. "100px|alt=A two-toned rectangle" . . . "The 2/9th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army during World War II. Raised in Queensland as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) shortly after the outbreak of the war, it served as part of the 18th Brigade and over the course of the war it was attached to the 6th, 9th and finally the 7th Division. It served in the United Kingdom in 1940, before taking part in the Siege of Tobruk and then the Syria\u2013Lebanon campaign in 1941."@en . "2/9th Battalion"@en . . . . . "Never Late" . . . "1939Z"^^ . "~800\u2013900 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" . . . "Black over Light Blue"@en . .