 Complete the following phrase:  The 216th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, serving during World War II. Attached to the 21st Brigade that was assigned to the 7th Division, the 216th was raised in 1940 as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force from volunteers drawn mainly from the state of Western Australia. After training in Australia, the battalion was deployed to the Middle East where it undertook defensive duties along the EgyptianLibyan border in early 1941 before taking part in the SyriaLebanon campaign, fighting against Vichy French forces in June and July. At the conclusion of the campaign, the 216th remained in Lebanon, contributing to the Allied occupation force there, before returning to Australia in early 1942 following Japans entry into the war. In August 1942, they were committed to the fighting along the Kokoda Track and then later fought around 