2/31st Battalion (Australia)
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The 2/31st Battalion (Australia) was an infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force that served in key campaigns in the Middle East, New Guinea, and Borneo during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2/31st Battalion (Australia) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4781184 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2/31st Battalion (Australia) Context triple: [Battle of Jezzine, combatant, 2/31st Battalion (Australia)]
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3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in major conflicts such as the Korean War, Vietnam War, and more recent overseas operations.
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2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its deployments in major conflicts and peacekeeping operations since the mid-20th century.
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7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and its role within the Royal Australian Regiment.
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6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and for its role within the Royal Australian Regiment.
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2/40th Battalion (Australia)
The 2/40th Battalion (Australia) was an Australian Army infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force, raised in Tasmania and best known for its service and eventual capture during the early Pacific campaigns of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2/31st Battalion (Australia) Target entity description: The 2/31st Battalion (Australia) was an infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force that served in key campaigns in the Middle East, New Guinea, and Borneo during World War II.
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A.
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in major conflicts such as the Korean War, Vietnam War, and more recent overseas operations.
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B.
2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is a regular infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its deployments in major conflicts and peacekeeping operations since the mid-20th century.
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C.
7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and its role within the Royal Australian Regiment.
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6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
The 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army known for its service in conflicts such as the Vietnam War and for its role within the Royal Australian Regiment.
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2/40th Battalion (Australia)
The 2/40th Battalion (Australia) was an Australian Army infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force, raised in Tasmania and best known for its service and eventual capture during the early Pacific campaigns of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Army unit
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Second Australian Imperial Force unit ⓘ infantry battalion ⓘ |
| activeDuring | 1940s ⓘ |
| allegiance | Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Second Australian Imperial Force infantry battalions ⓘ |
| branch | Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaignArea |
Borneo
NERFINISHED
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Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Papua NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| country | Australia ⓘ |
| disbandedAfter | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedAgainst |
Imperial Japanese Army
NERFINISHED
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Vichy French forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| formedAsPartOf | Second Australian Imperial Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryFormationOf | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Balikpapan
NERFINISHED
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Buna–Gona NERFINISHED ⓘ Damour NERFINISHED ⓘ Kokoda Track NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service in Borneo campaign
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service in Middle East campaigns ⓘ service in New Guinea campaigns ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Aitape–Wewak campaign
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Buna–Gona NERFINISHED ⓘ Borneo campaign (1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kokoda Track campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria–Lebanon campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
25th Brigade
NERFINISHED
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7th Division (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedDuring | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | infantry ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Borneo
NERFINISHED
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Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | infantry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 2/31st Battalion (Australia) Description of subject: The 2/31st Battalion (Australia) was an infantry battalion of the Second Australian Imperial Force that served in key campaigns in the Middle East, New Guinea, and Borneo during World War II.
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