and other places in the former theatre of war, were transferred to other army units (such as the 7th Battalion). Personnel, memorials and commemoration The battalion was formed in Melbourne and therefore counted among its ranks a majority of officers and soldiers from Victoria, particularly from their home ground around the northern suburbs of Melbourne (the "Merri/Heidelberg" recruitment zone), central Victoria and central northern Victoria. By the time of embarkation to New Guinea in 1943, however, the battalion strength also included a number of personnel who had enlisted in New South Wales (particularly from the Finley and Albury region of the Riverina), and Queensland, with a small few from Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Two men came from the Australian Capital Territory and one from Papua New Guinea joined the battalion upon its arrival at Port Moresby. For a time while the battalion was in New Guinea there were liaison officers from the Canadian Army attached to various Australian units. With the 57th/60th was one such Canadian attachment for the purposes of training, liaison between the allies, observation of Australian offensive manoeuvres and observation of Japanese defensive systems. During the battalion's active service in training, in New Guinea and on Bougainville it lost 58 men killed in action or died of other causes, and 134 men wounded. Members of the battalion received the following decorations: one DSO, eight MCs, one DCM, 14 MMs, 24 MIDs and two EDs. The battalion colours are laid up for safe keeping, officially in the custody of the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, at the crypt of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. The 57th/60th Battalion had no King's Colours or Regimental Colours of its own. Rather, by virtue of its battalion numbers and its history of formation (by amalgamation of the 57th and the 60th) it inherited the colours of both the 57th Battalion and the 60th Battalion. The Regimental Colours of the 57th and the 60th Battalions each already displayed the ten battle honours from World War 1. On 30 November 1960, the Queen gave permission for the battle honours from World War 2 to be emblazoned on (what were by then) the Queen's Colours rather than the Regimental Colours as would normally have been the practice. The battalion Roll of Honour listing those who died in the service of the 57th/60th is located at panel 70 in the Commemorative Area at the