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Lae-Nadzab
Campaign honour
A campaign honour awarded for participation in the operations that resulted in the capture of the Japanese base at Lae in New Guinea. The honour includes the amphibious landings of the 9th Australian ...E84675
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Lae Road
Battle honours
A subsidiary honour to "Lae-Nadzab", that was awarded for participation in the advance along the Lae Road in New Guinea - from Nadzab to the outskirts of Lae.E84520
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Laha
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for the heavy fighting that incurred while defending the airfield at Laha, on Ambon, in the Netherlands East Indies. As part of Gull Force, Australian troops fought alongside D...E84521
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Laha Massacre
Massacre
After a surrender to the Japanese during the Battle of Ambon, the small force of about 300 men defending the airfield at Laha were summarily executed by their captors, and buried in mass graves. The f...E84722
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Liberation of Australian New Guinea
Campaign honour
Campaign honour awarded for participation in the operations to clear the Japanese from the Australian-mandated territory of New Guinea. For no apparent reason, the honour does not encompass the Wau-Sa...E84676
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Madang
Battle honours
This engagement honour was awarded for participation in the advance and capture of Madang, on the northern tip of Astrolabe Bay, New Guinea. The occupation of Madang effectively brought an end to the ...E84525
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Malaya 1941-1942
Battle honours
For operations against the Japanese in Malaya, Sumatra and Java from 8th December 1941 until the final capitulation in Java on 12th March 1942.E84528
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Maprik
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations resulting in the capture of the village of Maprik, in the Torrcelli Mountains in northern New Guinea.E84531
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Markham Valley 1943-1944
Battle honours
For RAAF squadrons participating in the recapture of Lae, Nadzab, Finschhafen and in subsequent operations from Markham Valley aerodromes until the landing at Hollandia on 22nd April 1944.E84532
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Matapau
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the advance east of the Danmap River to the coastal village of Matapau, in northern New Guinea.E84536
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Mawaraka
Battle honours
This honour was awarded for the offensive patrolling operations that were part of the successful advance from Modionu and the Mariropa River to Mawaraka, a village on the coast of Empress Augusta Bay,...E84537
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Mazaraat ech Chouf
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations resulting in the capture of the town of Mazaraat ech Chouf, and the hills around it, in central Lebanon.E84538
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Mediterranean 1940-1943
Battle honours
For operations over Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas by aircraft based in the Mediterranean area (including reconnaissance, convoy protection, mining, and attacks on enemy ports and...E84539
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Merjayun
Battle honours
Awarded for operations around the town of Merjayun (spelled Merdjayoun in the Australian Official History) in central Lebanon. During the period covered by the honour the town was captured, lost in th...E84542
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Middle East 1941-1944
Campaign honour
A campaign honour awarded to units that served on operations in various parts of the Middle East, which was deemed to include Crete, Madagascar, the Aegean and Adriatic Seas, and the Dodecanese island...E84678
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Middle East 1941
Campaign honour
A campaign honour awarded to units that served on operations in various parts of the Middle East, which was deemed to include Crete, Madagascar, the Aegean and Adriatic Seas, and the Dodecanese island...E84677
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Milford Highway
Battle honours
Awarded for participation in the operations to clear the Japanese from a series of hilltop strongpoints sited along the Milford Highway around the village of Batuchampar, north-east of Balikpapan in D...E84544
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Milford Highway Operations
Battle
Milford Highway, named after the commander of the 7th Australian Division, Major General Edward Milford, was a road that ran roughly north from the town of Balikpapan, on the eastern coast of Dutch Bo...E84358
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Milne Bay
Battle honours
Awarded for participated in the battle that resulted in the defeat of the Japanese landings at Milne Bay, on the eastern tip of Papua.E84545