Australia: Ground unit histories

Anonymous. A History of the 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1940-1945. Parramatta, NSW: Macarthur Press, 1990

Anonymous. White over Green: The 2/4th Battalion. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1963

Austin, Ron. Bold Steady Faithful. The History of the 6th Battalion, the Royal Melbourne Regiment, 1854-1993. Melbourne: 6th Battalion Association, 1993

Austin, Ron. Let Enemies Beware: The History of the 2/15th Battalion, 1940 - 1945. Melbourne: 2/15th Battalion, 1995

Austin, Victor. To Kokoda and Beyond: The Story of the 39th Battalion, 1941-1943. Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1988

Beaumont, Joan. Gull Force: Survival and Leadership in Captivity, 1941-1945. Sydney: 1988

Bennett, Cam. Rough Infantry: Tales of 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion in WWII. N.P.: Warrnambool Institute Press, 1985

Benson, S. E. The Story of the 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 1940-46. Sydney: 42nd Battalion Association, 1952

Bentley, Arthur. The Second Eighth: A History of the 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion. Melbourne: 2/8th Battalion Assn, 1984

Binks, H.M. et al. The 2/11th City of Perth Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945. N.P.: N.P., 1984

Blair, Ron. A Young Man's War: A History of the 37th/52nd Australian Infantry Battalion in World War Two. Melbourne: 37/52 Australian Infantry Battalion Assn, 1992

Bolger, W.P., Littlewood, J.G., and F.C. Folkland. The Fiery Phoenix: The Story of the 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1946. Collingwood, Vic: 2/7 Bn Association, 1983

Boss-Walker, Geoffrey. Desert Sand and Jungle Green: A Pictorial History of the 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion (Ninth Division) in the Second World War, 1939-1945. Hobart: Oldham, Neddone and Meredith, 1948

Brigg, Stan and Les Brigg. The 36th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945. Sydney: 36th Battalion Association, 1967

Budden, F.M. That Mob: The Story of the 55/53rd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Sydney: John Sands Pty Ltd, 1973

Burfitt, James. Against All the Odds: The History of the 2/18 Battalion A.I.F. Frenchs Forest, Aus: 2/18th Battalion Assn, 1991

Burns, John. Brown and Blue Diamond at War: Story of the 2/27th Battalion. Adelaide: 2/27th Battalion Assn, 1960

Buttery, Ray. Legion of the Lost. Marden, Aus: Self-Published, 1992

Byrnes, G.M. Green Shadows: A War History of the Papuan Infantry Battalion, 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion, 2nd New Guinea Infantry Battalion, 3rd New Guinea Infantry Battalion. Brisbane: Self-Published, 1989

Campbell, A. The Double Reds of Timor. Perth: 1995

Charlott, Rupert. The Unofficial History of the 29/46th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, September 1939 - September 1945. Melbourne: Halstead Press Pty Ltd, 1952

Christensen, George. That's the Way It Was: The History of the 24th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, 1939-1945. Hawthorne, Vic: 24th Battalion Assn, 1982

Christie, R.W. A History of the 2/29th Battalion, 8th Australian Division, AIF. Victoria: 2/29th Battalion Assn, 1983

Clift, Ken. War Dance: A Story of the 2/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF. Brookvale, NSW: Streamlined Press, 1980

Collins, June. Bandy's Boys: The Darwin Mobile Force. Melbourne: N.P., 1989

Combe, Gordon. The Second Forty-Third Australian Infantry Battalion, 1940-1946. Adelaide: 2/43rd Battalion, 1972

Corfield, Robin S. Hold Hard, Cobbers. The Story of the 57th and 60th and 57/60th Australian Infantry Battalions 1912-1990, volume two: 1930-1990. Glenhuntly, Aus: 57/60th Battalion (AIF) Assn, 1991

Cranston, Fred. Always Faithful: A History of The 49th Australian Infantry Battalion, 1916-1982. Brisbane: Boolarong, 1982

Crooks, William. The Footsoldiers: The Story of the 2/33rd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF, in the War of 1939-45. Brookvale, NSW: 2/33rd Infantry Battalion Assn, 1971

Downs, Ian. The New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR), 1939-1943: A History. Broadbeach Waters: Pacific Press, 1999

Fearnside, G. H. Bayonets Abroad: A History of the 2/13th Battalion A.I.F. in the Second World War. Sydney: Waite and Bull, 1953

Franke, Dick (compiler). Mud and Blood in the Field. Hughesdale, Vic: John Sissons Pty Ltd, 1984

Givney, E.C. The First at War: The Story of the 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945. Parramatta, NSW: 2/1st Association, 1987

Glenn, John G. Tobruk to Tarakan: The Story of the Australian 2/48th Battalion, AIF. Adelaide: Rigby Ltd, 1960

Graeme-Evans, A.L. Of Storms and Rainbows: The Story of the Men of the 2/12th Battalion, AIF, volume 1. Hobart: 2/12th Battalion Assn, 1989

Graeme-Evans, A.L. Of Storms and Rainbows: The Story of the Men of the 2/12th Battalion, AIF, volume 2. Hobart: 2/12th Battalion Assn, 1991

Granter, N.E.W. Yesterday and Today: An Illustrated History of the Pacific Islands Regiment from Its Formation on 19th June, 1940 until the Present Day. Port Moresby: South Pacific Post, 1970

Harrison, Courtney T. Ambon, Island of Mist: 2/21st Battalion AIF, Gull Force, Prisoners of War, 1941-1945. North Geelong: Self Published, 1988

Hay, David. Nothing over Us: The Story of the 2/6th Australian Infantry Battalion. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1984

Henning, Peter. Doomed Battalion: The Australian 2/40th Battalion, 1940-45. Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1995

Hughes, W.E. At War with the 51st Infantry Battalion and 31/51st Infantry Battalion. Brisbane: 1993

Johnson, Carl. Little Hell: The Story of the 2/22nd Battalion and Lark Force. Blackburn, Victoria: History House - Jenkin Australia Pty Ltd, 2004

Johnson, Carl. Mud Over Blood: The 39th Infantry Battalion, 1941-43, Kokoda to Gona.

Kennedy, C. From Port Moresby to Gona Beach. Canberra: 1992

Macfarlan, Graeme. Etched in Green: The History of the 2/22nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1946. Melbourne: 22nd Battalion Assn, 1961

Magarry, Ron. The Battalion Story: 2/26th Infantry Battalion, 8th Division, AIF. Jindalee, Queensland: Magarry, 1995

Marshall, A. J. Nulli Secundus Log. Sydney: 2/2nd Battalion Association, 1946

Masel, Philip. The Second 28th: The Story of a Famous Battalion of the Ninth Australian Division. Adelaide: 2/28th Battalion Assn, 1961

Mathews, Russell. Militia Battalion at War: The History of 58/59th Australian Infantry Battalion in the Second World War. Sydney: 58/59th Battalion Assn, 1961

McAllester, J.C. Men of the 2/14th Battalion. Melbourne: 2/14th Battalion Association, 1990

Morgan, C.E. 17th Battalion, the North Sydney Regiment. 1941

Newton, R.W. et al. The Grim Glory of the 2/19 Battalion AIF. Sydney: 2/19 Battalion Association, 1975

Penfold, A. W., W.C. Bayliss, and K.E. Crispin. Galleghan's Greyhounds: The Story of the 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion, 22 November 1940 to 10 October 1945. Sydney: 2/30th Battalion Assn, 1949

Rolleston, Frank. Not a Conquering Hero: The Siege of Tobruk and the Battles of Milne Bay, Buna, and Shaggy Ridge, with 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion. Mackay, Qnsland: Hartfields Printers, 1984

Ross, A.R. The 17th Australian Infantry Magazine: A Record of Four Years Campaigning. N.P.: N.P., 1944

Russell, William B. The Second Fourteenth Battalion: History of an Australian Infantry Battalion in the Second World War. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1948

Serle, R.P. (editor). The Second Twenty-Fourth Australian Infantry Battalion of the 9th Australian Division: A History. Brisbane: 2/24th Battalion Assn, 1963

Share, Pat. Mud and Blood: Albury's Own Second Twenty-Third Australian Infantry Battalion, Ninth Australian Division. Frankston, Victoria: Heritage Book Publications and 2/3rd Bn Assn, 1978

Sinclair, James. To Find a Path: The Life and Times of the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment, volume I: 1885 - 1950. Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1990

Speed, F.W. Esprit de Corps: The History of the Victorian Scottish Regiment and the 5th Infantry Battalion. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1988

Spencer, Bill. In the Footsteps of Ghosts: With the 2/9th Battalion in the African Desert and the Jungles of the Pacific. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1999

Trigellis-Smith, S. All the King's Enemies: A History of the 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion. N.P.: Griffin Press Ltd, 1988

Trigellis-Smith, S. Britain to Borneo: A History of the 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion. Sydney: 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion Association, 1993

Turrell, A.N. Never Unprepared: A History of the 26th Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF), 1939-1946. Melbourne: 26th Battalion Reunion Association, 1992

Uren, Malcolm. A Thousand Men at War: The Story of the 2/16th Battalion, A.I.F. Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1959

Wade-Ferrell, T.F. In All Things Faithful: A History and Album of the 30th Battalion and New South Wales Scottish Regiment, 1885-1985. Killara, NSW: Fine Arts Press Ltd, 1985

Walker, Richard and Helen Walker. Curtin's Cowboys: Australia's Secret Bush Commandos. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986

Wall, Don. Singapore and Beyond: The Story of the Men of 2/20 Battalion, Told by the Survivors. Sydney: 2/20th Battalion Assn, 1985

Wick, Stan. Purple over Green: The History of the 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, 1939-1945. Guildford, NSW: 2/2nd Battalion Association, 1977

Ziegler, Oswald L. Men May Smoke: Being the Final Edition of the 2/18th Battalion AIF Magazine. Sydney: 2/18th Battalion Assn, 1948

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