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    The document outlines the organization of the Australian 6th Infantry Division from December 1940. It includes the division's brigades, battalions, artillery regiments, engineer battalion, and cavalry regiment. The 6th Division was the first Australian division raised in WWII and saw initial combat in North Africa, where during Operation Compass it pursued retreating Italian forces for hundreds of miles, taking many prisoners.

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    The document outlines the organization of the Australian 6th Infantry Division from December 1940. It includes the division's brigades, battalions, artillery regiments, engineer battalion, and cavalry regiment. The 6th Division was the first Australian division raised in WWII and saw initial combat in North Africa, where during Operation Compass it pursued retreating Italian forces for hundreds of miles, taking many prisoners.

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    Australian 6th Infantry Division December, 1940

    16th
    Anti-Tank
    Company
    x1 x 14 x3 x3
    16th
    Infantry
    Brigade 2/1st Battalion
    Infantry
    Battalion 2/2nd Battalion
    x3
    2/3rd Battalion
    x 12 x1 x 13 x2

    17th
    Anti-Tank
    Company
    17th x1 x 14 x3 x3
    Infantry
    Brigade 2/5th Battalion
    Infantry
    Battalion 2/6th Battalion
    x3
    2/7th Battalion
    x 12 x1 x 13 x2

    19th
    Anti-Tank
    Company
    19th x1 x 14 x3 x3
    Infantry
    Brigade 2/4th Battalion
    Infantry
    Battalion 2/8th Battalion
    x3
    2/11th Battalion
    x 12 x1 x 13 x2

    1st Btn, Royal Transferred 1st Cheshire Attached


    Northumberland from 4th Machine from Corps
    Fusiliers Indian in Gun troops in
    (-) January Battalion January
    (attached) x9 x9 x 12 x 12

    By Greg Moore
    gregpanzerblitz.com
    Updated February, 2009
    2/1st 2/2nd
    Royal Royal
    Australion Australion
    Artillery Artillery
    Regiment x4 x4 Regiment x4 x4

    2/3rd 2nd Royal


    Royal Australian
    Australion Engineer
    Artillery Battalion
    Regiment x3 x1 x4 x9 x9

    6th Cavalry
    Regiment

    x6 x4

    The Sixth Division was the first division raised by Australia in WWII (the first five served in WWI)
    and the first to see combat in the war. It was to be deployed as part of the BEF in France but the war
    there ended before it could arrive and it was detoured to North Africa instead. In January, during Opera-
    tion Compass, the division was swapped for the 4th Indian which was withdrawn. The tough Austra-
    lians then pursued the Italians along the coast road for hundreds of miles, taking thousands of prisoners
    along the way.

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