 Complete the following phrase:  In the late 1930s, the regiment came under the command of Lieutet Colonel Arthur Blackburn, VC. As the prospect of war loomed again in 1939, the unit prepared for service overseas. However, when the Second World War broke out and this did not eventuate, Blackburn and many of the officers and men of the unit joined the 2nd Australian Imperial Forces a href23rd20Machine20Gun20Battalion2028Australia2923rd Machine Gun Battaliona, which fought in Syria and later formed part of the ill-fated Black Force in 