2/2nd Field Regiment (Australia)

2/2nd Field Regiment
Guns from the 2/2nd firing around Dagua, New Guinea, March 1945
Active	1939–1946
Country	Australia
Branch	Army
Type	Artillery
Role	Indirect fire support
Size	3 batteries
Part of	6th Division
Engagements	World War II North African campaign Battle of Greece Battle of Crete Aitape–Wewak campaign

The 2/2nd Field Regiment was an Australian Army field artillery regiment that was raised for service during the Second World War. Assigned to the 6th Division, the regiment was formed from Second Australian Imperial Force volunteers. Raised in October 1939, the regiment undertook basic training in Australia before departing for the Middle East in mid-1940. Further training was undertaken in Egypt, before the regiment saw action in the Western Desert in early 1941, and in Greece and on Crete in the middle of the year. Later, they provided a defensive garrison on Ceylon in mid-1942 before returning to Australia. It did not see further action until the final phase of the war, when it was deployed to Aitape–Wewak, fighting against the Japanese, in 1944–1945. It was disbanded in January 1946, after returning to Australia for demobilisation.