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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 China Sea 1944-1945
Battle honours
For squadrons employed on bombing and mining attacks on sea communications in the South China Sea.E84622