#*WW1 AIF 33rd Battalion color patch,s*#
WW1 color patch depicting the 33rd AIF Battalion. this patch looks great on any slouch hat or tunic used for display or reenactment., patch is a Reproduction item with good stitching and nice color, hand made and fully stitched no glue is used.patch has a hessian backing just like some of the original patches of ww1 the hessian helps keep the patch,s shape gives it form and strength ,This is a good quality item., most color patches of WW1 and WW2 where hand made and no two are exactly the same.,
**you are bidding on the patch.s only not the hat or puggaree they are for display only** The 33rd Battalion was formed in January 1916 at a camp established at
the Armidale showground in New South Wales. The bulk of the battalion's
recruits were drawn from the New England region and thus it was dubbed
"New England's Own". The Battalion's first, and only, commanding officer
was Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Morshead, who would become famous as the
commander of the 9th Australian Divisionduring the Second World War. 33rd Battalion marching through Armidale 1916 Armidale Camp 1916 The
33rd Battalion became part of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Australian
Division. It left Sydney, bound for the United Kingdom in May 1916.
Arriving there in early July, the battalion spent the next four months
training. It crossed to France in late November, and moved into the
trenches of the Western Front for the first time on 27 November, just in
time for the onset of the terrible winter of 1916-17. The
Battalion had to wait until the emphasis of British and Dominion
operations switched to the Ypres Sector of Belgium in mid-1917 to take
part in its first major battle; this was the battle of Messines,
launched on 7 June. The battalion held the ground captured during the
battle for several days afterwards and was subjected to intense
artillery bombardment. One soldier wrote that holding the line at
Messines was far worse than taking it. The battalion's next major battle
was around Passchendaele on 12 October. The battlefield, though, had
been deluged with rain, and thick mud tugged at the advancing troops and
fouled their weapons. The battle ended in a disastrous defeat.
A group of
Australian soldiers quartered at one of the old German reinforced
concrete pillboxes, known as 'Kit and Kat', near Zonnebeke. For
the next five months the 33rd alternated between periods of rest,
training, labouring, and service in the line. When the German Army
launched its last great offensive in the spring of 1918, the Battalion
was part of the force deployed to defend the approaches to Amiens around
Villers-Bretonneux. It took part in a counter-attack at Hangard Wood on
30 March, and helped to defeat a major drive on Villers-Bretonneux on 4
April. Later in 1918, the 33rd also played a role in the
Allies' own offensive. It fought at the battle of Amiens on 8 August,
during the rapid advance that followed, and in the operation that
breached the Hindenburg Line at the end of September, thus sealing
Germany's defeat. The 33rd Battalion disbanded in May 1919. *33rd Australian Infantry Battalion** 33rd AIF Battalion
black over green oval
**sale is for two patch,s=one pair**
{{this is a new made item a faithful reproduction}}
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