War, occupation, civil war · War and occupation
Australian 2/2nd Battalion lies up at Myloi during the day
25 April 1941 Proven
The war diary of the Australian 2/2nd Infantry Battalion records: arrived Myloi at 06:00 on 25 April 1941, lying up during the day, and left at 20:00 for Kalamata via Tripoli. On 26 April the men were embarked at Kalamata.
- Where
- Myloi (the village), Tripoli
- Threads
- War and occupation
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- AWM52 8/3/2/19, 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion war diary, April 1941, fol. 10 Open (opens in a new tab)
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