Annual Reports
On this day
On this day
9 July
1940 — HMA Ships SYDNEY, STUART, VOYAGER, and VAMPIRE, together with ships of the Royal Navy, engaged the Italian Navy in the Battle of CALABRIA
1942 — 2/24th Battalion captured a German radio interception and intelligence unit, effectively blinding Rommel in North Africa
1943 — 3 and 450 Squadron, RAAF, and eight Australian warships, were part of a force of some 180,000 troops and 2,590 ships involved in the invasion of SICILY