About: 57th/60th Battalion (Australia)

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Infantry battalion of the Australian Army

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  • 1930-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Black alongside red (en)
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  • infantry battalion of the Australian Army (en)
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  • 60px
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  • ~800–900 menref|In their earlier battles of WW2, the normal size of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks, based upon deployment to the relatively open or expansive terrain of North Africa and the Middle East (El Alamein in Egypt, Bardia and Tobruk in Libya, and Damascus and Beirut in Syria) . However, the 3rd Division was slated for battle in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, and was therefore reorganised into the jungle establishment. The size of the 57th/60th Battalion and others was therefore reduced to 803 men all ranks.|group=Note
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  • Hard'n'Boldref|The motto is a combination of the mottos of the 57th Battalion, 'Strike Hard', and the 60th Battalion, 'Swift and Bold'. In turn these mottos were adapted or adopted from the mottos of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, 'The Die Hards', and the 60th Regiment of Foot, the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 'Swift and Bold'.|group=Note
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  • Men from the 57th/60th Battalion advance up the Faria River in February 1944 (en)
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  • Black alongside red (en)
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  • Colours (en)
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  • 15 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1930 (xsd:integer)
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  • 60 (xsd:integer)
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  • 250 (xsd:integer)
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  • Hard'n'Boldref|The motto is a combination of the mottos of the 57th Battalion, 'Strike Hard', and the 60th Battalion, 'Swift and Bold'. In turn these mottos were adapted or adopted from the mottos of the 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, 'The Die Hards', and the 60th Regiment of Foot, the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 'Swift and Bold'.|group=Note (en)
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  • Merri/Heidelberg Regiment (en)
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  • ~800–900 menref|In their earlier battles of WW2, the normal size of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks, based upon deployment to the relatively open or expansive terrain of North Africa and the Middle East (El Alamein in Egypt, Bardia and Tobruk in Libya, and Damascus and Beirut in Syria) . However, the 3rd Division was slated for battle in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, and was therefore reorganised into the jungle establishment. The size of the 57th/60th Battalion and others was therefore reduced to 803 men all ranks.|group=Note (en)
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  • 57 (xsd:integer)
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  • 57th/60th Battalion (Australia) (en)
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  • 57th/60th Battalion (en)
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  • Merri/Heidelberg Regiment (en)
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