The background, description of the combat, and the outcome of the battles and theatres of operation where the 22nd Battalion found itself engaged during the First World War, starting with Gallipoli in 1915 and ending with the last battle by the AIF in France in October 1918 are discussed here. As well as taking information from the unit diaries and official histories, the accounts of the battles include specific actions as recorded in the citations for gallantry.
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Gallipoli
Bois Grenier
Somme 1916: Pozieres & Mouquet Farm
Somme 1916: Flers
Bapaume
Bullecourt
3rd Ypres (Broodseinde)
Winter 1917/1918
German Spring Offensive
Morlancourt (Ville-sur-Ancre)
100 Days Offensive (Beaurevoir & the Hindenburg Line)