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Brief History

Battalion Personnel


Battle Honours

8 North Africa 1941-42

  • Defence of Tobruk
  • The Salient 1941
  • Defence of the Alamein Line
  • El Alamein
  • South West Pacific 1943-45
  • Lae-Nadzab
  • Busu River
  • Finschhafen
  • Sattelberg
  • Wareo
  • Borneo
  • Tarakan


Individual Honours

  • 3 x Distinguished Service Order
  • 1 x Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • 11 x Military Cross
  • 4 x Distinguished Conduct Medals
  • 20 x Military Medals
  • 1 x EM
  • 33 x Mentioned in Despatches

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 2 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, pages 2.315 - 2.318 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018


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