. . . . . . "2/43rd Battalion (Australia)" . . "2/43rd Battalion" . "2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion" . "100px|alt=A multi-toned 'T' shaped organisational symbol" . "2/43rd" . . . . "1940" . "Nil desperandum" . . . . . . "1946" . "2/43rd Battalion (Australia)" . . . . . . "100px|alt=A circular organisational symbol, containing a smaller multi-toned oval shaped symbol" . . "2/43rd Infantry Battalion" . "~ 800\u2013900 personnelref|By the start of World War II, the authorised strength of an Australian infantry battalion was 910 men all ranks; later in the war it fell to 803.|group=Note" . . "2/43rd Battalions" . . "2/43rd Battalion, AIF" .