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Upon return to the Delta, the battalion moved to Khattaba and was ordered to convert to a motorized battalion. It joined the 161st Indian Motor Brigade at the same time. After the conversion, the battalion moved to El Alamein with the brigade. It dug defences for two weeks then went into battle with the brigade on July 19th. It was relieved in the front on July 26th and returned to the rear to rest until August 13th. It returned back to the front line at Ruweisat Ridge on August 14th and remained on the front line until November 7th, when the brigade was withdrawn to the rear. In mid-November, the brigade and battalion were sent to Iraq and the battalion was split up into detachments guarding the oil pipelines. When these duties were taken over by the Arab Legion in mid-February 1943, the battalion concentrated at Baghdad. It moved to Layafiya on March 3rdand then sailed from Iraq on May 26th, 1943 for India. <ref>''WW2TalkForum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/1st-battalion-2nd-punjabi-regiment.33268/#post-404443 1st Battalion 2nd Punjabi Regiment] by ‘dryan 67’ 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2018. There is a section about 1st/1st Punjab Regiment </ref>

*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060223100037/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/inf/1903-062.htm 62nd Punjabis] regiments.org<br>

*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/62ndpunjabis.htm 62nd Punjabis] British Empire website<br>

*[http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/62nd_Punjabis,_Indian Details of WW1 War Diaries available] at the National Archives Kew. collaborativecollections.org.

:At least one is available as a paid download [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/610dab4d2ab540809c04248c4680e0c6 WO 95/5178/1 36 Indian Infantry Brigade: 62 Battalion Punjabis 1915 Aug - 1917 Dec], which may include details relating to the Relief of Kut (Mesopotamia).

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