Raid

Australian attack on Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli The attack on Gaba Tepe, a promontory south of the main Australian positions at "ANZAC", by men of the 11th Battalion was an ill-conceived venture to deny the...

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Battle honours

Awarded for defensive operations conducted between 4-5 August 1916 against Turkish forces near Rumani (Romani), Egypt.

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Attack

Following the invasion of Serbia by Austro German forces and the Bulgarian Army in October 1915, Anglo French forces were dispatched north from the Greek port of Salonika (Thessalonika) in Macedonia t...

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Battle honours

Awarded for operations at Anzac between 6-10 August 1915, including the breakout, the various diversions, and operations conducted in support of the Suvla landing.

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Battle honours

Awarded for participation in the assault on, and subsequent defence of, the Turkish trench complex known as Lone Pine. The Lone Pine action was a diversion for a larger operation launched to breakout ...

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Battle

On 25 September 1918 British forces occupied the city of Amman. After the breakthrough of the British along the coastal plain in the battle of Megiddo, the Turkish forces to the east of the Jordan Riv...

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Battle

As part of the final throes of the British Army's Arras offensive, a renewed attempt was made to secure the fortified village of Bullecourt in the period 3-17 May. The Australian 2nd Division (5th and...

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Battle

The second battle of the Marne resulted from the third major thrust of the great German offensive of 1918. Beginning in late May 1918, the German advance reached the Marne River in early June leaving ...

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Battle honours

Awarded for participation in the breakthrough operations conducted against Turkish positions on the Plain of Sharon that initiated the final Allied offensive in Palestine.

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Theatre of operation

The Sinai campaign was fought by a principally British and dominion force, against Turkish forces operating from Palestine, for the security of the Suez Canal. There were only a small number of routes...

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Battle honours

Battle Honour acknowledging involvement in the British Somme Offensive from 1 July to 18 November 1916, the defensive operations against the German 'Spring Offensive' from 21 March to 5 April 1918 and...

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Battle honours

Campaign honour recognising involvement in the fighting in the Somme Valley in 1918. It acknowledges involvement in the defensive actions conducted during the first phase of the massive German "Spring...

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Offensive

The Somme offensive, also known as the battle of the Somme, is the term given to series of battles fought between 1 July and 18 November 1916 along the Somme Valley in France. It was the main Anglo-Fr...

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Battle honours

Relates to the difficult fighting, as part of the Allied counter offensives on the Western Front in late summer 1918, to breach the German Hindenburg Line. Specifically acknowledges involvement in the...

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Battle honours

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Battle honours

Awarded for participation in the amphibious landings at Suvla Bay and the subsequent consolidation of positions ashore. Also awarded for participation in operations conducted from the ANZAC area to su...

E84626

Battle honours

Awarded for participation in the fighting to secure the Andre Valley during the Allied counter-attack against the 1918 German offensive in the Champagne region.

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Event

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Attack

The dramatic and rapid pursuit of Turkish forces and advance upon Damascus undertaken by the Desert Mounted Corps following General Allenby's success at the Battle of Megiddo in September 1918. Austra...

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Event

As part of the attempt to seize the Gallipoli Peninsula in order to suppress the Turkish defences guarding the Dardanelles, military landings were made at Cape Helles at the southern tip of the penins...

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