Detail of tunic belonging to Captain George Redfearn Hamilton, who served in the Australian Army Medical Corps.

Detail of tunic belonging to Captain George Redfearn Hamilton, who served in the Australian Army Medical Corps.
Detail of tunic belonging to Captain George Redfearn Hamilton, who served in the Australian Army Medical Corps.

On this day

On this day
1 April

1921 — The First Australian Imperial Force, raised for overseas service in World War 1, was disbanded

1955 —The Australian Government announced its decision to send ground troops to the Commonwealth of Nations Far East Strategic Reserve in Malaya