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43rd Battalion (Australia)

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328:, which had suffered heavily during the fighting earlier in the year, was withdrawn from the line for rest and reorganisation and did not return to the front before the armistice was signed in November. After the war, the 43rd Battalion was disbanded in 1919 and its surviving personnel repatriated back to Australia. During the course of the war, the battalion suffered the following casualties: 386 killed and 1,321 wounded. Between June 1916 and March 1918, eight batches of reinforcements were dispatched to the 43rd Battalion from Australia. The 43rd Battalion's contribution to the Australian effort on the Western Front was recognised by the awarding of 15 364: 143: 246: 293:. The opening blows fell against the British in the Somme and as the offensive gained momentum, the Allies were pushed back significantly. With the vital rail head of Amiens threatened, the Australian units which had wintered in Belgium were brought south to the Somme to help stem the tide of the German advance. The 43rd Battalion subsequently undertook several defensive actions including one around 418:
during the Second World War. Although it currently no longer exists, for a period after 1966, following the reintroduction of national service, the 43rd Battalion was re-raised within the RSAR, as a remote area battalion within the Citizens Military Force, offering special conditions of service for
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a week later. During the fighting around Broodseinde, the 43rd formed part of the 3rd Division's spearhead and was successful in helping them advance over 2,000 yards (1,800 m), while during the attack on Passchendaele the battalion formed part of the divisional reserve along with the rest of
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After the war, when Australia's military was reorganised the 43rd Battalion was reformed once again as an amalgamated unit known as the 43rd/48th Battalion, which remained in existence until 1960 when it was subsumed into the
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soldiers who had elected to serve in the CMF rather than the Regular Army, but who could not meet their training requirements through normal attendance due to their occupation or place of residence.
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the 11th Brigade and was committed to the front line late after the assaulting forces were forced to retire after their initial gains were negated by German attacks on the division's flank.
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in June 1917, as part of the successful, but costly, effort to capture the Wytschaete–Messines Ridge near the salient that had developed in the frontline around
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in July, where the battalion attacked in the centre of the 11th Brigade, tasked with securing the village itself. In August, the 43rd joined the Allied
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When territorial designations were introduced in 1927, the battalion adopted the title of the "Hindmarsh Regiment". It also adopted the motto of
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from late 1916 until the end of the war in November 1918. After the war, the 43rd was re-raised as a part-time unit in
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in France and Belgium, taking part in several major battles. Its first significant action came during the
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Soldiers from the 43rd Battalion at Berry Springs, Northern Territory, in November 1942
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The 43rd Battalion was raised on 7 March 1916, in Australia during the expansion of
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government suspended compulsory training, the battalion was amalgamated with the
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in the final months of the war. One of the battalion's last actions came at the
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For the next two years, the battalion fought in the trenches along the
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Lawrence Weathers, the 43rd Battalion's sole Victoria Cross recipient.
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in September 1918. For his actions during this battle Corporal
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The 43rd Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:
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enabled a significant shift of German combat power from the
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after which it took part in several attacks against the
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Index

2/43rd Battalion (Australia)
Australian Army
11th Brigade
3rd Brigade
First World War
Western Front
Unit colour patch

Australian Army
infantry
First World War
Australian Imperial Force
Western Front
South Australia
48th Battalion
Second World War
Royal South Australia Regiment
Australian Imperial Force
Gallipoli Campaign
11th Brigade
3rd Division
South Australia
United Kingdom
Egypt
Salisbury Plain

Western Front
Battle of Messines
Ypres
Third Battle of Ypres

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