WW1 Australian Imperial Force 29th Battalion Victory Medal. ANZAC.

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WW1 AIF 29th Battalion Victory Medal. ANZAC.
Recipient: Corporal J H Hecker
Service Number: 1327
Eventsof the 29th Battalion:
Battle of Amiens
Battle of Fromelles
German Spring Offensive
Hindenburg Line
Morlancourt
Polygon Wood
Second Battle of Bullecourt
St Quentin Canal
Battle Honours
Albert, 1918
Amiens
Ancre, 1918
Bapaume, 1917
Broodseinde
Bullecourt
Egypt, 1915-16
France and Flanders, 1916-18
Hindenburg Line
Menin Road
Mont St. Quentin
Passchendaele
Poelcappelle
Polygon Wood
Somme, 1916, '18
St. Quentin Canal
Ypres, 1917
Commanding Officers:
Bennett, Alfred Wilton
Purser, Muir
McArthur, John
Decorations3 DSO, 1 bar; 1 MBE; 20 MC; 17 DCM; 94 MM, 3 bars; 3 MSM; 17 MID; 5 foreign awards
ConflictFirst World War, 1914-1918
References
R.J. Austin, Black and gold: the history of the 29th Battalion, 1915-1918, (McCrae: Slouch Hat Publications, 1997).
AWM4/23/46/1-23/46/39
CategoryUnit
ConflictFirst World War, 1914-1918
Unit hierarchy
Commonwealth Military Forces
Australian Imperial Force
Infantry
29th Australian Infantry Battalion
The 29th Battalion was raised as part of the 8th Brigade at Broadmeadows Camp in Victoria on 10 August 1915. Having enlisted as part of the recruitment drive that followed the landing at Gallipoli, and having seen the casualty lists, these were men who had offered themselves in full knowledge of their potential fate.
The 8th Brigade joined the newly raised 5th Australian Division in Egypt and proceeded to France, destined for the Western Front, in June 1916. The 29th Battalion fought its first major battle at Fromelles on 19 July 1916. The nature of this battle was summed up by one 29th soldier: "the novelty of being a soldier wore off in about five seconds, it was like a bloody butcher's shop". Although it still spent periods in the front line, the 29th played no major offensive role for the rest of the year.
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