This is the story of a great Australian infantry battalion. It is also the
story of a distinguished Queensland battalion! Since 1975, members of the 2/15th
Battalion Remembrance Club have been writing and recording tales of the 2/15th
Australian Infantry Battalion. A number of these have appeared in their
magazine, others didn't, and are being published here for the first time.
This book commemorates the self sacrifice of the officers and me ho served in
this battalion; but it also reveals something of the "soul" of the battalion, by
focussing not only on the battles, but also on some of the heroes and
"characters" in the unit. Details of the Battalion in the Middle East at Tobruk
and El Alamein; the landings in new Guinea at Lae and Finschhafen; and the final
campaign at Borneo are all covered.
This is a history of the 2/15th Battalion, written by those who experienced
it. Maps, photographs and nominal roll and honour rolls are all included to
make this the definitive history of this battalion.
Contents:
Foreword
1. In the Beginning
2. The Benghazi Handicap
3. The Seige of Tobruk
4. Palestine and Syria
5. Return to the Western Desert and Operation - BULIMBA
6. El Alamein
7. In Captivity
8. Back to Australia
9. New Guinea Landings
10. Atherton Tableland
11. Borneo
Appendix 1. Battle Honours
Appendix 2. Honour Roll 2/15th Battalion
Appendix 3. Honours and Awards
Appendix 4. Nominal Roll 2/15th Battalion
Appendix 5. El Alamein Operation Order
Appendix 6. List of Officers: 1 August 1940
Appendix 7. List of Officers: 4 August 1943
Appendix 8. Enemy Report on Situation: 7 June 1941
Appendix 9. BCOF Volunteers
Appendix 10. Letters Home: Extracts from the letters of Capt. R. Yates, MC
Appendix 11. The 2/15th Battalion Remembrance Club
Bibliography and Acknowledgements
Index
