Battle Honours
The 36th Battalion held the following battle honours:
- Boer War: South Africa 1901–1902;
- World War I: Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Somme 1918, France and Flanders 1916–1918;
- World War II: South-West Pacific 1941–1945, Buna–Gona, Sanananda Road, Liberation of Australian New Guinea.
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