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Krithia
Battle honours
Acknowledges involvement in any of the three separate "Battles of Krithia" (28 April, 6-8 May and 4 June 1915) on the Cape Helles front at Gallipoli in 1915. The first, a defensive action, relates to ...E84517
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Landing at Anzac
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the amphibious assault, landing and consolidation of defensive positions at Anzac Cove.E84522
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Lys
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in defensive operations in Flanders between Ypres and La Bassee, during the German Spring Offensive on the Western Front in April 1918.E84524
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Magdhaba-Rafah
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in operations conducted in the vicinity of the Egypt-Palestine frontier between 23 December 1916 and 9 January 1917, including the battles at Maghdaba and Rafa, Egypt.E84527
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Marne, 1918
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in Allied counter-attack against the 1918 German offensive in the Champagne region.E84534
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Megiddo
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the first phase of the final Allied offensive in Palestine.E84540
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Menin Road
Battle honours
Awarded for offensive operations, conducted as part of the Third Battle of Ypres, which secured part of the Menin Ridge, and the subsequent defence of this sector in the face of intense German counter...E84541
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Messines, 1917
Battle honours
Acknowledges participation in the assault on, and occupation of, the Messines Ridge on the Western Front carried out by units of General Plumer's Second Army. The honour includes the action of Wytscha...E84543
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Mont St. Quentin
Battle honours
As part of the Allied counter offensives on the Western Front in the late summer of 1918, the honour relates specifically to the role played by Australian troops in the storming, seizing and holding t...E84550
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Morlancourt
Defensive action
Relates to the important defensive actions undertaken by elements of the 3rd Australian Division in connection with the first major German Spring Offensive in the Morlancourt area of the Somme. The 10...E84704
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Nablus
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in operations conducted in pursuit of Turkish forces retreating towards Nablus after the British and dominion breakthrough of 19 September.E84560
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Operations against German Pacific territories
Operation
At the outbreak of the First World War Germany administered several territories in the south and central Pacific and operated a small fleet, including the armoured cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, ...E84777
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Operations at Peronne
Operation
Peronne, an ancient French town at the junction of the Somme and Cologne Rivers, was the objective of an intensive series of operations mounted by the Australian Corps between 29 August and 2 Septembe...E84778
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Palestine, 1917-18
Battle honours
A campaign honour acknowledging all military contributions made between 26 March 1917 and 31 October 1918 to operations against Turkish forces in Palestine.E84576
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Passchendaele
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations mounted against German positions on Passchendaele Ridge.E84577
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Peaceful penetration
Attack
Peaceful penetration was the term coined describe the tactics employed by Australian troops to gradually capture sections of the German front line during the lull between the end of the German spring ...E84298
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Poelcappelle
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the broad-front assault, in the most difficult of waterlogged conditions, on the Passchendaele Ridge, centring on Poelcappelle village. An exhausting and only partly succe...E84580
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Polygon Wood
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations to secure strongly defended German positions in the vicinity of Polygon Wood and to consolidate positions on the Menin Road Ridge. Characterised by bitter f...E84581
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Pozières
Battle honours
Awarded for operations conducted as part of the 1916 British Somme offensive in the vicinity of the village of Pozières, including the battle of Mouquet Farm.E84582