Battle Honours
The 2nd Cavalry Regiment holds the following battle honours, which it inherited from the 2/6th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment:
- North Africa 1940–41, Bardia 1941, Capture of Tobruk, Cerna Giaabub, Syria 1941, Meejayun, Adlum, Sidon, Darmour, South West Pacific 1944–45, Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Abau-Malin, Anub River, Maprik, Wewak, Wirui Mission.
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