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Battle and theatre honours of the Australian Army

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Colours of the Australian 17th Battalion (AWM P01584 002)

Colours of the 17th Battalion in 1918, listing its battle honours from the First World War.

The Australian Army and its forerunners have won many battle and theatre honours since its formation. The first honour awarded to Australian units came prior to Federation and was awarded to forces from the colony of New South Wales, which contributed a small contingent consisting of an infantry battalion, with artillery and support units to take part in the short-lived British campaign against the Dervish revolt in the eastern Sudan in 1885 following the death of General Charles Gordon at Khartoum.[1][2] The next conflict that saw Australian units receive battle or theatre honours was the Second Boer War. Between 1899 and 1901, forces from the six Australian colonies fought alongside each other before being replaced in 1901 by forces of the newly established Australian Army following Federation.[3] A total of five theatre honours were awarded for service in South Africa, being bestowed upon successor units in the form of honorary banners and distinctions presented in 1904, 1908 and 1911.[4][5] Since then, the Australian Army has received honours for fighting during the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, with the Royal Australian Regiment last being awarded a battle honour in 1994 for the First Battle of Maryang San in Korea.[6] In 2013 units of Special Operations Command were awarded the battle honour Eastern Shah Wali Kot for their actions in Afghanistan in May and June 2010.[7] A total of 246 honours have been awarded.

Sudan (1885)[]

South Africa (1899–1902)[]

First World War (1914–1918)[]

German New Guinea[]

Gallipoli[]

Egypt[]

Palestine[]

Western Front[]

Second World War (1939–1945)[]

North Africa[]

Greece[]

Middle East[]

Syria[]
  • Wadi Zeini
  • Dimas
  • Chehim and Rharife
  • Damour
  • Mazraat ech Chouf
  • Hill 1069
  • Badarene
  • Jebel Mazar[27][28]

Malaya[]

South West Pacific[]

Korea (1950–1953)[]

Vietnam (1962–1972)[]

Afghanistan (2001–)[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Grey 2008, pp. 48–49.
  2. ↑ Wilcox 2009, p. 72.
  3. ↑ Dennis et al 1995, p. 107.
  4. ↑ Festberg 1972, p. 14.
  5. ↑ Jobson 2009, pp. 58–59.
  6. ↑ "Kowang-San". The Australian War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/units/event_367.asp. Retrieved 24 December 2009. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Special Operations Units Awarded Battle Honour". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 March 2013. http://www.pm.gov.au/press-office/special-operations-units-awarded-battle-honour. Retrieved 26 March 2013. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: First Sudan War, Second Boer War". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%201st%20Sudan%20War.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  9. ↑ Rodger 2003, p. 62.
  10. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 66–72.
  11. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: The Great War: Australiasia". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20The%20Great%20War%20Dardanelles.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  12. ↑ Rodger 2003, p. 91.
  13. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: The Great War: The Dardanelles". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20The%20Great%20War%20Dardanelles.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  14. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 180–185.
  15. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: The Great War: Egypt". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20The%20Great%20War%20Egypt.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  16. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 185–186.
  17. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: The Great War: Palestine". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20The%20Great%20War%20Palestine.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  18. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 189–196.
  19. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: The Great War: France and Belgium". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20The%20Great%20War%20France%20and%20Belgium.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  20. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 112–176.
  21. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: World War Two: North Africa". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20World%20War%20Two%20North%20Africa.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  22. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 274–296.
  23. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: World War Two: Greece". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20World%20War%20Two%20Greece.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  24. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 334–335.
  25. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: World War Two: Middle East". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20World%20War%20Two%20Middle%20East.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  26. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 337–338.
  27. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: World War Two: Syria". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20World%20War%20Two%20Syria.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  28. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 271–273.
  29. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: World War Two: Malaya". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20World%20War%20Two%20Malaya.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  30. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 340–341.
  31. ↑ "Battle Honours of the Australian Army: World War Two: South West Pacific". Australian Army. http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Further-Reference-Materials/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/History/Battle%20Honours%20by%20Conflict/Battle%20Honours%20of%20the%20Australian%20Army%20World%20War%20Two%20South%20West%20Pacific.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2012. 
  32. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 358–368.
  33. ↑ Rodger 2003, pp. 372–374.
  34. ↑ Rodger 2003, p. 394.

References[]

  • Dennis, Peter; Grey, Jeffrey; Morris, Ewan; Prior, Robin; Connor, John (1995). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (1st ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553227-9. 
  • Festberg, Alfred (1972). The Lineage of the Australian Army. Melbourne, Victoria: Allara Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85887-024-6. 
  • Grey, Jeffrey (2008). A Military History of Australia (3rd ed.). Port Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-69791-0. 
  • Jobson, Christopher (2009). Looking Forward, Looking Back: Customs and Traditions of the Australian Army. Wavell Heights, Queensland: Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9803251-6-4. 
  • Rodger, Alexander (2003). Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662–1991. Marlborough, United Kingdom: The Crowood Press. ISBN 1861266375. 
  • Wilcox, Craig (2009). Red Coat Dreaming: How Colonial Australia Embraced the British Army. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-19360-3. 

Further reading[]

  • Baker, Allan (1986). Battle Honours of the British and Commonwealth Armies. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0711016003. 
  • Maitland, Gordon (1999). The Second World War and its Australian Army Battle Honours. Roseville, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 0864179758. 

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