Battle Honours
The 7th Battalion received the following battle honours:
- First World War: Landing at Anzac, Defence at Anzac, Helles, Krithia, Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair–Lone Pine, Gallipoli (1915), Egypt (1915–1916), Somme 1916 & 1918, Pozieres, Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Albert 1918 (Chuignes), Hindenburg Line, Epehy, France and Flanders 1916–1918.
- Second World War: South-West Pacific 1942–1945, Liberation of Australian New Guinea.
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Famous quotes containing the words battle and/or honours:
“Fold up the banners! Smelt the guns!
Love rules, Her gentler purpose runs.
A mighty mother turns in tears
The pages of her battle years,
Lamenting all her fallen sons!”
—Will Henry Thompson (1848–1918)
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Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings;
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Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)