Australian 6th Infantry Division December, 1940

16th
Anti-Tank
Company
x1 x 14 x3 x3
16th
Infantry
Brigade 2/1st Battalion
Infantry
Battalion 2/2nd Battalion
x3
2/3rd Battalion
x 12 x1 x 13 x2

17th
Anti-Tank
Company
17th x1 x 14 x3 x3
Infantry
Brigade 2/5th Battalion
Infantry
Battalion 2/6th Battalion
x3
2/7th Battalion
x 12 x1 x 13 x2

19th
Anti-Tank
Company
19th x1 x 14 x3 x3
Infantry
Brigade 2/4th Battalion
Infantry
Battalion 2/8th Battalion
x3
2/11th Battalion
x 12 x1 x 13 x2

1st Btn, Royal Transferred 1st Cheshire Attached

Northumberland from 4th Machine from Corps
Fusiliers Indian in Gun troops in
(-) January Battalion January
(attached) x9 x9 x 12 x 12

By Greg Moore
gregpanzerblitz.com
Updated February, 2009
 2/1st 2/2nd
Royal Royal
Australion Australion
Artillery Artillery
Regiment x4 x4 Regiment x4 x4

2/3rd 2nd Royal

Royal Australian
Australion Engineer
Artillery Battalion
Regiment x3 x1 x4 x9 x9

6th Cavalry
Regiment

x6 x4

The Sixth Division was the first division raised by Australia in WWII (the first five served in WWI)
and the first to see combat in the war. It was to be deployed as part of the BEF in France but the war
there ended before it could arrive and it was detoured to North Africa instead. In January, during Opera-
tion Compass, the division was swapped for the 4th Indian which was withdrawn. The tough Austra-
lians then pursued the Italians along the coast road for hundreds of miles, taking thousands of prisoners
along the way.