2/29th Battalion (Australia)

2/29th Battalion
Ex-prisoners of war from the 2/29th at Changi, September 1945
Active	1940–42
Country	Australia
Branch	Australian Army
Type	Infantry
Size	~800–900 personnel[Note 1]
Part of	27th Brigade, 8th Division
Engagements	World War II Malayan Campaign
Insignia
Unit colour patch

The 2/29th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during the Second World War. Formed in October 1940, the battalion served in Malaya as part of the 27th Brigade, which was assigned to the 8th Division. Recruited mainly from volunteers drawn from the state of Victoria, after completing its training around Bonegilla and then Bathurst, the 2/29th Battalion was sent to Malaya in August 1941 along with the rest of the 27th Brigade to bolster the Australian force there and subsequently fought in the Malayan Campaign following the Japanese attack in December 1941. The battalion fought several delaying actions along the west coast, including fighting around Bakri and Muar, and in Johore, before Allied forces withdrew across the Causeway to Singapore. The battalion later took part in the defence of Singapore in February 1942, but was captured after the garrison capitulated on 15 February. They spent the remainder of the war as prisoners of war, with many dying in captivity.

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