17th Anti-Tank Battery
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The 17th Anti-Tank Battery was an Australian Army artillery unit specializing in anti-tank warfare and serving as part of the World War II garrison known as Lark Force.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 17th Anti-Tank Battery canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7512329 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 17th Anti-Tank Battery Context triple: [Lark Force, componentUnit, 17th Anti-Tank Battery]
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A.
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
The 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery was a British airborne artillery unit of the Second World War, equipped with anti-tank guns to support glider-borne infantry operations.
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B.
179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army artillery unit that served as a field regiment providing fire support within the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during the Second World War.
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C.
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army unit of World War II specializing in anti-tank warfare, serving in armoured formations such as the Guards Armoured Division.
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D.
112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army Territorial Army artillery unit that served as a divisional field regiment during the Second World War.
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E.
153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army artillery unit formed from the Leicestershire Yeomanry that served with distinction during the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 17th Anti-Tank Battery Target entity description: The 17th Anti-Tank Battery was an Australian Army artillery unit specializing in anti-tank warfare and serving as part of the World War II garrison known as Lark Force.
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A.
1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery
The 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery was a British airborne artillery unit of the Second World War, equipped with anti-tank guns to support glider-borne infantry operations.
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B.
179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 179th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army artillery unit that served as a field regiment providing fire support within the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division during the Second World War.
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C.
21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army unit of World War II specializing in anti-tank warfare, serving in armoured formations such as the Guards Armoured Division.
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D.
112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 112th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army Territorial Army artillery unit that served as a divisional field regiment during the Second World War.
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E.
153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a British Army artillery unit formed from the Leicestershire Yeomanry that served with distinction during the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian Army artillery unit
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anti-tank unit ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Allied powers
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linked to:
Allied Powers of World War I
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| associatedWith |
Australian 8th Division
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linked to:
8th Australian Division
Rabaul, New Britain ⓘ
linked to:
Rabaul
|
| branch | Australian Army ⓘ |
| conflict |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| duty |
coastal defence
ⓘ
defence against armoured vehicles ⓘ |
| equipmentType | anti-tank guns ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| garrisonDuty | Rabaul garrison ⓘ |
| militaryFormation | battery ⓘ |
| partOf | Lark Force ⓘ |
| role | artillery support ⓘ |
| service | Australian Army during World War II ⓘ |
| specialization | anti-tank warfare ⓘ |
| theatre |
New Guinea campaign
ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ |
| type | field artillery battery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 17th Anti-Tank Battery Description of subject: The 17th Anti-Tank Battery was an Australian Army artillery unit specializing in anti-tank warfare and serving as part of the World War II garrison known as Lark Force.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.