Australian 18th Brigade

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Second Australian Imperial Force formation infantry brigade

The Australian 18th Brigade was an infantry formation of the Second Australian Imperial Force that saw notable combat service in the Middle East and Pacific campaigns during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
18th Brigade	1
18th Brigade (Australia)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Second Australian Imperial Force formation ⓘ infantry brigade ⓘ
alliedWith	British Empire forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
assignedTo	7th Australian Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	infantry ⓘ
composedOf	2/10th Battalion (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ 2/12th Battalion (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ 2/9th Battalion (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	Australia ⓘ
disbandedIn	1945 ⓘ
engagedIn	Aitape–Wewak campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Buna–Gona NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Milne Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ North African campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria–Lebanon campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ
formedIn	1940 ⓘ
garrisoned	Tobruk NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterAssignedTo	6th Australian Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Australian Army ground forces ⓘ
nationality	Australian ⓘ
notableAction	defence of Tobruk ⓘ
notableFor	service in both Middle East and Pacific theatres ⓘ
opposedTo	Axis powers NERFINISHED ⓘ German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Allied operations in the Middle East ⓘ Allied operations in the South West Pacific Area ⓘ
partOf	Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Australian Imperial Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedFor	overseas service ⓘ
role	frontline combat ⓘ
serviceNumbering	18th Brigade (2nd AIF) NERFINISHED ⓘ
size	brigade ⓘ
subordinateTo	Australian I Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian II Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatre	Middle East campaign of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific War NERFINISHED ⓘ
type	infantry formation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of Milne Bay → involvedUnit → Australian 18th Brigade ⓘ

Battle of Balikpapan (1945) → unitInvolved → Australian 18th Brigade ⓘ

this entity surface form: 18th Brigade (Australia)

7th Australian Division → componentUnit → Australian 18th Brigade ⓘ

this entity surface form: 18th Brigade