 18 Dec 1912 Drouin, Victoria, Australia - 31 Mar 1989

William Tye 21 Sep 1911 Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia - 13 May 1945

V

Harry (van der Sloot) Vandersloot 10 Aug 1902 73 Lydia Street, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 18 Jun 1974

Norman Vincent 13 Jun 1915 Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia - 28 Apr 1962

Harry Vivian 24 Dec 1916 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 26 Oct 1942

W

Anthony Wawn 26 Jan 1921 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia - 1991

Patrick White 18 Feb 1914 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 1984

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