. . . . . . "2/24th Battalion"@en . . "\"Wangaratta's Own\""@en . "1940Z"^^ . . . . "The 2/24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during the Second World War. 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."@en . . . . "~800\u2013900 personnelref|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" . . "100px" .