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	Encyclopedia: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
		Australian and New Zealand Divisions were involved in a number of engagements during the Battle of the Somme (1916) while components of British corps but it was only during the Battle of Pozieres, 23rd July 1916, that an Anzac formation participated as a whole.
		The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in the Middle East and on the Western Front.
		Alternate meaning: Lighthorse (American Indian police) The Australian Light Horse soldiers were mounted infantry who served during the Boer War and World War I. The Light Horse differed from cavalry in that they usually fought dismounted, using their horses as transport to the battlefield and as a means of swift...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Australian-and-New-Zealand-Army-Corps (2362 words)

	World War 2; a Category index
		From October 1944 onwards the 3rd Division and two independent brigades were moved to the Solomons, the 5th Division was allotted to New Britain and the 6th Division to Aitape, while the 8th Brigade continued its operations in the Madang-Sepik River area.
		Australia, as a consequence, was also at war on the 3rd of September 1939.
		On 29 November, the unofficial policy of live-and-let-live between the American and Japanese forces on Bougainville was broken by the 3rd Division offensives to the north, across the centre and to the south of the Island.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww2/0-ww2-cat-index.htm (2362 words)

	ipedia.com: Australian Army Article
		Australian units were also responsible for the last phase of amphibious assaults during the Pacific War: the attacks on Japanese-occupied Borneo, including Tarakan, Brunei, British Borneo, Balikpapan and other targets in Sarawak.
		Australian soldiers have been involved in a number of minor and major conflicts throughout its history, but only in World War II did Australian territory come under direct attack.
		The first Australian division to see action on the Western Front was the 5th Division which was thrown unprepared into the futile Battle of Fromelles, a "diversion" that cost the division 5,500 casualties for no gain.
	www.ipedia.com /australian_army.html (2678 words)

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
		Paths of Armor: The 5th Armored Division in World War II.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml (2678 words)

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Churchill’s Sacrifice of the Highland Division: France, 1940.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml (2678 words)

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml (2678 words)

	Second World War Books: Books by Subject
		Fragment of Victory: The 92nd Infantry Division in World War II.
		Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II.
		Sharpshooters at War: The 3rd, the 4th, and the 3rd/4th CLY.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/bib/bib157000.shtml (2678 words)

	Articles - Australian Army
		The army contribution is primarily concentrated in Afghanistan and consists of a Special Operations Task Group of personnel from the Special Air Service Regiment, 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and Incident Response Regiment.
		Operation Slipper - Australia's commitment to the War on Terror.
		Australian Army Training Team; this encompasses 55 personnel providing logistic training to the new Iraqi Army.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Australian_Army (272 words)

	WWII Page
		He was a member of the 3rd Armored Division, the Spearhead that drove into the heart of Nazi Germany.
		who were, or would become, famous who fought in World War II.
		World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I
	www.geocities.com /ResearchTriangle/Facility/3991/ww2history.htm (272 words)

	Office of Australian War Graves - France Memorials
		The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisional Memorials are of a similar design being in the shape of an obelisk with a bronze plaque recording each Division's battle honours.
		The 2nd Division relieved the survivors of the 1st Division.
		Entirely under Australian planning and command, the victory established the pattern for allied operations for the remainder of the war on the Western Front.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/oawg/france.htm (272 words)

	WWII Page
		He was a member of the 3rd Armored Division, the Spearhead that drove into the heart of Nazi Germany.
		who were, or would become, famous who fought in World War II.
		World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I
	www.geocities.com /ResearchTriangle/Facility/3991/ww2history.htm (272 words)

	World War 2; a Category index
		The 2nd AIF was, therefore, raised in a similar fashion to the 1st- from former soldiers, civilians and volunteers from militia units.
		From October 1944 onwards the 3rd Division and two independent brigades were moved to the Solomons, the 5th Division was allotted to New Britain and the 6th Division to Aitape, while the 8th Brigade continued its operations in the Madang-Sepik River area.
		Australian losses for the whole period of the El Alamein operations from 7 July were 5809, including 1225 dead, 3638 wounded and 946 taken prisoner.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/ww2/0-ww2-cat-index.htm (272 words)

	Office of Australian War Graves - France Memorials
		The 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th Divisional Memorials are of a similar design being in the shape of an obelisk with a bronze plaque recording each Division's battle honours.
		Entirely under Australian planning and command, the victory established the pattern for allied operations for the remainder of the war on the Western Front.
		During the Second World War the Memorial was extensively damaged and repairs were carried out subsequent to that conflict.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/oawg/france.htm (272 words)

	CIAOPS World Guides - WWI Australian Battlefields
		The Australian 5th Division objectives were the Peronne Bridges and Peronne, while the Australian 2nd Divisions was the bridgehead at Halle then Mont St Quentin and finally the Australian 3rd Division was to capture the high ground north east of Clery, then Bouchavesnes spur.
		On the left of the attack by the Australian 2nd Division, the Australian 3rd Division attacking Bouchavesnes Spur had not successfully captured its objectives, this meant that earlier gains were threatened by German flanking moves.
		The 9th Brigade of the Australian 3rd Division and the British 18th Division, which were holding the northern sector, are eventually driven back to the outskirts of Villers-Bretonneux.
	www.ciaops.com /guides/battle/page3.htm (272 words)

	Battle of Buna - Part 3 of The 32nd 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division in World War II
		The forces on the Division’s right flank (1st and 3rd Battalions of the 128th, a detachment of 1st Battalion of the 126th and one Australian independent company) were now designated 'Warren Force' and commanded by BG Hanford McNider.
		The 32nd Division's early difficulties, like most American units early in the war, were seriously affected by the fact that America had a very small standing military before World War II.
		The 32nd Infantry Division and the Australian 7th Division were to attack abreast, the 32nd Division on the right.
	www.32nd-division.org /history/ww2/32ww2-3.html (272 words)

	WWII Page
		He was a member of the 3rd Armored Division, the Spearhead that drove into the heart of Nazi Germany.
		who were, or would become, famous who fought in World War II.
		World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I
	www.geocities.com /ResearchTriangle/Facility/3991/ww2history.htm (272 words)

	THE ANATOMY OF A RAID. Australia at Celtic Wood 9 Oct. 1917 - SPAGNOLY, TONY (SMITH, TED ED.)
		From the Prologue: ~On the 8th October 1917 the staff of the 3rd Australian Brigade, in their shelters around Anzac Ridge near Polygon Wood, must have been surprised to receive orders to mount what would be a second raid within two days on an enemy position named Celtic Wood.
		In July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele, became the focus for one of the most grueling, bloody, and bizarre battles of World War** I. When it was over, in early November, close to 500,000 had become casualties, with either army having achieved a decisive strategic result.
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	antiqbook.com /boox/dmd/23631.shtml (272 words)

	Irish Regiments in World War 1 - Dungarvan Museum
		There it was temporarily attached to the 9th Indian Brigade in 3rd Indian Division.
		Independence & Civil War - 1919 to 1923
		The 88th went out to the Cape in 1877, and served in the Kaffir War of 1877-8, and in the Zulu War of 1879.
	www.dungarvanmuseum.org /index.cgi?art_id=31&pagenum=3 (272 words)

	Battle of Buna - Part 3 of The 32nd 'Red Arrow' Infantry Division in World War II
		The forces on the Division’s right flank (1st and 3rd Battalions of the 128th, a detachment of 1st Battalion of the 126th and one Australian independent company) were now designated 'Warren Force' and commanded by BG Hanford McNider.
		The 32nd Division's early difficulties, like most American units early in the war, were seriously affected by the fact that America had a very small standing military before World War II.
		Also, the Division was initially committed to battle with only two of its infantry regiments (one of which was subsequently taken away), and none of its organic artillery, save one howitzer, and some of its mortars.
	www.32nd-division.org /history/ww2/32ww2-3.html (272 words)

	World
		Australian 3rd Division (World War I) 3 External links World War One unit history To be completed Formation ; 9th Brigad...
		Australian 2nd Division (World War I) 3 External links World War One unit history Gallipoli August offensive France To b...
		Australian 4th Division (World War I) 4 External links World War One unit history To be completed Formation ; 4th Brigad...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/world.html (8597 words)

	4th Division
		The 4th Infantry Brigade was transferred form the New Zealand and Australian Division, while the 12th and 13th Brigades were formed by duplicating the 4th and 3rd Australian Brigades respectively.
		Charles Bean wrote that on the Western Front the 4th Division earned itself a reputation for hard fighting, and that it had the "least polish" but the "most numerous war-scars" of all the Australian divisions.
		The 4th Australian Division was formed in Egypt in February 1916 as part of the scheme to split and duplicate the AIF.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_13037.asp (8597 words)

	Australian Army 1939-41
		The Australian Army of 3rd September 1939 consisted of a small Permanent Force cadre mostly manning staff, Royal Australian Artillery fortress units and Royal Australian Engineer fortress units.
		The Australian Army recruited seven Garrison Battalions (1st-7th) from veterans of the First World War in October,1939 and by January,1940 there were eight such battalions with a strength of 4,967 men.
		Its place was taken by the 27th Australian Infantry Brigade formed in November 1940 and sent to join the division in Malaya in August 1941.
	users.adelphia.net /~dryan67/orders/aust.html (8597 words)

	1 Div Arty
		They joined with the 1st Australian Division and headed under convoy for Egypt, arriving at Alexandria in December 1914 where they were joined by a brigade of Australian Infantry and known as the New Zealand and Australian Division.
		In 1914, one Brigade of Mounted Rifles, one Brigade of Infantry and one Brigade of Artillery left New Zealand to fight in the foreign war that was to be known in later years as World War One.
		Three brigades were formed, each of three 6-gun 18-pounder batteries and one 6-gun howitzer battery, two of which were left under the immediate command of the Divisional Commander and one under the control of the Army Commander and called an "Army" Brigade.
	riv.co.nz /rnza/rf/ww1/ww1.htm (469 words)

	Histofig : 20eme WWI - Articles #01
		The Australian 4th and 3rd Divisions were rushed to the area of ALBERT to blunt the German thrust.
		By the 3rd and 4th of April, it was realized that German troops were hiding in the cellars and basements of DERNANCOURT when French civilians signaled to Australians at the embankment.
		The 12th Brigade was part of the 4th Division and arrived in good spirits and with its packs full of abandoned British food supplies, including Red Cross Parcels with fresh socks and luxury items such as chocolate.
	www.histofig.com /history/20/ww1/dernancourt_en.html (469 words)

	List of Australian divisions in World War II
		List of Australian divisions in World War II List of military divisions — List of Australian divisions in WWII This is a list of Australian Army divisionss that existed during World War II.
		See also: \n* Second Australian Imperial Force \n* Militia Category:Lists of military units\nCategory:Australian divisions Category:World War II divisions
		2nd Motor Division; 2nd Cavalry Division)\n* Australian 3rd Armoured Division (a.k.a.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/l/li/list_of_australian_divisions_in_world_war_ii.html (469 words)

	CIAOPS World Guides - WWI Australian Battlefields
		The Australian 5th Division objectives were the Peronne Bridges and Peronne, while the Australian 2nd Divisions was the bridgehead at Halle then Mont St Quentin and finally the Australian 3rd Division was to capture the high ground north east of Clery, then Bouchavesnes spur.
		The 9th Brigade of the Australian 3rd Division and the British 18th Division, which were holding the northern sector, are eventually driven back to the outskirts of Villers-Bretonneux.
		Australian troops were relieved by troops from the British 8th Division as previously arranged, from Villers-Bretonneux to the flank of the French at Hangard in the south.
	www.ciaops.com /guides/battle/page3.htm (469 words)

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