34th Battalion (other)
34th Battalion may refer to: Military units * 34th Battalion (Australia), 1st Australian Imperial Force * 34th Battalion (New Zealand) * 34th Battalion, CEF, Canadian Expeditionary Force * 34 Battalion (SWATF), South West Africa Territorial Force * HDF 34th Bercsényi László Special Forces Battalion, Hungary * 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry Other uses See also * 34th Brigade (other) * 34th Division (other) 34th Division or 34th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 34th Division (German Empire) * 34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) * 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland * 34th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 34t ... * 34th Regiment (other) {{mil-unit-dis ...
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34th Battalion (Australia)
The 34th Battalion was an infantry unit of 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF), which was established in World War I for overseas service. Formed in Australia in 1916, the battalion fought on the Western Front before being disbanded in 1919. It was later re-raised as a part-time infantry battalion in the Illawarra region of New South Wales during the inter-war years. During World War II, the 34th was amalgamated with the 20th Battalion and undertook defensive duties in Australia before being disbanded in 1944. Post war, the 34th was re-formed in the early 1950s before being subsumed into the Royal New South Wales Regiment in 1960. History World War I The battalion was formed in January 1916 during an expansion of the AIF that took place after the Gallipoli campaign. Assigned to the 9th Brigade of the Australian 3rd Division, the majority of the battalion's personnel were volunteers that came from Maitland, New South Wales – many of whom had been coal miners – and as a r ...
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