15th Brigade and take part in the advance across the Mivo River. Following the end of hostilities the 47th Battalion returned to Australia in December 1945 and was disbanded a month later in January 1946. During its service in the war, the battalion lost 67 men killed or died of various causes and another 147 wounded. Members of the battalion received the following decorations: one Officer of the Order of the British Empire, six Military Crosses, nine Military Medals and 21 Mentions in Despatches. The battalion received five battle honours for the Second World War in 1961. Post Second World War Following the war, Australia's part-time military force was re-raised in 1948 under the title of the Citizens Military Force. Around this time the 47th Battalion was re-formed with its headquarters around Maryborough. In 1960, when the Australian Army introduced the Pentropic divisional establishment, the 47th Battalion became a company-sized element of the 1st Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, known as 'D' Company (The Wide Bay Company). In 1965, the Army abandoned the Pentropic system and re-organised the units of the CMF in an effort to return to some of the traditional battalion identities. As a part of this, 'D' Company, 9th Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment was formed from the Wide Bay Company. In 2011, an official history of the 47th Battalion was published by the Australian Army History Unit and Big Sky Publishing. Battle Scarred by Craig Deayton chronicles the battles and history of the 47th Battalion through France and Belgium. The Regiment is also significant in the Wide Bay, with the school colours of Maryborough Grammar School, now Maryborough State High School, reflected in the brown and blue of the school’s colours. Battle honours The 47th Battalion received the following battle honours: First World War: Somme 1916–18, Pozières, Bullecourt, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Ancre 1918, France and Flanders 1916–18, Egypt 1916. Second World War: Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Tambu Bay, Mawaraka, Mivo Ford, South-West Pacific 1943–45. Notes Footnotes Citations References Further reading Australian World War I battalions Australian World War II battalions Military units and formations established in 1916 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 1916 establishments in Australia Military units and formations established in 1921 Military units and formations disestablished in 1946 1946 disestablishments in Australia Military units and formations established in 1948 Military units and formations disestablished in 1960