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On 15 September 1939, Menzies announced the formation of the Second AIF, an expeditionary force of 20,000, to consist of one infantry division and any auxiliary units that the
Australian Army could fit into it. On 15 November 1939, Menzies announced the reintroduction of conscription for home defence
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All members of the Second AIF were allocated a serial number. The first letter represented the state of enlistment: N – New South Wales; V – Victoria; Q – Queensland; S – South
Australia; W – Western Australia; T – Tasmania; D ("Darwin") – Northern Territory; P - Papua New Guinea. The serial numbers
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Pacific, the Army found that its force structure was unbalanced, with a preponderance of operational units and a grave shortage of logistical units. The Army was also faced with government requests to release manpower to industry, and later to discharge long-serving personnel. This
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After the war with Japan began, large numbers of experienced AIF officers were posted to
Militia units. As a consequence, units in which more than 75% of their personnel were AIF volunteers were permitted to call themselves AIF units. By November 1944, 20 of the Militia's 33 infantry battalions were
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was unable to help much in the initial stages, as it was preoccupied with its own mobilisation. The
Treasury Department opposed the diversion of large numbers of men and women from industry, the conversion of industries to production of weapons, and the expenditure of large sums on defence. It took
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Personnel were required to be between 20 and 35 years old on enlistment, although there were many cases of this being evaded. A large number of personnel were aged 20 on enlistment, and many former members of the First AIF joined up, a practice encouraged by some unit commanders, who liked to have
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Units wore the shoulder patch of the corresponding unit of the First AIF, with a grey border to distinguish the unit from the
Militia unit wearing the same patch. The shape of the grey indicated the division, which sometimes differed from that of the coloured part. Later, AIF personnel in Militia
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Although the AIF had priority for scarce personnel and equipment over the
Militia, many Militia commanders were reluctant to release any to the AIF. Although the government had hoped that half of the new force would be drawn from the Militia, it was soon clear that this would not be achieved. The
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Divisions numbered 1st to 5th were
Militia divisions, which had been raised during the inter-war years and perpetuated the numerical designations of the First AIF units that had fought during the First World War. In addition, the 10th through 12th and the 2nd and 3rd Armoured Divisions were also
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Units of the Second AIF prefixed their numbers with a '2/' (pronounced 'second') to distinguish themselves from
Militia units. Where such a unit did not exist in the First AIF or the Militia, the '2/' was not initially used, but later it was adopted as identifying a unit of the Second AIF.
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units were authorised to wear the grey border, resulting in some units wearing the same patches. The 9th Division replaced all its patches with a new type in the shape of a "T". As there were more units in the Second AIF than the First, many units wore patches of a new design.
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of female soldiers followed this with an F. AIF serial numbers then had an X. A low number indicated an early enlistment. General Blamey was VX1. Soldiers transferring from the Militia often kept their old number with 100,000 added, while PMF officers had 20,000 added.
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The 6th and 7th Divisions departed for the Far East in January 1942, followed by the 9th Division in February 1943. The last AIF units, three forestry companies, returned via the United States in late 1943. All units of the Second AIF were thereafter deployed to the
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by the end of 1946. The Second AIF ceased to exist on 30 June 1947. All Second AIF personnel still on full-time duty were transferred to the Interim Army on 1 July 1947; this force was used to form the foundation of the Australian Regular Army in 1948.
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MacArthur deployed the AIF divisions in secondary assignments during 1944–45, where they often fought what many considered to be pointless battles. A shortage of first operational units and then logistic units caused the 6th Division, now under
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fell. It was filled up with Militia battalions, and it and other remaining elements of the 8th Division participated in the campaigns in the South West Pacific. The 8th Division was reformed after the war to process prisoners of the Japanese.
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Although volunteer militiamen were paid 8s per day, an unmarried private in the AIF was paid 5s per day in Australia, with an extra 2s per day after embarkation for overseas. This was less than the 8s 6d per day
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service effective 1 January 1940. Unmarried men turning 21 in the year ending 30 June 1940 would be drafted into the Militia. Because of this, the AIF could not accept personnel who were in
848:. With elements of the 1st Armoured Division and 6th Divisions, and Militia, it formed a large part of the Allied forces which destroyed the major Japanese beachhead in New Guinea, at the
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in 1914. Part of his charter required the Second AIF to be kept together, but a series of political and military crises resulted in the divisions rarely fighting together, with individual
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public was torn between the dangers presented by Germany and Japan. After an initial rush, enlistments tapered off. For these reasons, the Second AIF possessed only one division, the
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nor the full-time Permanent Military Force (PMF) could serve outside Australia or its territories unless they volunteered to do so. The Second AIF fought against Nazi Germany,
601:, were soon coming off the assembly lines in Australia. In the meantime, the AIF, like the Militia, made do with the weapons that the First AIF had brought back from the
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shocked both the government and the people into action. A huge surge of enlistments—48,496 in June 1940—provided enough personnel to fill not only the recently formed
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When the remainder of the 6th Division returned, it was committed to the fighting in New Guinea. The 16th Infantry Brigade participated in the fighting on the
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onwards so as not to be confused with extant Militia brigades. There were at first four infantry battalions per brigade but this was soon reduced to three.
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entitled to call themselves AIF. At this time the Army was 423,000 strong, of whom 25,000 were women, and 307,000 were members of the AIF.
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in February 1942, where the division lost 1,789 killed and 1,306 wounded; another 15,395 were captured. The divisional commander,
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decided to do both, although the experience of the Great War indicated that Australia did not have the resources to do either.
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Unlike in 1914, Australia did not possess a stock of modern weapons and equipment at the outbreak of the war. As in 1914, the
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in 1941. The division's 18th Infantry Brigade fought at Tobruk.
1996:(1st ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.
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394:1st Armoured Division M3 Grant tanks in June 1942
292:Military history of Australia during World War II
1975:Burness, Peter (2007). "The Battle of Bardia".
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1719:A Burning Legacy: The Broken 8th Division
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489:following the death of General Sir
296:Australian Army during World War II
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2287:. Melbourne, Victoria: Heinemann.
1956:. Australian Army History Series.
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2014:The New Guinea Offensives
1958:South Melbourne, Victoria
1952:Bomford, Janette (2001).
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2283:Robertson, John (1981).
2224:Maughan, Barton (1966).
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712:17th Battalion 1921–1944
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638:some old hands around.
413:William Throsby Bridges
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2129:Lambert, Zach (2012).
2011:Dexter, David (1961).
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91:Expeditionary warfare
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2110:Kuring, Ian (2004).
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1368:The Battle of Bardia
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548:Militia formations.
334:reserved occupations
2322:The Japanese Thrust
2208:The Final Campaigns
2159:on 2 November 2013.
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2034:Glyde, Ken (1999).
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