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497:: Somme, 1916, '18; Pozières; Bullecourt; Messines, 1917; Ypres, 1917; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Passchendaele; Arras, 1918; Ancre, 1918; Hamel; Amiens; Albert, 1918; Hindenburg Line; Epéhy; France and Flanders, 1916–18; Anzac; Landing at Anzac; Defence of Anzac; Suvla; Sari Bair; Gallipoli, 1915; and Egypt, 1915–16.
503:: Liberation of Australian New Guinea; Waitavolo; North Africa; Syria 1941; Syrian Frontier; The Litani; Wadi Zeini; Damour; South-West Pacific 1942–1945; Kokoda Trail; Isurava; Eora Creek–Templeton's Crossing I; Efogi–Menari; Ioribaiwa; Buna–Gona; Gona; Ramu Valley; Shaggy Ridge; Borneo 1945; and Balikpapan.
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239:and on the
149:Engagements
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426:Since 1945
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569:Bean 1941
528:Citations
436:Pentropic
87:Australia
68:1952–1960
66:1936–1946
64:1921–1930
62:1914–1919
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1282:12th Bde
1215:11th Bde
1188:10th Bde
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290:Victoria
179:Insignia
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1000:2nd Bde
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925:7185705
827:6 April
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263:History
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942:ISSN
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