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Battles of El Alamein
Battle
El Alamein is a small town on the Egyptian coast, approximately 95 kilometres west of Alexandria. The town stands at the northern end of a 65-kilometre wide bottleneck created between the sea and the ...E84345
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Beaufort
Battle honours
This engagement honour was awarded for participation in the operations in British North Borneo, from the amphibious landing at Watson, to subsequent patrol actions and the capture of Beaufort.E84400
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Belhamed
Battle honours
This battle honour was awarded for participation in the operations around the Belhamed area, east of Ed Dude, near the Tobruk perimeter. Attacking from within the Tobruk perimeter, the 2/13th Infantry...E84402
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Biscay 1940-1945
Battle honours
For operations over the Bay of Biscay by aircraft of Coastal Command and Fighter Command, and Bomber Command aircraft loaned to Coastal Command, between the fall of France and VE day.E84406
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Biscay Ports 1940-1945
Battle honours
For operations over the Bay of Biscay ports from the fall of France to VE day.E84407
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Bismarck
Battle honours
For operations by aircraft of Coastal Command associated with the action against the Bismarck.E84408
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Bismarck Sea
Battle honours
For those squadrons who directly participated in the Bismarck Sea Battle.E84409
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Bobdubi I
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the engagement along Bobdubi Ridge in the Salamaua area on the east coast of New Guinea. This honour is unique to this unit.E84410
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Bobdubi II
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations to capture Bobdubi Ridge, to the south west of Salamaua, in eastern New Guinea. This honour is distinct from 'Bobdubi I', awarded for earlier harassing and ...E84411
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Bogadjim
Battle honours
This honour was awarded to the 57th/60th Infantry Battalion for the fighting around the village of Bogadjim, during the operations in the Markham–Ramu Valleys and the Finisterre, in New Guinea. Follow...E84412
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Bombing of Darwin
Attack
Darwin, the largest population centre in northern Australia, was considered a vital asset in Australia's defences against an increasingly aggressive Japanese Empire in the 1930s. Its port and airfield...E84294
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Bonis-Porton
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for the offensive operations in the Bonis Peninsula, in the Northern Sector of Bougainville. It includes the unsuccessful landing at Porton, and the unsuccessful attempt to est...E84413
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Borneo
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the Allied operations in and around Borneo, including the landings at Tarakan, Labuan, Brunei Bay, and Balikpapan.E84414
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Borneo 1945
Battle honours
For operations in direct support of the capture of Labuan, Balikpapan, and Tarakan, and subsequent operations over Borneo from 16th April 1945 until 15th August 1945.E84415
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Brallos Pass
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the rearguard operations centred on the Brallos Pass in southern Greece.E84416
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Brunei
Battle honours
This battle honour was awarded for participation the operations in Brunei Bay, north Borneo, including the landing on Lubuan Island (10–21 June 1945); Beaufort (17–30 June 1945), in British North Born...E84418
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Bumi River
Battle honours
The honour was awarded to the infantry units that participated in the advance to and fighting along the Bumi River. Following the successful landing at Scarlet Beach on 22 September 1943, the Australi...E84420
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Buna-Gona
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations to destroy the Japanese 'beachheads' in Papua, this honour includes the actions at Buna, Gona and Sanananda. Subsidiary honours were awarded for six separat...E84421
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But-Dagua
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations mounted to clear the coastal hinterland between the villages of But and Dagua on the northern coast of New Guinea.E84423