The 2/43rd Infantry Battalion was formed in a Woodside camp, near Adelaide, South Australia. The battalion was first raised on the 17th of July 1940, as a part of the 8th Divisions 24th Brigade and was then transferred to the 9th Division in December. From there the 2/43rd left South Australia for Melbourne, where it joined the convoy going to the Middle East. A few notable achievements: the 2/43rd Battalion fought in the Capture of Lae, the defence of Tobruk, Boreno and more.
The memorial inscription reads:
In Memory Of All Who Served 2/43 Battalion
1940 – 1945BATTLE HONOURS
North Africa 1941 – 2
Tobruk El AlameinNew Guniea 1943
Lae Finschhafen
Boreno 1945
Labaun BeaufortAwards
1 Victoria Cross
2 DSO
1 MBE
14 MC
3 DCW
1 BEM
23 MM
1 MM Bar
23 MID1998
