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58/59 Infantry Battalion
58/59 Infantry Battalion (The Essendon-Cobourg-Brunswick Rifles/The Hume Regiment)

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
26-Aug-1942 26-Aug-1942 Converted from 58 Infantry Battalion
26-Aug-1942 26-Aug-1942 Perpetuated 59 Infantry Battalion
15-Jan-1943 ? 15-Jan-1943 ? Event Battalion arrived Port Moresby with Brigade.
25-May-1943 31-May-1943 Event Battalion (elements ?) flown from Port Moresby to Bulolo Area with 15 Infantry Brigade HQ.
31-Aug-1945 31-Aug-1945 Active Still Active.
Number of Records Returned: 5
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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Sources Bibliography for Unit
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