2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association

This is the official website of the 2/18th Battalion (AIF) Association. It contains the history of the Battalion and is dedicated to the men who served in it. The Association was formed in 1946 to formalise the camaraderie of the men who left Australia together to serve their country during World War II, those who joined up later, those who gave their lives and those who returned safely. 

Pictured above, top (left to right): Cecil Ivan Frost, George Charlton, Jack McLennan, Ambrose J. Burke, Frank B. Langer, J.I. Mitchell, Bill McDonald.

Middle (left to right): Claude G. Fulloon, Joseph N. Eckersley, Ronald F. Behrend, Len Ayling, Stafford R. “Joe” Ferris, A.W.L. Smith, Ronald S. Crighton.

Bottom (left to right): W.K Jackes, Ronald A. Stace, Lindsay R. Williamson, Eric W. Dunphy, David C. Wilson, F. Thomas Johnstone, Brian S. James, W.A. Crossman, W.G. “Paddy” Gillespie.  

Events calendar 2024/25

April 25, 2024: ANZAC Day March – meet at 9:15am on the corner of Phillip Street and Hunter Street, Sydney

ANZAC Day lunch – from 11am, Club York, 95 York St, Sydney

August 15, 2024: 79th Anniversary Victory in the Pacific

December 3, 2024: Christmas Party – 12pm, Roseville RSL, Sydney

February 15, 2025: 82nd Anniversary of the Fall of Singapore – 11am, The Cenotaph, Sydney

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