page_title: 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment / History
caption_attribution_description: Bernard Sidney Gordon (1891–1963) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
context_page_description: The 41st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment, is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. An Army Reserve unit, it is one of four battalions of the Royal New South Wales Regiment and is attached to the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division. It is based in northern New South Wales, with its headquarters in Lismore and depots in a number of locations including Tweed Heads, Grafton, Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour. In its present form the battalion was raised in 1965, however, it can trace its lineage back to a couple of Scottish Rifles units formed in the 1800s in Byron Bay and Maclean. It also perpetuates the battle honours and traditions of the 41st Bn AIF, that served on the Western Front during World War I.
caption: Bernard Gordon, the 41st Battalion's sole Victoria Cross recipient
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