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1916
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops landed in France. With Gallipoli behind them, the troops were sent to France where the terrible fighting on the Western Front awaited them
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1917
LT F. McNAMARA became the first Australian airman to be awarded a Victoria Cross for rescuing a downed comrade in PALESTINE
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1942
DERBY, Western Australia, was bombed by Japanese aircraft. No damage was caused and there were no casualties
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2003
Australian forces, as part of a United States led coalition, commenced operations as part of the invasion of IRAQ