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This material is provided for historical context.
On this day
On this day
5 October
1943 — Australian troops withstood concerted Japanese attempts to regain scarlet beach, New Guinea
1971 — 3 RAR embarked in HMAS SYDNEY at VUNG TAU, Vietnam, as Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war wound down