Second Australian Imperial Force

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expeditionary force field army military formation

The Second Australian Imperial Force was the volunteer expeditionary force raised by Australia for overseas service during World War II, fighting in major campaigns in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific.

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Second Australian Imperial Force canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expeditionary force ⓘ
field army ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2nd AIF ⓘ
Second AIF ⓘ
branch Australian Army ⓘ
component 1st Armoured Division (Australia) ⓘ
6th Australian Division ⓘ
surface form: 6th Division (Australia)

7th Australian Division ⓘ
surface form: 7th Division (Australia)

8th Australian Division ⓘ
surface form: 8th Division (Australia)

Australian 9th Division ⓘ
surface form: 9th Division (Australia)

Australian I Corps ⓘ
surface form: I Corps (Australia)

II Corps (Australia) ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

World War II ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
demobilisation post-World War II demobilisation of Australian forces ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Bardia ⓘ
Battle of Crete ⓘ
Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ
Battle of Bougainville ⓘ
surface form: Bougainville campaign

Battle of Singapore ⓘ
surface form: Fall of Singapore

Greek Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Greek campaign

Kokoda Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Kokoda Track campaign

Battle of Malaya ⓘ
surface form: Malayan campaign

New Guinea campaign ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
Siege of Tobruk ⓘ
Syrian–Lebanese campaign ⓘ
surface form: Syria–Lebanon campaign
foundedBy Australian government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Australia
garrison Australia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Canberra ⓘ
inceptionAfterEvent outbreak of World War II ⓘ
legalBasis Defence Act 1903 (Australia) ⓘ
notableCommander Iven Mackay ⓘ
Leslie Morshead ⓘ
Thomas Blamey ⓘ
partOf Australian Army ⓘ
precededBy Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
surface form: First Australian Imperial Force
primaryRole overseas military service ⓘ
recruitmentBasis voluntary enlistment ⓘ
relationship distinct from the Militia (Citizen Military Forces) ⓘ
serviceRestriction raised for overseas service only ⓘ
size several hundred thousand personnel ⓘ
startTime 1939 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Mediterranean ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: South West Pacific
volunteerForce true ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Australian 9th Division → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
Lark Force → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
General Sir Thomas Blamey → militaryUnit → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Blamey
7th Australian Division → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
8th Australian Division → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
Gull Force → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
20th Brigade → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
24th Brigade → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
26th Brigade → partOf → Second Australian Imperial Force ⓘ