Raised in Brisbane Queensland  on 1 July 1940 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force  the 2/25th Battalion formed at Grovely in the western outskirts of the city with its first personnel marching into the unit a fortnight later Its first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Norman Marshall, a veteran of the First word war  who had served in the Militia prior to joining the 2/25th.Marshall oversaw the establishment of the battalion,

For their service during the Second World War, the 2/25th Battalion received the following battle honors at

• North Africa, Syria 1941, Merjayun, Chenim and Rharife, Damour, Mazaraat ech Chouf, South-West Pacific 1942–45, Kokoda Track, Iroibaiwa, Eora Creek–Templeton’s Crossing II, Oivi–Gorari, Buna–Gona, Gona, Lae–Nadzab, Lae Road, Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Ramu Vally, Shaggy Ridge, Borneo 1945, Balikpapan, Milford Highway.

 Commanding officers

• Lieutenant Colonel Norman Marshall, DSO and two Bars, MC;
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles Burton Withy, DSO, MC;
• Lieutenant Colonel Richard Harold Marson, DSO. 
  

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