Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

2nd/5th Armoured Regiment

2nd/5th Armoured Regimentwas raised at Grovely (Qld) in July 1941. as part of the 1 Armoured Brigade Group with which they concetrated at Greta in NSW in October 1941.  A series of relocations followed, for training exercises in WA and NSW.  They were re-assigned to 4 Armoured Brigade Group in February 1944 to Southport (Qld).

They were equipped with the M3 Lee-Grant Medium tank, armed with a 37mm (2pdr) gun in a traversible turret and a 75mm gun in a sponson.

They were to have deployed in support of the 7th Division on Operation Oboe in Borneo / Balikpapan, but were replaced by the 1st Armoured Regiment Group. 

They saw out the rest of the war in Southport (Qld).

We would particularly like to encourage individual historians researchers or members of unit associations to contribute to the development of a more detailed history and photographs pertaining to this unit and its members.

Please contact admin@vwma.org.au  (mailto:admin@vwma.org.au) for details on how to contribute.