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This colour patch was based on that of the 8th Battalion, 1st AIF, with grey trim to distinguish it as the colour patch of a unit of the 2nd AIF. Unit colour patches (or simply known as colour patches) [1] are a method of identification used by the Australian Army, used to indicate which unit a soldier belongs to.
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The 8th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Initially raised in 1914 for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War the battalion was completely recruited from Victoria and formed part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. During the war it fought at Gallipoli and in France and Belgium on the Western Front.
During World War I, the brigade was re-raised in 1916 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force, when the AIF was being expanded in Egypt following the Gallipoli Campaign and prior to its deployment to the Western Front. Assigned to the 5th Division, the brigade comprised newly formed battalions that had recently arrived in Egypt.
The 2/8th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during World War II. Raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force at Melbourne , Victoria on 30 October 1939, the 2/8th was initially attached to the 17th Brigade , 6th Division .
In September 1940, a reorganisation of the 2nd AIF resulted in the 24th Brigade being sent to North Africa, where it became part of the 9th Division. It was replaced in the 8th Division by the 27th Brigade (Brigadier Duncan Maxwell), which was the last 2nd AIF brigade to be formed. [3]
The 2/8 Australian Field Regiment AIF: A Brief History (PDF). 2/8th Field Regiment Association. Horner, David (1995). The Gunners: A History of Australian Artillery. Sydney, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-917-3. Johnston, Mark (2002). That Magnificent 9th: An Illustrated History of the 9th Australian Division 1940–46. Sydney ...
M198 of 101 Medium Battery, 8/12 Medium Regiment in 2001. The Regiment was a creation of the reorganisation of the Australian Army as a result of the Vietnam War experience. During the mid-1970s, the 8th/12th Medium Regiment included: [5] Headquarters Battery "A" Field Battery 103 Medium Battery 102 Field Battery (disbanded in 1987)