14th/32nd Battalion (Australia)

14th/32nd Battalion
14th/32nd Battalion wounded await evacuation from the battle zone, March 1945
Active	1942–45
Country	Australia
Branch	Australian Army
Type	Infantry
Size	~800–900 men[Note 1]
Part of	6th Brigade, 5th Division
Nickname(s)	Prahran/Footscray Regiment
Colours	Yellow over blue
Engagements	Second World War New Guinea campaign New Britain campaign
Insignia
Unit colour patch

The 14th/32nd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during the Second World War. It was formed in September 1942 by the amalgamation of the 14th and 32nd Battalions and was assigned to the 6th Brigade, 4th Division in Geraldton, Western Australia. The battalion served firstly in Australia and then later New Guinea, being employed mainly on garrison duties, before being transferred to the 5th Division and deployed to New Britain late in the war where it took part briefly in the Australian containment campaign on that island. In April 1945 it returned to Australia for rest and re-organisation and was disbanded later that year without seeing further combat.

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