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The 2/17th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in April 1940 in New South Wales, the unit saw service in the Middle East in 1941–42, taking part in the fighting at Tobruk and El Alamein before returning to Australia early in 1943. In 1943–44 the battalion fought in New Guinea against the Japanese. Its final campaign was in Borneo in June 1945. Following the end of the war, the battalion was disbanded in early 1946.

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rdfs:comment	The 2/17th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in April 1940 in New South Wales, the unit saw service in the Middle East in 1941–42, taking part in the fighting at Tobruk and El Alamein before returning to Australia early in 1943. In 1943–44 the battalion fought in New Guinea against the Japanese. Its final campaign was in Borneo in June 1945. Following the end of the war, the battalion was disbanded in early 1946.
foaf:name	2/17th Battalion
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active years end year	1946-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1940-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
battle	North African Campaign Salamaua-Lae campaign Borneo Campaign (1945) World War II Huon Peninsula campaign
command structure	Australian 9th Division dbpedia:20th_Brigade_(Australia)
country	Australia
identification symbol	70px
military branch	Australian Army
military unit size	~800–900 menref\|By the start of World War II, the authorised strength of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks, however, later in the war it fell to 803.\|group=Note
notable commander	Fergusson, Maurice Broadbent, John Raymond Crawford, John Wilson
role	Infantry
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Destroyed_Panzer_III_near_Tobruk_1941.jpg?width=300
is military unit of	Edmondson, John Hurst

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