The 35th Battalion was an infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 battalion

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...

 of the Australian Army

Australian Army

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. Originally raised in late 1915 for service during the First World War, the battalion saw service on the Western Front

Western Front (World War I)

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...

 in France

France

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 and Belgium

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 before being disbanded in 1919. In 1921 it was re-raised in the Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales

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 region of New South Wales

New South Wales

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 as a unit of the Citizens Force

Australian Army Reserve

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 (later known as the "Militia"). It was subsequently amalgamated a number of times during the inter war years following the Great Depression

Great Depression

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, firstly with the 33rd Battalion

33rd Battalion (Australia)

The 33rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised for service during World War I as part of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, the battalion was formed in January 1916 as part of the 9th Brigade of the Australian 3rd Division during an expansion of the AIF...

 and then the 2nd Battalion, before being re-raised in its own right upon the outbreak of the Second World War.