User:Billingp/2/23rd Battalion (Australia)

The Second Twenty-Third Infantry Battalion was part of the 9th Division of the second AIF. It was formed in Albury and to this day is proudly claimed by locals as 'Albury's Own'. The unit features strongly in the town's annual ANZAC day commemerations and the unit's reunions are frequently held there.

It's badge was T-shaped and was coloured brown with a red border. With reference to the badge's colouring the battalion was known as 'Mud and Blood'. Their field newsletter was named 'Mud and Blood' also and when the official history of the unit, written by Dick Fanke, was published some 30 years after the war ended, it carried this name as well.