Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 2/7th Battalion ta kasance rundunar sojan sama ta rundunar sojojin Australiya da aka tayar don yin aiki a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. An kafa shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na 6th Division jim kaɗan bayan barkewar yaƙin a matsayin wani ɓangare na duk masu sa kai na Second Australian Imperial Force, an tattara ma'aikatan farko na 2/7th Battalion da farko daga jihar Victoria, kodayake daga baya an sami ƙarin ƙarfi daga yawancin sauran jihohin Ostiraliya. An kammala horo na asali a Ostiraliya, bayan haka rundunar ta tashi zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya a matsayin wani ɓangare na rukunin farko na sojojin Ostiraliya da za a tura su a ƙasashen waje. An ci gaba da horarwa a Falasɗinu kafin rukunin ya shiga aikin yaki da Italiya a watan Janairun 1941. Bayan ya shiga cikin nasarar kama Bardia
da Tobruk, an sadaukar da shi ga mummunan yaƙe-yaƙe na Girka da Crete, inda aka lalata bataliya bayan da aka kama yawancin ma'aikatanta.