34th Battalion

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1916-1919
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Australian_Regiment
gptkbp:alumni annual gatherings
gptkbp:awards Victoria_Cross_recipients
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Mont_St_Quentin
gptkb:Hindenburg_Line
gptkb:Ypres
Somme
Passchendaele
Villers-Bretonneux
gptkbp:casualties over 1,000
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:34th_Battalion_Memorial,_Melbourne
ANZAC Day services
memorial plaques
gptkbp:colors Khaki
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1916-02-01
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:cultural_heritage part_of_Australian_military_heritage
gptkbp:culturalImpact represented_Australian_identity_in_war
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1919-04-30
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Melbourne
gptkbp:historicalRecords archives_in_Australian_War_Memorial
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed_to_Australian_military_history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 34th Battalion
gptkbp:insignia unit badge
gptkbp:leadership commanded by experienced officers
gptkbp:legacy influenced_future_Australian_Army_units
gptkbp:militaryRank trench warfare
34th_Battalion_Association
gptkbp:motto Duty First
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting 34th
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_McDonald
gptkbp:operationalHistory served_on_Western_Front
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Australian_Army
gptkbp:publications unit history books
gptkbp:recruitment gptkb:World_War_I
Victoria
gptkbp:size approximately 1,000 personnel
gptkbp:strategicGoals infantry support
gptkbp:successor gptkb:5th/6th_Battalion,_Royal_Victoria_Regiment
gptkbp:symbol Rising Sun badge
gptkbp:traditions ANZAC spirit
gptkbp:training Puckapunyal
gptkbp:type infantry battalion
gptkbp:uniform gptkb:standard_Australian_Army_uniform