2/23rd Battalion (Australia)

2/23rd Battalion
Mortars from the 2/23rd fire in support of the battalion's advance during the Huon Peninsula campaign, December 1943
Active	1940–1946
Country	Australia
Branch	Australian Army
Type	Infantry
Size	~800–900 personnel[Note 1]
Part of	26th Brigade, 7th Division 26th Brigade, 9th Division
Nickname(s)	"Albury's Own"
Engagements	Second World War Siege of Tobruk First Battle of El Alamein Second Battle of El Alamein Huon Peninsula campaign Borneo Campaign
Insignia
Unit colour patch (1940–42)
(1942–46)

The 2/23rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during the Second World War. Formed in June 1940 from primarily volunteers from Albury, New South Wales, the battalion served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946.

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