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22nd Brigade (Australia)

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Active
  
1940–1945

Branch
  
Size
  
Country
  
Australia

Type
  
Part of
  
8th Division (1940–42)

The 22nd Brigade was a brigade-sized infantry unit of the Australian Army. The brigade was raised for service during World War II on 15 July 1940 as part of the 8th Australian Division.

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The brigade participated in the defence of Malaya with its headquarters at MersingEndau and then later fought in the Battle of Singapore where it was captured after the garrison surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Army in mid-February 1942.

Units

  • 2/18th Battalion
  • 2/19th Battalion
  • 2/20th Battalion
  • 2/10th Field Regiment
  • Commanders

  • Brigadier Harold Burfield Taylor (15 July 1940 – 11 February 1942)
  • Brigadier Arthur Leslie Varley (12–15 February 1942)
  • References

    22nd Brigade (Australia) Wikipedia


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