Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 2/1st Battalion ta kasance rundunar sojan sama ta rundunar sojojin Australiya. An kafa shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojojin Australiya ta Biyu a farkon Yaƙin Duniya na II, an tura rundunar zuwa Gabas ta Tsakiya a farkon 1940 kuma daga baya ta shiga cikin farkon fadace-fadace a yakin Arewacin Afirka, inda ta shiga cikin fadace-fadace a kusa da Bardia.
da Tobruk kafin daga baya a aika zuwa Girka a farkon 1941. Saurin hasken wutar lantarki na Jamus ya hanzarta turawa Allies baya kuma ya tilasta su su kwashe bayan wani ɗan gajeren yakin kuma 2/1st ya sauka a Crete inda daga bisani suka yi yaƙi ba tare da nasara ba don kawar da mamayewar Jamus a watan Mayu. An kama mafi yawan rundunar a Crete, amma daga baya aka sake gina 2/1 daga wadanda suka tsira a Falasdinu kuma suka koma Australia a farkon 1942 bayan shigar Japan cikin yakin. Daga nan sai suka yi yaƙi sau biyu a kan Jafananci a New Guinea, suna yaƙi a yakin Kokoda Track a lokacin 1942 <unk> 43 da yakin Aitape <unk> Wewak a 1944 <unk> 45. Bayan yakin, an rushe 2/1st.