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32nd Battalion (Australia)

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The 32nd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. [1]

74 relations: Angus & Robertson, Armentières, Armistice, Attack at Fromelles, Australian Army, Australian Army Reserve, Australian Corps, Australian Labor Party, Battalion, Battle of Amiens (1918), Battle of Arras (1917), Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of St Quentin Canal, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, Blair Wark, British Empire Medal, Buna, Papua New Guinea, Conscription in Australia, Corbie, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Distinguished Service Order, Egypt, First Australian Imperial Force, Footscray, Victoria, Gallipoli Campaign, Geraldton, Gona, Hindenburg Line, Hundred Days Offensive, Infantry, James Scullin, Medal bar, Melbourne, Mentioned in dispatches, Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom), Mesen, Military Cross, Military Medal, Mitcham, South Australia, Morlancourt, New Britain, New Britain campaign, New Guinea, Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918, Order of the British Empire, Péronne, Somme, Pentropic organisation, Perth, Queensland, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, ..., Royal Victoria Regiment, Second Australian Imperial Force, South Australia, Spring Offensive, Unit Colour Patch, Victoria (Australia), Victoria Cross, Warneton, Belgium, Western Australia, Western Front (World War I), Ypres, 14th Battalion (Australia), 14th/32nd Battalion (Australia), 2/32nd Battalion (Australia), 29th Battalion (Australia), 2nd Brigade (Australia), 30th Battalion (Australia), 31st Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, 3rd Military District (Australia), 58th Battalion (Australia), 5th Division (Australia), 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment, 6th Brigade (Australia), 8th Brigade (Australia). Expand index (24 more) »

Angus & Robertson

Angus & Robertson (A&R) was a major Australian bookseller, book publisher and book printer.

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Armentières

Armentières (Armentiers) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

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Armistice

An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.

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Attack at Fromelles

The Attack at Fromelles (Battle of Fromelles, Battle of Fleurbaix or Schlacht von Fromelles) 19–20 July 1916, was a British military operation on the Western Front during the First World War, subsidiary to the Battle of the Somme.

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Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force.

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Australian Army Reserve

The Australian Army Reserve is a collective name given to the reserve units of the Australian Army.

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Australian Corps

The Australian Corps was a World War I army corps that contained all five Australian infantry divisions serving on the Western Front.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit.

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Battle of Amiens (1918)

The Battle of Amiens, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy (3ème Bataille de Picardie), was the opening phase of the Allied offensive which began on 8 August 1918, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the First World War.

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Battle of Arras (1917)

The Battle of Arras (also known as the Second Battle of Arras) was a British offensive on the Western Front during World War I. From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British troops attacked German defences near the French city of Arras on the Western Front.

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Battle of Passchendaele

The Battle of Passchendaele (Flandernschlacht, Deuxième Bataille des Flandres), also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.

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Battle of St Quentin Canal

The Battle of St Quentin Canal was a pivotal battle of World War I that began on 29 September 1918 and involved British, Australian and American forces operating as part of the British Fourth Army under the overall command of General Sir Henry Rawlinson.

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Blackboy Hill, Western Australia

Blackboy Hill was named after the Australian native "black boy" plants, Xanthorrhoea preissii, which dominated the site which is now absorbed into Greenmount, Western Australia.

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Blair Wark

Blair Anderson Wark, (27 July 1894 – 13 June 1941) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and other Commonwealth armed forces.

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British Empire Medal

The British Empire Medal (formally British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown.

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Buna, Papua New Guinea

Buna is a village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Conscription in Australia

Conscription in Australia, or mandatory military service also known as national service, has a controversial history dating back to the first years of nationhood.

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Corbie

Corbie is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Distinguished Conduct Medal

The Distinguished Conduct Medal, post-nominal letters DCM, was established in 1854 by Queen Victoria as a decoration for gallantry in the field by other ranks of the British Army.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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First Australian Imperial Force

The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I. It was formed on 15 August 1914, following Britain's declaration of war on Germany, initially with a strength of one infantry division and one light horse brigade.

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Footscray, Victoria

Footscray is an inner-western suburb (neighbourhood) of Melbourne, Australia, 5 km from Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Gallipoli Campaign

The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale (Çanakkale Savaşı), was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916.

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Geraldton

Geraldton is a coastal city in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of Perth.

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Gona

Gona is a coastal village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Hindenburg Line

The Hindenburg Line (Siegfriedstellung or Siegfried Position) was a German defensive position of World War I, built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front, from Arras to Laffaux, near Soissons on the Aisne.

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Hundred Days Offensive

The Hundred Days Offensive was the final period of the First World War, during which the Allies launched a series of offensives against the Central Powers on the Western Front from 8 August to 11 November 1918, beginning with the Battle of Amiens.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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James Scullin

James Henry "Jim" Scullin (18 September 1876 – 28 January 1953) was an Australian Labor Party politician and the ninth Prime Minister of Australia.

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Medal bar

A medal bar or medal clasp is a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Mentioned in dispatches

A member of the armed forces mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which his or her gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

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Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom)

The Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) is a silver medal for distinguished service, or for gallantry, principally by non-commissioned officers of all of the British armed forces and of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service.

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Mesen

Mesen (Messines in French, historically used in English) is a city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.

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Military Cross

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.

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Military Medal

The Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land.

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Mitcham, South Australia

Mitcham is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.

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Morlancourt

Morlancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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New Britain

New Britain (Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago (named after Otto von Bismarck) of Papua New Guinea.

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New Britain campaign

The New Britain campaign was a World War II campaign fought between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918

The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Péronne, Somme

Péronne is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Pentropic organisation

The Pentropic organisation was a military organisation used by the Australian Army between 1960 and 1965.

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Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Royal Leicestershire Regiment

The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688.

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Royal Victoria Regiment

The Royal Victoria Regiment is an Infantry Regiment of the Australian Army, consisting of two battalions, the 5th/6th Battalion and the 8th/7th Battalion.

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Second Australian Imperial Force

The Second Australian Imperial Force (Second, or 2nd, AIF) was the name given to the volunteer personnel of the Australian Army in World War II.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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Spring Offensive

The 1918 Spring Offensive, or Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle), also known as the Ludendorff Offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War, beginning on 21 March 1918, which marked the deepest advances by either side since 1914.

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Unit Colour Patch

Unit Colour Patches (or simply known as Colour Patches) are currently worn on the slouch hat in the Australian Army to identify the wearer's unit.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.

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Warneton, Belgium

Warneton (in Dutch Waasten, in Picard Varnetån or Warneuton) is a section of the Belgian municipality of Comines-Warneton in Wallonia in the province of Hainaut.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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Ypres

Ypres (Ieper) is a Belgian municipality in the province of West Flanders.

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14th Battalion (Australia)

The 14th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.

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14th/32nd Battalion (Australia)

The 14th/32nd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during the Second World War.

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2/32nd Battalion (Australia)

The 2/32nd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during the Second World War.

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29th Battalion (Australia)

The 29th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.

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2nd Brigade (Australia)

The 2nd Brigade was a brigade-sized infantry unit of the Australian Army.

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30th Battalion (Australia)

The 30th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.

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31st Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment

The 31st Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment (31 RQR) was a Reserve infantry battalion of the Australian Army.

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3rd Military District (Australia)

The 3rd Military District was an administrative district of the Australian Army.

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58th Battalion (Australia)

The 58th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.

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5th Division (Australia)

The 5th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army which served during the First and Second World Wars.

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5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment

The 5th/6th Battalion ("5/6 RVR") is one of two battalions of the Royal Victoria Regiment, and is an infantry battalion of the Australian Army Reserve.

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6th Brigade (Australia)

The 6th Combat Support Brigade is an Australian Army brigade.

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8th Brigade (Australia)

8th Brigade is an Australian Army Reserve training formation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Battalion_(Australia)

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