8th Australian Division

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Australian Army division Second Australian Imperial Force formation infantry division

The 8th Australian Division was an infantry division of the Second Australian Imperial Force that served in the Pacific theatre during World War II, notably in the Malayan Campaign and the fall of Singapore.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
8th Australian Division canonical	3
8th Division (Australia)	1
Australian 8th Division (higher command context)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian Army division ⓘ Second Australian Imperial Force formation ⓘ infantry division ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ
battle	Battle of Malaya ⓘ Battle of Singapore ⓘ
branch	Australian Army ⓘ
campaign	Battle of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malayan Campaign
casualties	heavy casualties in Malaya and Singapore ⓘ
commander	Major General Gordon Bennett ⓘ
componentUnit	2/10th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers ⓘ 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ⓘ 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery ⓘ 2/18th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ surface form: 2/18th Battalion 2/19th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ surface form: 2/19th Battalion 2/20th Battalion ⓘ 2/26th Battalion ⓘ 2/29th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ surface form: 2/29th Battalion 2/30th Battalion ⓘ 2/3rd Reserve Motor Transport Company ⓘ 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion ⓘ 2/9th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers ⓘ 22nd Brigade ⓘ 23rd Brigade ⓘ 27th Brigade ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	Australia ⓘ
dateOfSurrender	15 February 1942 ⓘ
disbanded	post-World War II ⓘ
engagedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
fateOfPersonnel	many became prisoners of war ⓘ
formed	July 1940 ⓘ
garrison	Australia ⓘ Federation of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malaya
higherCommand	British Far East Command ⓘ surface form: Malaya Command
legacy	symbol of Australian sacrifice in the fall of Singapore ⓘ
notableAction	defence of Johore ⓘ defence of Singapore Island ⓘ
notableCommander	Gordon Bennett ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Singapore ⓘ surface form: fall of Singapore
notablePOWExperience	Sandakan death marches ⓘ Burma Railway ⓘ surface form: Thai–Burma Railway
partOf	Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
placeOfSurrender	Singapore ⓘ
role	infantry operations in Malaya and Singapore ⓘ
size	division ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
theatre	Pacific War ⓘ Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gordon Bennett → commanded → 8th Australian Division ⓘ

Battle of Muar → involvesMilitaryUnit → 8th Australian Division ⓘ

Lark Force → underCommandOf → 8th Australian Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian 8th Division (higher command context)

Henry Gordon Bennett → commanded → 8th Australian Division ⓘ

Second Australian Imperial Force → component → 8th Australian Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: 8th Division (Australia)