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  1. Abau-Malin

    Battle honours

    Awarded for participation in operations to secure a line between the village of Abau, on the northern New Guinea coast, and Malin further south. The attainment of this line completed the clearance of ...

    E84372

  2. Action between HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden

    Naval battle

    E85317

  3. Action between HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran, 19 November 1941

    Battle

    On the afternoon of 19 November 1941 the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (Commander Theodor Detmers) was steaming on a northeasterly course off the coast of Western Australia, approximately 150 mile...

    E84305

  4. Adele River

    Battle honours

    This honour was awarded for the patrolling actions that began the advance in Bougainville’s Southern Sector, from the Jaba River, along the coast of Empress Augusta Bay, to the Tavera River. Much of t...

    E84373

  5. Adlun

    Battle honours

    Awarded for participation in the attacks made in the vicinity of the towns of Adloun, Es Sakiye, and Innsariye, in western Lebanon. This honour was only awarded to Australian units.

    E84374

  6. Adriatic operations

    Operation

    The Adriatic Sea, separating Italy and Austria-Hungary, was the site of a prolonged and indecisive naval campaign between the two nations during the First World War. It was a campaign characterised b...

    E84742

  7. Afghanistan, 2001-2021

    Conflict

    CN500042

    Conflict

    Afghanistan, 2001-2021

  8. Afghanistan/Pakistan (UNMCTT), 1989-1993

    Conflict

    CN500097

    Conflict

    Afghanistan/Pakistan (UNMCTT), 1989-1993

  9. Aitape-Wewak Campaign

    Campaign

    The Australian portion of the Aitape-Wewak campaign took place in northern New Guinea between November 1944 and August 1945. Aitape had been occupied by the Japanese in 1942. Recaptured by an American...

    E84658

  10. Alam el Halfa

    Battle honours

    This honour was awarded for participation in the actions around the feature called Trig 29, during the main Alamein offensive and its successful defence against German counter attack.

    E84375

  11. Albert, 1918

    Battle honours

    Acknowledges involvement in the two-pronged attack on Bapaume and St Quentin, as part of the Allied counter-offensives on the Western Front in the late summer of 1918. Launched in the mist of the earl...

    E84376

  12. Albert, 1918 (Chuignes)

    Battle honours

    Specifically acknowledges four Australian infantry battalions' (1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 Battalions) achievement in capturing the ridge of Chuignes on the south side of the River Somme, as part of the Allied ...

    E84377

  13. Amboga River

    Battle honours

    This honour was awarded for participation in operations in the vicinity of the Amboga River, west of Gona on the northern coast of Papua.

    E84378

  14. Ambon

    Battle honours

    This honour was awarded for the defence of Ambon, in the Netherlands East Indies, where Australian troops, as part of Gull Force, fought alongside Dutch troops against the invading Japanese. Gull Forc...

    E84379

  15. Amiens

    Battle honours

    Awarded for involvement in operations to the east of Amiens that launched the great Allied offensive of 1918. An "all arms battle", the Allies made effective use of infantry, artillery tanks and aircr...

    E84380

  16. Amiens Raid

    Raid

    Codenamed Operation Jericho, the air raid on the Amiens prison on 18 February 1944 was mounted to free French resistance fighters prior to the invasion of Normandy. The raid was planned and executed b...

    E84823

  17. Ancre, 1918

    Battle honours

    Awarded to acknowledge participation in the defensive operations mounted in the face of the first of the German "Spring Offensives", in the Picardy sector in April 1918. Specifically acknowledges invo...

    E84381

  18. Anumb River

    Battle honours

    This honour was awarded for participation in the offensive engagement that lead to the capture of the Arohemi, a village strongly fortified by the Japanese, and the surrounding area, west of the Anumb...

    E84382

  19. Anzac

    Battle honours

    Awarded for participation in operations within the 'Anzac' area of the Gallipoli Peninsula, which extended from Gaba Tepe in the south, to Fisherman's Hut in the north.

    E84383

  20. ANZAC (beachhead)

    Invasion

    This acronym formed from the first letters of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps also evolved as a location or place name in its own right. As a shortened version of ANZAC Cove, the name define...

    E84715

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