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Puriata River
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for the offensive patrolling operations that were part of the advance to the Puriata River, in Bougainville’s Southern Sector. The advance was along three axes: one battalion p...E84583
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Qattara Track
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the offensive engagement along the Qattara Track, on Miteiriya “Ruin” Ridge, south of Tel el Eisa, Egypt. This was the final assault on Ruin Ridge and, alt...E84584
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Rabaul 1942
Battle honours
For RAAF squadrons, directly participating in the defence of Rabaul in January 1942.E84587
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Rabaul
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the defence of Rabaul and Blanch Bay, New Britain. The Australian defenders, Lark Force, were unable to repel the superior force of the Japanese; Australia...E84585
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Raid on Gaba Tepe
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...E84826
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Ramu Valley
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the advance along the Ramu Valley, from Kaipit to Dumpu, in north-eastern New Guinea.E84588
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Ramu Valley-Finisterres Operations
Campaign
When the decision was made in 1943 to develop the Lae area in New Guinea as a major Allied staging post and base it was quickly realised that the control of the combined Markham and Ramu River Valleys...E84666
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2RAR - The Samichon
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the defence of the United Nations position on 'the Hook'.E84370
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Rumani
Battle honours
Awarded for defensive operations conducted between 4-5 August 1916 against Turkish forces near Rumani (Romani), Egypt.E84592
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Ruweisat Ridge
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the offensive action against Axis forces along Ruweisat Ridge, between between Alamein and Kaponga (the defensive positions along the Alamein Line), Egypt....E84594
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Salonika Front
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...E84299
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Sanananda-Cape Killerton
Battle honours
One of six subsidiary honours to 'Buna-Gona', this honour was awarded for participation in the fighting to destroy the Japanese positions along the stretch of northern Papuan coast bounded by Cape Kil...E84598
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Sanananda Road
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations along the track between Soputa and Sanananda, known as both the Sanananda Road and the Sanananda Track. This was the site of the main Japanese defences to p...E84597
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Sanyet el Miteirya
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in an offensive action in the area of Miteiriya “Ruin” Ridge and Trig 22, south of Tel el Eisa, Egypt.E84599
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Sari Bair
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.E84600
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Sari Bair-Lone Pine
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 ...E84601
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Sattelberg
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the operations that captured Sattelberg, a heavily fortified Japanese position, inland from Scarlet Beach, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea.E84603
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Scarlet Beach
Battle honours
A battle honour awarded to the infantry units that participated in the amphibious landing at Scarlet Beach, between the Song River and Arndt Point, on the Huon Peninsula, on New Guinea’s east coast. T...E84604
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Second Amman
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...E84359
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Second attack on Anzac Cove
Attack
Between 27 and 29 April 1915, Turkish counter-attacks attempted unsuccessfully to drive the Anzacs off the Gallipoli peninsula. The small area of the Gallipoli peninsula that they now held became know...E84300
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Second Battle of Bullecourt
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...E84360
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Second Battle of Krithia
Battle
Following the failure of the first Allied attempt to capture the village of Krithia and its prominent hill feature Achi Baba on 28 April 1915 a second attempt was initiated on 6 May. Having been reinf...E84361
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Second Battle of Marne
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 ...E84362
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Second UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM II): 1993 - 1994
Peacekeeping Operation
Strength: 170 total including UNOSOM I members from ASC 1 + 1 1/2. 36 Movements and Air Traffic Control Staff, 12 man Ready Reaction Security Team (mainly SAS) and some HQ staff – total of 50 personne...E84820
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Shaggy Ridge
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations to secure Shaggy Ridge in the Finisterre Mountains in northern New Guinea. This honour includes the extensive patrol operations through the foothills of the...E84606
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Shaggy Ridge Operations
Campaign
Shaggy Ridge is a six-and-a-half kilometre long razor-backed ridge that is the highest feature in the Finisterre Mountains in north-eastern New Guinea. The ridge rises between the valleys of the Mene ...E84667
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Sharon
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.E84607
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Sicily 1943
Battle honours
For operations in furtherance of the conquest of Sicily by aircraft based in Africa, Malta, and Sicily.E84608
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Sidon
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations along the Lebanon coast that resulted in the capture of Sidon on 15 June 1941.E84609
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Siki Cove
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the defensive engagement at Katika and the Siki Cove area, Scarlet Beach, on the Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. Following the Australian amphibious landing at...E84610
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Sinai Campaign
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...E84837
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Singapore Island
Battle honours
This battle honour was awarded for participation in the defence of Singapore Island.E84612
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Sio
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the advance from Fortification Point to Sio, on the north-east coast of the Huon Peninsula, New Guinea. The Japanese had used Sio as a major base, and with...E84613
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Sio-Sepik River
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the advance from Sio, on the north coast of the Huon Peninsula, along the Rai Coast, and on to the Sepik River, on New Guinea’s north coast.E84614
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Slater's Knoll
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for defensive action at Slater’s Knoll, astride the Buin Road, on the Puriata River, in Bougainville’s Southern Sector. When the Australians reached the Puriata River, the Japa...E84615
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Somme, 1916, '18
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...E84616
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Somme, 1918
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...E84617
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Somme Offensive
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...E84738
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Soter
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the rearguard action near the village of Soter (Sotir) in northern Greece where a small British Commonwealth force defended a defile, between a low ridge and a swamp, thro...E84618
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South Africa 1900-1902
Battle honours
Relates to the operations in the 2nd Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902.E84621
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South Africa 1899-1902
Battle honours
Relates to the operations in the 2nd Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902.E84620
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South Africa 1899-1900
Battle honours
Relates to the operations in the 2nd Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902.E84619
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South China Sea 1944-1945
Battle honours
For squadrons employed on bombing and mining attacks on sea communications in the South China Sea.E84622
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Southeast Asia (SEATO, FESR, ANZUK), 2 July 1955 - 14 March 1975
Conflict
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Conflict
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South-East Europe 1942-1945
Battle honours
For operations over Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.E84623
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South-West Pacific 1942-43
Campaign honour
A theatre honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic and command area known as the south-west Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Britain,...E84685
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South-West Pacific 1943-45
Campaign honour
A theatre honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic and command area known as the south-west Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Britain,...E84687
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South-West Pacific 1942-44
Campaign honour
A theatre honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic and command area known as the south-west Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Britain,...E84686
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South-West Pacific 1944-45
Campaign honour
A theatre honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic and command area known as the south-west Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Britain,...E84688
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South-West Pacific 1942
Campaign honour
A theatre honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic and command area known as the south-west Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Britain,...E84683
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South-West Pacific 1941-1945
Battle honours
A theatre honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic and command area known as the south-west Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Britain,...E84624
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South-West Pacific 1945
Campaign honour
A theatre honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic and command area known as the south-west Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Britain,...E84689
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South-West Pacific 1942-1945
Campaign honour
A campaign honour awarded to units for participation in operations in the geographic, and command, area known as the South-West Pacific. It included the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Papua, New Brita...E84684
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Stabilisation Force (SFOR) - 1996-2004
Conflict
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Conflict
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St Quentin Canal
Battle
Originally built to connect the Somme and Scheldt Rivers, the Germans utilised the St Quentin Canal as an additional defensive barrier forward of the Hindenberg Line. East of Peronne the canal ran thr...E84363
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St. Quentin Canal
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...E84625
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Strategic bombing campaign against Germany
Campaign
In simple terms, strategic bombing involves employing bombers to strike directly at key industrial, economic or political targets within an enemy's country which may affect its capacity to wage war, r...E84668
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Submarine Attack on Sydney Harbour
Attack
On the night of 31 May 1942 three Japanese midget submarines entered Sydney harbour. One became entangled in the boom net across the harbour, and her occupants blew her up. A second entered the harbou...E84301
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Suvla
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
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Syria 1941
Battle honours
Campaign honour awarded for participation in operations in Syria and Lebanon against Vichy French forces.E84627
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Syrian Campaign
Campaign
The Syrian Campaign is one of the least-known Australian operations of the Second World War. Between 7 June and 11 July 1941, Australian troops, principally from the 7th Division, fought as part of an...E84669
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Syrian Frontier
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations to capture the Vichy French border outposts on the first day of the invasion of Syria and Lebanon. This honour is incorrectly titled as it was only awarded ...E84628
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Tarakan
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the amphibious landing on Tarakan Island and the subsequent operations which neutralised the Japanese on the island.E84630
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Tardenois
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.E84631
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Tel el Eisa
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the offensive action that established the position around the rail siding at Tel el Eisa, north-west of Alamein, Egypt. Leaving from their start line Austr...E84632
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Tell el Makh Khad
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for participation in the engagement on Makh Khad Ridge, south of Tel el Eisa, Egypt. Having captured Tel el Eisa, Australian troops continued the offensive, attacking and captu...E84633
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Tempe Gorge
Battle honours
A subsidiary honour to 'Mount Olympus', awarded for participation in the action at Tempe (Pinios) Gorge in northern Greece.E84634
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Tempe (Pinios) Gorge
Battle
Tempe Gorge, on the eastern coast of Greece, was the site of a rearguard action fought by Australian and New Zealand troops on 18 April 1941. The gorge is formed where the Pinios River, on its way to ...E84364
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The Battle of the Coral Sea
Naval battle
The Japanese planned to consolidate their advance by clearing New Guinea and capturing Port Moresby, while simultaneously attacking Amercian positions in the Solomon Islands. A striking force of 3 ca...E84733
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The Great Ride
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...E84302
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The landing at ANZAC Cove
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...E84713