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The first approval for the use of distinctive unit colours for Australian army units came from Major General William Throsby Bridges for the 1st Division to fly flags to denote unit areas and lines in Egypt during World War I. C.E.W. Bean made the first reference to unit colour patches to be worn on the uniform, when he described Major General ...
4 Post-World War II. 5 Australian Operational Service Medal. 6 Foreign awards. 7 See also. 8 Notes. 9 References. ... Australian Service Medal 1945–1975 [note 3]
The 2/8th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during World War II.Raised as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force at Melbourne, Victoria on 30 October 1939, the 2/8th was initially attached to the 17th Brigade, 6th Division.
The 2/6th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during the Second World War.Raised in October 1939 as part of the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force, the battalion formed part of the 6th Division and was among the first troops raised by Australia during the war.
The Arctic Star medal recognises service between 1941 and 1945 delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union, running the gauntlet of enemy submarine, air and surface ship attacks. This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II
World War II: 2/6th Independent Company: Buna, Papua [7] Elton Murray Ifould: 1942: World War II: No. 4 Squadron RAAF: Papua [8] Edward Thompson Mobsby: 1942* World War II: Royal Australian Air Force: Papua [9] John Ronald Mowbray: 1942: World War II: No. 4 Squadron RAAF: Buna, Papua [10] Harold Edward Patch: 1953: Korean War: Australian Army ...
The 2/48th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during the Second World War. Raised in Adelaide in South Australia in August 1940, the battalion formed part of the 26th Brigade and was initially assigned to the 7th Division, although it was later transferred to the 9th Division in 1941 when it was deployed to the Middle East.
Recipients of Australian military awards and decorations (10 C) Pages in category "Military awards and decorations of Australia" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.