This year we are encouraging family members of the 2/18th to march in the ANZAC Day March in Sydney, under our original banner. It is heartwarming when grandchildren as well as children of our veterans march to show respect for the men of the battalion. ANZAC Day March details We meet under the 2/18th banner … Continue reading Anzac Day 2023
I wish to welcome you to the 2/18th (AIF) Infantry Battalion Association 2022 Newsletter. Since the last newsletter we have gone through more COVID-19, which has had an effect on the Association, just as has affected all our lives. Hopefully with the easing of the pandemic we will be able to meet again soon. In … Continue reading 2/18th Battalion (A.I.F.) Association 2022 newsletter
I wish to welcome you to our 2021 Newsletter. As we all know it has been a very difficult couple of years due to the pandemic. I hope that you are all as well and safe as can be expected. We are all looking forward to hopefully better times as soon as possible. We were … Continue reading 2/18th Battalion (A.I.F.) Association 2021 newsletter
The decision to form the 8th Division was made on May 22, 1940. This event would lead to the formation of the 2/18th Battalion. With a national strength of approximately 20,000 the 8th Division would be destroyed as a fighting force by the end of February 1942, having suffered defeats at Singapore, Rabaul, Ambon, and Timor. One in three would … Continue reading Remembering the 8th Australian Division
On August 15, 2020, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra will be holding its daily Last Post Ceremony (LPC). On this occasion, the story of Private Dudley Boughton – Service No. NX58805 – of the 2/18th Battalion will be shared as part of the ceremony. The date coincides with this year’s annual commemoration of the … Continue reading Last Post ceremony honours Private Dudley Boughton
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