Portal:Military of Australia/Units/December 30
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The 3rd Battalion was raised for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Like the 1st, 2nd and 4th Battalions it was recruited from New South Wales and formed the 1st Brigade. The battalion first saw action in Gallipoli and landed as the second and third wave. The battalion served at Gallipoli until the evacuation in December. In March 1916, it sailed to France and deployed to the Somme. The battalion's first major action was at Pozières in July 1916. Later the battalion fought at Ypres, Belgium, before returning to the Somme. In 1918 the battalion saw action during the German spring offensive and then in the Hundred Days Offensive near Amiens on 8 August 1918. The battalion was fully demobilised by May 1919.
