The broken eighth

From the June to December the 2/14ths activities remained the same, tactical training, calibration shoots, and regimental shoots. The regiments headquarters and 27 Battery remained in the Darwin S2fortressS3 area, while 28 Battery moved to Bagot and 64 Battery moved to 38 Mile Coomalie Creek. After 18 months in Darwin, in January 1943 the regiment returned south and went into camp at Loftus, adjacent to the Audley National Park, south of Sydney, in February. It was while the regiment was at Loftus that it received is allotment of 25-pounders. The gunners carried out exercises in the Illawarra and Southern Highlands, and in November moved north to Brisbane where it prepared to embark for overseas service. It was the only major unit of the 8th Division to escape capture by the Japanese. Later from 1943-1945, it fought in New Guinea and New Britain.