On 1 July, 2020, the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War  Memorial will commemorate the landings at Balikpapan that took  place 75 years ago.  The live stream of the ceremony will be  broadcast on the AWM YouTube channel ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKmio2JTTLpxC3gniK1f2IA and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AWMemorial/ from 4.55 pm AEST. On that date in 1945, the 2/14 Battalion took part in

2017 is the 75th anniversary of the battles along the Kokoda Trail in the Owen Stanley Ranges. This is a significant event in 2/14 battalion AIF history. Patrick Lindsay, renowned author, film producer and good friend of the 2/14 Battalion Association is filming a documentary to celebrate this milestone in Australian History. He is seeking

On the 30th August 1944, under direction of Lt-Col Phil Roden, an intensified training program began. Highlights of the period which followed was the training in amphibious training at Trinity Beach near Cairns. Royal Marines and two landing ships of the Royal navy which had taken part in the Normandy landings and other operations co-operated

The 2/14th Battalion was officially raised on 26 April 1940 and began to assemble for training, at Puckapunyal in Victoria, on 11 May. It embarked at Sydney for service in the Middle East on 19 October and after stopping in India between 4 and 19 November, arrived in Egypt on 25 November. After disembarkation, the