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The 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Australian Army was raised at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on 16 October 1939 as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division for World War II. During the war the battalion took part in the North African campaign, Greek campaign and the New Guinea campaign. The battalion took part in the advance along the Kokoda Track between September 1942 and January 1943 with heavy losses. The Battalion disbanded in December 1945.