2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion Unit Plaque
- Appointment
- Unit Plaques
- Unit
- 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion
- Plaque number
- MW1
- Co-located plaques
- MW1A - 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion Unit Plaque
- Dedicated by
- 2/3 MG Bn Association on 1 August 1999
- More information
The 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion Association D Company dedicated the honour plaque on 1 August 1999.
The Roll of Honour for the Battalion can be found on the Australian War Memorial Website.
The list of individual honour plaques for members of the Battalion can be found by searching the Search Tools / Filter by Unit sort function and entering 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion on the plaques database search page.
D Company of the Battalion was raised in Western Australia. The Battalion fought against Vichy French Forces in Syria in 1941 and most of the Battalion including D Company was then sent to Java to in the face of the Japanese advance in early 1942 and briefly fought there in early March before being taken prisoners of war. The definitive history of the Battalion, From Snow to Jungle, was written by former Battalion member John Mitchell Bellair VX9702 (1909-2001, born Hawthorn Victoria) and published in 1987. A brief history of the Battalion can be found on the Australian War Memorial Website.
The soldiers of 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion are remembered with honour.