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518:: Somme 1916–18; Pozières; Bullecourt; Ypres 1917; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcappelle; Passchendaele; Lys; Hazebrouck; Amiens; Albert 1918; Hindenburg Line; Epéhy; France and Flanders 1916–18; Anzac; Landing at Anzac; Defence of Anzac; Suvla; Sari Bair–Lone Pine; Gallipoli, 1915; Egypt, 1915–16.
524:: North Africa 1941; Defence of Tobruk; The Salient 1941; South West Pacific 1942–45; Buna–Gona; Sanananda Road; Cape Endaiadere–Sinemi Creek; Sanananda–Cape Killerton; Milne Bay; Goodenough Island; Liberation of Australian New Guinea; Shaggy Ridge; Finisterres; Borneo; Balikpapan.
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894:. Hobart, Tasmania: 12th Battalion Association.
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356:in July 1916. Later the battalion fought at
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823:. Melbourne, Victoria: Allara Publishing.
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1466:1st Anzac Entrenching Battalion
843:A Military History of Australia
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21:2/12th Battalion (Australia)
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480:Australian Army Reserve
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452:Citizens Military Force
385:German Spring Offensive
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228:and formed part of the
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445:12th/40th Battalion
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786:References
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171:commanders
164:Commanders
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627:Bean 1941
486:Alliances
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318:Lone Pine
65:Australia
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55:1953–1960
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